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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
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- 5/8/2026, 4:59:49 PM
- Ended
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- Duration
- 16,214ms
- Tool calls
- 6
- Tool errors
- 3
- Answer tool called
- yes
Tool Calls
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read error · 3ms { "path": "fileA" }ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/workspace/fileA'
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read error · 3ms { "path": "fileA" }ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/workspace/fileA'
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read error · 1ms { "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 · 4ms { "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
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System Prompt
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"contextUsage": {
"tokens": 2595,
"contextWindow": 64000,
"percent": 4.0546875
},
"testCaseId": "read-file",
"piCommand": {
"executable": "pi",
"args": [
"-p",
"-e",
"/extensions/strip-pi-documentation.ts",
"-e",
"/extensions/test-execution-recorder.ts",
"--provider",
"lm-studio",
"--model",
"google/gemma-4-e4b",
"--no-tools",
"--tools",
"read,grep,find,ls,answer_question",
"--no-skills",
"read fileA and give me the contents\nCall the answer_question tool and pass the file contents in the \"answer\" string parameter.\n\nKeep trying until you achieve it. You MUST use tools. Don't let tool failures stop you. You may use tools multiple times."
],
"command": "pi -p -e /extensions/strip-pi-documentation.ts -e /extensions/test-execution-recorder.ts --provider lm-studio --model google/gemma-4-e4b --no-tools --tools read,grep,find,ls,answer_question --no-skills 'read fileA and give me the contents\nCall the answer_question tool and pass the file contents in the \"answer\" string parameter.\n\nKeep trying until you achieve it. You MUST use tools. Don'\\''t let tool failures stop you. You may use tools multiple times.'"
},
"assertion": {
"enabled": true,
"mode": "exact",
"expectedSource": "harness:testCases.read-file.expectedResult",
"expected": "I left the fridge open",
"actual": "I left the fridge open",
"passed": true
}
}