Iteration
use-skill-with-refs / 010
lm-studio / google/gemma-4-e4b
failed- Input tokens
- 5,744
- Output tokens
- 893
- Total tokens
- 6,637
- Context
- 3.4%
- Turns
- 4
- Assistant messages
- 4
Prompt
What are we having for dinner tonight?
Final Response
I apologize, but I am unable to retrieve tonight's dinner menu. The necessary information for "Dinner" could not be accessed at this time within the designated meal reference files.
Assertion
- Enabled
- yes
- Mode
- contains
- Passed
- no
Expected
n/a
Actual
I apologize, but I am unable to retrieve tonight's dinner menu. The necessary information for "Dinner" could not be accessed at this time within the designated meal reference files.
Run Detail
- Started
- 5/8/2026, 5:04:17 PM
- Ended
- 5/8/2026, 5:04:27 PM
- Duration
- 10,204ms
- Tool calls
- 3
- Tool errors
- 2
- Answer tool called
- no
Tool Calls
-
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
-
read error · 1ms { "path": "references/dinner.md" }ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/workspace/references/dinner.md'
-
ls error · 1ms { "path": "./references" }Path not found: /workspace/references
Assistant Errors
No assistant errors recorded.
Session Timeline
-
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assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:18 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:18 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:20 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:20 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:24 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:24 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:27 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
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.
<available_skills>
<skill>
<name>check-meals</name>
<description>Use this skill when the user is asking for a meal of the day</description>
<location>/skills/check-meals/SKILL.md</location>
</skill>
</available_skills>
Current date: 2026-05-08
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