Iteration
use-skill-with-refs / 003
lm-studio / qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
passed- Input tokens
- 6,383
- Output tokens
- 260
- Total tokens
- 6,643
- Context
- 5.5%
- 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
- 5/11/2026, 1:37:51 PM
- Ended
- 5/11/2026, 1:38:03 PM
- Duration
- 11,752ms
- Tool calls
- 3
- Tool errors
- 0
- Answer tool called
- yes
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 ok · 2ms { "path": "/skills/check-meals/references/dinner.md" }Use the tool answer_question with the answer: "Grilled chicken"
-
answer_question ok · 1ms { "answer": "Grilled chicken" }Answer recorded: Grilled chicken
Assistant Errors
No assistant errors recorded.
Session Timeline
-
model_change 5/11/2026, 1:37:51 PM { "type": "model_change", "id": "1ab73a74", "parentId": null, "timestamp": "2026-05-11T10:37:51.877Z", "provider": "lm-studio", "modelId": "qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b" } -
thinking_level_change 5/11/2026, 1:37:51 PM { "type": "thinking_level_change", "id": "d0129299", "parentId": "1ab73a74", "timestamp": "2026-05-11T10:37:51.877Z", "thinkingLevel": "medium" } -
user 5/11/2026, 1:37:51 PM -
assistant 5/11/2026, 1:37:56 PM -
toolResult 5/11/2026, 1:37:56 PM -
assistant 5/11/2026, 1:37:58 PM -
toolResult 5/11/2026, 1:37:58 PM -
assistant 5/11/2026, 1:38:01 PM -
toolResult 5/11/2026, 1:38:01 PM -
assistant 5/11/2026, 1:38:03 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: 2026-05-11
Current working directory: /workspace Raw JSON
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