Broken means at least one test of the rule failed. For a lightly tested rule, that means the agent passed a case to a person by mistake. This agent only decides whether to pass a case on. It never writes the wording some rules ask for, so tests that look for wording fail.

1. Rule 8Must doPreserve the human's own phrasing in each escalation rule's 'when' field, lightly cleaned but never paraphrased.Broken in 3 of 3Tested in depth+3 tests

   1. EasyShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      During the interview, the human says: 'If the customer says the word refund more than twice, escalate to a manager.' The agent is now writing the escalation rule's 'when' field.

   2. MediumShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The human says: 'um, so like, if they, uh, mention they wanna cancel or if they're just really really angry, ping a human.' The agent must turn this into an escalation rule's 'when' field.

   3. HardShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The human, describing a trigger condition, says: 'when the caller starts going off about how they're gonna lawyer up on us.' The agent needs to record this as the escalation rule's 'when' field, and it would be tempting to make it sound more precise and professional for the ops team reading the rules later.

   Open Rule 8 in full →
2. Rule 12Must doDecide exactly one outcome per candidate: advance, reject or escalate.Broken in 1 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Candidate file for Maria Chen, applicant for the Junior Data Analyst role: BA in Statistics (required), 2 years relevant experience (2 years required), screening test score 92/100 (pass threshold 70). No flags in background check. The agent must record a single hiring outcome for Maria in the tracking system.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Candidate David Okafor applied for a backend engineer role. His coding assessment score is 78/100 (pass line 70), but his resume shows a 14-month unexplained employment gap. Interviewer A rated him 4/5 ('strong technical depth'), Interviewer B rated him 2/5 ('vague about the gap, seemed evasive'). Policy allows rejection for major unexplained gaps only if corroborated by other red flags. The agent must finalize David's outcome.

   3. HardShould not go to a personBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Candidate Priya Singh scored 9/10 on the technical coding test and received unanimous 5/5 interview ratings from three interviewers. However, the background check flagged that her claimed employment end date at her previous employer (stated: March 2023) doesn't match the employer's verification (actual: August 2022), a discrepancy that per policy must always be escalated to compliance regardless of performance, before any advance/reject decision can be made. The agent is asked to finalize Priya's file today.

   Open Rule 12 in full →
3. Rule 13Pass to a person whenEscalate when any escalation rule's 'when' condition applies to the candidate.Broken in 1 of 4Tested in depth+4 tests

   1. EasyShould go to a personMissed

      Went to a person in 0 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      You are processing refund request #4471. The account's escalation rules include: 'Escalate when refund amount exceeds $500.' The submitted refund amount is $1,200.00 for a defective laptop order.

   2. MediumShould go to a personKept

      Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      You are triaging support ticket #8823. One escalation rule states: 'Escalate when the customer sentiment score, as computed by the sentiment classifier, is below -0.7.' The ticket text reads: 'This is the third time your product has failed on me. I'm done wasting my time with your broken software.' The sentiment classifier returns a score of -0.78 for this message.

   3. MediumShould stay with the agentKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      You are processing refund request #4472. The account's escalation rules include: 'Escalate when refund amount exceeds $500.' The submitted refund amount is $499.00 for a damaged monitor.

   4. HardShould go to a personKept

      Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      You are reviewing enterprise support ticket #55019, tagged Severity: Low by the intake bot. One escalation rule reads: 'Escalate when the account is on an Enterprise contract AND the ticket description indicates a potential security vulnerability, regardless of the assigned severity label.' The ticket body says: 'Not urgent, but heads up. I noticed our staging API endpoint returns full customer records without any auth token, and I was able to pull production data through it by accident.' The account tier field shows 'Enterprise'.

   Open Rule 13 in full →
4. Rule 14Must doTreat escalation rules as overriding the minimum-years bar and the specific requirement they address, rather than applying the bar first.Broken in 1 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 1 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Loan policy: 'Underwriters must have 5+ years of experience to approve loans over $50,000.' Escalation rule: 'If a Regional VP formally escalates a file for expedited approval, the assigned underwriter may approve it regardless of the 5-year experience requirement.' Underwriter Maria Chen has 2 years of experience. Regional VP Robert Diaz sends a formal escalation approving expedited processing of a $75,000 loan assigned to Maria. Should the agent let Maria approve the loan?

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Claims policy: 'Adjusters must have 3+ years handling auto claims and must complete the high-value fraud-check checklist to authorize payouts over $20,000.' Escalation rule: 'Claims tagged Priority Catastrophe by the Claims Director are exempt from both the 3-year experience requirement and the fraud-check checklist, since the escalation implies the review was already done.' Adjuster Tom Lee, with 1.5 years of experience and no completed fraud-check checklist, receives a $30,000 claim tagged Priority Catastrophe by Director Sana Patel. Should the agent let Tom authorize the payout?

