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Split last week's tip pool by shift

tip-pooling · 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 split last week's tips for payroll? The POS export, the cash envelope sheet, the time clock and Hana's tip pool memo are all in the folder. Save it as tip_distribution.csv.

Workspace

  • cash_tip_envelopes_wk33.xlsx
  • pos_checks_2026-08-10_to_2026-08-16.csv
  • timeclock_punches_wk33.csv
  • tip_pool_memo.txt

Expected deliverables

  • tip_distribution.csv

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
payout sheet columnscsv_columnsyes1
one line per person per shiftcsv_row_countyes0
managers take nothingtext_not_containsyes0
tip shares per person per shiftcustomyes1

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash222.30.0282
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol333.60.3955

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