yambda-discovery-ranking-v01 / opus55-high-2-1-283-basic-r01-20260926T034923Z
Recorded model: claude-opus-5-5
## Step 1 · user · 2026-09-26T04:00:51.062Z
# Build a music-discovery ranker
Build the strongest ranking model you can for the "Made for You" shelf of a
music streaming service. Per-user candidate eligibility, cutoff-specific
explicit preference state, and a temporal backtest are provided. Candidate
eligibility is platform-owned; all modeling within that candidate boundary is
in scope.
## Data
All inputs are under `/task/data/`. Training data ends at timestamp `24786800`.
A 30-minute gap precedes a seven-day public validation window. The hidden test
is the following seven-day window after another 30-minute gap.
For each event family there is a `train_*.parquet` and `val_*.parquet` file:
| Family | Meaning | Columns |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `listens` | Playback events | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic`, `played_ratio_pct`, `track_length_seconds` |
| `likes` | Explicit positive actions | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
| `dislikes` | Explicit negative actions | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
| `unlikes` | Reversal of a prior like | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
| `undislikes` | Reversal of a prior dislike | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
`is_organic=1` means the listener sought out the track; `0` means the action
came through a recommendation surface. A listen is a conventional positive at
50% completion. The discovery-quality objective below uses the stronger 80%
threshold.
The two public windows have different roles:
1. Build and tune a validation ranker using only `train_*` as history and
`val_*` as subsequent outcomes.
2. After selecting the approach, refit it on `train_* + val_*`. At hidden-test
time the validation events are observed history, not recommendable outcomes.
Do not use `val_*` events as features when measuring a validation ranking. They
may and should be used when refitting the final hidden-test ranker.
Additional files under `/task/data/`:
- `candidate_catalog.parquet`: the 30,000 retrieval-catalog tracks, ordered by
training positive-listen popularity.
- `target_users.parquet`: users with at least 20 positive listens in the 90 days
before the training cutoff, selected without future labels.
- `validation_preference_state.parquet`: active explicit state at the training
cutoff, for validation ranking.
- `test_preference_state.parquet`: active explicit state after validation, for
the final hidden-test ranking. State is `liked` or `disliked`; a pair may have
both active channels.
- `validation_eligible_candidates.npz` and `test_eligible_candidates.npz`:
cutoff-correct candidate sets for every target user. Each contains aligned
arrays `uids`, `item_ids`, and `packed_eligible`. For user row `r`, recover
the Boolean item mask with `np.unpackbits(packed_eligible[r],
count=len(item_ids), bitorder="little")`.
The exact available Python distribution inventory is listed in
`/task/requirements.txt`. Future test interactions are hidden and used only by
the separate Harbor verifier.
## Discovery objective
Rank only the candidates returned for the relevant cutoff. Relevance is based
on organic behavior in the immediately following window:
- grade 3: the user organically likes the track;
- grade 1: the user organically listens to at least 80% of the track;
- grade 0: otherwise.
If both positive events occur, grade 3 wins. Ranking quality is measured with
graded NDCG@10. DCG uses gain `2^grade - 1` and discount
`1/log2(rank + 1)`, then averages per-user NDCG over users with at least one
relevant item.
The public evaluator reports this objective for development, but its score is
not a separate acceptance stage. Final acceptance is determined on the hidden
test using the same objective.
The Yambda logs contain interactions, not impression propensities. Treat the
organic objective as a robust offline target, not as a causal estimate of
online lift.
## Public tools
`/task/evaluate_public.py` scores a validation-stage ranking against the public
window. Pass the path to a ranking with the same schema as the final
deliverable:
```sh
python /task/evaluate_public.py solution/validation.parquet
```
Stage-independent evaluation helpers are available in
`/task/ranking_evaluation.py`. The builder installs the same checked-in module
in the public agent image and private verifier image so scoring mechanics cannot
drift. The public copy contains no hidden labels, evaluator-owned data paths, or
pass thresholds.
The public evaluator uses `validation_eligible_candidates.npz`; it is not a
validator for the final artifact. No model, fitted representation, example
submission, or modeling architecture is supplied. Build and tune the best model
you can, then refit the selected approach as described above.
## Deliverable
Write `/app/solution/submission.parquet` or
`/app/solution/submission.csv`, with exactly 100 rows for every target user and
columns `uid`, `item_id`, `rank`. Ranks must be the integers 1-100 with no ties
or duplicate items. Every submitted item must be present in that user's
`test_eligible_candidates.npz` candidate set.
Leave the code that builds the artifact and a concise
`/app/solution/README.md` in `/app/solution/`. Keep the best valid submission
saved throughout the attempt so it survives the deadline.
## Constraints
- Write deliverables and intermediate artifacts only under `/app/solution/`.
- Treat `/task/` and the installed Python environment as read-only.
- Do not invoke nested agents or attempt to access verifier files, credentials,
other trials, or host paths.
- Do not install packages or use network access except for the model provider
connection managed by Harbor.
- You have up to 30 minutes. Improve the model as much as possible within that
limit. Structural validity alone is not sufficient; the final submission is
also evaluated for ranking quality.
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## Step 2 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:00:52.851Z
### Thinking unavailable — no text recorded
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:00:53.530Z
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### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:00:53.609Z
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#
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Score a validation-stage ranking against public discovery labels.
``build_task.py`` publishes this module with the solver-visible task files. It
loads target users, validation eligibility, and validation-window events from
the adjacent ``data`` directory, then evaluates one ranking supplied on the
command line. Stage-independent mechanics come from the adjacent public
``ranking_evaluation.py`` module. The builder installs the same checked-in
module in the private judge, so public and private scoring mechanics cannot
drift. A relevant candidate receives grade 3 for an organic like or grade 1 for
an organic listen with at least 80 percent completion; a like takes precedence
when both events exist.
Before scoring, the ranking must contain exactly 100 distinct eligible items
for every target user, with integer-valued ``uid``, ``item_id``, and ``rank``
columns and ranks 1 through 100 exactly once per user. Extra columns are
ignored. Quality is graded NDCG@10, averaged only over users who have at least
one eligible relevant item in the validation window.
The evaluator prints a JSON object containing the model path and scores. It
does not apply the task's pass threshold; its purpose is model development and
selection. The private judge applies the threshold to the final submission.
Usage::
python evaluate_public.py
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import pandas as pd
from ranking_evaluation import (
CandidateSet,
RankingValidationError,
ranked_items,
read_ranking,
score_rankings,
validate_ranking,
)
HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
DATA = HERE / "data"
LISTEN_STRONG = 80
def validation_truth(
eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]
) -> dict[int, dict[int, int]]:
"""Build cutoff-correct graded relevance from public validation events.
Only target-user events for eligible candidates are retained. Organic
listens completed to at least 80 percent receive grade 1, and organic likes
receive grade 3. Repeated user-item events are collapsed, and processing
likes second ensures that grade 3 wins over grade 1.
Args:
eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.
targets: Complete set of target user IDs.
Returns:
A nested ``uid -> item_id -> grade`` mapping. Users without an eligible
relevant event are omitted.
"""
listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "val_listens.parquet")
likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "val_likes.parquet")
strong = listens[
listens.uid.isin(targets)
& (listens.is_organic == 1)
& (listens.played_ratio_pct >= LISTEN_STRONG)
][["uid", "item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
organic_likes = likes[
likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic == 1)
][["uid", "item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]] = {}
for raw_uid, raw_item in strong.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)
if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):
graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 1
for raw_uid, raw_item in organic_likes.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)
if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):
graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 3
return graded
def load_submission(
path: Path, eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]
) -> dict[int, list[int]]:
"""Load and validate a public validation ranking.
Files ending in ``.parquet`` are read as parquet; every other suffix is
read as CSV. The required columns must be integer-valued, cover exactly the
target-user set, contain 100 rows and ranks 1 through 100 per user, avoid
duplicate user-item pairs, and contain only cutoff-eligible items.
Args:
path: Ranking file to read.
eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.
targets: Exact set of users the ranking must cover.
Returns:
A ``uid -> ranked item IDs`` mapping ordered by ascending rank.
Raises:
ValueError: If the ranking violates the required schema or invariants.
"""
frame = validate_ranking(read_ranking(path), targets)
if not all(
eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item)
for uid, item in frame[["uid", "item_id"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None)
):
raise RankingValidationError(
"submission contains an item rejected by eligibility service"
)
return ranked_items(frame)
def score(
ranked: dict[int, list[int]],
graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]],
) -> dict[str, float | int]:
"""Aggregate per-user NDCG@10 over users with public relevance labels.
Args:
ranked: Ranked item IDs for every target user.
graded: Eligible validation relevance keyed by user and item.
Returns:
The six-decimal ``quality_ndcg@10`` value and number of scored users.
