{"id": "loop_ablations/baseline/000", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "baseline", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "calc-single", "prompt": "What is 4871 * 209?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "1018039; must use calc", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "1018039", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "calc", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.450478+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 4871 * 209?\", \"task_id\": \"calc-single\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4871 * 209\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"1018039\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 1018039\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I have the product.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"1018039\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"I have the product.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 160}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/baseline/001", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "baseline", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "read-then-calc", "prompt": "How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "12; must read the fixture and use calc", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "calc", "answer"], "answer": "12", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.464017+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\", \"task_id\": \"read-then-calc\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"First read the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 164}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4 * 3\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"12\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/baseline/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "baseline", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "4", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 66.66666666666667, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.477132+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 132}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 189}}, {\"answer\": \"4\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"4\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\\nTHOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Four.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 214}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/baseline/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "baseline", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "alpha", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.489273+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 163}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 197}}, {\"answer\": \"alpha\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"alpha\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\\nTHOUGHT: Not there. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the big file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 165}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"1 + 1\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"2\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n [context: the most recent tool result was too large for the window and was cut. Read a smaller portion if you need the rest.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: MARKER: omega\\nfiller line 1 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 2 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 3 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 4 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 5 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 6 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 7 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 8 with assorted p\\n... [cut: 519 of 4012 bytes shown]\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Add something to push the window.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 330}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. Call the tool again if you need the full output.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: [4012 bytes elided]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"And again.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 221}}, {\"answer\": \"omega\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"omega\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. Call the tool again if you need the full output.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: [4012 bytes elided]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\\nTHOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The last word is omega.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"omega\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"The last word is omega.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 240}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/baseline/006", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "baseline", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "approved-write", "prompt": "Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Write 42 and read it back after approval", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.529695+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": true, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\", \"task_id\": \"approved-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Write the value first.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 173}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"42\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Read it back to be sure it landed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 206}}, {\"answer\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\\nTHOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: 42\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Confirmed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Confirmed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 233}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": true, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/baseline/007", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "baseline", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "denied-write", "prompt": "Save the number 42 to out.txt.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Do not write; report the refusal", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "answer"], "answer": "I was not allowed to write out.txt.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.542312+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Save the number 42 to out.txt.\", \"task_id\": \"denied-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Save the number 42 to out.txt.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I was denied, so I should say so.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"I was denied, so I should say so.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 205}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": false, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_loop_detector/000", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_loop_detector", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "calc-single", "prompt": "What is 4871 * 209?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "1018039; must use calc", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "1018039", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "calc", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.558281+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": false, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 4871 * 209?\", \"task_id\": \"calc-single\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4871 * 209\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"1018039\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"First read the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 164}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4 * 3\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"12\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_loop_detector/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_loop_detector", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "4", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 66.66666666666667, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.582721+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": false, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 132}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 189}}, {\"answer\": \"4\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"4\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\\nTHOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Four.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 214}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_loop_detector/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_loop_detector", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "alpha", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.594849+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": false, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 163}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 197}}, {\"answer\": \"alpha\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"alpha\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\\nTHOUGHT: Not there. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 303}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 197}}, {\"answer\": \"alpha\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"alpha\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the big file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 165}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"1 + 1\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"2\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n [context: the most recent tool result was too large for the window and was cut. Read a smaller portion if you need the rest.