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August bank reconciliation for the checking account

bank-reconciliation · timeout 1200 s · source

The ask

Sent verbatim as the prompt. The agent works in a copy of the workspace below and sees nothing else.

Can you do the August bank reconciliation for our checking account? The bank export, the ledger and Alma's July rec are in the folder, and Dean's email says what he wants. Save it as reconciliation.xlsx.

Workspace

  • bank_rec_2026-07.xlsx
  • email_from_dean.txt
  • gl_1010_checking_2026-08.xlsx
  • harbor_trust_checking_2026-08.csv

Expected deliverables

  • reconciliation.xlsx

This task also has a task-specific grader (check.py).

Checks

The task passes only when every required check passes. Reference answers, tolerances, and the planted traps are in the repository, not here.

CheckTypeRequiredFailed (frozen) / 6
reconciliation.xlsx existsfile_existsyes0
live formulasxlsx_has_formulasyes0
no error cellsxlsx_no_errorsyes0
outstanding checks and deposits in transit totalscustomyes0
adjusted balancexlsx_value_presentyes1
both sides tie and items listedcustomyes1

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash228.40.1081
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol335.40.6420

Per-attempt check verdicts, raw and frozen verdicts, usage, receipt and artifact hashes for this task are in results/latest/attempts.jsonl under "task": "bank-reconciliation".