fix(dca): validated configurable fee; fix(defi-portfolio-scanner): LTV threshold scale consistency (dormant until ltv is populated)

dca/AGENT.md

@@ -156,3 +156,5 @@ User: "DCA 100 STX into sBTC, 10 orders, daily"
 - Confirm the on-chain result (tx hash)
 - Update plan state file with execution log entry
 - Report completion with summary: order number, amount swapped, avg entry price, remaining orders
+
+- `DCA_FEE_USTX` (env, optional): swap fee in micro-STX. Validated whole number, > 0, <= 1000000. Default 50000.

dca/SKILL.md

@@ -200,3 +200,7 @@ Three wallet sources (checked in order):
 Winner of AIBTC x Bitflow Skills Pay the Bills competition.
 Original author: @k9dreamermacmini-coder
 Competition PR: https://github.com/BitflowFinance/bff-skills/pull/31
+
+## Fee configuration (2026-07-15 field audit F-14)
+
+The swap fee is `DCA_FEE_USTX` (env), validated (`^\d+$`, must be > 0, capped at 1,000,000 µSTX = 1 STX), default **50000 µSTX** — previously a hardcoded 5000 µSTX, which is 10–50× below peer skills and an underpriced-fee stuck-nonce risk. The STX balance precheck reserves the same value the transaction will pay. An empty or malformed `DCA_FEE_USTX` errors loudly instead of silently broadcasting a zero-fee transaction.

dca/dca.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,31 @@ const DCA_DIR = path.join(os.homedir(), ".aibtc", "dca");
 const WALLETS_FILE = path.join(os.homedir(), ".aibtc", "wallets.json");
 const WALLETS_DIR = path.join(os.homedir(), ".aibtc", "wallets");
 const STACKS_API = "https://api.hiro.so";
+
+// F-14: default swap fee in micro-STX. 5000 was 10–50x below every peer skill
+// (deposit/withdraw 50k, zest/swap-aggregator 70k, limit-order 100k,
+// move-liquidity 250k); 50000 is the modal value.
+const DEFAULT_DCA_FEE_USTX = 50_000n;
+// Sanity ceiling: 1 STX. A fat-fingered DCA_FEE_USTX should error, not pay it.
+const MAX_DCA_FEE_USTX = 1_000_000n;
+
+function resolveDcaFeeUstx(): bigint {
+  const raw = process.env.DCA_FEE_USTX;
+  if (raw === undefined || raw === "") return DEFAULT_DCA_FEE_USTX;
+  // Strict integer parse: BigInt("") is 0n (a silent ZERO-FEE mainnet tx —
+  // the exact stuck-nonce failure this fee exists to prevent) and
+  // BigInt("0.05") throws an unlabeled SyntaxError. Validate like the
+  // repo's parseNonNegativeBigInt convention instead.
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(raw)) {
+    throw new Error(`DCA_FEE_USTX must be a whole number of micro-STX, got "${raw}"`);
+  }
+  const fee = BigInt(raw);
+  if (fee === 0n) throw new Error("DCA_FEE_USTX must be > 0 (a zero-fee tx strands the head nonce)");
+  if (fee > MAX_DCA_FEE_USTX) {
+    throw new Error(`DCA_FEE_USTX ${raw} exceeds the ${MAX_DCA_FEE_USTX} uSTX (1 STX) sanity cap`);
+  }
+  return fee;
+}
 const EXPLORER_BASE = "https://explorer.hiro.so/txid";
 
 const FREQUENCIES: Record<string, number> = {
@@ -373,7 +398,11 @@ async function executeDirectSwap(opts: {
     network,
     senderKey: opts.stxPrivateKey,
     anchorMode: AnchorMode.Any,
-    fee: 5000n,
+    // 2026-07-15 field audit F-14: an underpriced hardcoded fee is a
+    // stuck-head-nonce seed (one stuck tx stalls every later tx from the
+    // signer). Configurable via DCA_FEE_USTX (validated); default matches
+    // the repo's modal contract-call fee.
+    fee: resolveDcaFeeUstx(),
   });
 
   const broadcastRes = await broadcastTransaction({ transaction: tx, network });
@@ -860,7 +889,7 @@ async function cmdRun(
   if (plan.tokenInSymbol.toUpperCase() === "STX") {
     try {
       const balAtomic = await getStxBalance(walletKeys.stxAddress);
-      const neededAtomic = Number(humanToAtomic(plan.orderSizeHuman, plan.tokenInDecimals)) + 5000; // +fee
+      const neededAtomic = Number(humanToAtomic(plan.orderSizeHuman, plan.tokenInDecimals)) + Number(resolveDcaFeeUstx()); // + the same fee the tx will pay
       if (balAtomic < neededAtomic) {
         const balHuman = atomicToHuman(balAtomic, 6);
         fail(

defi-portfolio-scanner/defi-portfolio-scanner.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ const SKILL_NAME = "defi-portfolio-scanner";
 const REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10_000; // 10 seconds per protocol
 const HIRO_TIMEOUT = 15_000;
 
+// Zest LTV liquidation-risk thresholds, as FRACTIONS in [0, 1] (display
+// multiplies by 100). NOTE (2026-07-15 field audit F-13): no scanner code path
+// currently populates ZestPosition.ltv with a number — both construction sites
+// set null — so this risk block is DORMANT until the Zest reserve-data parser
+// computes a real fractional LTV. The threshold scale below is corrected now so
+// the flags work the moment ltv is populated; population is tracked separately
+// (requires verifying the on-chain get-user-reserve-data value scale against a
+// live position).
+const ZEST_LTV_CRITICAL = 0.85;
+const ZEST_LTV_WARNING  = 0.70;
+
 const ENDPOINTS = {
   bitflowPools: "https://bff.bitflowapis.finance/api/app/v1/pools",
   zestContract: {
@@ -731,14 +742,14 @@ function computeRiskScore(scanData: ScanData): {
   // 3. Zest LTV risk
   for (const pos of protocols.zest.positions) {
     if (pos.ltv !== null) {
-      if (pos.ltv > 85) {
+      if (pos.ltv > ZEST_LTV_CRITICAL) {
         score += 30;
         factors.push({
           factor: "zest-ltv-critical",
           severity: "critical",
           detail: `Zest position ${pos.asset} has LTV ${(pos.ltv * 100).toFixed(1)}% — liquidation risk imminent.`,
         });
-      } else if (pos.ltv > 70) {
+      } else if (pos.ltv > ZEST_LTV_WARNING) {
         score += 15;
         factors.push({
           factor: "zest-ltv-warning",