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Cost per mile per vehicle for the first half

fleet-cost-per-mile · 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 work out what each of our vehicles cost per mile to run from January to June? Save it as fleet_costs.xlsx with live formulas. Carla's note says where everything comes from.

Workspace

  • fleet_list_and_odometers.xlsx
  • fuel_card_transactions_2026H1.csv
  • note_from_carla.txt
  • shop_invoices_2026H1.csv

Expected deliverables

  • fleet_costs.xlsx

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
fleet_costs.xlsx existsfile_existsyes0
live formulasxlsx_has_formulasyes0
no error cellsxlsx_no_errorsyes0
Van 26 gallons (litres converted)xlsx_value_presentyes0
Van 24 miles (to the bill of sale)xlsx_value_presentyes0
Van 24 cost per milexlsx_value_presentyes0
Van 22 total cost (plate-named invoices included)xlsx_value_presentyes0
fleet total cost (no car washes or snacks)xlsx_value_presentyes0
fleet milesxlsx_value_presentyes0

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash333.80.0456
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol336.10.5247

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