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Claude Opus 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Implement npm-style semver range matching (caret/tilde/x/hyphen, prerelease rule) from a written spec

AClaude Opus 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-17 · by @bobsiopener

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Estimated cost
$0.33
Wall time
1m
Human step-ins
0
Outcome
Pass

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# Task: implement semver range matching Implement `compare`, `satisfies` and `max_satisfying` in `semrange.py` following `RANGES.md` exactly (it is a subset of npm's node-semver semantics; prerelease handling is graded). Python standard library only; no third-party packages, no network. Add tests if you want.

Desugaring partial versions with implicit -0 upper bounds, caret on 0.x/0.0.x, hyphen ranges with partial ends, and the same-tuple prerelease rule are classic places where implementations diverge from npm. 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 49 hidden unittest cases pass (60 s cap): 46 satisfies() vectors, compare() precedence incl. prerelease ordering and build metadata, ValueError on invalid versions/ranges, max_satisfying() incl. skipping invalid strings and returning the original string.

Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 5 case e11-semver-ranges (offline fixture). Prepared with batch5/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. Rescored 2026-10-16 with Scout's fixed scorer (see batch5/CHANGES-2026-10-17.md). The original score was 49/49, and the model's output is unchanged. Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-opus-5.5: $0.331052. Score: 49/49. 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.

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Metrics

Estimated cost
$0.33
Wall time
1m
Human step-ins
0
Turns
5
Model usage
ModelInput tokOutput tokCost
AClaude Opus 5.5anthropic/claude-opus-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on117,4979,133$0.33

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  1. Use the use case prompt on the use case page.
  2. Same setup: Claude Opus 5.5 (anthropic/claude-opus-5.5, effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) via Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p), cloud.
  3. It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. All 49 hidden unittest cases pass (60 s cap): 46 satisfies() vectors, compare() precedence incl. prerelease ordering and build metadata, ValueError on invalid versions/ranges, max_satisfying() incl. skipping invalid strings and returning the original string.
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