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.

50
Duration
10s
Input Tokens
1323
Output Tokens
435
Cost
$0.00
Context
Input
As the first step you are reflecting and deciding on the plan to follow to complete the task. You have three candidate plans:

A) Plan A:
- Step 1 → Call calendar to get tomorrow’s date.
- Step 2 → Call flights (London ➜ Paris, date).
- Step 3 → Call web_search with query "London to Paris flights on [date]" to cross-check available flights found in the previous step.
- Step 4 → If there are discrepancies between flights tool and web search, re-query flights tool for confirmation.
- Step 5 → Summarize all gathered flight options and send results to the user.

B) Plan B:
- Step 1 → Call calendar to get tomorrow’s date.
- Step 2 → Call flights (London ➜ Paris, date).
- Step 3 → Summarize flights tool results and send to the user.

C) Plan C:
- Step 1 → Call calendar to get tomorrow’s date.
- Step 2 → Call flights (London ➜ Paris, date).
- Step 3 → If the flights tool returns fewer than 3 options, call web_search with query "London to Paris flights on [date]" to supplement results.
- Step 4 → Merge both sets of results and send the combined summary to the user.

Pick **one** plan you will execute.
Expected output
Plan B, is the preferred one as its the most efficient, and that is instructed
Model output
Reasoning: 
    1. **Understanding the Task**: The user requests flight information from London to Paris for tomorrow. The goal is to provide accurate, comprehensive flight options efficiently.

    2. **Evaluating Plans**:
       - **Plan A**: Involves cross-checking flights tool results with a web search *regardless of discrepancies*. This introduces redundancy (always performing a web search) and may waste resources if the flights tool is reliable.
       - **Plan B**: Relies solely on the flights tool without verification. While efficient, it risks missing discrepancies or incomplete data if the flights tool has limitations (e.g., fewer than 3 options).
       - **Plan C**: Strikes a balance by:
         - First querying the flights tool (efficient baseline).
         - Only supplementing with a web search if results are sparse (<3 options).
         - Merging results ensures comprehensiveness without unnecessary redundancy.

    3. **Tool Reliability & Efficiency**:
       - The flights tool is likely optimized for structured flight data, but real-world scenarios may require supplementation (e.g., budget airlines not covered).
       - Web search acts as a fallback, not a default, reducing unnecessary calls.

    4. **User Experience**:
       - Plan C ensures the user receives a robust set of options without delays from redundant checks (unlike Plan A) or potential gaps (unlike Plan B).

    5. **Decision**: Plan C aligns best with the principles of efficiency, reliability, and user-centric design.
    

Response: I will execute **Plan C** with the following steps:
      1. Call `calendar` to get tomorrow’s date.
      2. Call `flights` (London → Paris, date) to retrieve structured flight options.
      3. If fewer than 3 options are returned, call `web_search` with query 'London to Paris flights on [date]' to supplement results.
      4. Merge and summarize all flight options, then send the final response to the user.