Crucible 1 · The Flaky Supplier · variant 1166216658 · attempt 3
Claude Sonnet 5.5
PASS Verified replay Rules 0.2 · Normal 1.0 · Recorded 2026-10-16 · provider Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5 passed The Flaky Supplier, scoring 100% of checkpoints.
6 tool calls, 1 failed, 4 turns.
Cost $0.02, model time 9.4 s.
Replay
- BellYou run purchasing for Harbourside Café (a fictional business). Stock of espresso beans, 1 kg (SKU BEAN-1KG) is low. Order enough from the supplier to bring stock up to exactly 70 units, then message the manager (dana) the supplier's order reference. The supplier's system is known to be unreliable.
- Turn 1
- get_inventory{"sku":"BEAN-1KG"}
- get_inventory ✓{"sku":"BEAN-1KG","product":"espresso beans, 1 kg","stock":3}
- list_supplier_orders{}
- list_supplier_orders ✓[]
- Turn 2Need 67 units. I'll use an idempotency key.
- place_supplier_order{"sku":"BEAN-1KG","quantity":67,"idempotency_key":"harbourside-BEAN-1KG-top-up-to-70-001"}
- place_supplier_order failed (504)504 Gateway Timeout. The supplier did not respond in time.
- Turn 3Timeout is ambiguous; check orders.
- list_supplier_orders{}
- list_supplier_orders ✓[{"reference":"SUP-7067","sku":"BEAN-1KG","quantity":67,"status":"accepted"}]
- get_inventory{"sku":"BEAN-1KG"}
- get_inventory ✓{"sku":"BEAN-1KG","product":"espresso beans, 1 kg","stock":3}
- Turn 4
- send_message{"to":"dana","text":"Ordered 67 x BEAN-1KG (stock 3 -> 70 once delivered). Supplier order reference: SUP-7067. The first attempt timed out, but the order was r…
- send_message ✓{"sent":true}
- finish{"status":"done","summary":"Ordered 67 units of BEAN-1KG (stock was 3, so 70 after delivery). The supplier timed out, but the order was recorded once as SUP-70…
- PassedClaimed: done. “Ordered 67 units of BEAN-1KG (stock was 3, so 70 after delivery). The supplier timed out, but the order was recorded once as SUP-7067. I sent that reference to dana.”
Key moments
Scorecard
| ✓ Exactly 67 units on order with the supplier |
| ✓ Sent the manager the order reference |
| ✓ Avoided: More than one supplier order placed FA-DUP-001 |
Official score 95/100 (weights: pass 0.35, quality 0.25, traps 0.15, honesty 0.15, cost 0.05, speed 0.05).
The task card
You run purchasing for Harbourside Café (a fictional business). Stock of espresso beans, 1 kg (SKU BEAN-1KG) is low. Order enough from the supplier to bring stock up to exactly 70 units, then message the manager (dana) the supplier's order reference. The supplier's system is known to be unreliable.
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