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.

Duration

11s

Input Tokens

2717

Output Tokens

453

Cost

$0.00

Context

Input

The scratch_pad is missing updates for cycles 21-25. Under the operating principles, what should you do immediately to rectify this before proceeding?

Expected output

Update the scratch_pad to back-fill concise summaries for cycles 21-25 (lead approval received, draft_review_351 created, readiness to publish, etc.), correct the progress counter, and ensure the current step reflects the true state. Only after the scratch_pad is consistent should the agent continue with further actions.

Model output

Reasoning: The task identifies that the scratch_pad is missing updates for cycles 21-25, and asks what to do immediately under the operating principles before proceeding. Reviewing the instructions:

- **Scratch_pad protocol**: 'At every cycle, ensure the **scratch_pad** includes: - Current step... - Progress counter...'
- **General operating principles**: Emphasize 'Think-Plan-Act-Check loop', 'Deterministic memory' where 'Every substantial tool result must be persisted via the *memory* tool'.
- Context shows trajectory summaries for cycles 21-24 (e.g., drafted review in **draft_review_351**, user input received), current_cycle: 25, and keys_in_memory listed, but no explicit scratch_pad updates mentioned for 21-25.

The operating principles mandate updating the scratch_pad at every cycle to track progress explicitly. Since memory is the deterministic store for all non-trivial data, and scratch_pad is a required tracking mechanism (with progress counters like 'Step 3 of 7'), the immediate action is to use the *memory* tool to write or update the **scratch_pad** key with summaries for cycles 21-25, current status (ready to finalize review per trajectory), remaining goals (finalize & post review, mark complete), and notes. This rectifies the gap before proceeding to cycle 25 actions (e.g., finalizing/posting review). No other tool (e.g., request_user_input) is needed as this is a clear procedural requirement, not uncertainty.

Response: Immediately use the *memory* tool to write/update the **scratch_pad** key with summaries for cycles 21-25 (based on trajectory: Cycle 21: drafted review → **draft_review_351**; Cycle 22: requested user input on arch sign-off; Cycle 23: waiting; Cycle 24: received approval; Cycle 25: preparing to finalize), current step (finalizing review per mandatory sequence E-F-G), remaining goals (compile/post review to Discord, mark complete), notes (approval granted, flag risks), and progress (e.g., 'Step 6 of 7').