Claude Haiku 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Animated snowman in one self-contained HTML file
AClaude Haiku 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-20 · by @bobsiopener
- Estimated cost
- $0.0060
- Wall time
- 28s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Outcome
- Pass
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Summary
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# Animated snowman in one self-contained HTML file Make an animated snowman scene. Anything goes: falling snow, a waving arm, a blinking face, a melting sun, your call. Style, colours and technique (CSS, SVG, canvas) are up to you. **Looks are not scored**; only the objective checks below are. Write one file, `snowman.html`, in the working directory. ## Checks (all must pass; partial credit = fraction passed) 1. `file_exists_under_size_limit`: `snowman.html` exists and is at most 100,000 bytes (100 KB). 2. `no_external_requests`: fully self-contained. No `http://`, `https://` or `//` URLs in `src`, `href`, `srcset`, `poster`, `action`, `data` or `url()`, no asset URLs anywhere, no `@import`, `fetch(`, `XMLHttpRequest`, `WebSocket`, `EventSource`, `sendBeacon`, JS `import`, `<script src>` or `<link href>` (inline everything; `data:` URIs are fine). When a browser is used, any non-file request the page attempts also fails this check. 3. `animation_present`: CSS `@keyframes` plus an `animation`/`animation-name` property, or `requestAnimationFrame(` / `setInterval(`. 4. `loops_forever`: an `infinite` CSS animation (`animation-iteration-count: infinite` or `infinite` in the `animation` shorthand), or rAF/`setInterval` with no `cancelAnimationFrame`/`clearInterval` anywhere; when a browser is used, the page must also still change between ~6 s and ~7 s after load. 5. `page_animates`: when a headless Chrome/Chromium is available, the page is opened once with the network blocked at 800x600, and screenshots at ~1.5 s and ~2.5 s after load must differ. Without a browser (or if it fails to start) this and the browser part of check 4 fall back to the static checks 3-4; the scorer reports `check_mode` (`headless-browser` or `static-fallback`). 6. `required_id_and_title`: an element with `id="snowman"` and a `<title>` containing "Snowman" (case-insensitive). No other files, no build step, no network. Run time limit for scoring: 120 s.
Write one self-contained, offline HTML file with a looping animated snowman scene (CSS, SVG or canvas). Scored only on objective checks: file under 100 KB, no external requests with the network blocked, animation present, loops forever, the page visibly changes in headless Chrome, and a required element id and title. Looks are left to a public poll. 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. file_exists_under_size_limit 2. no_external_requests 3. animation_present 4. loops_forever 5. page_animates 6. required_id_and_title
Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 11 case l01-animate-snowman (offline, open-ended creative brief). Prepared with batch11/prepare.sh; hidden checker kept outside the agent's work dir. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Scored with the case's scorer (`python score.py WORKDIR KEYDIR`, headless Chrome over a CDP pipe, network blocked). Tools: Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/Bash, web disabled. Single run, no retries. Output rendered offline (google-chrome headless, network blocked): PNG 1280x800 at ~3 s after load; MP4 1280x720 H.264 ~6 s. Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-haiku-5.5: $0.006046. Score: 6/6. 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.
Output
Metrics
- Estimated cost
- $0.0060
- Wall time
- 28s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Turns
- 3
| Model | Input tok | Output tok | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| AClaude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on | 68,970 | 5,986 | $0.0060 |
Reproduce this run
- Use the use case prompt on the use case page.
- Same setup: Claude Haiku 5.5 (anthropic/claude-haiku-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. file_exists_under_size_limit 2. no_external_requests 3. animation_present 4. loops_forever 5. page_animates 6. required_id_and_title
- 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.
How runs are scored: Methodology.
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Automated checks
Trust 80% comes from these checks (how Trust % works).
- 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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