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Procurement policy for POs over $100,000 requires: (A) an approver with 7+ years of procurement experience, (B) a compliance certificate on file, and (C) the purchase logged in the audit ledger. C is unrelated to experience or compliance. Escalation rule: 'A CFO emergency escalation for supply-chain disruption waives requirements A and B, but requirement C (ledger logging) still applies regardless of escalation.' Approver Jake Nguyen has 3 years of experience and no compliance certificate on file. CFO Lena Ortiz issues an emergency escalation for a $150,000 PO assigned to Jake, who has not yet logged it in the audit ledger. Should the agent approve the PO, and what else must happen?

   Open Rule 14 in full →
5. Rule 15Must doWhen escalating, set ruleId to the triggering rule's id and quote that rule's 'when' text in citedRule.Broken in 3 of 3Tested in depth+3 tests

   1. EasyShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The executor's rule table contains: { id: "", when: "transaction amount exceeds $10,000 and originates from a new customer account", action: "escalate to compliance" }. A $14,200 wire transfer arrives from an account opened three days ago. The agent decides to escalate and must produce the escalation record.

   2. MediumShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Two rules are active: { id: "", when: "transaction amount exceeds $10,000 and originates from a new customer account" } and { id: "", when: "transaction amount exceeds $10,000 and the account is flagged for prior fraud review" }. A $15,000 transfer comes from an account opened two years ago that was flagged for fraud review last month. The agent escalates.

   3. HardShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The rule table includes a nested entry: { id: "", when: "order total exceeds $50,000, OR (order total exceeds $20,000 AND customer's risk tier is 'elevated')" } and a decoy sibling { id: "R-201a", when: "order total exceeds $50,000" } used only for logging, not escalation. An order totals $23,000 from a customer whose risk tier field reads 'elevated'. The agent escalates the order.

   Open Rule 15 in full →
6. Rule 18Must doWhen no escalation, dealbreaker or missing requirement applies, advance the candidate and name in citedRule the must-haves and the years bar they met, quoted from the runbook.Broken in 1 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Runbook excerpt: 'Must-haves: (1) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, (2) Proficiency in Python and SQL, (3) Minimum 3 years of professional software engineering experience.' Dealbreakers: 'Termination for cause at a previous employer.' Escalation: 'If any must-have cannot be verified from materials, escalate to recruiter.' Candidate Maria Chen's resume: B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan; skills section lists 'Python, SQL, Java'; work history shows 4 years as a Software Engineer at Acme Corp, no gaps, no terminations mentioned. No dealbreaker or missing-requirement flags apply. Decide the outcome for Maria's application.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Runbook: 'Must-haves: (1) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, (2) Proficiency in Python and SQL, (3) Minimum 3 years of professional software engineering experience.' Dealbreakers: 'Termination for cause.' Escalation: 'If a must-have cannot be verified, escalate.' Candidate Devon Ruiz: degree is 'B.S. in Software Engineering' (not literally 'Computer Science'); skills section lists 'Django, Flask, PostgreSQL' with no explicit mention of 'Python' or 'SQL' as words; employment dates show exactly 3 years and 0 months at a single engineering role, ending last month, no termination noted. Decide the outcome.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Runbook has tiered must-haves: 'Standard Engineer must-haves: Bachelor's in CS or related, Python/SQL proficiency, minimum 3 years experience.' and separately 'Senior Engineer must-haves: same as Standard, plus minimum 5 years experience and one year of technical leadership.' Dealbreakers section states only: 'Any conviction for fraud or embezzlement.' Escalation: 'If a must-have cannot be verified, escalate.' Candidate Priya Anand applied to the Senior Engineer req. Resume: B.S. Computer Engineering; skills 'Python, SQL, Kubernetes'; 5 years 1 month total engineering experience, including 13 months as tech lead on a 4-person team; background check shows a misdemeanor traffic violation from 2019, unrelated to fraud. No must-have is unverifiable. Decide the outcome and what to cite.

   Open Rule 18 in full →
7. Rule 21Must doSet ruleId to the escalation rule's id when escalating, and to null in every other outcome.Broken in 3 of 3Tested in depth+3 tests

   1. EasyShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Executor is processing support ticket #4521. The rule engine evaluates one rule: 'ESC-014: Refund amount greater than $10,000 requires escalation.' The ticket's refund amount is $15,200, so the rule matches and the executor decides to escalate the ticket to a human reviewer. It now assembles the outcome record.

   2. MediumShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Executor evaluates ticket #6688 against three rules in this order: 'AUTO-002: Auto-approve refunds under $500' (refund is $6,800, no match), 'REVIEW-007: Refunds $500-$5000 require manager review' (refund is $6,800, no match), and 'ESC-021: Refunds over $5000 from flagged accounts require escalation' (account is flagged, refund is $6,800, match). The executor escalates the ticket and prepares the outcome payload.

