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Challenge

Build a Financial Transaction Investigation Agent

Build an agent that assembles transaction histories, entity records, and supplied alert rules into an investigation case. Show linked evidence, unresolved identity questions, and a draft analyst narrative.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

A compliance analyst investigating transaction alerts.

Build an agent that assembles transaction histories, entity records, and supplied alert rules into an investigation case. Show linked evidence, unresolved identity questions, and a draft analyst narrative.

Transaction ledger

Entity records

Frozen fictional alert rules

Resolve entities using stable identifiers.

Build a transaction timeline and relationship graph.

Explain which supplied rules produced alerts.

Assemble an analyst case with evidence and unresolved questions.

A case workspace with a transaction graph, evidence table, analyst notes, and a report export.

Build an E1-to-E2 case showing total 110, link T1 and T2, and request analyst review without asserting criminal activity.

A working local application with the specified review interface.

Source code, dependency lockfile, and setup commands.

A recorded end-to-end demo using the supplied starter data.

Example outputs, action logs, and automated tests.

These fictional records are a small development fixture, not a production dataset. Implement the mock services described in the brief.

```json { "entities": [ { "id": "E1", "name": "Example A" }, { "id": "E2", "name": "Example B" } ], "transactions": [ { "id": "T1", "from": "E1", "to": "E2", "amount": 60, "day": "2026-09-01" }, { "id": "T2", "from": "E1", "to": "E2", "amount": 50, "day": "2026-09-01" } ], "exercise_rule": { "daily_pair_total_review_threshold": 100, "implies_illegality": false } } ```

Use fictional entities and rules. Do not file regulatory reports or make real sanctions determinations. Choose an available model that supports your implementation. Record its identifier and version.

Review the complete application, not only the starter-case answers.

The aggregate is 110.

The case links both transaction records.

The narrative distinguishes an exercise alert from a finding of wrongdoing. Add one normal case, one incomplete-input case, and one failure-recovery case.

Rules

Participation guide

Use fictional entities and rules. Do not file regulatory reports or make real sanctions determinations.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Review workflow completion, interface usability, evidence quality, and safe failure handling. No agent execution has been verified.

Submission format

A working local application with the specified review interface. Source code, dependency lockfile, and setup commands. A recorded end-to-end demo using the supplied starter data. Example outputs, action logs, and automated tests.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Resolve entities using stable identifiers.

  • Build a transaction timeline and relationship graph.

  • Explain which supplied rules produced alerts.

  • Assemble an analyst case with evidence and unresolved questions.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Supplied fictional starter records: Transaction ledger, Entity records, Frozen fictional alert rules. The overview includes the complete JSON bundle. Implement local mock services and extend the sample coverage.

Challenge setup

Configuration summary for this challenge.

Challenge input

Input details are not configured.

LlamaIndex

Data framework for LLM applications

Evaluated output

No output checks are configured.

Evaluation checks
  • No evaluation checks are configured.
Configured evaluation evidence
  • 1 public reference case
Configured runtime
  • 1 configured tool

Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.

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Configured tools

Orchestration
  • LlamaIndex ยท Optional

Evaluation contract

  • No evaluation checks are configured.

Reference cases

  • 1 public reference case

Workflow tasks

No workflow tasks are configured.

Recipe freeze marker

No recipe freeze time is recorded.

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