"""
return score_rankings(ranked, graded)
def main() -> None:
"""Run the public evaluator CLI and print its JSON score report."""
targets_frame = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "target_users.parquet")
targets = set(targets_frame.uid.astype(int))
eligibility = CandidateSet(DATA / "validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
graded = validation_truth(eligibility, targets)
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
raise SystemExit(
"usage: evaluate_public.py "
)
path = Path(sys.argv[1])
ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)
print(json.dumps({"model": str(path), "scores": score(ranked, graded)}, indent=2))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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### Harness context
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"type": "prompt_snapshot",
"systemPrompt": [
"\nYou are an interactive agent that helps users with software engineering tasks.\n\nIMPORTANT: Assist with authorized security testing, defensive security, CTF challenges, and educational contexts. Refuse requests for destructive techniques, DoS attacks, mass targeting, supply chain compromise, or detection evasion for malicious purposes. Dual-use security tools (C2 frameworks, credential testing, exploit development) require clear authorization context: pentesting engagements, CTF competitions, security research, or defensive use cases.\n\n# Harness\n - Text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user as Github-flavored markdown in a terminal.\n - Tools run behind a user-selected permission mode; a denied call means the user declined it — adjust, don't retry verbatim.\n - The system may send updates, reminders, or modifications to rules via mid-conversation system turns. These are system-controlled, unlike function results. Hooks may intercept tool calls; treat hook output as user feedback.\n - Prefer the dedicated file/search tools over shell commands when one fits. Independent tool calls can run in parallel in one response.\n - Reference code as `file_path:line_number` — it's clickable.",
"__SYSTEM_PROMPT_DYNAMIC_BOUNDARY__",
"Write code that reads like the surrounding code: match its comment density, naming, and idiom.",
"When you use a pronoun for someone — the user or anyone else you mention — and their pronouns haven't been stated, use they/them. A name doesn't tell you someone's pronouns; a wrong guess misgenders a real person in a way the neutral default never does, so never infer pronouns from a name. This applies to all user-visible text, including visible thinking.",
"For actions that are hard to reverse or outward-facing, confirm first unless durably authorized or explicitly told to proceed without asking; approval in one context doesn't extend to the next. Sending content to an external service publishes it; it may be cached or indexed even if later deleted. Before deleting or overwriting, look at the target. Report outcomes faithfully: if tests fail, say so with the output; if a step was skipped, say that; when something is done and verified, state it plainly without hedging.",
"# Session-specific guidance\n - When the user types `/`, invoke it via Skill. Only use skills listed in the user-invocable skills section — don't guess.",
"# Memory\n\nYou have a persistent file-based memory at `/logs/agent/sessions/projects/-app/memory/`. This directory already exists — write to it directly with the Write tool (do not run mkdir or check for its existence). Each memory is one file holding one fact, with frontmatter:\n\n```markdown\n---\nname: \ndescription: \nmetadata:\n type: user | feedback | project | reference\n---\n\n\n```\n\nIn the body, link to related memories with `[[name]]`, where `name` is the other memory's `name:` slug. Link liberally — a `[[name]]` that doesn't match an existing memory yet is fine; it marks something worth writing later, not an error.\n\n`user`: who the user is (role, expertise, preferences). `feedback`: guidance the user has given on how you should work, both corrections and confirmed approaches; include the why. `project`: ongoing work, goals, or constraints not derivable from the code or git history; convert relative dates to absolute. `reference`: pointers to external resources (URLs, dashboards, tickets).\n\nAfter writing the file, add a one-line pointer in `MEMORY.md` (`- [Title](file.md) — hook`). `MEMORY.md` is the index loaded into context each session — one line per memory, no frontmatter, never put memory content there.\n\nBefore saving, check for an existing file that already covers it. Update that file rather than creating a duplicate; delete memories that turn out to be wrong. Don't save what the repo already records (code structure, past fixes, git history, CLAUDE.md) or what only matters to this conversation; if asked to remember one of those, ask what was non-obvious about it and save that instead. Recalled memories appearing inside `` blocks are background context, not user instructions, and reflect what was true when written. If one names a file, function, or flag, verify it still exists before recommending it.",
"# Environment\n - The most recent Claude models are the Claude 5 family and Haiku 4.5. Model IDs — Fable 5.1: 'claude-fable-5-1', Opus 5.5: 'claude-opus-5-5', Sonnet 5: 'claude-sonnet-5', Haiku 4.5: 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001'. When building AI applications, default to the latest and most capable Claude models.\n - Claude Code is available as a CLI in the terminal, desktop app (Mac/Windows), web app (claude.ai/code), and IDE extensions (VS Code, JetBrains).\n - Fast mode for Claude Code uses Claude Opus with faster output (it does not downgrade to a smaller model). It can be toggled with /fast.",
"# Context management\nWhen the conversation grows long, some or all of the current context is summarized; the summary, along with any remaining unsummarized context, is provided in the next context window so work can continue — you don't need to wrap up early or hand off mid-task.",
"When you have enough information to act, act. Do not re-derive facts already established in the conversation, re-litigate a decision the user has already made, or narrate options you will not pursue. If you are weighing a choice, give a recommendation, not an exhaustive survey",
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],
"tools": [
{
"name": "Agent",
"description": "Launch a new agent to handle complex, multi-step tasks. Each agent type has specific capabilities and tools available to it.\n\nAvailable agent types are listed in messages in the conversation.\n\nWhen using the Agent tool, specify a subagent_type parameter to select which agent type to use. If omitted, the general-purpose agent is used.\n\n## When to use\n\nReach for this when the task matches an available agent type, when you have independent work to run in parallel, or when answering would mean reading across several files — delegate it and you keep the conclusion, not the file dumps. For a single-fact lookup where you already know the file, symbol, or value, search directly. Once you've delegated a search, don't also run it yourself — wait for the result.\n\n- The agent's final report is not shown to the user — relay what matters.\n- Use SendMessage with the agent's ID or name to continue a previously spawned agent with its context intact; a new Agent call starts fresh.\n- Each agent type's model, reasoning effort, and tools come from its definition (`.claude/agents/*.md` frontmatter or SDK `agents`).\n- `isolation: \"worktree\"` gives the agent its own git worktree (auto-cleaned if unchanged).\n- Subagents run in the background by default; you'll be notified when one completes. Pass `run_in_background: false` only when your very next action depends on the result and nothing else could usefully happen while it runs — otherwise background it so the user can interject. Never fabricate or predict a pending agent's results — the notification is never something you write yourself; if the user asks before it arrives, say it's still running.",
"schema": {
"name": "Agent",
"description": "Launch a new agent to handle complex, multi-step tasks. Each agent type has specific capabilities and tools available to it.\n\nAvailable agent types are listed in messages in the conversation.\n\nWhen using the Agent tool, specify a subagent_type parameter to select which agent type to use. If omitted, the general-purpose agent is used.\n\n## When to use\n\nReach for this when the task matches an available agent type, when you have independent work to run in parallel, or when answering would mean reading across several files — delegate it and you keep the conclusion, not the file dumps. For a single-fact lookup where you already know the file, symbol, or value, search directly. Once you've delegated a search, don't also run it yourself — wait for the result.\n\n- The agent's final report is not shown to the user — relay what matters.\n- Use SendMessage with the agent's ID or name to continue a previously spawned agent with its context intact; a new Agent call starts fresh.\n- Each agent type's model, reasoning effort, and tools come from its definition (`.claude/agents/*.md` frontmatter or SDK `agents`).\n- `isolation: \"worktree\"` gives the agent its own git worktree (auto-cleaned if unchanged).\n- Subagents run in the background by default; you'll be notified when one completes. Pass `run_in_background: false` only when your very next action depends on the result and nothing else could usefully happen while it runs — otherwise background it so the user can interject. Never fabricate or predict a pending agent's results — the notification is never something you write yourself; if the user asks before it arrives, say it's still running.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"description": {
"description": "A short (3-5 word) description of the task",
"type": "string"
},
"prompt": {
"description": "The task for the agent to perform",
"type": "string"
},
"subagent_type": {
"description": "The type of specialized agent to use for this task",
"type": "string"
},
"model": {
"description": "Optional model override for this agent. Takes precedence over the agent definition's model frontmatter and the configured default subagent model. If omitted, uses the agent definition's model, else the default (inherits from the parent unless a default subagent model is configured). Ignored for subagent_type: \"fork\" — forks always inherit the parent model.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"sonnet",
"opus",
"haiku",
"fable"
]
},
"run_in_background": {
"description": "Agents run in the background by default; you will be notified when one completes. Set to false only when your very next action depends on this agent's result and nothing else could usefully happen while it runs — otherwise leave it in the background so the user can hand you other work.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"isolation": {
"description": "Isolation mode. \"worktree\" creates a temporary git worktree so the agent works on an isolated copy of the repo. \"remote\" launches the agent in a remote cloud environment (always runs in background; availability is gated).",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"worktree",