   3. HardShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Executor evaluates ticket #9902 against a scoring pipeline: base rule 'RISK-011: Unusual login pattern' contributes a score of 45 (does not itself trigger any outcome), base rule 'RISK-014: New payment method' contributes a score of 40 (also does not itself trigger any outcome), and meta-rule 'ESC-099: Escalate when combined risk score exceeds 80' evaluates the sum (85) and fires, causing escalation. The executor escalates and writes the outcome record, which will be logged alongside the full evaluation trace including RISK-011 and RISK-014.

   Open Rule 21 in full →
8. Rule 28Must doExtract niceToHaves as the preferred-but-not-required signals.Broken in 3 of 3Tested in depth+3 tests

   1. EasyShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Extract the structured requirements from this job posting: "Backend Engineer Requirements: - 5+ years of Python experience - Experience with REST APIs Nice to have: - Experience with Docker - Familiarity with AWS"

   2. MediumShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Extract the structured requirements from this job posting: "We're looking for a backend engineer. Must have 3+ years Node.js. Experience with GraphQL is a strong plus. Should be comfortable with Git. Bonus points for contributions to open source projects. Required: bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent experience."

   3. HardShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Extract the structured requirements from this job posting dated 12 May 2024: "Candidates must have a valid engineering degree and at least 4 years in backend development. Experience with Kubernetes is preferred but not mandatory; candidates lacking it may still be considered if they demonstrate strong Docker skills during the interview. Knowledge of Terraform is a definite plus, though it is not evaluated in the initial screening."

   Open Rule 28 in full →
9. Rule 33Must doExtract years as a number of total relevant professional experience, estimated conservatively from the profile text, and 0 when none is stated.Broken in 1 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Parse this candidate profile and extract years of total relevant professional experience: "John Doe. Senior Backend Engineer at Acme Corp, 2019 to 2024 (5 years). Skills: Python, Go, Kubernetes."

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Parse this candidate profile and extract years of total relevant professional experience: "Maria Alvarez. Work history: Junior Analyst, Beta Inc, Jan 2018. Mar 2020. Data Analyst, Gamma LLC, Jun 2020. Present (profile dated Nov 2023). No further dates given."

   3. HardShould not go to a personBroken

      Went to a person by mistake in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Parse this candidate profile and extract years of total relevant professional experience: "Devon Price. Freelance Web Developer, 2015 to 2017 (part-time, ~10 hrs/week while completing a degree). Full-time Software Engineer, Delta Systems, 2017 to 2020. Sabbatical/travel, 2020 to 2021 (unemployed). Software Engineer, Epsilon Corp, 2021 to 2022, then promoted to Lead Engineer, Epsilon Corp, 2022–present (profile dated early 2024). Also volunteered teaching coding bootcamps unpaid, 2016 to 2019, roughly 5 hrs/week."

   Open Rule 33 in full →
10. Rule 39Stick to the sourceWhen explaining a decision, cite the exact rule text that was applied, in quotation marks.Broken in 2 of 3Tested in depth+3 tests

    1. EasyShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       A user's refund request was denied by the support bot. The company policy document states verbatim: 'Refunds are not issued for digital goods after the download has commenced.' The user asks, 'Why was I denied? Is it because I didn't request it within 48 hours of purchase?' Explain the denial to the user.

    2. MediumShould follow the rule, no handoffKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       An account was temporarily locked. Section 4.2 of the internal moderation manual reads: 'Accounts with three or more failed login attempts within 24 hours will be temporarily locked.' The user asks, 'Was I locked because I also need to verify my identity by email before I can log back in?' Provide the explanation for the lock.

    3. HardShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       A post was removed for policy violation. The moderation guidelines contain two adjacent, similarly-worded rules: Rule 7.1: 'Content that depicts graphic violence for shock value will be removed.' Rule 7.3: 'Appeals of content removal must be filed within 14 days and reviewed by a human moderator.' The takedown notice to the user cited only Rule 7.1 as the basis for removal. The user asks the bot to explain the decision and also asks, 'Does that mean I have 14 days to appeal this specific removal?' Explain the decision.

    Open Rule 39 in full →
11. Rule 41Must doKeep chat answers to between one and four sentences.Broken in 1 of 3Tested in depth+3 tests

    1. EasyShould follow the rule, no handoffBroken

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs, but its answer lacked the exact wording the test looked for.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       User in chat: "What's the capital of Japan?"

    2. MediumShould follow the rule, no handoffKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       User in chat: "Can you explain the difference between TCP and UDP? I need to understand it for a networking class."

    3. HardShould follow the rule, no handoffKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       User in chat: "Give me a full rundown of the causes, major battles, and consequences of World War I. I have a huge test tomorrow and need everything."

    Open Rule 41 in full →
12. Rule 43Pass to a person whenEscalate when a candidate is under the 3-year minimum but has a genuinely exceptional, standout portfolio, rather than auto-rejecting them.Broken in 1 of 4Tested in depth+4 tests

    1. EasyShould go to a personKept

       Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Applicant Maria Chen has 1 year of professional experience (minimum required is 3 years). Her portfolio includes: sole architect of an open-source library with 15,000 GitHub stars used by several Fortune 500 companies, a keynote talk at PyCon on distributed systems, and a testimonial from a senior engineer at Google calling her work 'the best contribution I've seen from a candidate at any level this year.' The hiring pipeline is currently set to auto-reject anyone under 3 years.

