Iteration

use-skill-with-refs / 002

lm-studio / google/gemma-4-e2b

failed
Input tokens
2,454
Output tokens
427
Total tokens
2,881
Context
4.8%
Turns
2
Assistant messages
2

Prompt

What are we having for dinner tonight?

Final Response

I do not have access to any information about what you are having for dinner tonight. Could you provide more context?

Assertion

Enabled
yes
Mode
contains
Passed
no

Expected

n/a

Actual

I do not have access to any information about what you are having for dinner tonight. Could you provide more context?

Run Detail

Started
5/8/2026, 4:55:08 PM
Ended
5/8/2026, 4:55:11 PM
Duration
3,106ms
Tool calls
1
Tool errors
1
Answer tool called
no

Tool Calls

  1. check-meals error ยท 1ms
    {}

    Tool check-meals not found

Assistant Errors

No assistant errors recorded.

Session Timeline

  1. model_change 5/8/2026, 4:55:08 PM
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  2. thinking_level_change 5/8/2026, 4:55:08 PM
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  3. user 5/8/2026, 4:55:08 PM
    What are we having for dinner tonight?
  4. assistant 5/8/2026, 4:55:09 PM
    Thinking reasoning_content
    The user is asking "What are we having for dinner tonight?".
    I have access to a tool `check-meals` under the available skills, which seems relevant for answering meal-related questions.
    
    1.  **Check available tools:** I have `read`, `grep`, `find`, `ls`, and `answer_question`. I also have a skill `check-meals`.
    2.  **Determine the best action:** The question directly relates to a potential meal plan, so I should use the `check-meals` skill if applicable.
    3.  **Execute the tool:** Call `check-meals`. Since the prompt doesn't provide any context about who "we" are or what meals are planned, I must rely on the provided tools to see if this skill can fulfill the request.
    check-meals({})
  5. toolResult 5/8/2026, 4:55:09 PM
    Tool check-meals not found
  6. assistant 5/8/2026, 4:55:11 PM
    Thinking reasoning_content
    The previous attempt to call `check-meals` failed with the message "Tool check-meals not found". This suggests that while I have knowledge about skills, the actual execution environment might not have implemented or exposed this skill's functionality as expected, or it requires specific input which was missing.
    
    Since I cannot fulfill the request using the provided tools directly (as the tool call itself failed), I must respond to the user based on my general knowledge or state that I cannot find the information. Since I am an expert coding assistant and don't have access to a real-time meal planning system, I should state that I need more context or that I cannot determine what is for dinner without that context.
    
    However, if the goal of the exercise is to *always* use the tools provided, and the tool call failed, I should not invent an answer. The most honest response is to admit the limitation based on the executed step.
    
    Since this is a general conversation prompt, and no files were provided to suggest a meal plan, I cannot know what they are having for dinner.
    
    I do not have access to any information about what you are having for dinner tonight. Could you provide more context?
System Prompt
You are an expert coding assistant operating inside pi, a coding agent harness. You help users by reading files, executing commands, editing code, and writing new files.

Available tools:
- read: Read file contents
- grep: Search file contents for patterns (respects .gitignore)
- find: Find files by glob pattern (respects .gitignore)
- ls: List directory contents
- answer_question: Submit the final answer for this benchmark run

In addition to the tools above, you may have access to other custom tools depending on the project.

Guidelines:
- Use read to examine files instead of cat or sed.
- Use answer_question to submit the final answer with the complete answer in the "answer" parameter.
- Be concise in your responses
- Show file paths clearly when working with files

Skills are located at the absolute path /skills

The following skills provide specialized instructions for specific tasks.
Use the read tool to load a skill's file when the task matches its description.
When a skill file references a relative path, resolve it against the skill directory (parent of SKILL.md / dirname of the path) and use that absolute path in tool commands.

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Current date: 2026-05-08
Current working directory: /workspace
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