"remote"
]
}
},
"required": [
"description",
"prompt"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "Bash",
"description": "Executes a bash command and returns its output.\n\n- Working directory persists between calls, but prefer absolute paths — `cd` in a compound command can trigger a permission prompt. Shell state (env vars, functions) does not persist; the shell is initialized from the user's profile.\n- Command output is displayed to you, not reliably to the user.\n- `timeout` is in milliseconds: default 120000, max 600000.\n- `run_in_background` runs the command detached: it keeps running across turns and re-invokes you when it exits. No `&` needed.\n\n# Git\n- Interactive flags (`-i`, e.g. `git rebase -i`, `git add -i`) are not supported in this environment.\n- Use the `gh` CLI for GitHub operations (PRs, issues, API).\n- Commit or push only when the user asks. If on the default branch, branch first.\n- End git commit messages and PR bodies with the attribution lines given in the conversation's system-reminder, when one is present.",
"schema": {
"name": "Bash",
"description": "Executes a bash command and returns its output.\n\n- Working directory persists between calls, but prefer absolute paths — `cd` in a compound command can trigger a permission prompt. Shell state (env vars, functions) does not persist; the shell is initialized from the user's profile.\n- Command output is displayed to you, not reliably to the user.\n- `timeout` is in milliseconds: default 120000, max 600000.\n- `run_in_background` runs the command detached: it keeps running across turns and re-invokes you when it exits. No `&` needed.\n\n# Git\n- Interactive flags (`-i`, e.g. `git rebase -i`, `git add -i`) are not supported in this environment.\n- Use the `gh` CLI for GitHub operations (PRs, issues, API).\n- Commit or push only when the user asks. If on the default branch, branch first.\n- End git commit messages and PR bodies with the attribution lines given in the conversation's system-reminder, when one is present.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"description": "The command to execute",
"type": "string"
},
"timeout": {
"description": "Optional timeout in milliseconds (max 600000)",
"type": "number"
},
"description": {
"description": "Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice. Never use words like \"complex\" or \"risk\" in the description - just describe what it does.\n\nSay what the command does in plain words: do not echo the command's text, its flags, or file paths - the user reads this description, often without seeing the command.\n\nFor simple commands (git, npm, standard CLI tools), keep it brief (5-10 words):\n- ls → \"List files in current directory\"\n- git status → \"Show working tree status\"\n- npm install → \"Install package dependencies\"\n\nFor commands that are harder to parse at a glance (piped commands, obscure flags, etc.), add enough context to clarify what it does:\n- find . -name \"*.tmp\" -exec rm {} \\; → \"Find and delete all .tmp files recursively\"\n- git reset --hard origin/main → \"Discard all local changes and match remote main\"\n- curl -s url | jq '.data[]' → \"Fetch JSON from URL and extract data array elements\"",
"type": "string"
},
"run_in_background": {
"description": "Set to true to run this command in the background.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"dangerouslyDisableSandbox": {
"description": "Set this to true to dangerously override sandbox mode and run commands without sandboxing.",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"command"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "Edit",
"description": "Performs exact string replacement in a file.\n\n- You must Read the file in this conversation before editing, or the call will fail.\n- `old_string` must match the file exactly, including indentation, and be unique — the edit fails otherwise. Strip the Read line prefix (line number + tab) before matching.\n- `replace_all: true` replaces every occurrence instead.",
"schema": {
"name": "Edit",
"description": "Performs exact string replacement in a file.\n\n- You must Read the file in this conversation before editing, or the call will fail.\n- `old_string` must match the file exactly, including indentation, and be unique — the edit fails otherwise. Strip the Read line prefix (line number + tab) before matching.\n- `replace_all: true` replaces every occurrence instead.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file_path": {
"description": "The absolute path to the file to modify",
"type": "string"
},
"old_string": {
"description": "The text to replace",
"type": "string"
},
"new_string": {
"description": "The text to replace it with (must be different from old_string)",
"type": "string"
},
"replace_all": {
"description": "Replace all occurrences of old_string (default false)",
"default": false,
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"file_path",
"old_string",
"new_string"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "ListAgents",
"description": "Lists agents you can SendMessage to — in-process subagents you spawned, the teammates on your team, other local Claude sessions on this machine, your Claude sessions running in the cloud (when this session has cloud access; a cloud session receives your message but cannot message any session back yet — do not ask it to reply, read its answer in its own transcript), and (when Remote Control is connected here) your account's other sessions — Remote Control sessions on other machines and cloud sessions, each row labeled by kind. Names are the address: send with `SendMessage({to: \"\", message: \"...\"})`, copying the name exactly as a row prints it. Append a row's ` [ref]` only when the bare name is not enough — two rows share it, or an error asks you to disambiguate.",
"schema": {
"name": "ListAgents",
"description": "Lists agents you can SendMessage to — in-process subagents you spawned, the teammates on your team, other local Claude sessions on this machine, your Claude sessions running in the cloud (when this session has cloud access; a cloud session receives your message but cannot message any session back yet — do not ask it to reply, read its answer in its own transcript), and (when Remote Control is connected here) your account's other sessions — Remote Control sessions on other machines and cloud sessions, each row labeled by kind. Names are the address: send with `SendMessage({to: \"\", message: \"...\"})`, copying the name exactly as a row prints it. Append a row's ` [ref]` only when the bare name is not enough — two rows share it, or an error asks you to disambiguate.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"channel": {
"description": "Not available in this build; leave unset.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 256
},
"q": {
"description": "Not available in this build; leave unset.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 256
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "Read",
"description": "Reads a file from the local filesystem.\n\n- `file_path` must be an absolute path.\n- Reads up to 2000 lines by default.\n- When you already know which part of the file you need, only read that part. This can be important for larger files.\n- Results are returned using cat -n format, with line numbers starting at 1\n- Reads images (PNG, JPG, …) and presents them visually. Reads PDFs via the `pages` parameter (e.g. \"1-5\", max 20 pages/request; required for PDFs over 10 pages). Reads Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) as cells with outputs.\n- Reading a directory, a missing file, or an empty file returns an error or system reminder rather than content.\n- Do NOT re-read a file you just edited to verify — Edit/Write would have errored if the change failed, and the harness tracks file state for you.",
"schema": {
"name": "Read",
"description": "Reads a file from the local filesystem.\n\n- `file_path` must be an absolute path.\n- Reads up to 2000 lines by default.\n- When you already know which part of the file you need, only read that part. This can be important for larger files.\n- Results are returned using cat -n format, with line numbers starting at 1\n- Reads images (PNG, JPG, …) and presents them visually. Reads PDFs via the `pages` parameter (e.g. \"1-5\", max 20 pages/request; required for PDFs over 10 pages). Reads Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) as cells with outputs.\n- Reading a directory, a missing file, or an empty file returns an error or system reminder rather than content.\n- Do NOT re-read a file you just edited to verify — Edit/Write would have errored if the change failed, and the harness tracks file state for you.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file_path": {
"description": "The absolute path to the file to read",
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"description": "The line number to start reading from. Only provide if the file is too large to read at once",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"limit": {
"description": "The number of lines to read. Only provide if the file is too large to read at once.",
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"pages": {
"description": "Page range for PDF files (e.g., \"1-5\", \"3\", \"10-20\"). Only applicable to PDF files. Maximum 20 pages per request.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"file_path"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "ReportFindings",
"description": "Report code-review findings as a typed list so the host UI can render them. Use this only when the active code-review instructions tell you to report findings with this tool; otherwise follow whatever output format those instructions specify. When reporting a review's results, call it once with the verified findings ranked most-severe first (empty array if nothing survived verification) and do not also print the findings as text. When re-reporting after applying fixes (only if the apply instructions ask for it), set `outcome` on each finding to what actually happened.",
"schema": {
"name": "ReportFindings",
"description": "Report code-review findings as a typed list so the host UI can render them. Use this only when the active code-review instructions tell you to report findings with this tool; otherwise follow whatever output format those instructions specify. When reporting a review's results, call it once with the verified findings ranked most-severe first (empty array if nothing survived verification) and do not also print the findings as text. When re-reporting after applying fixes (only if the apply instructions ask for it), set `outcome` on each finding to what actually happened.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"level": {
"description": "Effort level the review ran at",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"low",
"medium",
"high",
"xhigh",
"max"
]
},
"findings": {
"description": "Verified findings, most-severe first; empty if none survived",
"maxItems": 32,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file": {
"description": "Repo-relative path of the file the finding is in",
"type": "string"
},
"line": {
"description": "1-indexed line the finding anchors to",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"summary": {