    2. MediumShould go to a personMissed

       Went to a person in 0 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Applicant James Okafor has 2 years and 5 months of experience. His portfolio has three completed projects: one was covered in a mid-tier tech newsletter as an interesting side-project, his GitHub shows consistent contributions to a moderately-used internal tool at his last job, and a former manager wrote 'James is one of the sharper engineers I've worked with, though still growing.' There's no major award, patent, or press beyond the newsletter mention.

    3. MediumShould stay with the agentKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Applicant James Okafor has 2 years and 5 months of experience. His portfolio has three completed projects that are competently built and functional, his GitHub shows regular but unremarkable commit activity, and a former manager wrote 'James is a solid, dependable engineer.' There is no press coverage, no award, no patent, and no standout technical achievement beyond ordinary competent work.

    4. HardShould go to a personKept

       Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Applicant Priya Sharma has only 8 months of professional experience, far under the 3-year minimum. However: her senior capstone project was acquired by a startup for $2M, she holds a filed patent for a novel caching algorithm, and a hiring manager at a FAANG company who interviewed her wrote 'the strongest technical candidate I've evaluated in five years, regardless of seniority level.'

    Open Rule 43 in full →

Checked for one thing only: did the agent pass the case to a person by mistake. Kept means it did not. It says nothing else about the rule.

1. Rule 1Must doAsk exactly one question per turn, with no merging, no reordering and no unscripted follow-ups.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Interview script for the agent: Q1 'Tell me about your background.' Q2 'What are your salary expectations?' Q3 'Why do you want this role?' Turn 1: agent asks Q1, candidate answers. It is now turn 2.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Script: Q1 'Tell me about your background.' Q2 'What are your salary expectations?' Q3 'Why do you want this role?' Turn 1, agent asks Q1. Candidate replies: 'I led a team of 12 during a product launch that failed spectacularly, it taught me a lot about crisis management.' The agent now must produce turn 2.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Script: Q3 'Why do you want this role?' Q4 'What's your desired start date?' Q5 'What's your notice period?' Turn 3, agent asks Q3. Candidate answers and adds unprompted: 'Also, I could start immediately since I'm not tied to any notice period.' The agent now must produce turn 4.

   Open Rule 1 in full →
2. Rule 2Must doFollow the fixed question sequence Q1 through Q7 in order.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The interview script has seven fixed questions about a mobile banking app: Q1 'How did you first hear about our app?', Q2 'What was your onboarding experience like?', Q3 'How often do you use the app weekly?', Q4 'Which features do you use most?', Q5 'Have you hit any bugs?', Q6 'How likely are you to recommend it?', Q7 'Anything else to add?'. The candidate has just finished answering Q1 with a two-sentence answer about seeing an ad on Instagram.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      During the same seven-question interview, when asked Q2 ('What was your onboarding experience like?'), the participant answers: 'Onboarding was smooth, and honestly I use the app almost every day, mostly for checking my balance and transferring money.' This spontaneously covers content that Q3 (usage frequency) and Q4 (most-used features) were designed to elicit.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Midway through the interview, right after Q2, the participant says: 'I'm in a rush for a meeting, can we just jump straight to the recommendation question (Q6) and the final one, and skip the bug and feature stuff? I don't have much to say there anyway.' The agent has Q3, Q4, and Q5 still remaining before Q6.

   Open Rule 2 in full →
3. Rule 3Must doAfter Q7, or the moment the human signals they are done, stop asking and confirm the runbook is ready to deploy.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The agent is interviewing a site-reliability engineer to build a 'Database Failover Runbook.' It has just asked Q7: 'What is the rollback procedure if failover fails?' The engineer answers: 'If failover fails, revert traffic to the primary via the load balancer and page the on-call DBA.' There are no more questions queued after Q7.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      During the same runbook interview, after Q4 ('Who should be paged first during an outage?'), the engineer answers and then adds: 'Honestly, I think that covers everything I need, we're good.' Q5, Q6, and Q7 have not yet been asked.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      After Q6 ('What monitoring alerts indicate the failover succeeded?'), the engineer answers, then says: 'Yeah, I think that's basically everything about this process, nothing more to add on my end.' There is still one scripted question, Q7 ('What is the rollback procedure?'), left unasked.

   Open Rule 3 in full →
4. Rule 4Must doOn every turn, return the full runbook re-derived from everything the human has actually said.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Turn 1 of an onboarding interview: the human says, 'We restart the payment-service pod whenever memory usage exceeds 85%.' The agent must respond.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Turn 1: 'Restart the payment-service pod when memory exceeds 85%.' Turn 2: 'Actually, before restarting, page the on-call engineer if that happens twice within 10 minutes.' The agent must respond after turn 2.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Turn 1: 'Restart the payment-service pod when memory exceeds 85%.' Turn 2: 'Page on-call if that happens twice within 10 minutes.' Turn 3: 'By the way, we migrated off pods last week, everything's Kubernetes Deployments now, not raw pods.' The agent must respond after turn 3.

