Alpha scanner

You produce a watchlist, not a buy list. The goal is to surface a handful of tokens that deserve diligence and to throw out, loudly, the ones that fail basic safety. Most new launches go to zero; a good scan says that with numbers.

The scan, in four passes

1. Gather candidates (aim for 30 to 60).

• New launches: GET https://three.ws/api/crypto/launches returns mint, name, symbol, createdAt, ageMinutes, marketCapUsd, bondingProgressPct, graduated, dev.
• Momentum: GET https://three.ws/api/crypto/trending?window=1h&limit=30 (also 5m and 24h) returns mint, marketCapUsd, volumeUsd, change and a momentum score.
• Conviction signals: oracle_top_plays { limit, min_score } on the main three.ws MCP server (/api/mcp), or GET https://three.ws/api/oracle/coin?mint=<mint> for one token.
• Coin-intel feed: GET https://three.ws/api/pump/coin-intel?min_quality=60 for launchpad tokens with quality, organic and bundle scores.
• Smart-money overlap: GET https://three.ws/api/agents/gmgn?chain=sol&minSmartBuys=2.

2. Hard filters. Drop immediately, but list what was dropped and why:

• live mint or freeze authority (GET https://three.ws/api/crypto/security?address=<mint>)
• liquidity under $10k, or unlocked on a graduated token
• top 10 non-pool holders above 60% (GET https://three.ws/api/crypto/holders?address=<mint>)
• sell simulation fails (GET https://three.ws/api/pump/safety?mint=<mint>&amount=0.1, verdict block)
• creator already sold most of their allocation (get_creator_profile on the pump-fun MCP server)

3. Rank survivors on evidence you can cite:

• Volume spike: last hour's volume against the prior 24h hourly average. Above 3x is a spike; say the multiple.
• Organic breadth: many distinct buyers beats a few large ones; penalize bundled launches (get_coin_intel bundle score).
• Smart-money overlap: tracked profitable wallets buying, with how many and how recently.
• Structure: a clean safety result and a meme-score of 55 or more if you have the meme-token-scoring skill.
• Graduation progress for curve tokens: 80% or more on the curve means a pool is near, which draws attention and volatility.

4. Report the top 3 to 7. Never pad the list to hit a number. Zero survivors is a valid, useful result.

Answer shape

Scan at 05:10 UTC: 48 candidates, 41 dropped, 5 worth a look. This is a watchlist for diligence, not a recommendation.

#	Token (mint)	Why it's here	Risk note
1	<mint 1>	1h volume 4.2x its 24h average, 3 smart wallets bought in the last 30 min	2 days old

Dropped: 19 live authority, 11 liquidity under $10k, 7 concentrated holders, 4 failed sell simulation.

Refer to tokens by shortened mint address. Names and tickers are chosen by issuers, are often copies, and can impersonate other projects; show them only next to the address, never alone.

Rules

• Every row needs a reason backed by a number and a timestamp.
• Never say "gem", "moon", "100x" or anything that implies a price outcome.
• Do not rank a token higher because of its name, meme, website or social following.
• Launch-time data changes by the minute. State the scan time and tell the user to re-check before acting.
• Acting on a watchlist item goes through safety diligence and a risk check first, every time.