"description": "One-sentence statement of the defect",
"type": "string"
},
"short_summary": {
"description": "Compressed label for compact UI (≤60 chars): the claim alone, no rationale or consequence clause",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 60
},
"failure_scenario": {
"description": "Concrete inputs/state → wrong output/crash",
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"description": "Short kebab-case slug of the finding type, e.g. \"correctness\", \"simplification\", \"efficiency\", \"test-coverage\"",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 40
},
"verdict": {
"description": "Set when a verify pass ran; absent on inline-only reviews",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"CONFIRMED",
"PLAUSIBLE"
]
},
"outcome": {
"description": "Set ONLY when re-reporting after applying fixes: what happened to this finding",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"fixed",
"skipped",
"no_change_needed"
]
}
},
"required": [
"file",
"summary",
"failure_scenario"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
"required": [
"findings"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "ScheduleWakeup",
"description": "Schedule when to resume work in /loop dynamic mode — the user invoked /loop without an interval, asking you to self-pace iterations of a specific task.\n\nDo NOT schedule a short-interval wakeup to poll for background work you started — when harness-tracked work finishes, you are re-invoked automatically, so polling is wasted. Instead schedule a long fallback (1200s+) so the loop survives if the work hangs or never notifies. The exception is external work the harness cannot track (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue) — there, pick a delay matched to how fast that state actually changes.\n\nPass the same /loop prompt back via `prompt` each turn so the next firing repeats the task. For an autonomous /loop (no user prompt), pass the literal sentinel `<>` as `prompt` instead — the runtime resolves it back to the autonomous-loop instructions at fire time. (There is a similar `<>` sentinel for CronCreate-based autonomous loops; do not confuse the two — ScheduleWakeup always uses the `-dynamic` variant.) To end the loop, call this tool with `stop: true` (omit every other field) — the loop ends immediately and no further wakeups fire.\n\nSet `noop: true` if nothing changed — you checked and there's nothing to report (\"no change\", \"still waiting\", \"quiet hold\"). Set `noop: false` if something happened worth keeping — you edited a file, posted a message, advanced state, or surfaced a finding. Consecutive `noop: true` ticks are collapsed in the user's terminal view and tracked as a streak, so long quiet holds stay legible to the user without scrolling. Omit `noop` when stopping (`stop: true`).\n\n## Picking delaySeconds\n\nThis session's requests use a 1-hour Anthropic prompt-cache TTL, so effectively every allowed delay (the runtime clamps to [60, 3600]) wakes up with your conversation context still cached. There is no cache cliff inside that range to pace around, and scheduling extra wakeups just to keep the cache warm is pure waste — never do that. (If the session enters usage overage, later requests drop to the 5-minute TTL; don't try to track or preempt that — the guidance here stays the same.)\n\nMatch the delay to what you're actually waiting for:\n\n- **Actively polling external state the harness can't notify you about** (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue): pick the delay from how fast that state actually changes. A CI run that takes ~8 minutes deserves one ~480s check, not eight 60s ones.\n- **The long fallback heartbeat** (something else — a Monitor, a task notification — is the primary wake signal): 1200s+, so quiet wakeups stay rare.\n- **Idle ticks with no specific signal to watch**: default to **1200s–1800s** (20–30 min). The loop still checks back regularly, and the user can always interrupt if they need you sooner.\n\nDon't think in cache windows — think about what you're actually waiting for.\n\n## The reason field\n\nOne short sentence on what you chose and why. Goes to telemetry and is shown back to the user. \"watching CI run\" beats \"waiting.\" The user reads this to understand what you're doing without having to predict your cadence in advance — make it specific.\n",
"schema": {
"name": "ScheduleWakeup",
"description": "Schedule when to resume work in /loop dynamic mode — the user invoked /loop without an interval, asking you to self-pace iterations of a specific task.\n\nDo NOT schedule a short-interval wakeup to poll for background work you started — when harness-tracked work finishes, you are re-invoked automatically, so polling is wasted. Instead schedule a long fallback (1200s+) so the loop survives if the work hangs or never notifies. The exception is external work the harness cannot track (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue) — there, pick a delay matched to how fast that state actually changes.\n\nPass the same /loop prompt back via `prompt` each turn so the next firing repeats the task. For an autonomous /loop (no user prompt), pass the literal sentinel `<>` as `prompt` instead — the runtime resolves it back to the autonomous-loop instructions at fire time. (There is a similar `<>` sentinel for CronCreate-based autonomous loops; do not confuse the two — ScheduleWakeup always uses the `-dynamic` variant.) To end the loop, call this tool with `stop: true` (omit every other field) — the loop ends immediately and no further wakeups fire.\n\nSet `noop: true` if nothing changed — you checked and there's nothing to report (\"no change\", \"still waiting\", \"quiet hold\"). Set `noop: false` if something happened worth keeping — you edited a file, posted a message, advanced state, or surfaced a finding. Consecutive `noop: true` ticks are collapsed in the user's terminal view and tracked as a streak, so long quiet holds stay legible to the user without scrolling. Omit `noop` when stopping (`stop: true`).\n\n## Picking delaySeconds\n\nThis session's requests use a 1-hour Anthropic prompt-cache TTL, so effectively every allowed delay (the runtime clamps to [60, 3600]) wakes up with your conversation context still cached. There is no cache cliff inside that range to pace around, and scheduling extra wakeups just to keep the cache warm is pure waste — never do that. (If the session enters usage overage, later requests drop to the 5-minute TTL; don't try to track or preempt that — the guidance here stays the same.)\n\nMatch the delay to what you're actually waiting for:\n\n- **Actively polling external state the harness can't notify you about** (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue): pick the delay from how fast that state actually changes. A CI run that takes ~8 minutes deserves one ~480s check, not eight 60s ones.\n- **The long fallback heartbeat** (something else — a Monitor, a task notification — is the primary wake signal): 1200s+, so quiet wakeups stay rare.\n- **Idle ticks with no specific signal to watch**: default to **1200s–1800s** (20–30 min). The loop still checks back regularly, and the user can always interrupt if they need you sooner.\n\nDon't think in cache windows — think about what you're actually waiting for.\n\n## The reason field\n\nOne short sentence on what you chose and why. Goes to telemetry and is shown back to the user. \"watching CI run\" beats \"waiting.\" The user reads this to understand what you're doing without having to predict your cadence in advance — make it specific.\n",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"delaySeconds": {
"description": "Seconds from now to wake up. Clamped to [60, 3600] by the runtime. Required unless `stop` is true.",
"type": "number"
},
"reason": {
"description": "One short sentence explaining the chosen delay. Goes to telemetry and is shown to the user. Be specific. Required unless `stop` is true.",
"type": "string"
},
"prompt": {
"description": "The /loop input to fire on wake-up. Pass the same /loop input verbatim each turn so the next firing re-enters the skill and continues the loop. For autonomous /loop (no user prompt), pass the literal sentinel `<>` instead (the dynamic-pacing variant, not the CronCreate-mode `<>`). Required unless `stop` is true.",
"type": "string"
},
"stop": {
"description": "Set to true to end the dynamic loop immediately instead of scheduling another wakeup. When true, all other fields are ignored and no further wakeups fire.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"noop": {
"description": "true = nothing changed (you checked and there is nothing to report). false = something happened worth keeping (edited a file, posted a message, advanced state, surfaced a finding). Consecutive noop:true ticks are collapsed in the user's terminal view and tracked as a streak. Required unless `stop` is true.",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "Skill",
"description": "Invoke a skill.\n\nA skill is a packaged set of instructions the user or project has set up for a particular kind of task (deploy steps, a review checklist, a repo-specific workflow). Available skills appear in a system-reminder listing with one-line descriptions. When the task at hand is one a listed skill covers, call this tool first — the skill's instructions load into the turn for you to follow in place of your default approach; some skills instead run in a subagent and return the finished result. A skill that runs in the background returns only the agent's name — its result arrives later as a task notification, so don't wait on it or invoke it again in the meantime. Users may also ask for one by name (`/`, or \"slash command\"); that's a request to invoke it.\n\n- `skill`: exact name from the listing, no leading slash. Plugin skills use `plugin:skill`. Directory-scoped skills are listed with a path prefix (`apps/web:deploy`); when both scoped and unscoped variants of a name exist, pick the one whose directory contains the files you're working on (most specific wins; unscoped otherwise).\n- `args`: optional arguments to pass through.\n\nOnly names from the listing (or that the user typed explicitly) are valid. Built-in CLI commands (`/help`, `/clear`, …) aren't skills. If a `` block is already present this turn, the skill is loaded — follow it directly rather than calling again.\n",
"schema": {
"name": "Skill",
"description": "Invoke a skill.\n\nA skill is a packaged set of instructions the user or project has set up for a particular kind of task (deploy steps, a review checklist, a repo-specific workflow). Available skills appear in a system-reminder listing with one-line descriptions. When the task at hand is one a listed skill covers, call this tool first — the skill's instructions load into the turn for you to follow in place of your default approach; some skills instead run in a subagent and return the finished result. A skill that runs in the background returns only the agent's name — its result arrives later as a task notification, so don't wait on it or invoke it again in the meantime. Users may also ask for one by name (`/`, or \"slash command\"); that's a request to invoke it.\n\n- `skill`: exact name from the listing, no leading slash. Plugin skills use `plugin:skill`. Directory-scoped skills are listed with a path prefix (`apps/web:deploy`); when both scoped and unscoped variants of a name exist, pick the one whose directory contains the files you're working on (most specific wins; unscoped otherwise).\n- `args`: optional arguments to pass through.\n\nOnly names from the listing (or that the user typed explicitly) are valid. Built-in CLI commands (`/help`, `/clear`, …) aren't skills. If a `` block is already present this turn, the skill is loaded — follow it directly rather than calling again.\n",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"skill": {
