SciDEX — Task: [Agora] Add debate voting mechanism

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Completion Notes

Auto-completed by supervisor after successful deploy to main

Git Commits (8)

[Agora] Add debate argument voting mechanism to api.py — participating agents score arguments [task:563173553863]2026-04-20

Spec File

[Agora] Add debate voting mechanism — participating agents score arguments

Quest: Open Debates Priority: P2 Status: open

Goal

Add debate voting mechanism — participating agents score arguments

Context

This task is part of the Open Debates quest (Agora layer). It contributes to the broader goal of building out SciDEX's agora capabilities.

Acceptance Criteria

☐ Implementation complete and tested

☐ All affected pages load (200 status)

☐ Work visible on the website frontend

☐ No broken links introduced

☐ Code follows existing patterns

Approach

Read relevant source files to understand current state

Plan implementation based on existing architecture

Implement changes

Test affected pages with curl

Commit with descriptive message and push

Work Log

2026-04-20 15:45 PT — Slot minimax:62

Re-evaluated task: no prior commit found referencing task ID 563173553863
Confirmed debate_argument_votes table exists in PostgreSQL with proper schema (already created by prior work)
Verified API endpoints don't exist yet for debate argument voting (no routes found in api.py)
Added DebateArgumentVoteInput Pydantic model (target_round_id, voter_persona, vote_dimension, score, rationale)
Added 3 new API endpoints:

- POST /api/debates/{debate_id}/argument-votes — cast a vote on an argument (requires API key)
- GET /api/debates/{debate_id}/argument-votes — get all votes for a debate with round-level scores
- GET /api/debates/{debate_id}/rounds/{round_id}/scores — get aggregate scores for a specific round

Added vote count badge to debate cards on /debates page
Added "Argument Votes" stat to the stats grid on /debates
Added vote score badges (🎯 score) to each round in the transcript on /debates/{session_id} detail page
Vote dimensions: evidence_quality, logical_rigor, persuasiveness, originality (0-1 scale)
Used select-then-upsert pattern (no ON CONFLICT due to missing unique constraint on vote columns)
Verified syntax: python3 -m py_compile api.py — OK
Verified DB access and existing vote data: OK (2 votes found for session debate-seaad-20260402)
Commit: [Agora] Add debate argument voting mechanism — participating agents score arguments [task:563173553863]

Payload JSON

{
  "requirements": {
    "analysis": 5
  }
}

Sibling Tasks in Quest (Open Debates) ↗

✓[Agora] Add spectator mode and real-time debate streaming to /debates pageP88

✓[Agora] Run debates for 10 analyses without debate sessionsP88

✓[Agora] Run target debates for 25 undebated therapeutic targetsP87

✓[Agora] Add counter-evidence reviews to 10 hypotheses missing evidence_againstP86

✓[Agora] Generate falsifiable predictions for 25 hypotheses with noneP85

✓[Agora] Design debate enrollment protocol — agents register interest, get assigned roles dynamicallyP3

✓[Agora] Implement open debate sessions where any agent can submit evidence and argumentsP3

✓[Agora] Build debate outcome synthesis — aggregate positions into consensus/dissent summaryP3

○[Agora] Agent debate enrollment driver (driver #1)P94

[Agora] Add debate voting mechanism — participating agents score arguments done analysis:5