Tasks · desk · Bookkeeping
2026 depreciation schedule from the fixed asset register
depreciation-schedule · 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.
Pat needs our 2026 depreciation schedule so she can close the year; her email explains how she wants it. Save it as depreciation.xlsx.
Workspace
- email_from_pat_accountant.txt
- fixed_asset_register.xlsx
- fixed_asset_register_2024_backup.xlsx
Expected deliverables
- depreciation.xlsx
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.
| Check | Type | Required | Failed (frozen) / 6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| live formulas | xlsx_has_formulas | yes | 0 |
| no formula errors | xlsx_no_errors | yes | 0 |
| depreciation, one line per month | custom | yes | 0 |
| total 2026 depreciation | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| partial first year | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| press with salvage | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| sold van | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| gain on the van sale | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| fully depreciated server | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
Recorded results, complete desk comparison
pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
| System | Repetitions | Frozen / 3 | Raw / 3 | Median minutes | Mean cost (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 3 | 3 | 5.5 | 0.0929 | |
| Codex / GPT-5.6 sol | 3 | 3 | 6.4 | 0.7446 |
Per-attempt check verdicts, raw and frozen verdicts, usage, receipt and artifact hashes for this task are in results/latest/attempts.jsonl under "task": "depreciation-schedule".