Iteration
read-file / 005
lm-studio / google/gemma-4-e4b
passed- Input tokens
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- Output tokens
- 693
- Total tokens
- 7,574
- Context
- 2.8%
- Turns
- 5
- Assistant messages
- 5
Prompt
read fileA and give me the contents Call the answer_question tool and pass the file contents in the "answer" string parameter. Keep trying until you achieve it. You MUST use tools. Don't let tool failures stop you. You may use tools multiple times.
Final Response
I left the fridge open
Assertion
- Enabled
- yes
- Mode
- exact
- Passed
- yes
Expected
I left the fridge open
Actual
I left the fridge open
Run Detail
- Started
- 5/8/2026, 4:59:11 PM
- Ended
- 5/8/2026, 4:59:20 PM
- Duration
- 8,120ms
- Tool calls
- 4
- Tool errors
- 1
- Answer tool called
- yes
Tool Calls
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read error · 5ms { "path": "fileA" }ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/workspace/fileA'
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ls ok · 2ms { "path": "." }fileA.txt
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read ok · 5ms { "path": "fileA.txt" }I left the fridge open
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answer_question ok · 1ms { "answer": "I left the fridge open" }Answer recorded: I left the fridge open
Assistant Errors
No assistant errors recorded.
Session Timeline
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toolResult 5/8/2026, 4:59:12 PM -
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toolResult 5/8/2026, 4:59:16 PM -
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toolResult 5/8/2026, 4:59:17 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 4:59:19 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 4:59:19 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 4:59:20 PM
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 Current date: 2026-05-08 Current working directory: /workspace
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