GPT-6.1 Sol (effort default (no reasoning-effort override) · thinking on) on Implement a reader/writer for a documented chunked binary container (LEB128 lengths, CRC-32, zlib chunks, critical vs ancillary)
OGPT-6.1 Soldefault · thinking on · Codex CLI 0.163.0 (codex exec --json) · cloud · 2026-10-22 · by @bobsiopener
- Estimated cost
- $0.08
- Wall time
- 1m
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Outcome
- Pass
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# Task: implement the CHNK container format Implement `read(buf)` and `write(...)` in `chnk.py` exactly as documented in `FORMAT.md` (including every error case and its `.offset`). Keep the `FormatError(msg, offset)` class. Python standard library only (`zlib` is fine). No network.
Every error path has an exact expected byte offset; minimal-varint and 5-byte limits, CRC over type+payload, META ordering, PNG-style critical/ancillary rule and byte-exact writer output are each tested. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com. Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Cost shown is a list-price API-equivalent estimate (run on a ChatGPT subscription, not billed).
Success criteria: 1. All 12 hidden unittest cases pass: basic read, no-CRC + META merge, ancillary skipping, multi-byte varints, header errors, truncation offsets, type errors, varint errors, CRC mismatches, semantic errors, byte-exact writer output, 120 random read(write()) round-trips.
Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch6 case f10-chunked-binary-format (offline fixture). Prepared with batch6/prepare.sh on the shared box; only TASK.md + starting files were copied to the agent machine, hidden key/tests stayed on the box. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim on stdin. Flags: --json -s workspace-write --skip-git-repo-check --ephemeral --ignore-user-config --ignore-rules -C <workdir>. Scored on the box with the scout's scorer: `python score.py WORKDIR KEYDIR`. Single run, no retries. User-level AGENTS.md (846 bytes, sha256 83ec4fe50da8) may have been in context; --ignore-user-config does not document excluding it. Serving model not confirmed: requested via -m; the event log does not echo the serving model id. Price source is secondary (pricing.json verification='secondary', https://www.actuia.com/en/news/ai-api-pricing-in-october-2026-050-to-50-for-output/), not an official OpenAI price page. Score: 12/12. Cost is an ESTIMATE: measured tokens x pricing.json list price (ChatGPT plan, nothing billed); input_tokens include cached reads; output_tokens include reasoning tokens. Tool calls 5 (1 failed, recovered). Single run.
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Metrics
- Estimated cost
- $0.08
- Wall time
- 1m
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Turns
- 1
| Model | Input tok | Output tok | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGPT-6.1 Solopenai/gpt-6.1-soleffort default (no reasoning-effort override) · thinking on | 122,139 | 3,238 | $0.08 |
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Codex CLI 0.163.0 (codex exec --json), cloud. - It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. All 12 hidden unittest cases pass: basic read, no-CRC + META merge, ancillary skipping, multi-byte varints, header errors, truncation offsets, type errors, varint errors, CRC mismatches, semantic errors, byte-exact writer output, 120 random read(write()) round-trips.
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