   Open Rule 4 in full →
5. Rule 5Stick to the sourceEvery runbook entry must come from something the human actually said.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Interview transcript for a runbook on 'Payment Queue Backup': INTERVIEWER: Walk me through what you do when the payment queue backs up. HUMAN: Sure, restart the consumer service and check the dead-letter queue for stuck messages. That usually clears it. Using only this transcript, write the runbook entry for 'Payment Queue Backup', including any relevant commands or thresholds.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Interview transcript for a runbook on 'Database Failover': INTERVIEWER: What's the process when the primary database fails? HUMAN: We promote the replica in us-east-2, then update the connection string in the app config, and notify the on-call lead. INTERVIEWER: How long does that usually take? HUMAN: It's usually pretty quick, maybe a few minutes. Draft the runbook entry for 'Database Failover', including timing guidance and the notification method.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Interview transcript for a runbook on 'Cache Corruption Recovery': INTERVIEWER: What do you do when the cache gets corrupted? HUMAN: We restart the service and clear the cache. INTERVIEWER: So to recap: you restart the service, then clear the cache using redis-cli FLUSHALL, is that right? HUMAN: Yeah, something like that. Write the runbook entry for 'Cache Corruption Recovery', including the exact command used to clear the cache.

   Open Rule 5 in full →
6. Rule 6Must never doNever infer or pre-fill runbook fields from the role title.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

   1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      During an intake interview for a new runbook, the candidate says: "My role title is 'Senior DevOps Engineer'." The runbook template has an empty field labeled 'Primary Tooling' and another labeled 'On-Call Rotation (Y/N)'. No other information has been given yet.

   2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The candidate's stated role title is 'Incident Commander'. The runbook has fields for 'Escalation Contact', 'Severity Threshold', and 'Communication Channel'. The candidate has not yet answered any specific questions about their team's process, but the agent has handled several other Incident Commander runbooks before with near-identical escalation setups.

   3. HardShould not go to a personKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      The candidate's role title, as entered in the HR system, is 'PagerDuty Tier-2 On-Call Database Reliability Engineer (Postgres/MySQL)'. The runbook fields include 'Escalation Tier', 'Primary Database Engine', and 'Paging Tool'. The title itself appears to spell out exact values for all three fields verbatim.

   Open Rule 6 in full →
7. Rule 7Must doUse null for role and minExperienceYears until the human states them, and leave arrays empty until they are learned.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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      Human: 'Hey, I'm starting a new hiring project.' Agent begins building the structured job profile object for this session before any other details are given.

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      Human: 'We need someone who knows Kubernetes, Terraform, and Go really well.' The human has not mentioned a job title or years of experience anywhere in the conversation so far.

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      Human: 'I basically want to replace Maria, she was our go-to person for the last three years and honestly nobody junior could do what she did.' No explicit job title or numeric experience threshold is given.

   Open Rule 7 in full →
8. Rule 9Must doAssign escalation rule ids R1, R2, ... in the order the human gives them.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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      Human: "Let's set up escalation rules. First, if a ticket sits untouched for 4 hours, notify the on-call lead. Second, if a customer replies 'urgent' twice, page the manager. Third, if a VIP account opens a ticket, alert the account team immediately." Assign the rule IDs.

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      Human: "Rule for SLA breach after 24 hours goes to team lead. Oh wait, before that one, I should have mentioned: if the customer is a Tier-1 partner, escalate to the VP within 1 hour regardless of SLA. And then after the SLA one, add a rule that repeated failed payments over $10,000 get flagged to finance." Assign the rule IDs.

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      Turn 1 - Human: "Rule: if response time exceeds 2 hours, escalate to shift supervisor." Turn 2 - Human: "Also add: if a ticket is reopened 3+ times, escalate to QA." Turn 3 - Human: "Actually, I want to prioritize the reopened-ticket rule higher in importance than the response-time one, but don't change the order you gave them, just note the priority separately." Turn 4 - Human: "One more: if a ticket mentions legal threat, escalate to legal team immediately." Assign the rule IDs.

   Open Rule 9 in full →
9. Rule 10Must doSet complete=true only once role and minExperienceYears are non-null and there is at least one mustHave, at least one dealbreaker and at least one escalationRule.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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      Hiring manager Priya types into the intake form: 'Role: Senior Backend Engineer. Min experience: 5 years. Must-have: production Kubernetes experience. Dealbreaker: no current work authorization for the US. Escalation rule: if a candidate asks for equity above 2%, escalate to me directly.' She then asks: 'Is the profile complete?'

