First-half budget vs actual, line by line
The request
The task request supplied to the adapter, alongside the workspace below. Runtime instructions, authorized tools and skills also affect the system. Containerized runs withhold host-side references; local mode is not an isolation boundary.
The owners want to see how January to June went against the budget, line by line. Put it together as variance.xlsx with live formulas from the budget file and the GL export - Dale's email says how the budget is spread and how he wants the variances shown.
Workspace
- budget_FY2026_approved.xlsx
- email_from_dale.txt
- gl_detail_2026-01-01_to_2026-07-10.csv
Expected deliverables
- variance.xlsx
Recorded acceptance checks
The table uses check names and outcomes from the frozen campaign ledger. Acceptance requires all required predicates to pass; a predicate may itself contain a tolerance or coverage threshold. Its scope is part of the measurement contract.
| Recorded check | Type | Required | Failed / observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| variance.xlsx exists | file_exists | yes | 0 / 6 |
| live formulas | xlsx_has_formulas | yes | 0 / 6 |
| no error cells | xlsx_no_errors | yes | 0 / 6 |
| slip rentals budget Jan-Jun (seasonal, 35%) | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 / 6 |
| slip rentals actual (transient sub-account, credits, no July) | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 / 6 |
| winter storage variance (seasonal income) | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 / 6 |
| dock staff variance (seasonal cost, favourable-positive) | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 / 6 |
| fuel variance (over budget is negative) | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 / 6 |
| total expenses actual | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 / 6 |
Current task declaration (9 checks)
From task.yaml. Original runner grading and frozen retrospective scoring are separate. Read the frozen source for the rules behind the reported results.
- variance.xlsx exists —
file_exists, required - live formulas —
xlsx_has_formulas, required - no error cells —
xlsx_no_errors, required - slip rentals budget Jan-Jun (seasonal, 35%) —
xlsx_value_present, required - slip rentals actual (transient sub-account, credits, no July) —
xlsx_value_present, required - winter storage variance (seasonal income) —
xlsx_value_present, required - dock staff variance (seasonal cost, favourable-positive) —
xlsx_value_present, required - fuel variance (over budget is negative) —
xlsx_value_present, required - total expenses actual —
xlsx_value_present, required
Recorded results, desk release
| System | Repetitions | Frozen / 3 | Original / 3 | Median minutes | Mean model estimate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 3 | 3 | 13.0 | 0.1140 | |
| Codex / GPT-5.6 sol | 3 | 3 | 5.8 | 0.7442 |
These are repeated executions on the released fixture, not independent new business cases. Cost is captured model usage priced under the recorded assumptions, excluding infrastructure and human review. Per-attempt check verdicts, raw and frozen verdicts, usage, receipt and artifact hashes for this task are in results/latest/attempts.jsonl under "task": "budget-vs-actual".
Recorded results, desk comparison, 28 September 2026
| System | Repetitions | Frozen / 3 | Original / 3 | Median minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proto / GPT-6 sol | 3 | 3 | 3.2 | |
| Codex / GPT-6 sol | 3 | 3 | 5.1 | |
| Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
A separate campaign under the same frozen scorer, not pooled with the release. Conditions and data.