Claude Sonnet 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Quote and choose parcel carriers for a batch of shipments under each carrier's own rules

AClaude Sonnet 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-24 · by @bobsiopener

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Estimated cost: $0.07
Wall time: 15s
Human step-ins: 0
Outcome: Pass

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# Quote and choose parcel carriers for a batch of shipments under each carrier's own rules Inputs: `carriers.json` (each carrier's dimensional divisor, weight rounding, billing method, zones, rate bands and surcharges) and `shipments.csv` (shipment_id, piece, dest_postcode, dims_cm as "a x b x c" in any order, actual_kg). Everything is synthetic. `carriers.json` and these rules are the record; where `dispatch-note.txt` disagrees, the rules win. Rules: - A piece's chargeable weight with a carrier is the larger of actual_kg and a × b × c / dim_divisor, rounded up to the next multiple of the carrier's round_kg. - The zone is the one for the longest prefix in zones that the postcode starts with (compare in capitals without spaces). The base comes from the first band whose max_kg is at least the weight; above the last band it is the last band's price plus per_kg_above × the kg over its max_kg. billing per_piece prices each piece's chargeable weight separately and adds them; billing consignment prices the sum of the pieces' chargeable weights once. - Oversize applies per piece when its longest side is more than longest_cm, or its longest side plus twice the sum of the other two sides is more than length_plus_girth_cm. The remote fee applies once per shipment when the postcode starts with any remote prefix. - Fuel is fuel_pct of the sum of the charge types listed in fuel_applies_to (base, oversize, remote), rounded half-up to the cent. The total is base + oversize fees + remote fee + fuel. - A carrier can't take a shipment if any piece's actual_kg is above its max_piece_kg; its quote is then null. - Choose the cheapest carrier for each shipment; on a tie take the carrier listed first in carriers.json (null if no carrier can take it). - Write `out/quotes.json`: `{"chargeable_kg": {"<shipment_id>": {"<carrier>": [<kg per piece in piece order>], ...}, ...}, "base": {"<shipment_id>": {"<carrier>": <base or null>, ...}, ...}, "quotes": {"<shipment_id>": {"<carrier>": <total or null>, ...}, ...}, "chosen": {"<shipment_id>": "<carrier>", ...}}`. ## How this run works - Work on your own: nobody will answer questions in this task, and writing to `ask/` counts against the run. - Write only under `out/`. Create `out/` if it is missing. Inputs are synthetic; don't fetch anything from the network. - Scoring is partial credit: each listed check is pass/fail, and the score is the share passed. Numbers are compared to within 0.005 unless the task says otherwise.

Price a batch of synthetic multi-piece shipments with three carriers and choose the cheapest. Each carrier has its own dimensional divisor, round-up step and maximum piece weight; zones come from the longest postcode prefix; one carrier bills the whole consignment while the others bill per piece; bands run out and switch to a per-kg rate; oversize is judged per piece by length and girth; the remote fee applies once; and fuel is charged on different parts of the bill for each carrier. A dispatch note gets the billing, rounding, fuel and choice rules wrong. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com (not based on a specific public post). Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Each run's notes say how its cost was measured (estimates are marked).

Success criteria: chargeable_weight zones_bands_billing surcharges_and_fuel eligibility choice

Setup notes: Batch 33 case tj03-parcel-carrier-quotes (offline, synthetic inputs, seed 3780685). Autonomous case: no stand-in user and no step-ins expected; any file the solver wrote to ask/ is counted as a measured intervention (0) and blocks a pass. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Hidden key kept outside the solver's work dir. Scored with the case's scorer (python3 score.py WORKDIR KEYDIR, absolute paths); pass = every check true and no ask/ files. Tools: Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/Bash, web disabled. Single run, no retries. 1-min load average at scoring 0.27 (8 cores). Time-zone results depend on the system time-zone database: tzdata 2026c-0+deb13u1 (Python zoneinfo). Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-sonnet-5.5: $0.066568. Score: 5/5. Cost is an ESTIMATE: measured tokens x pricing.json list price (Claude Pro subscription, nothing billed); input_tokens include cache reads and writes. Single run.

Estimated cost List-price estimate; not actually billed.

Metrics

Estimated cost: $0.07
Wall time: 15s
Human step-ins: 0
Turns: 3

Model usage
Model	Input tok	Output tok	Cost
AClaude Sonnet 5.5anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on	63,506	1,832	$0.07

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Same setup: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5, effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) via Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p), cloud.
It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: chargeable_weight zones_bands_billing surcharges_and_fuel eligibility choice
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Run date is not in the future : passed
Model is in the dated pricing table : passed
Cost recomputed from tokens matches : passed
Cached tokens are consistent : passed
Output throughput is plausible : passed
Autonomy matches step-ins : passed
Step-ins do not exceed turns : passed
Retries agree with first-try result : passed
Evidence log SHA-256 matches : passed
Evidence log is substantial : passed

Evidence log

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