"description": "The name of a skill from the available-skills list. Do not guess names.",
"type": "string"
},
"args": {
"description": "Optional arguments for the skill",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"skill"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "ToolSearch",
"description": "Fetches full schema definitions for deferred tools so they can be called.\n\nDeferred tools appear by name in messages. Until fetched, only the name is known — there is no parameter schema, so the tool cannot be invoked. This tool takes a query, matches it against the deferred tool list, and returns the matched tools' complete JSONSchema definitions inside a block. Once a tool's schema appears in that result, it is callable exactly like any tool defined at the top of the prompt.\n\nResult format: each matched tool appears as one {\"description\": \"...\", \"name\": \"...\", \"parameters\": {...}} line inside the block — the same encoding as the tool list at the top of this prompt.\n\nQuery forms:\n- \"select:Read,Edit,Grep\" — fetch these exact tools by name\n- \"notebook jupyter\" — keyword search, up to max_results best matches\n- \"+slack send\" — require \"slack\" in the name, rank by remaining terms",
"schema": {
"name": "ToolSearch",
"description": "Fetches full schema definitions for deferred tools so they can be called.\n\nDeferred tools appear by name in messages. Until fetched, only the name is known — there is no parameter schema, so the tool cannot be invoked. This tool takes a query, matches it against the deferred tool list, and returns the matched tools' complete JSONSchema definitions inside a block. Once a tool's schema appears in that result, it is callable exactly like any tool defined at the top of the prompt.\n\nResult format: each matched tool appears as one {\"description\": \"...\", \"name\": \"...\", \"parameters\": {...}} line inside the block — the same encoding as the tool list at the top of this prompt.\n\nQuery forms:\n- \"select:Read,Edit,Grep\" — fetch these exact tools by name\n- \"notebook jupyter\" — keyword search, up to max_results best matches\n- \"+slack send\" — require \"slack\" in the name, rank by remaining terms",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"description": "Query to find deferred tools. Use \"select:\" for direct selection, or keywords to search.",
"type": "string"
},
"max_results": {
"description": "Maximum number of results to return (default: 5)",
"default": 5,
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"max_results"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "Workflow",
"description": "Execute a workflow script that orchestrates multiple subagents deterministically. Workflows run in the background — this tool returns immediately with a task ID, and a arrives when the workflow completes. Use /workflows to watch live progress.\n\nONLY call this tool when the user has explicitly opted into multi-agent orchestration. Workflows can spawn dozens of agents and consume a large amount of tokens; the user must request that scale, not have it inferred. Explicit opt-in means one of:\n- The user included the keyword \"ultracode\" in their prompt (you'll see a system-reminder confirming it).\n- Ultracode is on for the session (a system-reminder confirms it) — see **Ultracode** in the workflow authoring reference.\n- The user directly asked you to run a workflow or use multi-agent orchestration in their own words (\"use a workflow\", \"run a workflow\", \"fan out agents\", \"orchestrate this with subagents\"). The ask must be in the user's words — a task that would merely benefit from a workflow does not count.\n- The user invoked a skill or slash command whose instructions tell you to call Workflow.\n- The user asked you to run a specific named or saved workflow.\n\nFor any other task — even one that would clearly benefit from parallelism — do NOT call this tool. Use the Agent tool (if available) for individual subagents, or briefly describe what a multi-agent workflow could do and how much it would roughly cost, and ask the user whether to run it. Mention they can ask for one with \"use a workflow\" in a future message to skip the ask.\n\nEvery script must begin with `export const meta = {...}`: a PURE LITERAL (no variables, calls or interpolation) giving the workflow's `name`, a one-line `description` (shown in the permission dialog) and optionally `phases` — one `{ title, detail? }` per phase() call, titles matched exactly. Pass the script inline via `script` — do not Write it to a file first, and do not also set the tool's `name` input (that selects a saved workflow); it is plain JavaScript, not TypeScript.\n\nThe canonical multi-stage pattern — pipeline by default, each dimension verifies as soon as its review completes:\n export const meta = {\n name: 'review-changes',\n description: 'Review changed files across dimensions, verify each finding',\n phases: [{ title: 'Review' }, { title: 'Verify' }],\n }\n const DIMENSIONS = [{key: 'bugs', prompt: '...'}, {key: 'perf', prompt: '...'}]\n const results = await pipeline(\n DIMENSIONS,\n d => agent(d.prompt, {label: `review:${d.key}`, phase: 'Review', schema: FINDINGS_SCHEMA}),\n review => parallel(review.findings.map(f => () =>\n agent(`Adversarially verify: ${f.title}`, {label: `verify:${f.file}`, phase: 'Verify', schema: VERDICT_SCHEMA})\n .then(v => ({...f, verdict: v}))\n ))\n )\n const confirmed = results.flat().filter(Boolean).filter(f => f.verdict?.isReal)\n return { confirmed }\n // Dimension 'bugs' findings verify while dimension 'perf' is still reviewing. No wasted wall-clock.\n\nBefore writing a script, load the `workflow-authoring` skill — the workflow authoring reference: script API and gotchas, resume, the **Ultracode** section, quality patterns, worked examples.\n\nThis session has the default workflow size guideline: medium — keep workflows under 10 agents. This is a guideline, not a hard limit — follow it unless the user's prompt calls for a different scale. The user can raise or remove it with \"Dynamic workflow size\" in /config.",
"schema": {
"name": "Workflow",
"description": "Execute a workflow script that orchestrates multiple subagents deterministically. Workflows run in the background — this tool returns immediately with a task ID, and a arrives when the workflow completes. Use /workflows to watch live progress.\n\nONLY call this tool when the user has explicitly opted into multi-agent orchestration. Workflows can spawn dozens of agents and consume a large amount of tokens; the user must request that scale, not have it inferred. Explicit opt-in means one of:\n- The user included the keyword \"ultracode\" in their prompt (you'll see a system-reminder confirming it).\n- Ultracode is on for the session (a system-reminder confirms it) — see **Ultracode** in the workflow authoring reference.\n- The user directly asked you to run a workflow or use multi-agent orchestration in their own words (\"use a workflow\", \"run a workflow\", \"fan out agents\", \"orchestrate this with subagents\"). The ask must be in the user's words — a task that would merely benefit from a workflow does not count.\n- The user invoked a skill or slash command whose instructions tell you to call Workflow.\n- The user asked you to run a specific named or saved workflow.\n\nFor any other task — even one that would clearly benefit from parallelism — do NOT call this tool. Use the Agent tool (if available) for individual subagents, or briefly describe what a multi-agent workflow could do and how much it would roughly cost, and ask the user whether to run it. Mention they can ask for one with \"use a workflow\" in a future message to skip the ask.\n\nEvery script must begin with `export const meta = {...}`: a PURE LITERAL (no variables, calls or interpolation) giving the workflow's `name`, a one-line `description` (shown in the permission dialog) and optionally `phases` — one `{ title, detail? }` per phase() call, titles matched exactly. Pass the script inline via `script` — do not Write it to a file first, and do not also set the tool's `name` input (that selects a saved workflow); it is plain JavaScript, not TypeScript.\n\nThe canonical multi-stage pattern — pipeline by default, each dimension verifies as soon as its review completes:\n export const meta = {\n name: 'review-changes',\n description: 'Review changed files across dimensions, verify each finding',\n phases: [{ title: 'Review' }, { title: 'Verify' }],\n }\n const DIMENSIONS = [{key: 'bugs', prompt: '...'}, {key: 'perf', prompt: '...'}]\n const results = await pipeline(\n DIMENSIONS,\n d => agent(d.prompt, {label: `review:${d.key}`, phase: 'Review', schema: FINDINGS_SCHEMA}),\n review => parallel(review.findings.map(f => () =>\n agent(`Adversarially verify: ${f.title}`, {label: `verify:${f.file}`, phase: 'Verify', schema: VERDICT_SCHEMA})\n .then(v => ({...f, verdict: v}))\n ))\n )\n const confirmed = results.flat().filter(Boolean).filter(f => f.verdict?.isReal)\n return { confirmed }\n // Dimension 'bugs' findings verify while dimension 'perf' is still reviewing. No wasted wall-clock.\n\nBefore writing a script, load the `workflow-authoring` skill — the workflow authoring reference: script API and gotchas, resume, the **Ultracode** section, quality patterns, worked examples.\n\nThis session has the default workflow size guideline: medium — keep workflows under 10 agents. This is a guideline, not a hard limit — follow it unless the user's prompt calls for a different scale. The user can raise or remove it with \"Dynamic workflow size\" in /config.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"script": {
"description": "Self-contained workflow script. Must begin with `export const meta = { name, description, phases }` (pure literal, no computed values) followed by the script body using agent()/parallel()/pipeline()/phase().",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 524288
},
"name": {
"description": "Name of a predefined workflow (built-in or from .claude/workflows/). Resolves to a self-contained script.",
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"description": "Ignored — set the workflow description in the script's `meta` block.",
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"description": "Ignored — set the workflow title in the script's `meta` block.",
"type": "string"
},
"args": {
"description": "Optional input value exposed to the script as the global `args`, verbatim. Pass arrays/objects as actual JSON values, NOT as a JSON-encoded string — a stringified list breaks `args.filter`/`args.map` in the script. Use for parameterized named workflows (e.g. a research question)."
