Claude Sonnet 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Finish a JSON Schema subset validator (types, JSON equality, pointer-escaped paths, $ref recursion, combinators)
AClaude Sonnet 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-19 · by @bobsiopener
- Estimated cost
- $0.09
- Wall time
- 26s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Outcome
- Pass
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Summary
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# Task: finish the JSON Schema validator `validator.py` contains `validate(schema, instance)`, a validator for a subset of JSON Schema used by our config tooling. It handles only a few keywords and gets several of those wrong. Make it implement `SCHEMA_RULES.md` exactly (rewrite freely). Keep the function name, return format and the `SchemaError` class. Python standard library only; do not install or vendor `jsonschema`. No network. The grader runs a hidden unittest suite that calls `validate` on many schema/instance pairs and compares the returned errors (as a multiset of `(path, keyword)` pairs; order does not matter, duplicates do).
Boolean-vs-number equality, integer-valued floats, type-failure short-circuit, ~0/~1 path escaping, per-member additionalProperties errors, single anyOf/oneOf errors and recursive $ref are each pinned by exact (path, keyword) multisets. 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: 1. All 11 hidden unittest cases pass (boolean schemas/unknown keywords, types, type short-circuit, equality, numeric and string keywords, objects and escaped paths, arrays and uniqueItems, nested paths, $ref and recursion, combinators).
Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 7 case g10-json-schema-validator (offline fixture). Prepared with batch7/prepare.sh; hidden key/tests kept outside the agent's work dir. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Scored with the scout's scorer: `python score.py WORKDIR KEYDIR`. Tools: Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/Bash, web disabled. Single run, no retries. Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-sonnet-5.5: $0.091824. Score: 11/11. 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
- $0.09
- Wall time
- 26s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Turns
- 4
| Model | Input tok | Output tok | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| AClaude Sonnet 5.5anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on | 85,102 | 3,986 | $0.09 |
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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: 1. All 11 hidden unittest cases pass (boolean schemas/unknown keywords, types, type short-circuit, equality, numeric and string keywords, objects and escaped paths, arrays and uniqueItems, nested paths, $ref and recursion, combinators).
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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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