Updated asknews caching, removed minimax (#219)

Author: CodexVeritas

.devcontainer/postinstall.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Install pipx (https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/installation/)
 sudo apt update -y
-sudo apt install -y pipx
+sudo apt install -y pipx ripgrep
 
 # Install poetry using pipx (https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation)
 pipx install poetry

.github/workflows/run-bot-aib-tournament.yaml

@@ -168,18 +168,18 @@ jobs:
       INPUT_ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID }}
       INPUT_ASKNEWS_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ASKNEWS_SECRET }}
 
-  bot_minimax_m2_5:
-    needs: precache_asknews
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-bot-launcher.yaml
-    with:
-      bot_name: 'METAC_MINIMAX_M2_5'
-      cache_key: asknews-cache-${{ github.run_id }}
-    secrets:
-      INPUT_METACULUS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.METAC_MINIMAX_M2_5 }}
-      INPUT_METACULUS_API_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.METACULUS_API_BASE_URL }}
-      INPUT_OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENROUTER_API_KEY }}
-      INPUT_ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID }}
-      INPUT_ASKNEWS_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ASKNEWS_SECRET }}
+  # bot_minimax_m2_5:
+  #   needs: precache_asknews
+  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/run-bot-launcher.yaml
+  #   with:
+  #     bot_name: 'METAC_MINIMAX_M2_5'
+  #     cache_key: asknews-cache-${{ github.run_id }}
+  #   secrets:
+  #     INPUT_METACULUS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.METAC_MINIMAX_M2_5 }}
+  #     INPUT_METACULUS_API_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.METACULUS_API_BASE_URL }}
+  #     INPUT_OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENROUTER_API_KEY }}
+  #     INPUT_ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID }}
+  #     INPUT_ASKNEWS_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ASKNEWS_SECRET }}
 
   bot_kimi_k2_5_high:
     needs: precache_asknews

forecasting_tools/helpers/asknews_searcher.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class AskNewsSearcher:
     _default_model = "deepseek-basic"  # NOTE: As of Feb 23rd, 2026 this routes to the best open source model available in the background (not specifcially deepseek)
     _default_sources = ["asknews"]
     _default_rate_limit = 12
+    _default_try_cache = "1h"  # Length answers from asknews are cached in case you use the same query multiple times in a row.
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ async def get_formatted_news_async(self, query: str) -> str:
                 n_articles=6,  # control the number of articles to include in the context, originally 5
                 return_type="both",
                 strategy="latest news",  # enforces looking at the latest news only
+                try_cache=self._default_try_cache,
             )
 
             await asyncio.sleep(
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ async def get_formatted_news_async(self, query: str) -> str:
                 n_articles=10,
                 return_type="both",
                 strategy="news knowledge",  # looks for relevant news within the past 160 days
+                try_cache=self._default_try_cache,
             )
 
             hot_articles = hot_response.as_dicts

run_bots.py

@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def get_default_bot_dict() -> dict[str, RunBotConfig]:  # NOSONAR
                     timeout=1 * 60,
                 ),
             ),
-            "tournaments": TournConfig.aib_and_site,
+            "tournaments": TournConfig.NONE,  # Removed since it timed out the workflow a lot
         },
         "METAC_KIMI_K2_5_HIGH": {
             "estimated_cost_per_question": roughly_deepseek_r1_cost,