Require Moonbeam to pick a winner on comparative/winner questions

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Moonbeam was giving non-committal, fence-sitting responses when asked winner-related or comparative questions ("who's winning?", "did I win?"). The participation tagging logic needed an explicit directive to force a decisive answer.

Changes

ai.constants.ts — MOONBEAM_SYSTEM_INSTRUCTIONS

• Added a dedicated <response_strategy> rule: when asked who won, who's winning, who's better, or to pick a side, Moonbeam must name a winner or declare an unambiguous preference — no ties, no "both have merit," no "it depends"
• Added verification check item 5: "if the question asks for a winner or asks to pick a side, does it name one clearly without hedging or giving a tie?"

asked who won, who's winning, who's better, did someone win, or any request to pick a side
or declare a winner → pick one. name a winner, declare a clear preference, or state an
unambiguous judgment. do not give a tie, "both have merit," "it depends," or any
non-committal answer. if you genuinely cannot tell from context, make your best call and
commit to it.

ai.constants.spec.ts

• Added two tests asserting the winner-decision rule and the new verification step are present in MOONBEAM_SYSTEM_INSTRUCTIONS

Original prompt

Update Moonbeam's participation tagging logic so that when Moonbeam is prompted with winner-related or comparative questions (e.g., "who's winning?", "did I win?") she must take a side and make an actual decision, rather than providing a non-committal or fence-sitting response. The logic should detect direct or implied requests for a winner or a judgment call and require Moonbeam to choose one option clearly, avoiding neutral or ambiguous answers. Ensure tests exist to cover this requirement.

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User: make moonbeam's participation tags REQUIRE her to take a side when she is prompted to - for example, if the question is "whos winning" or "did i win that one" the answer should be an actual decision - not some fence sitting NONSENSE

Assistant: To address this, I can open a pull request to update Moonbeam's participation tagging logic to require a decisive stance when prompted with comparative or winner-related questions (e.g., “who’s winning?”, “did I win?” etc.). Please provide the repository name (owner/repo) where Moonbeam's code resides so I can proceed with the PR.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates Moonbeam’s system prompt (used by the backend participation flow) to explicitly require a decisive winner/pick-a-side answer when users ask comparative or winner-related questions, and adds unit tests to lock that requirement in.

Changes:

• Added a new response strategy rule requiring Moonbeam to name a winner / pick a side (no ties or hedging).
• Extended the <verification> checklist with an explicit “winner questions must name a winner” check.
• Added tests asserting the new winner-decision rule and verification checklist item are present.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
packages/backend/src/ai/ai.constants.ts	Adds winner/pick-a-side rule to Moonbeam instructions and a corresponding verification checklist item.
packages/backend/src/ai/ai.constants.spec.ts	Adds tests asserting the winner-decision rule and verification checklist item are included in the prompt constant.

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