Tasks · desk · Bookkeeping
Reconcile the front desk petty cash and code the top-up
petty-cash-reconcile · 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.
Can you reconcile the front desk petty cash for August and work out the replenishment? Dana's log, the receipts, the count sheet and Marisol's email are in the folder. Save it as petty_cash.xlsx.
Workspace
- cash_count_2026-08-31.txt
- email_from_marisol.txt
- petty_cash_log_2026-08.xlsx
- petty_cash_receipts_2026-08.pdf
Expected deliverables
- petty_cash.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| petty_cash.xlsx exists | file_exists | yes | 0 |
| live formulas | xlsx_has_formulas | yes | 0 |
| no error cells | xlsx_no_errors | yes | 0 |
| replenishment check | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| postage total | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| office supplies total | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| kitchen & refreshments total | xlsx_value_present | yes | 0 |
| over/short and missing receipt flagged | custom | 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 | 4.8 | 0.0554 | |
| Codex / GPT-5.6 sol | 3 | 3 | 3.9 | 0.4339 |
Per-attempt check verdicts, raw and frozen verdicts, usage, receipt and artifact hashes for this task are in results/latest/attempts.jsonl under "task": "petty-cash-reconcile".