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Finance Agents Got Rubrics With Values Frozen to a Cutoff

Expert guidance governed a writer, reviewer and code checks that generated task-specific scoring criteria.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-29-006
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Summary

Expert guidance governed a writer, reviewer and code checks that generated task-specific scoring criteria.

FinAutoRubric turns reusable expert guidance into query-specific rubrics for financial research agents. A writer researches expected values, a reviewer checks them, code enforces rules and unresolved failures escalate to a human. Across three expert-authored finance benchmarks, the authors report scoring agreement comparable with their strongest generator and a blind analyst preference for the generated rubrics. The released benchmark covers 100 queries across 78 tasks and eight asset classes; it evaluates rubric production, not investment performance.

Why it matters

Expert guidance governed a writer, reviewer and code checks that generated task-specific scoring criteria.

Limits and context

  • The released benchmark covers 100 queries across 78 tasks and eight asset classes; it evaluates rubric production, not investment performance.

Key claims

  1. Expert guidance governed a writer, reviewer and code checks that generated task-specific scoring criteria.

    Qualification: The released benchmark covers 100 queries across 78 tasks and eight asset classes; it evaluates rubric production, not investment performance.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-29-006

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.35744arXiv · primary research

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