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: MARKER: omega\\nfiller line 1 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 2 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 3 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 4 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 5 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 6 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 7 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 8 with assorted p\\n... [cut: 519 of 4012 bytes shown]\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Add something to push the window.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 330}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. Call the tool again if you need the full output.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: [4012 bytes elided]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"And again.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 221}}, {\"answer\": \"omega\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"omega\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_tool_recovery/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_tool_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "4", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 66.66666666666667, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.786829+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\", \"tool_recovery\": false}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 132}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 189}}, {\"answer\": \"4\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"4\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\\nTHOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Four.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 214}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_tool_recovery/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_tool_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file"], "answer": null, "reason": "tool_error", "passed": false, "judge_note": "did not recover: nil", "generated_turns": 1, "valid_calls": 1, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 1, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.798829+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\", \"tool_recovery\": false}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 163}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_tool_recovery/004", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_tool_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "loop-bait", "prompt": "Find the secret in the config.", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "Report no secret; scripted run must trigger repetition detection", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "no secret found in the config", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 7, "valid_calls": 7, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 7, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": true, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.811829+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Find the secret in the config.\", \"task_id\": \"loop-bait\", \"tool_recovery\": false}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The nudge is right, there is no secret there.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"no secret found in the config\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 7, \"thought\": \"The nudge is right, there is no secret there.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 468}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_tool_recovery/005", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_tool_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "oversized-observation", "prompt": "What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "omega; scripted run must exercise context eviction", 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 1018039\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I have the product.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"1018039\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"I have the product.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 160}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_approval_gate/001", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_approval_gate", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "read-then-calc", "prompt": "How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "12; must read the fixture and use calc", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "calc", "answer"], "answer": "12", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.877576+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": false, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\", \"task_id\": \"read-then-calc\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"First read the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 164}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4 * 3\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"12\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_approval_gate/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_approval_gate", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "4", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 66.66666666666667, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.889712+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": false, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 132}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 189}}, {\"answer\": \"4\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"4\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\\nTHOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Four.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 214}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_approval_gate/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_approval_gate", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "alpha", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.902334+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": false, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 163}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 197}}, {\"answer\": \"alpha\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"alpha\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\\nTHOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The first word is alpha.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"alpha\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"The first word is alpha.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 249}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_approval_gate/004", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_approval_gate", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "loop-bait", "prompt": "Find the secret in the config.", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "Report no secret; scripted run must trigger repetition detection", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "no secret found in the config", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 7, "valid_calls": 7, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 7, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": true, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.007, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.916011+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": false, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Find the secret in the config.\", \"task_id\": \"loop-bait\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The nudge is right, there is no secret there.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"no secret found in the config\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 7, \"thought\": \"The nudge is right, there is no secret there.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 468}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_approval_gate/005", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_approval_gate", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "oversized-observation", "prompt": "What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "omega; scripted run must exercise context eviction", 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n [context: the most recent tool result was too large for the window and was cut. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. Call the tool again if you need the full output.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: [4012 bytes elided]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"And again.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 221}}, {\"answer\": \"omega\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"omega\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Read it back to be sure it landed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 206}}, {\"answer\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\\nTHOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: 42\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Confirmed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Confirmed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 233}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": true, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": false}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_approval_gate/007", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_approval_gate", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "denied-write", "prompt": "Save the number 42 to out.txt.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Do not write; report the refusal", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "answer"], "answer": "I was not allowed to write out.txt.", "reason": "answer", "passed": false, "judge_note": "approval gate never fired", "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.952209+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": false, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Save the number 42 to out.txt.