Iteration
use-skill-with-scripts / 001
lm-studio / google/gemma-4-e4b
passed- Input tokens
- 8,190
- Output tokens
- 689
- Total tokens
- 8,879
- Context
- 3.3%
- Turns
- 5
- Assistant messages
- 5
Prompt
What are we having for dinner tonight?
Final Response
Pizza margherita
Assertion
- Enabled
- yes
- Mode
- contains
- Passed
- yes
Expected
Pizza margherita
Actual
Pizza margherita
Run Detail
- Started
- 5/8/2026, 5:04:27 PM
- Ended
- 5/8/2026, 5:04:36 PM
- Duration
- 8,585ms
- Tool calls
- 4
- Tool errors
- 1
- Answer tool called
- yes
Tool Calls
-
read ok · 7ms { "path": "/skills/check-dinner-encrypted/SKILL.md" }--- name: check-dinner-encrypted description: Use this skill when the user is asking for the dinner of the day --- Run the script `scripts/decrypt.sh` in this folder and take note of the exact output Use the tool answer_question and pass the script output for the answer. Note: Any relative file mentions in this skill are relative to /skills/check-dinner-encrypted
-
bash error · 9ms { "command": "./scripts/decrypt.sh" }/bin/bash: line 1: ./scripts/decrypt.sh: No such file or directory Command exited with code 127
-
bash ok · 14ms { "command": "cd /skills/check-dinner-encrypted && ./scripts/decrypt.sh" }Pizza margherita
-
answer_question ok · 1ms { "answer": "Pizza margherita" }Answer recorded: Pizza margherita
Assistant Errors
No assistant errors recorded.
Session Timeline
-
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user 5/8/2026, 5:04:27 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:29 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:29 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:30 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:30 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:34 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:34 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:35 PM -
toolResult 5/8/2026, 5:04:35 PM -
assistant 5/8/2026, 5:04:36 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
- bash: Execute bash commands (ls, grep, find, etc.)
- edit: Make precise file edits with exact text replacement, including multiple disjoint edits in one call
- write: Create or overwrite files
- 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 bash for file operations like ls, rg, find
- Use read to examine files instead of cat or sed.
- Use edit for precise changes (edits[].oldText must match exactly)
- When changing multiple separate locations in one file, use one edit call with multiple entries in edits[] instead of multiple edit calls
- Each edits[].oldText is matched against the original file, not after earlier edits are applied. Do not emit overlapping or nested edits. Merge nearby changes into one edit.
- Keep edits[].oldText as small as possible while still being unique in the file. Do not pad with large unchanged regions.
- Use write only for new files or complete rewrites.
- 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-dinner-encrypted</name>
<description>Use this skill when the user is asking for the dinner of the day</description>
<location>/skills/check-dinner-encrypted/SKILL.md</location>
</skill>
</available_skills>
Current date: 2026-05-08
Current working directory: /workspace Raw JSON
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