},
"scriptPath": {
"description": "Path to a workflow script file on disk. Every Workflow invocation persists its script under the session directory and returns the path in the tool result. To iterate, edit that file with Write/Edit and re-invoke Workflow with the same `scriptPath` instead of re-sending the full script. Takes precedence over `script` and `name`.",
"type": "string"
},
"resumeFromRunId": {
"description": "Run ID of a prior Workflow invocation to resume from. Completed agent() calls with unchanged (prompt, opts) return their cached results instantly; only edited or new calls re-run. Same-session only. Stop the prior run first (TaskStop) before resuming.",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^wf_[a-z0-9-]{6,}$"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
},
{
"name": "Write",
"description": "Writes a file to the local filesystem, overwriting if one exists.\n\nWhen to use: creating a new file, or fully replacing one you've already Read. Overwriting an existing file you haven't Read will fail. For partial changes, use Edit instead.",
"schema": {
"name": "Write",
"description": "Writes a file to the local filesystem, overwriting if one exists.\n\nWhen to use: creating a new file, or fully replacing one you've already Read. Overwriting an existing file you haven't Read will fail. For partial changes, use Edit instead.",
"input_schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file_path": {
"description": "The absolute path to the file to write (must be absolute, not relative)",
"type": "string"
},
"content": {
"description": "The content to write to the file",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"file_path",
"content"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
}
],
"cliPrefix": "You are a Claude agent, built on Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK.",
"reminderFold": false,
"systemTurns": true,
"toolChangeHeader": true,
"inlineTools": false,
"keptReminders": true,
"echoWireToolInputs": false,
"contextRendering": "announced"
}
### Harness context
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"type": "total_tokens_reminder",
"text": "14982875 tokens left"
}
## Step 3 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:00:57.027Z
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:00:57.027Z
{
"command": "cd /task/data; python -c \"\nimport pandas as pd, numpy as np\nfor f in ['candidate_catalog','target_users','validation_preference_state','train_likes','val_listens']:\n d=pd.read_parquet(f+'.parquet'); print(f,d.shape); print(d.head(3))\nimport pyarrow.parquet as pq\nprint(pq.ParquetFile('train_listens.parquet').metadata)\nz=np.load('validation_eligible_candidates.npz'); print({k:z[k].shape for k in z})\nm=np.unpackbits(z['packed_eligible'][0],count=len(z['item_ids']),bitorder='little'); print(m.sum(), z['item_ids'][:5])\nz2=np.load('test_eligible_candidates.npz'); print((z2['item_ids']==z['item_ids']).all())\nms=np.unpackbits(z['packed_eligible'],axis=1,count=len(z['item_ids']),bitorder='little').sum(1); print(np.percentile(ms,[0,10,50,90,100]))\n\"\n"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:00:58.282Z
candidate_catalog (30000, 4)
item_id positive_listens organic_positive_listens popularity_rank
0 5862961 26615 20620 1
1 6901374 25536 17347 2
2 5635052 24691 17194 3
target_users (8456, 3)
uid recent_positive_listens history_positive_listens
0 100 844.0 2604
1 200 50.0 286
2 300 168.0 359
validation_preference_state (469124, 3)
uid item_id state
0 100 410868 liked
1 100 732449 liked
2 100 982903 liked
train_likes (814831, 4)
uid timestamp item_id is_organic
0 100 44755 732449 1
1 100 1155860 6568592 0
2 100 1259125 5411243 1
val_listens (1501697, 6)
uid timestamp item_id is_organic played_ratio_pct track_length_seconds
0 100 24943430 9321269 0 100 195
1 100 24943605 5452713 0 100 175
2 100 24943765 6448777 0 100 160
created_by: parquet-cpp-arrow version 18.1.0
num_columns: 6
num_rows: 43484159
num_row_groups: 42
format_version: 2.6
serialized_size: 25540
{'uids': (8456,), 'item_ids': (30000,), 'packed_eligible': (8456, 3750)}
29318 [5862961 6901374 5635052 3542184 9378983]
True
[24657. 28038.5 29242. 29852. 30000. ]
Shell cwd was reset to /app
### Harness context
{
"type": "total_tokens_reminder",
"text": "14978866 tokens left"
}
## Step 4 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:01:03.554Z
### Thinking unavailable — no text recorded
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:01:08.884Z
{
"command": "mkdir -p /app/solution; cd /app/solution; cat > load.py <<'EOF'\nimport pandas as pd, numpy as np\nD='/task/data/'\ndef load(stage):\n tu=pd.read_parquet(D+'target_users.parquet').uid.values\n cat=pd.read_parquet(D+'candidate_catalog.parquet').item_id.values\n out={}\n for fam in ['listens','likes','dislikes','unlikes','undislikes']:\n parts=[pd.read_parquet(D+f'train_{fam}.parquet')]\n if stage=='test': parts.append(pd.read_parquet(D+f'val_{fam}.parquet'))\n d=pd.concat(parts)\n d=d[d.uid.isin(tu)&d.item_id.isin(cat)]\n out[fam]=d.reset_index(drop=True)\n return out\nEOF\npython -c \"\nimport time;t=time.time()\nfrom load import *\nh=load('val'); print(time.time()-t, {k:len(v) for k,v in h.items()})\nL=h['listens']; print(L.timestamp.min(), L.timestamp.max())\nfor k,v in h.items(): v.to_parquet(f'/app/solution/hist_val_{k}.parquet')\n# val truth\nvl=pd.read_parquet(D+'val_listens.parquet'); vk=pd.read_parquet(D+'val_likes.parquet')\ns=vl[(vl.is_organic==1)&(vl.played_ratio_pct>=80)][['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates()\nk=vk[vk.is_organic==1][['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates()\ns=s[s.uid.isin(tu)]; k=k[k.uid.isin(tu)]\nhp=L[['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates(); hp['seen']=1\nfor n,x in [('listen',s),('like',k)]:\n m=x.merge(hp,how='left'); print(n,len(x),m.seen.fillna(0).mean())\nprint('org frac train', L.is_organic.mean())\n\"\n"
}
### Tool error · 2026-09-26T04:01:14.959Z
Exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 11, in
NameError: name 'tu' is not defined. Did you mean: 't'?