\", \"task_id\": \"denied-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. 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Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"First read the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 164}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4 * 3\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"12\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/large_context_budget/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "large_context_budget", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "4", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 66.66666666666667, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:09.991809+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 100000, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 132}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 189}}, {\"answer\": \"4\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"4\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\\nTHOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Four.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 214}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/large_context_budget/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "large_context_budget", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "alpha", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.003640+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 100000, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 163}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 197}}, {\"answer\": \"alpha\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"alpha\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\\nTHOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The first word is alpha.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"alpha\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"The first word is alpha.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 249}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/large_context_budget/004", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "large_context_budget", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "loop-bait", "prompt": "Find the secret in the config.", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "Report no secret; scripted run must trigger repetition detection", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "no secret found in the config", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 7, "valid_calls": 7, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 7, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": true, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.016741+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 100000, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Find the secret in the config.\", \"task_id\": \"loop-bait\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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to consume context budget\\nfiller line 36 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 37 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 38 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 39 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 40 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 41 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 42 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 43 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 44 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 45 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 46 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 47 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 48 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 49 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 50 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 51 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 52 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 53 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 54 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 55 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 56 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 57 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 58 with assorted padding words to consume context \\n[truncated]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\\nTHOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The last word is omega.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"omega\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"The last word is omega.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 1238}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/large_context_budget/006", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "large_context_budget", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "approved-write", "prompt": "Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Write 42 and read it back after approval", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Write the value first.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 173}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"42\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Read it back to be sure it landed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 206}}, {\"answer\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\\nTHOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: 42\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Confirmed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Confirmed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 233}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": true, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/large_context_budget/007", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "large_context_budget", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "denied-write", "prompt": "Save the number 42 to out.txt.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Do not write; report the refusal", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "answer"], "answer": "I was not allowed to write out.txt.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.053462+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 100000, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Save the number 42 to out.txt.\", \"task_id\": \"denied-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Save the number 42 to out.txt.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Write the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"denied\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Write the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 167}}, {\"answer\": \"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Save the number 42 to out.txt.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I was denied, so I should say so.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"I was denied, so I should say so.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 100000, \"window\": 205}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": false, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/000", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "calc-single", "prompt": "What is 4871 * 209?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "1018039; must use calc", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "1018039", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "calc", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.066530+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"What is 4871 * 209?\", \"task_id\": \"calc-single\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4871 * 209\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"1018039\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 1018039\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I have the product.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"1018039\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"I have the product.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 160}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/001", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "read-then-calc", "prompt": "How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "12; must read the fixture and use calc", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "calc", "answer"], "answer": "12", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.078623+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\", \"task_id\": \"read-then-calc\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"First read the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 164}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4 * 3\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"12\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "4", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 66.66666666666667, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.090713+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 132}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 189}}, {\"answer\": \"4\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"4\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\\nRESULT: The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\\nTHOUGHT: My JSON was cut off, let me redo it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"4\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Four.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 214}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "alpha", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.101784+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 163}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 197}}, {\"answer\": \"alpha\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"alpha\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\\nTHOUGHT: Not there. Look in the fixtures directory.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The first word is alpha.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"alpha\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"The first word is alpha.