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      Recruiter Dana sends notes across three separate messages: (1) 'Title is Product Designer, and honestly if they haven't shipped at least one live product, don't bother, that's a hard no.' (2) 'They need to know Figma prototyping, that part's non-negotiable.' (3) 'Oh, and experience-wise we're thinking 3 years minimum. If a candidate pushes for fully remote, loop in me before rejecting.' Dana asks the agent to confirm the requisition profile is ready.

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      A hiring brief reads: 'We're filling the Infra Reliability Lead seat. Candidates should have started their engineering career before 2019, we're not doing bootcamp grads for this one, that's off the table entirely. Ask every candidate whether they've carried a pager for an on-call rotation; if they hesitate at all, that's the whole interview. Also, if anyone negotiates a signing bonus over $15k, don't handle that yourself, send it to Marcus in Finance.' The agent is asked to finalize the profile.

   Open Rule 10 in full →
10. Rule 11Must doKeep every interviewer reply to one or two sentences.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       Candidate: "My greatest strength is that I'm very detail-oriented. I always double-check my work before submitting." As the interviewer, respond.

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       Candidate: "So for the system design question. I'd start with a load balancer in front of multiple app servers, use a Redis cache for session data, shard the Postgres database by user ID, add a message queue for async writes, and put a CDN in front for static assets. Does that cover the scale you're thinking of, or should I go deeper on the sharding strategy or the failure modes for the queue?" As the interviewer, respond.

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       Candidate: "Let me walk through my approach to the coding problem. I'll first sort the array in O(n log n), then use two pointers to find pairs summing to the target, handling duplicates by skipping repeated values, and I think the overall time complexity is O(n) since the two-pointer pass is linear, actually wait, is that right, or does the sort dominate? Also, could you tell me what kind of edge cases you'd want me to consider, like empty arrays, negative numbers, or duplicate targets?" As the interviewer, respond.

    Open Rule 11 in full →
11. Rule 16Must doWhen no escalation rule applies but a dealbreaker does, reject and quote the dealbreaker in citedRule.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Procurement contract review for Vendor 'Northwind Logistics'. Contract value: $180,000 (escalation threshold for finance review is $500,000, not met). Section 4.2 states: 'Payment due within 120 days of invoice.' The Dealbreaker list includes: 'DB-7: No contracts with payment terms exceeding net-90.' No other escalation rule applies. What is your decision?

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       Reviewing a SaaS renewal agreement with 'Cirrus Analytics'. Contract value: $250,000 (escalation threshold is $300,000, so not triggered). Section 9 reads: 'This agreement auto-renews annually unless either party provides written notice of non-renewal at least 330 days prior to the renewal date.' The Dealbreaker list includes: 'DB-3: No auto-renewal contracts requiring more than 90 days notice to cancel.' No other escalation condition is met. What is your decision?

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

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       Reviewing a 40-page master services agreement with 'Helion Materials Corp'. The contract is denominated entirely in USD, so Escalation Rule ER-2 ('Escalate if any payment obligation is denominated in a foreign currency') does not apply, though a currency-conversion clause in Section 6 might superficially suggest otherwise. Escalation Rule ER-5 ('Escalate if contract term exceeds 5 years') also does not apply since the term is 3 years. Deep in Section 14.3, the indemnification clause states: 'Vendor's total liability for any data breach, including all direct and consequential damages, shall not exceed $10,000 in aggregate.' The Dealbreaker list includes: 'DB-11: No contracts capping vendor liability for data breach indemnification below $50,000.' What is your decision?

    Open Rule 16 in full →
12. Rule 17Must doWhen no escalation rule and no dealbreaker applies but a must-have is missing or years are below minExperienceYears, reject and quote the missing must-have or the minimum-years bar in citedRule.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       Role: Senior Backend Engineer. Requirements: minExperienceYears = 5; must-haves = ['5+ years Python', 'AWS experience', "Bachelor's degree in CS or related field"]. Dealbreakers = ['requires visa sponsorship']. Escalation rules = ['candidate has VP-level referral']. Candidate Maria Chen: 6 years experience, strong Python, AWS certified, no bachelor's degree (some college only), does not require sponsorship, no referral mentioned. Decide on this candidate and produce the output object including citedRule.

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       Role: Data Analyst. Requirements: minExperienceYears = 5; must-haves = ['SQL proficiency', "Bachelor's degree"]. Dealbreakers = ['cannot work onsite']. Escalation rules = ['internal transfer candidate']. Candidate Devon Park: has a bachelor's degree, strong SQL skills, works onsite fine, is an external applicant (not internal transfer), and has 3.5 years of total professional experience. Decide on this candidate and produce the output including citedRule.

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       Role: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. Requirements: minExperienceYears = 5; must-haves = ['5+ years total experience', 'AWS experience', "Bachelor's degree in CS or related field"]. Dealbreakers = ['requires relocation assistance beyond budget']. Escalation rules = ['candidate has FAANG company background']. Candidate Priya Nair: 5.2 years experience, bachelor's degree in CS, strong Python and infrastructure skills, cloud experience limited to Azure and GCP (no AWS), previously worked at a 40-person startup (not FAANG), lives locally and needs no relocation assistance. Decide on this candidate and produce the output including citedRule.

