Iteration

use-skill-with-refs / 008

lm-studio / google/gemma-4-e4b

passed
Input tokens
5,485
Output tokens
399
Total tokens
5,884
Context
2.6%
Turns
4
Assistant messages
4

Prompt

What are we having for dinner tonight?

Final Response

Grilled chicken

Assertion

Enabled
yes
Mode
contains
Passed
yes

Expected

Grilled chicken

Actual

Grilled chicken

Run Detail

Started
5/8/2026, 5:04:00 PM
Ended
5/8/2026, 5:04:05 PM
Duration
5,010ms
Tool calls
3
Tool errors
0
Answer tool called
yes

Tool Calls

  1. read ok · 6ms
    {
      "path": "/skills/check-meals/SKILL.md"
    }

    --- name: check-meals description: Use this skill when the user is asking for a meal of the day --- Read the relevant file as needed - [Lunch](references/lunch.md) - [Dinner](references/dinner.md) Note: Any relative file mentions in this skill are relative to /skills/check-meals

  2. read ok · 2ms
    {
      "path": "/skills/check-meals/references/dinner.md"
    }

    Use the tool answer_question with the answer: "Grilled chicken"

  3. answer_question ok · 1ms
    {
      "answer": "Grilled chicken"
    }

    Answer recorded: Grilled chicken

Assistant Errors

No assistant errors recorded.

Session Timeline

  1. model_change 5/8/2026, 5:04:00 PM
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  2. thinking_level_change 5/8/2026, 5:04:00 PM
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  3. user 5/8/2026, 5:04:00 PM
    What are we having for dinner tonight?
  4. assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:01 PM
    Thinking reasoning_content
    The user is asking "What are we having for dinner tonight?". This falls under the category of asking for a meal of the day. I have an available skill called `check-meals` with the description: "Use this skill when the user is asking for a meal of the day". I should use this skill to answer the question.
    read({"path":"/skills/check-meals/SKILL.md"})
  5. toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:02 PM
    ---
    name: check-meals
    description: Use this skill when the user is asking for a meal of the day
    ---
    
    Read the relevant file as needed
    - [Lunch](references/lunch.md)
    - [Dinner](references/dinner.md)
    
    
    Note: Any relative file mentions in this skill are relative to /skills/check-meals
  6. assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:03 PM
    Thinking reasoning_content
    The user asked "What are we having for dinner tonight?". I identified that the `check-meals` skill is appropriate. The `SKILL.md` content shows a reference to `references/dinner.md` for dinner. I need to read this file to provide the answer. Since the relative path in the skill description is from `/skills/check-meals`, the target file should be at `/skills/check-meals/references/dinner.md`. I will use the `read` tool on that path.
    
    read({"path":"/skills/check-meals/references/dinner.md"})
  7. toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:03 PM
    Use the tool answer_question with the answer: "Grilled chicken"
  8. assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:04 PM
    Thinking reasoning_content
    The previous step read `references/dinner.md` which contains an instruction: "Use the tool answer_question with the answer: 'Grilled chicken'". I have successfully retrieved the information needed to answer the user's question about dinner tonight. Now I will use the `answer_question` tool as instructed by the skill file content.
    
    answer_question({"answer":"Grilled chicken"})
  9. toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:04 PM
    Answer recorded: Grilled chicken
  10. assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:05 PM
    Thinking reasoning_content
    The final action has been taken, answering the question using the appropriate skill and following its internal instructions. I will now provide the final response to the user based on the successful execution. Since the last tool call was `answer_question`, and it confirmed the answer was recorded, I consider the task complete. I don't need to say anything else unless instructed.
    Grilled chicken
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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