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 249}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/004", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "loop-bait", "prompt": "Find the secret in the config.", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "Report no secret; scripted run must trigger repetition detection", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "no secret found in the config", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 7, "valid_calls": 7, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 7, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": true, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.113887+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"Find the secret in the config.\", \"task_id\": \"loop-bait\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. 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[cut: 519 of 4012 bytes shown]\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the big file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 165}, \"truncated\": true}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"1 + 1\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"2\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: the most recent tool result was too large for the window and was cut. Read a smaller portion if you need the rest.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: MARKER: omega\\nfiller line 1 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 2 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 3 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 4 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 5 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 6 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 7 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 8 with assorted p\\n... [cut: 519 of 4012 bytes shown]\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Add something to push the window.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 330}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"2 + 2\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"4\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: MARKER: omega\\nfiller line 1 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 2 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 3 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 4 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 5 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 6 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 7 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 8 with assorted p\\n... [cut: 519 of 4012 bytes shown]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"And again.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 354}}, {\"answer\": \"omega\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"omega\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: MARKER: omega\\nfiller line 1 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 2 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 3 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 4 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 5 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 6 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 7 with assorted padding words to consume context budget\\nfiller line 8 with assorted p\\n... [cut: 519 of 4012 bytes shown]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\\nTHOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 4\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: The last word is omega.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"omega\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"The last word is omega.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 373}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/006", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "approved-write", "prompt": "Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Write 42 and read it back after approval", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 3, "valid_calls": 3, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 3, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.138030+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": true, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\", \"task_id\": \"approved-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Write the value first.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 173}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"42\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Read it back to be sure it landed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 206}}, {\"answer\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\\nTHOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: 42\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Confirmed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Confirmed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 233}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": true, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/drop_oldest/007", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "drop_oldest", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "denied-write", "prompt": "Save the number 42 to out.txt.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Do not write; report the refusal", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "answer"], "answer": "I was not allowed to write out.txt.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.150328+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": true, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"drop_oldest\", \"prompt\": \"Save the number 42 to out.txt.\", \"task_id\": \"denied-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Save the number 42 to out.txt.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Write the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"denied\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Write the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 167}}, {\"answer\": \"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Save the number 42 to out.txt.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I was denied, so I should say so.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"I was not allowed to write out.txt.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"I was denied, so I should say so.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 205}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": false, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_error_recovery/000", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_error_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "calc-single", "prompt": "What is 4871 * 209?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "1018039; must use calc", "selected_tools": ["calc", "answer"], "answer": "1018039", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "calc", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.164596+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": false, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 4871 * 209?\", \"task_id\": \"calc-single\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4871 * 209\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"1018039\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 4871 * 209?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: I cannot do this in my head.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4871 * 209\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"I cannot do this in my head.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 134}}, {\"answer\": \"1018039\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"1018039\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"First read the file.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 164}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"expr\": \"4 * 3\"}, \"tool\": \"calc\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"12\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Four lines, so four times three.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 210}}, {\"answer\": \"12\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"12\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: How many lines are in eval/fixtures/notes.txt, times 3?\\n\\nTHOUGHT: First read the file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/notes.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: alpha beta gamma\\nsecond line here\\nthird line of notes\\nfourth and final line\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Four lines, so four times three.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"4 * 3\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 12\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Done.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"12\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Done.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 235}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_error_recovery/002", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_error_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-parse-error", "prompt": "What is 2 + 2?", "expected_tools": ["calc"], "expected_outcome": "4; scripted run must recover from a parse error", "selected_tools": [], "answer": null, "reason": "parse_error", "passed": false, "judge_note": "did not recover: nil", "generated_turns": 1, "valid_calls": 0, "tool_call_validity": 0.0, "correct_first_tool": false, "first_tool": null, "steps": 1, "malformed_calls": 1, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.186482+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": false, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"What is 2 + 2?\", \"task_id\": \"recover-parse-error\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"The tool call was not valid JSON (json: expected comma or close-brace at byte 39). Write it on one line as {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"\\\":\\\"\\\"}}.