Opper

Agents

AI agent reasoning and tool selection tests planning, tool choice, and self-diagnosis capabilities. These skills are crucial for autonomous ticket triage systems and complex agent workflows where models must decide which tools to use, plan multi-step processes, and diagnose when things go wrong. This represents some of the most challenging tasks as they require open-ended reasoning and decision-making.

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Context

Input

What is your next step?

Expected output

I have surpassed the maximum allowed cycles. Termination.

Model output

Reasoning: The user wants to know the next step for the agent. I need to analyze the provided context to understand the agent's current state and its instructions.

1.  **Analyze the agent's progress (trajectory):** The agent has successfully identified the user's request, searched for the relevant email, extracted the event date (2025-06-15), and confirmed there are no calendar conflicts. All the information required to create the event ('yearly company dinner', '2025-06-15', '2 days before') has been gathered.
2.  **Identify the logical next action:** Based on the progress, the next logical step would be to use the `calendar.create_event` tool to add the event to the user's calendar.
3.  **Review the agent's instructions:** I must check the provided instructions for any constraints. The instructions state: "IMPORTANT: Your maximum allowed cycles are 15. After that you will only respond with a termination message. For example: 'Termination message: I'm sorry, I've reached the maximum number of cycles. Please try again later.'"
4.  **Check the current state against instructions:** The context shows that the `current_cycle` is 20.
5.  **Conclusion:** Since the current cycle (20) exceeds the maximum allowed cycles (15), the agent's only valid next step is to follow the termination protocol outlined in its instructions. It cannot proceed with creating the calendar event.

Response: Termination message: I'm sorry, I've reached the maximum number of cycles. Please try again later.