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Allocate August overhead to departments

shared-cost-allocation·time budget 1200 s·source

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.

Please do the August overhead allocation to the departments. Carla's memo explains the new way she wants it done. Save it as allocation.xlsx.

Workspace

  • gl_detail_overhead_2026-08.csv
  • headcount_and_floorplan.xlsx
  • memo_overhead_allocation.txt
  • overhead_allocation_2026-07.xlsx

Expected deliverables

  • allocation.xlsx

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

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 checkTypeRequiredFailed / observed
live formulasxlsx_has_formulasyes0 / 6
no formula errorsxlsx_no_errorsyes0 / 6
every account splits to the centcustomyes0 / 6
grand total allocatedxlsx_value_presentyes0 / 6
Mill Shop totalxlsx_value_presentyes0 / 6
Finishing totalxlsx_value_presentyes0 / 6
Install totalxlsx_value_presentyes0 / 6
Showroom totalxlsx_value_presentyes0 / 6
Admin totalxlsx_value_presentyes0 / 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.

  • live formulas — xlsx_has_formulas, required
  • no formula errors — xlsx_no_errors, required
  • every account splits to the cent — custom, required
  • grand total allocated — xlsx_value_present, required
  • Mill Shop total — xlsx_value_present, required
  • Finishing total — xlsx_value_present, required
  • Install total — xlsx_value_present, required
  • Showroom total — xlsx_value_present, required
  • Admin total — xlsx_value_present, required

Recorded results, desk release

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Original / 3Median minutesMean model estimate (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash334.20.0711
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol335.10.5216

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": "shared-cost-allocation".

Recorded results, desk comparison, 28 September 2026

SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Original / 3Median minutes
Proto / GPT-6 sol332.8
Codex / GPT-6 sol333.6
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash332.8

A separate campaign under the same frozen scorer, not pooled with the release. Conditions and data.