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Year-to-date spend by vendor and category

vendor-spend-categories · 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.

The owners want to see what we've spent this year with each vendor, grouped into Deb's categories. Build vendor_spend.xlsx from the AP export and keep the totals live - the email thread has the details.

Workspace

  • ap_transactions_2026-01-01_to_2026-08-31.csv
  • email_thread_vendor_spend.txt
  • vendor_categories.xlsx

Expected deliverables

  • vendor_spend.xlsx

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
vendor_spend.xlsx existsfile_existsyes0
live formulasxlsx_has_formulasyes0
no error cellsxlsx_no_errorsyes3
Sysco Savannah spendxlsx_value_presentyes3
Coastal Linen spendxlsx_value_presentyes3
Housekeeping & Amenities totalxlsx_value_presentyes3
Repairs & Maintenance totalxlsx_value_presentyes3
total spendxlsx_value_presentyes2

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash333.30.0490
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol006.00.8756

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