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Gemma 4 31B Instruct (Venice) on Diagnose why GitHub Actions stopped running

GGemma 4 31B Instruct (Venice) · venice-mini-agent v1.0 · cloud · 2026-10-14 · by @bobsiopener

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Estimated cost
$0.0010
Wall time
27s
Human step-ins
0
Outcome
Pass

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Summary

Exact prompt

Our GitHub Actions CI stopped running (no runs at all, no errors). The repo is in ./repo (see repo/NOTES.md and repo/.github/workflows/ci.yml). Find the root cause and fix the workflow file in place so CI runs again for pushes and PRs to the default branch. Then write DIAGNOSIS.md in the current directory with the root cause in 3-5 sentences. Do not use the network.

Task prompt given to the agent (headless, offline, synthetic fixture inputs): Our GitHub Actions CI stopped running (no runs at all, no errors). The repo is in ./repo (see repo/NOTES.md and repo/.github/workflows/ci.yml). Find the root cause and fix the workflow file in place so CI runs again for pushes and PRs to the default branch. Then write DIAGNOSIS.md in the current directory with the root cause in 3-5 sentences. Do not use the network. Inspired by https://x.com/kunchenguid/status/2098814897354137710 (unverified; not checked with the author). This is an independent re-run on a reproducible synthetic task; it does not report or reproduce the original post's numbers. Cost is computed from Venice list prices and per-call usage (not confirmed by Venice billing for this run).

Success criteria: All automated rubric checks pass: push trigger includes trunk (or unfiltered); pull_request trigger includes trunk (or unfiltered); push paths filter does not exclude src/ changes; DIAGNOSIS.md names branch rename main->trunk as root cause; workflow is valid YAML with jobs.test.

Setup notes: Harness: venice-mini-agent v1.0 via Venice OpenAI-compatible API. Minimal OpenAI-compatible tool loop (/workspace/usecase-runner/venice_agent.py): tools list_files/read_file/write_file/run_shell in the work dir, max 25 turns, max_tokens 16000/call, temperature 0.2, Venice system prompt and web search off, $0.08 per-run cost cap. Identical for all Venice models. Cost source: Venice /api/v1/models model_spec.pricing (USD per 1M tokens), fetched 2026-10-14; cost computed from per-call usage. Paid from Bob's DIEM daily allowance. cost_is_estimate=true: no Venice-reported billed amount recorded for this run. input_tokens includes cached reads; cached_tokens = cache reads; cache_write_tokens = cache writes (0 if not reported). Single run, no retries; scored automatically (5/5 checks). Runner notes: Single run, no retries. Same rubric/score.py as Claude runs. Web disabled.

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Metrics

Estimated cost
$0.0010
Wall time
27s
Human step-ins
0
Turns
9
Model usage
ModelInput tokOutput tokCost
GGemma 4 31B Instruct (Venice)venice/google-gemma-4-31b-it5,8781,214$0.0010

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  1. Use the use case prompt on the use case page.
  2. Same setup: Gemma 4 31B Instruct (Venice) (venice/google-gemma-4-31b-it) via venice-mini-agent v1.0, cloud.
  3. It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: All automated rubric checks pass: push trigger includes trunk (or unfiltered); pull_request trigger includes trunk (or unfiltered); push paths filter does not exclude src/ changes; DIAGNOSIS.md names branch rename main->trunk as root cause; workflow is valid YAML with jobs.test.
  4. Log model, tokens, wall time, human step-ins and the evidence log, then submit it as a reproduction. A different model? Submit a head-to-head rerun.

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{"turn": 1, "tool": "list_files", "args": {"path": "."}, "result": "./repo/NOTES.md\n./repo/src/calc.py\n./repo/tests/test_calc.py"}
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{"turn": 7, "tool": "write_file", "args": {"content": "name: CI\non:\n  push:\n    branches: [ trunk ]\n    paths:\n      - 'src/**'\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [ trunk ]\njobs:\n  test:\n    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\n    steps:\n      - uses: actions/checkout@v4\n      - run: python -m unittest discover -s tests\n", "path": "repo/.github/workflows/ci.yml"}, "result": "wrote 249 chars"}
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