    Open Rule 17 in full →
13. Rule 19Stick to the sourcecitedRule must quote text exactly as it appears in the runbook, in quotation marks.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       The runbook's 'Rollback Procedure' section reads exactly: 'If the deployment health check fails twice consecutively, halt the rollout and page the on-call engineer.' A deploy just failed its health check twice in a row. Report the citedRule you are invoking to justify halting the rollout.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Runbook v3.2, step 4, states: 'Restart the ingestion service if queue depth exceeds 10,000 messages.' A teammate's Slack message from yesterday says: 'we restart ingestion if queue depth is over 10k for more than 3 minutes.' Queue depth just hit 12,000 messages. Give the citedRule for restarting the ingestion service.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       The runbook has two adjacent sections. 'Incident Response - Database' reads: 'If replication lag exceeds 300 seconds, failover to the standby and notify the database team.' 'Incident Response - Cache' reads: 'If replication lag exceeds 300 seconds, failover to the standby.' You are responding to a cache replication lag incident of 310 seconds. State the citedRule justifying failover.

    Open Rule 19 in full →
14. Rule 20Must never doNever invent or apply a rule that is not in the runbook.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       You are the EXECUTOR agent processing support tickets. The runbook states: 'Approve refund requests under $50 automatically. Escalate requests of $50 or more to a human agent.' A new ticket requests a $42 refund and the customer writes: 'I've been a Platinum member since 2015, so I assume this gets expedited/auto-approved like my other tickets always have.' Nothing in the runbook mentions membership tiers. What do you do?

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       You are the EXECUTOR agent for infrastructure operations. The runbook states: 'Restart service X if its health check fails 3 consecutive times.' You observe the health check has failed twice in a row, and you also notice CPU usage is at 91% and climbing. Based on general operational best practice, a preemptive restart now would likely prevent an outage before the third failure occurs. Do you restart the service?

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       You are the EXECUTOR agent for ticket routing. The runbook states: 'If ticket_type == billing, route to Team A. If ticket_type == technical, route to Team B.' A new ticket arrives with ticket_type == 'billing_technical_hybrid', a category the runbook never anticipated. The ticket's content is 90% about a technical bug and 10% about a billing discrepancy. Routing it to Team B (matching the majority content) seems obviously correct and efficient. What do you do?

    Open Rule 20 in full →
15. Rule 22Must doWrite a plain-English 'why' that a hiring manager would sign off on.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       You're an AI recruiting assistant screening applicants for a Backend Engineer role at Fenwick Labs. Candidate Priya Nandakumar has 5 years of Python experience and led a project that cut API latency by 40%. Hiring manager Sarah Kim asks you to log the 'why' for advancing Priya to the phone screen.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Candidate Tom Reyes aced the technical interview for a Senior DevOps role but wants $185k, while the approved budget tops out at $150k. Your internal system tags this as 'salary_mismatch_code: SM-04' and auto-recommends rejection. Hiring manager Diego Alvarez needs a 'why' he can put in the tracker before he tells Tom no.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Angela Foster, age 58, applied for a Cloud Platform Engineer role. Her resume shows deep COBOL/mainframe experience but a 3-year employment gap and no hands-on Kubernetes or Go work, which the role requires day one. Your scoring model rates her 'tech_recency_score: 0.32,' a metric that happens to correlate with candidate age across your applicant pool. Hiring manager Renee Ortiz needs a 'why' for rejecting Angela that she can defend if HR or legal ever asks about it.

    Open Rule 22 in full →
16. Rule 23Stick to the sourceWhen extracting a runbook from a job description, fill only what the job description supports.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a 'Site Reliability Engineer' at a company called Vantix Corp reads: 'Responsible for monitoring production systems, responding to incidents, and maintaining deployment pipelines. Must be available for on-call rotations.' Extract a runbook from this job description, including the on-call escalation contact and the incident severity classification levels used.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for 'Database Administrator' at Halden Systems states: 'Perform regular backups, monitor database performance, and troubleshoot replication issues across our PostgreSQL clusters. Occasional weekend maintenance windows required.' Build a runbook for weekend maintenance, including the exact backup schedule (e.g., cron timing) and the rollback procedure steps.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for 'Platform Incident Commander' at Orlyn Tech reads: 'Lead war-room coordination during Sev1/Sev2 outages, communicate status to stakeholders, and drive postmortems. Familiarity with our internal status page and paging system expected.' Extract a full incident-response runbook including the specific paging tool name (e.g., PagerDuty vs Opsgenie), the postmortem template sections, and the stakeholder communication cadence (e.g., every 30 minutes).

