> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://ducs.surchi.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Alpha Sentinel: AI-Powered Market Intelligence for DeFi

> Alpha Sentinel scans on-chain data, DEX activity, whale movements, and sentiment signals to surface actionable market intelligence in real time.

Alpha Sentinel is the intelligence-gathering engine of the SURCHI protocol. It runs continuously in the background — scanning on-chain activity, monitoring whale wallets, analyzing DEX flows, and processing social sentiment — so you never miss a signal that matters. Where most traders react to price, Alpha Sentinel is designed to surface the conditions that precede price movement.

## What Alpha Sentinel Does

Alpha Sentinel is a continuously-running AI agent monitoring multiple data streams in parallel:

* **Price momentum and trend signals** across Solana tokens — identifying acceleration, exhaustion, and reversal patterns before they fully materialize.
* **Whale wallet accumulation and distribution patterns** — tracking large holders as they build or exit positions, providing early insight into conviction shifts.
* **DEX volume anomalies and liquidity changes** — detecting unusual trading activity on Jupiter, Raydium, Orca, and other Solana DEXs that may precede significant price moves.
* **Social sentiment shifts** on X (Twitter), Telegram, and community forums — using NLP models to track narrative changes, emerging catalysts, and crowd sentiment in real time.
* **Cross-asset correlation and macro DeFi indicators** — identifying how broader Solana ecosystem movements, funding rate changes, and TVL shifts correlate with individual asset behavior.

Every data stream feeds into the Alpha Sentinel's inference engine, which weighs signals, assigns confidence scores, and surfaces only what clears your configured threshold.

## Signal Types

Alpha Sentinel classifies all outputs into five distinct signal categories:

| Signal Type             | Description                                                                                                                                                 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Opportunity Signals** | Conditions suggesting a favorable entry or exit point for a specific asset, based on confluence of momentum, volume, and on-chain data.                     |
| **Risk Warnings**       | Signals indicating elevated downside risk — such as large wallet sell pressure, declining pool depth, or negative sentiment acceleration.                   |
| **Whale Alerts**        | Real-time notifications when tracked wallets above a configurable size threshold make significant moves — accumulation, distribution, or transfer activity. |
| **Sentiment Shifts**    | Detected changes in social and community sentiment, including both positive narrative acceleration and emerging fear/uncertainty signals.                   |
| **Momentum Signals**    | Technical and on-chain momentum indicators — price velocity, volume trend divergence, and relative strength signals across your watchlist assets.           |

Each signal includes a confidence score (0–1), a directional bias, an inferred timeframe, and the specific triggers that fired it.

## Receiving Alpha Intelligence

Alpha Sentinel delivers signals through multiple channels depending on your setup:

* **SURCHI Dashboard** — all signals appear in your unified feed in real time, with full detail on triggers, confidence, and suggested parameters.
* **Push Notifications** — configure mobile or desktop push alerts for signals above a chosen confidence threshold.
* **API Webhook** — stream signals directly to your own systems or bots via authenticated webhook. Ideal for developers building on top of SURCHI intelligence.
* **Natural Language Query** — ask Alpha Sentinel directly through the NLI interface: *"What are the strongest signals on SOL in the last 4 hours?"*

Here is an example of the Alpha Signal JSON structure delivered via webhook or API:

```json theme={null}
{
  "signal_type": "opportunity",
  "asset": "SOL",
  "confidence": 0.87,
  "direction": "bullish",
  "timeframe": "4h",
  "triggers": ["whale_accumulation", "volume_spike"],
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T14:23:00Z"
}
```

Each field is documented in the [AI Intelligence API](/developers/ai-intelligence-api) for developers building integrations.

## Configuring Alpha Sentinel

Alpha Sentinel is designed to surface only the signals relevant to you. Key configuration options include:

**Asset Watchlists**
Define which tokens Alpha Sentinel actively monitors. You can maintain separate lists — a core holdings list, a watchlist, and a speculative list — each with different alert sensitivity settings.

**Signal Confidence Minimum**
Set a minimum confidence threshold (e.g., 0.75) below which signals are filtered out. Higher thresholds reduce noise; lower thresholds catch more potential signals at the cost of more false positives.

**Alert Thresholds by Signal Type**
Configure per-category thresholds. For example: receive all Whale Alerts above \$50,000 in movement, but only Opportunity Signals above 0.85 confidence.

**Forwarding to Execution**
Optionally configure Alpha Sentinel to automatically forward high-confidence signals into the Execution Sentinel queue — where they await Liquidity Sentinel approval and your final authorization.

<Info>
  Alpha Sentinel signals are informational by default. They do not trigger execution unless the Execution Sentinel is explicitly configured to act on them.
</Info>