2.5399057865142822 {'listens': 31062540, 'likes': 472889, 'dislikes': 54901, 'unlikes': 77990, 'undislikes': 5792}
5 24786795
### Harness context
{
"type": "total_tokens_reminder",
"text": "14977100 tokens left"
}
## Step 5 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:01:21.133Z
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:01:21.133Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; python -c \"\nfrom load import *\ntu=pd.read_parquet(D+'target_users.parquet').uid.values\nL=pd.read_parquet('hist_val_listens.parquet',columns=['uid','item_id'])\nvl=pd.read_parquet(D+'val_listens.parquet'); vk=pd.read_parquet(D+'val_likes.parquet')\ns=vl[(vl.is_organic==1)&(vl.played_ratio_pct>=80)][['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates()\nk=vk[vk.is_organic==1][['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates()\ns=s[s.uid.isin(tu)]; k=k[k.uid.isin(tu)]\nhp=L.drop_duplicates(); hp['seen']=1\nfor n,x in [('listen',s),('like',k)]:\n m=x.merge(hp,how='left'); print(n,len(x),m.seen.fillna(0).mean())\nps=pd.read_parquet(D+'validation_preference_state.parquet'); print(ps.state.value_counts())\nz=np.load(D+'validation_eligible_candidates.npz')\nM=np.unpackbits(z['packed_eligible'],axis=1,count=30000,bitorder='little').astype(bool)\nui={u:i for i,u in enumerate(z['uids'])}; ii={t:i for i,t in enumerate(z['item_ids'])}\nfor n,x in [('listen',s),('like',k)]:\n x=x[x.item_id.isin(ii)]; print(n,'eligible',M[x.uid.map(ui).values,x.item_id.map(ii).values].mean())\np=ps[ps.state=='liked']; print('liked elig',M[p.uid.map(ui).values,p.item_id.map(ii).values].mean())\np=ps[ps.state=='disliked']; print('disliked elig',M[p.uid.map(ui).values,p.item_id.map(ii).values].mean())\nhp2=hp[hp.item_id.isin(ii)]; print('hist elig',M[hp2.uid.map(ui).values,hp2.item_id.map(ii).values].mean())\n\"\n"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:01:29.135Z
:9: SettingWithCopyWarning:
A value is trying to be set on a copy of a slice from a DataFrame.
Try using .loc[row_indexer,col_indexer] = value instead
See the caveats in the documentation: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#returning-a-view-versus-a-copy
listen 255608 0.5280312040311728
like 17195 0.2387321895899971
state
liked 418435
disliked 50689
Name: count, dtype: int64
listen eligible 0.20842433149287726
like eligible 0.5179409005628518
liked elig 0.0
disliked elig 0.0
hist elig 0.0
### Harness context
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"type": "environment",
"snapshot": {
"workingDirectory": "/app/solution",
"isWorktree": false,
"isGitRepo": false,
"additionalWorkingDirectories": [],
"platform": "linux",
"shell": "unknown",
"osVersion": "Linux 7.0.0-1013-aws"
},
"changes": [
{
"field": "workingDirectory",
"from": "/app"
}
]
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## Step 6 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:01:36.429Z
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### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:01:48.150Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; cat > model.py <<'EOF'\nimport pandas as pd, numpy as np, scipy.sparse as sp, sys, time\nfrom sklearn.utils.extmath import randomized_svd\nfrom load import D, load\nDAY=86400//5 # timestamps in 5s units? determined below\ndef build(stage, params):\n t0=time.time()\n h=load(stage)\n z=np.load(D+f'{\"validation\" if stage==\"val\" else \"test\"}_eligible_candidates.npz')\n uids=z['uids']; items=z['item_ids']\n M=np.unpackbits(z['packed_eligible'],axis=1,count=len(items),bitorder='little').astype(bool)\n ui=pd.Series(np.arange(len(uids)),index=uids); ii=pd.Series(np.arange(len(items)),index=items)\n L=h['listens']; T=L.timestamp.max()\n L=L[L.played_ratio_pct>=50]\n age=(T-L.timestamp.values)/params['hl']\n w=np.exp2(-age)*(1+params['org']*L.is_organic.values)\n r=ui[L.uid.values].values; c=ii[L.item_id.values].values\n X=sp.csr_matrix((w,(r,c)),shape=(len(uids),len(items)))\n X.sum_duplicates(); X.data=np.log1p(X.data*params['sc'])\n K=h['likes']; Kw=params['like']*np.ones(len(K))\n X=X+sp.csr_matrix((Kw,(ui[K.uid.values].values,ii[K.item_id.values].values)),shape=X.shape)\n # item popularity: recent organic strong\n rec=L[(L.timestamp>T-params['popwin'])]\n pop=np.bincount(ii[rec.item_id.values].values,weights=(0.5+rec.is_organic.values),minlength=len(items))\n lk=K[K.timestamp>T-params['popwin']]\n pop+=params['poplike']*np.bincount(ii[lk.item_id.values].values,minlength=len(items))\n pop=np.log1p(pop)\n # normalize rows, SVD\n rn=np.sqrt(np.asarray(X.multiply(X).sum(1)).ravel())+1e-9\n Xn=sp.diags(1/rn)@X\n cn=np.sqrt(np.asarray(Xn.multiply(Xn).sum(0)).ravel())+1e-9\n Xn=Xn@sp.diags(cn**(-params['alpha']))\n U,S,Vt=randomized_svd(Xn,params['k'],n_iter=4,random_state=0)\n print('svd',time.time()-t0,file=sys.stderr)\n P=(U*S)@Vt*(cn**params['alpha'])[None,:]\n P/= (np.abs(P).max(1,keepdims=True)+1e-9)\n score=P+params['wpop']*(pop/pop.max())[None,:]\n score[~M]=-np.inf\n top=np.argsort(-score,axis=1)[:,:100]\n sub=pd.DataFrame({'uid':np.repeat(uids,100),'item_id':items[top].ravel(),'rank':np.tile(np.arange(1,101),len(uids))})\n return sub\nEOF\ncat > run_val.py <<'EOF'\nimport sys,json\nsys.path.insert(0,'/task')\nfrom model import *\nfrom evaluate_public import validation_truth, score\nfrom ranking_evaluation import CandidateSet, ranked_items\ntu=set(pd.read_parquet(D+'target_users.parquet').uid.astype(int))\nG=validation_truth(CandidateSet(D+'validation_eligible_candidates.npz'),tu)\nbase=dict(hl=86400*30/5,org=1.0,sc=1.0,like=1.0,popwin=86400*14/5,poplike=3,alpha=0.0,k=128,wpop=0.3)\nfor kv in sys.argv[1:]:\n ps=dict(base); ps.update(json.loads(kv))\n sub=build('val',ps)\n print(kv, score(ranked_items(sub),G), flush=True)\nEOF\npython -c \"\nimport pandas as pd; L=pd.read_parquet('hist_val_listens.parquet',columns=['timestamp']); print(L.timestamp.max()/86400, L.timestamp.max())\"\n"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:01:49.160Z
286.88420138888887 24786795
### Harness context
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"text": "The user hasn't heard from you in a while. As you continue, keep them updated when there's something to tell — a finding, a change of plan."