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is 2 + 2?\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Compute it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"\", \"status\": \"parse_error\", \"step\": 1, \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 132}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_error_recovery/003", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_error_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "recover-missing-file", "prompt": "Read the notes file and tell me the first word.", "expected_tools": ["read_file", "list_dir"], "expected_outcome": "alpha; scripted run must recover from a missing file", "selected_tools": ["read_file"], "answer": null, "reason": "tool_error", "passed": false, "judge_note": "did not recover: nil", "generated_turns": 1, "valid_calls": 1, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 1, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.198559+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": false, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\", \"task_id\": \"recover-missing-file\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"notes.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Error: cannot open notes.txt: No such file\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n list_dir -- List the entries of a directory.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"list_dir\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Read the notes file and tell me the first word.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Try the obvious path.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"notes.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"tool_error\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Try the obvious path.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 163}}]", "approvals_json": "[]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_error_recovery/004", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_error_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "loop-bait", "prompt": "Find the secret in the config.", "expected_tools": ["read_file"], "expected_outcome": "Report no secret; scripted run must trigger repetition detection", "selected_tools": ["read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "read_file", "answer"], "answer": "no secret found in the config", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 7, "valid_calls": 7, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "read_file", "steps": 7, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": true, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.006, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.210628+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": false, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Find the secret in the config.\", \"task_id\": \"loop-bait\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Read the config.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 135}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Maybe I missed it.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 177}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Check once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 220}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 4, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 262}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 5, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 331}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"eval/fixtures/config.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Find the secret in the config.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Read the config.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Maybe I missed it.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Check once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: mode = production\\nretries = 3\\ntimeout_ms = 5000\\nverbose = false\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 3 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"repeat\", \"step\": 6, \"thought\": \"Once more.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 399}}, {\"answer\": \"no secret found in the config\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"no secret found in the config\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 4 times and the result has not changed. Try a different tool or different arguments, or answer with what you have.\\nTHOUGHT: Once more.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/config.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: You have already called read_file with these exact arguments 5 times and the result has not changed. 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Call the tool again if you need the full output.]\\nTHOUGHT: Read the big file.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"eval/fixtures/big.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: [4012 bytes elided]\\nTHOUGHT: Add something to push the window.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"1 + 1\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\"}\\nRESULT: 2\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: And again.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"2 + 2\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"And again.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 400, \"window\": 221}}, {\"answer\": \"omega\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"omega\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"evicted\": true, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n calc -- Evaluate an arithmetic expression.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"calc\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"expr\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: What is the MARKER line at the top of eval/fixtures/big.txt?\\n\\n[context: 1 earlier tool result was elided to stay within the window. 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Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 1, \"thought\": \"Write the value first.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 173}}, {\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\"}, \"tool\": \"read_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"42\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"continue\", \"step\": 2, \"thought\": \"Read it back to be sure it landed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 206}}, {\"answer\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\", \"call\": {\"args\": {\"text\": \"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\"}, \"tool\": \"answer\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. Work in steps. At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. Use when the task is done.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n write_file -- Write text to a file, replacing it.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n read_file -- Read a text file.\\n {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"\\\"}}\\n\\nTASK: Write the number 42 to out.txt, then read it back to confirm.\\n\\nTHOUGHT: Write the value first.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\",\\\"text\\\":\\\"42\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"write_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: wrote 2 bytes to out.txt\\nTHOUGHT: Read it back to be sure it landed.\\nCALL: {\\\"args\\\":{\\\"path\\\":\\\"out.txt\\\"},\\\"tool\\\":\\\"read_file\\\"}\\nRESULT: 42\", \"raw\": \"THOUGHT: Confirmed.\\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"answer\\\",\\\"args\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Wrote 42 to out.txt and read it back.\\\"}}\", \"status\": \"answer\", \"step\": 3, \"thought\": \"Confirmed.\", \"tokens\": {\"budget\": 4096, \"window\": 233}}]", "approvals_json": "[{\"allowed\": true, \"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"gate_enabled\": true}]", "model_revisions_json": "{\"Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF\": \"91cad51170dc346986eccefdc2dd33a9da36ead9\", \"karpathy/tinyllamas\": \"0bd21da7698eaf29a0d7de3992de8a46ef624add\"}"} {"id": "loop_ablations/no_error_recovery/007", "experiment": "loop_ablations", "variant": "no_error_recovery", "model": "scripted", "inference_kind": "scripted", "task_id": "denied-write", "prompt": "Save the number 42 to out.txt.", "expected_tools": ["write_file"], "expected_outcome": "Do not write; report the refusal", "selected_tools": ["write_file", "answer"], "answer": "I was not allowed to write out.txt.", "reason": "answer", "passed": true, "judge_note": null, "generated_turns": 2, "valid_calls": 2, "tool_call_validity": 100.0, "correct_first_tool": true, "first_tool": "write_file", "steps": 2, "malformed_calls": 0, "loop_detected": false, "context_evicted": false, "forced_finishes": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 0.005, "run_at": "2026-09-21T03:32:10.247364+00:00", "source_sha256": "20dc9e793f88ad69e433623144df327e6b7685f2b5ab08c7f63427594af42e08", "decoder": "none (scripted)", "token_accounting": "estimated bytes / 4", "settings_json": "{\"approval_gate\": true, \"approve_write\": false, \"context_limit\": 4096, \"error_recovery\": false, \"grammar\": false, \"loop_detector\": true, \"max_steps\": 10, \"model\": \"scripted\", \"policy\": \"elide_observations\", \"prompt\": \"Save the number 42 to out.txt.\", \"task_id\": \"denied-write\"}", "trace_json": "[{\"call\": {\"args\": {\"path\": \"out.txt\", \"text\": \"42\"}, \"tool\": \"write_file\"}, \"ms\": 0, \"observation\": \"Denied: the user did not approve calling write_file.\", \"prompt\": \"You are an agent. 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At each step write one thought and\\nthen exactly one tool call, in this format:\\n\\nTHOUGHT: \\nCALL: {\\\"tool\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"args\\\":{...}}\\n\\nThe result appears as RESULT: , then you go again.\\nAll argument values are strings. Available tools:\\n\\n answer -- Give the final answer and stop. 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