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Reconcile the front desk petty cash and code the top-up

petty-cash-reconcile · 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 reconcile the front desk petty cash for August and work out the replenishment? Dana's log, the receipts, the count sheet and Marisol's email are in the folder. Save it as petty_cash.xlsx.

Workspace

  • cash_count_2026-08-31.txt
  • email_from_marisol.txt
  • petty_cash_log_2026-08.xlsx
  • petty_cash_receipts_2026-08.pdf

Expected deliverables

  • petty_cash.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
petty_cash.xlsx existsfile_existsyes0
live formulasxlsx_has_formulasyes0
no error cellsxlsx_no_errorsyes0
replenishment checkxlsx_value_presentyes0
postage totalxlsx_value_presentyes0
office supplies totalxlsx_value_presentyes0
kitchen & refreshments totalxlsx_value_presentyes0
over/short and missing receipt flaggedcustomyes0

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash334.80.0554
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol333.90.4339

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