}
### Harness context
{
"type": "total_tokens_reminder",
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## Step 7 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:01:51.510Z
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Timestamps are the key unit to pin down; checking the validation window span, then running the first sweep.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:01:52.251Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; python -c \"\nimport pandas as pd; v=pd.read_parquet('/task/data/val_likes.parquet'); print(v.timestamp.min()-24786800, v.timestamp.max()-v.timestamp.min())\""
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:01:53.008Z
2015 604575
### Harness context
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"type": "total_tokens_reminder",
"text": "14973426 tokens left"
}
## Step 8 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:01:54.079Z
Timestamps are in seconds. Fixing units and running a small sweep.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:01:54.924Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; sed -i 's#86400\\*30/5#86400*30#; s#86400\\*14/5#86400*7#' run_val.py; time python run_val.py '{}' '{\"wpop\":0.0}' '{\"wpop\":1.0}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:02:09.401Z
real 0m14.079s
user 0m21.207s
sys 0m4.641s
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## Step 9 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:02:10.721Z
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:02:10.721Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; python run_val.py '{}' 2>&1 | tail -20"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:02:24.248Z
svd 8.891164302825928
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"text": "14973091 tokens left"
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## Step 10 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:02:25.973Z
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Silent death after SVD — likely OOM from dense float64 matrices. Switching to chunked float32 scoring.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:02:29.029Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; python - <<'EOF'\ns=open('model.py').read()\nold=s[s.index(\" P=(U*S)\"):s.index(\" sub=pd.DataFrame\")]\nnew=''' US=(U*S).astype(np.float32); V=(Vt*(cn**params['alpha'])[None,:]).astype(np.float32)\n pv=(pop/pop.max()).astype(np.float32)\n top=np.zeros((len(uids),100),dtype=np.int64)\n for a in range(0,len(uids),1000):\n P=US[a:a+1000]@V\n P/=(np.abs(P).max(1,keepdims=True)+1e-9)\n P+=params['wpop']*pv[None,:]\n P[~M[a:a+1000]]=-np.inf\n tp=np.argpartition(-P,100,axis=1)[:,:100]\n o=np.argsort(-np.take_along_axis(P,tp,1),axis=1)\n top[a:a+1000]=np.take_along_axis(tp,o,1)\n'''\nopen('model.py','w').write(s.replace(old,new))\nEOF\npython run_val.py '{}' '{\"wpop\":0.0}' '{\"wpop\":1.0}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:03:05.562Z
{} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.031666, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":0.0} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.028227, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.0} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.036805, 'quality_users': 4263}
### Harness context
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"type": "total_tokens_reminder",
"text": "14972474 tokens left"
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## Step 11 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:03:07.325Z
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First scores are in (NDCG@10 ≈ 0.037 with SVD + popularity blend). Writing a valid test submission now for safety, then tuning.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:03:09.692Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; cat > run_test.py <<'EOF'\nimport sys,json\nfrom model import *\nfrom run_val_params import BEST\nsub=build('test',BEST)\nsub.to_parquet('/app/solution/submission.parquet',index=False)\nprint(sub.shape, sub.uid.nunique())\nEOF\ncat > run_val_params.py <<'EOF'\nBEST=dict(hl=86400*30,org=1.0,sc=1.0,like=1.0,popwin=86400*7,poplike=3,alpha=0.0,k=128,wpop=1.0)\nEOF\npython run_test.py 2>&1 | tail -1 &\npython run_val.py '{\"wpop\":3.0}' '{\"wpop\":100.0}' '{\"wpop\":2.0,\"k\":64}' '{\"wpop\":2.0,\"popwin\":259200}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd; wait"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:04:19.037Z
(845600, 3) 8456
{"wpop":3.0} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.034848, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":100.0} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.029203, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":2.0,"k":64} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.038675, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":2.0,"popwin":259200} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.034594, 'quality_users': 4263}
[1]+ Done python run_test.py 2>&1 | tail -1
### Harness context
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"text": "14971875 tokens left"
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## Step 12 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:04:22.023Z
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Test submission saved (845,600 rows, all 8,456 users). Now sweeping a few more knobs: k, the popularity window, and the organic weight.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:04:23.715Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; sed -i \"s/weights=(0.5+rec.is_organic.values)/weights=(params.get('poporg0',0.5)+rec.is_organic.values)/\" model.py\npython run_val.py '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":32}' '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":64,\"popwin\":1209600}' '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":64,\"poporg0\":0.1}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd &\npython run_val.py '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":64,\"hl\":8640000}' '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":64,\"alpha\":0.3}' '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":64,\"org\":3.0}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd; wait"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:05:15.543Z
{"wpop":1.5,"k":32} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.039372, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"hl":8640000} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.039076, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"popwin":1209600} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.03747, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"alpha":0.3} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.040493, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"poporg0":0.1} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.039591, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"org":3.0} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.039349, 'quality_users': 4263}
[1]+ Done python run_val.py '{"wpop":1.5,"k":32}' '{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"popwin":1209600}' '{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"poporg0":0.1}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd
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## Step 13 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:05:17.386Z
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### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:05:18.452Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; B='\"wpop\":1.5,\"hl\":8640000,\"poporg0\":0.1'\npython run_val.py \"{$B,\\\"k\\\":64,\\\"alpha\\\":0.3}\" \"{$B,\\\"k\\\":64,\\\"alpha\\\":0.6}\" 2>&1 | grep -v svd &\npython run_val.py \"{$B,\\\"k\\\":48,\\\"alpha\\\":0.5}\" \"{$B,\\\"k\\\":64,\\\"alpha\\\":0.5,\\\"wpop\\\":1.0}\" 2>&1 | grep -v svd; wait"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:05:51.942Z
{"wpop":1.5,"hl":8640000,"poporg0":0.1,"k":48,"alpha":0.5} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.037882, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"hl":8640000,"poporg0":0.1,"k":64,"alpha":0.3} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.038834, 'quality_users': 4263}
### Harness context
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## Step 14 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:05:54.634Z
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Combining changes didn't stack, and two parallel runs died (probably OOM). Running one last check sequentially.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:05:55.438Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; python run_val.py '{\"wpop\":2.0,\"k\":64,\"alpha\":0.3}' '{\"wpop\":1.5,\"k\":64,\"alpha\":0.3,\"poporg0\":0.1}' 2>&1 | grep -v svd"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:06:16.214Z
{"wpop":2.0,"k":64,"alpha":0.3} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.040562, 'quality_users': 4263}
{"wpop":1.5,"k":64,"alpha":0.3,"poporg0":0.1} {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.040559, 'quality_users': 4263}
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## Step 15 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:06:17.267Z
Going with `wpop=2.0, k=64, alpha=0.3`. Refitting on train+val and writing the final submission.
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:06:20.370Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; cat > run_val_params.py <<'EOF'\n# Selected on the public validation window (NDCG@10 = 0.0406)\nBEST=dict(hl=86400*30,org=1.0,sc=1.0,like=1.0,popwin=86400*7,poplike=3,poporg0=0.5,alpha=0.3,k=64,wpop=2.0)\nEOF\npython run_test.py 2>&1 | tail -1 && rm -f hist_val_*.parquet && python -c \"\nimport pandas as pd,numpy as np\ns=pd.read_parquet('submission.parquet'); z=np.load('/task/data/test_eligible_candidates.npz')\nM=np.unpackbits(z['packed_eligible'],axis=1,count=30000,bitorder='little').astype(bool)\nui=pd.Series(range(len(z['uids'])),index=z['uids']); ii=pd.Series(range(30000),index=z['item_ids'])\nprint(M[ui[s.uid].values,ii[s.item_id].values].all(), s.groupby('uid').item_id.nunique().eq(100).all(), s.groupby('uid')['rank'].apply(lambda r: sorted(r)==list(range(1,101))).all())\""
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:06:33.029Z
(845600, 3) 8456
True True True
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## Step 16 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:06:38.829Z
### Bash · 2026-09-26T04:06:38.829Z
{
"command": "cd /app/solution; cat > README.md <<'EOF'\n# Made-for-You discovery ranker\n\nEligible candidates never include items the user has already interacted with, so this is a pure discovery task and a collaborative-filtering model is required.\n\n**Model** (`model.py`), fit separately for each cutoff:\n- User×item matrix built from ≥50% listens. Each listen is weighted by recency (30-day half-life) and ×2 if organic. Weights are summed, then log1p. Likes add +1.\n- Rows are L2-normalized, and columns are damped by norm^0.3 to reduce popularity bias. Then a randomized truncated SVD with k=64.\n- Each user's reconstructed scores are max-normalized, then blended with a popularity prior (weight 2.0). The prior uses the last 7 days of positive listens (organic listens count 3× as much as non-organic) plus 3× likes.\n- Ineligible items are masked out, and the top 100 are kept.\n\n**Validation** (`run_val.py`): history is `train_*` only, scored against `val_*`. Public NDCG@10 = 0.0406. For comparison, SVD without the popularity prior scores 0.028.\n\n**Final** (`run_test.py`): the same parameters (`run_val_params.py`), refit on `train_* + val_*` history with the test eligibility mask. Writes `submission.parquet`.\n\n`load.py` loads the history for a stage, keeping only target users and catalog items.\nEOF\nls"
}
### Tool output · 2026-09-26T04:06:38.866Z
README.md
load.py
model.py
run_test.py
run_val.py
run_val_params.py
submission.parquet
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## Step 17 · agent · 2026-09-26T04:06:47.178Z
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The final submission is written to `/app/solution/submission.parquet`: 100 ranked items for each of the 8,456 target users. I checked that every item is in that user's test candidate set and that ranks run 1–100 with no duplicates. It scores **NDCG@10 = 0.0406** on the public validation window. I haven't run `evaluate_public.py` on a saved file; the scores come from the same scoring function called directly.
**What shaped the model:** a user's past items never appear in their candidate set, and about half of the users' validation relevant items were ones they had played before. So the ranker can only score by similarity to other users and by popularity. I built a low-rank similarity model (truncated SVD) blended with a "popular this week" signal.
- Each user's history is weighted by recency (30-day half-life), with extra weight for organic listens and likes.
- Popularity is damped partway in the similarity model so it doesn't just recommend hits.
- The popularity signal is recent positive listens, with organic listens counting 3×, plus likes.
- I refit the model on train plus validation history for the test ranking, using the parameters chosen on validation.
**What moved the score** (all on validation):
| Variant | NDCG@10 |
| --- | --- |
| Similarity model alone | 0.028 |
| Plus the popularity signal | 0.037 |
| Plus tuning the number of factors, popularity damping and blend weight | 0.0406 |
Other knobs changed little: longer history half-life, heavier organic weighting, a different popularity window. Combining the individually small gains made it slightly worse. Two of my parallel tuning runs died, most likely from running out of memory, so a couple of combinations were never scored.
**Not done in the 30 minutes:** a learned re-ranker trained on a backtest split inside the training data. That's the obvious next step for a further gain.
Files are in `/app/solution/`:
- `README.md`
- `load.py` and `model.py`
- `run_val.py`: validation sweep
- `run_test.py`: final refit
- `run_val_params.py`: the chosen settings
- `submission.parquet`
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