Claude Opus 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Implement a reader/writer for a documented chunked binary container (LEB128 lengths, CRC-32, zlib chunks, critical vs ancillary)
AClaude Opus 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-17 · by @bobsiopener
- Estimated cost
- $0.23
- Wall time
- 55s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Outcome
- Pass
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Summary
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# Task: implement the CHNK container format Implement `read(buf)` and `write(...)` in `chnk.py` exactly as documented in `FORMAT.md` (including every error case and its `.offset`). Keep the `FormatError(msg, offset)` class. Python standard library only (`zlib` is fine). No network.
Every error path has an exact expected byte offset; minimal-varint and 5-byte limits, CRC over type+payload, META ordering, PNG-style critical/ancillary rule and byte-exact writer output are each tested. 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 12 hidden unittest cases pass: basic read, no-CRC + META merge, ancillary skipping, multi-byte varints, header errors, truncation offsets, type errors, varint errors, CRC mismatches, semantic errors, byte-exact writer output, 120 random read(write()) round-trips.
Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 6 case f10-chunked-binary-format (offline fixture). Prepared with batch6/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-opus-5.5: $0.227198. Score: 12/12. 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
- $0.23
- Wall time
- 55s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Turns
- 5
| Model | Input tok | Output tok | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| AClaude Opus 5.5anthropic/claude-opus-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on | 104,189 | 5,477 | $0.23 |
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- 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. - It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. All 12 hidden unittest cases pass: basic read, no-CRC + META merge, ancillary skipping, multi-byte varints, header errors, truncation offsets, type errors, varint errors, CRC mismatches, semantic errors, byte-exact writer output, 120 random read(write()) round-trips.
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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
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