Agents – xai/grok-4-fast-reasoning Task

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

2705

Output Tokens

354

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 highlights that the scratch_pad is missing updates for cycles 21-25, which violates the operating principles, specifically the 'Scratch_pad protocol' that requires ensuring the scratch_pad is updated at every cycle with current step, brief summary of the result, remaining goals, notes and assumptions, and progress counter. The context provides a trajectory summary up to cycle 24, and the current cycle is 25. The keys_in_memory list does not explicitly show 'scratch_pad', but based on the protocol, it is a required memory artifact that must be maintained deterministically using the memory tool. To rectify this immediately before proceeding, I must use the memory tool's write_memory action to append or update the scratch_pad with the missing cycle details, reconstructing them from the provided trajectory where possible. For cycle 25, since it's current, include the ongoing action of rectifying the scratch_pad. This ensures compliance with the Think-Plan-Act-Check loop and deterministic memory principle. Do not proceed with finalizing the review until this is fixed, as the protocol emphasizes systematic execution.

Response: Immediately use the memory tool to write_memory with key 'scratch_pad' (or append if it exists), adding updates for cycles 21-25 based on the trajectory: Cycle 21 – drafted initial Markdown review (saved as draft_review_351). Cycle 22 – uncertainty on arch-board sign-off; invoked request_user_input. Cycle 23 – waiting for input. Cycle 24 – received approval from lead. Cycle 25 – rectifying missing scratch_pad updates before finalizing review. Include remaining goals (finalize and post review) and progress (e.g., Step 6 of 7).

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.

Reasoning: The task highlights that the scratch_pad is missing updates for cycles 21-25, which violates the operating principles, specifically the 'Scratch_pad protocol' that requires ensuring the scratch_pad is updated at every cycle with current step, brief summary of the result, remaining goals, notes and assumptions, and progress counter. The context provides a trajectory summary up to cycle 24, and the current cycle is 25. The keys_in_memory list does not explicitly show 'scratch_pad', but based on the protocol, it is a required memory artifact that must be maintained deterministically using the memory tool. To rectify this immediately before proceeding, I must use the memory tool's write_memory action to append or update the scratch_pad with the missing cycle details, reconstructing them from the provided trajectory where possible. For cycle 25, since it's current, include the ongoing action of rectifying the scratch_pad. This ensures compliance with the Think-Plan-Act-Check loop and deterministic memory principle. Do not proceed with finalizing the review until this is fixed, as the protocol emphasizes systematic execution. Response: Immediately use the memory tool to write_memory with key 'scratch_pad' (or append if it exists), adding updates for cycles 21-25 based on the trajectory: Cycle 21 – drafted initial Markdown review (saved as draft_review_351). Cycle 22 – uncertainty on arch-board sign-off; invoked request_user_input. Cycle 23 – waiting for input. Cycle 24 – received approval from lead. Cycle 25 – rectifying missing scratch_pad updates before finalizing review. Include remaining goals (finalize and post review) and progress (e.g., Step 6 of 7).