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Weekly hours audit from time-clock punches

clock-punch-audit · timeout 1200 s · source

The ask

Sent verbatim as the prompt. The agent works in a copy of the workspace below and sees nothing else.

Bea needs last week's hours from the time clock before she runs payroll. Turn the punch export into hours_audit.csv; her note says how she counts shifts.

Workspace

  • note_from_bea.txt
  • schedule_week_of_aug31.xlsx
  • timeclock_export_2026-08-31_to_09-07.csv

Expected deliverables

  • hours_audit.csv

This task also has a task-specific grader (check.py).

Checks

The task passes only when every required check passes. Reference answers, tolerances, and the planted traps are in the repository, not here.

CheckTypeRequiredFailed (frozen) / 6
requested columnscsv_columnsyes0
row countcsv_row_countyes0
daily hours per personcustomyes0
missing punches flaggedcustomyes0

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash332.20.0276
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol332.20.2253

Per-attempt check verdicts, raw and frozen verdicts, usage, receipt and artifact hashes for this task are in results/latest/attempts.jsonl under "task": "clock-punch-audit".