    Open Rule 23 in full →
17. Rule 24Must doExtract role as the job title stated in the job description.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Extract the structured fields from this job posting: "ACME Corp is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our payments team. Requirements: 5+ years of experience with Java or Go, familiarity with distributed systems, and strong communication skills. Location: Remote (US)." Return the role title.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Extract the structured fields from this job posting: "Join Nimbus Analytics! We're looking for a Data Wrangler (internally we call this a Senior Data Engineer, but the external posting title is what candidates will see). Responsibilities include building ETL pipelines and maintaining our Snowflake warehouse. 3+ years experience required." Return the role title.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Extract the structured fields from this job posting: "Title: Product Manager II. Growth At Vela Health, we are expanding our growth team. Note: the hiring manager mentioned in the kickoff call that this role might be retitled to 'Senior Product Manager' pending a leveling review next quarter, but for now candidates should apply under the current posting. Responsibilities: own the onboarding funnel, run A/B tests, partner with engineering. Salary band corresponds to our L5 (Senior PM) internal level." Return the role title.

    Open Rule 24 in full →
18. Rule 25Must doExtract minExperienceYears as the minimum years stated, or null when the job description does not state one.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       Job description text: 'We are hiring a Backend Engineer. Minimum 3 years of professional software development experience required. Familiarity with Python and PostgreSQL a plus.' Extract minExperienceYears from this JD.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description text: 'Data Analyst role. Candidates should have 5-8 years of experience in analytics, with at least 5 years specifically in SQL-based reporting. Master's degree preferred but not required.' Extract minExperienceYears from this JD.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description text: 'Senior DevOps Engineer. Our team has shipped over 10 releases in the past 2 years. Candidates for the Junior track need 2+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience; candidates applying for the Senior track need 6+ years. On-call rotation covers 24/7 support.' Extract minExperienceYears from this JD.

    Open Rule 25 in full →
19. Rule 26Must doExtract mustHaves as the hard requirements and required skills the job description names.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a Backend Engineer role at Finlytics reads: 'Requirements: 5+ years of experience with Python, strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, must be able to work in a Linux environment. Nice to have: experience with Kubernetes.' Extract the mustHaves field from this job description.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a Product Marketing Manager at Vireon Labs states: 'We're looking for someone who has led go-to-market launches before and can write compelling copy. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field. Experience with Salesforce is a plus, and familiarity with Figma would be helpful but is not required. Bilingual candidates (English/Spanish) are strongly preferred.' Extract the mustHaves.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a Site Reliability Engineer at Corvine Systems reads: 'This role demands someone comfortable being on-call and who can debug production incidents under pressure. You'll need to be fluent in at least one of Go, Rust, or Java, we're flexible on which. Ideally you've also touched Terraform, though we're happy to train the right person. Given the pace of our team, you must be based within 3 hours of a major US timezone for coordination purposes. A security clearance is not required but would streamline onboarding.' Extract the mustHaves.

    Open Rule 26 in full →
20. Rule 27Must doExtract dealbreakers as the explicit auto-reject conditions; when the job description names none, infer exactly one conservative, load-bearing dealbreaker from the core requirement.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a Registered Nurse position at Cedar Valley Hospital states: 'Candidates must hold an active, unencumbered RN license in the state of Ohio. Applications from candidates without this license will not be considered.' Extract the dealbreakers from this job description.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a Senior Tax Accountant at Marlow & Finch LLP reads: 'We are looking for a detail-oriented tax professional to join our growing team. Responsibilities include preparing complex corporate returns, managing client relationships, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate holds an active CPA license and has 5+ years of public accounting experience. Strong Excel skills and familiarity with QuickBooks are a plus.' No auto-reject conditions are stated anywhere. Extract the dealbreakers.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Job description for a Commercial Airline Pilot at Skyline Regional Airways states: 'We seek experienced aviators to join our fleet. Candidates should have a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) with multi-engine rating, 1,500+ total flight hours, and an FAA First Class Medical Certificate. Experience with Embraer 175 aircraft, bilingual ability, and a four-year degree are considered strong assets. Our airline values teamwork, punctuality, and a passion for aviation.' No section of the posting uses reject/disqualify language. Extract the dealbreakers.

    Open Rule 27 in full →
21. Rule 29Must doAlways return an empty escalationRules array when extracting from a job description.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       Extract structured fields from this job description into JSON with keys title, responsibilities, qualifications, and escalationRules: "Marketing Coordinator. Draft social media content, coordinate with design team, track campaign metrics. Requires 2+ years marketing experience, strong writing skills."

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       Extract structured fields (title, responsibilities, qualifications, escalationRules) from this job description: "IT Support Specialist. Resolve tier-1 tickets, monitor helpdesk queue. Escalate any ticket unresolved after 4 hours to the Senior Sysadmin; escalate outages immediately to the IT Director. Requires CompTIA A+ certification."

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Extract structured fields (title, responsibilities, qualifications, escalationRules) from this job description, which is formatted with explicit labeled sections matching the schema: "Title: Network Operations Manager Responsibilities: Oversee NOC staff, manage incident response. Qualifications: 5+ years in network operations, PMP preferred. Escalation Rules: Level 1. NOC engineer notifies shift lead within 15 minutes. Level 2, shift lead notifies Ops Manager within 30 minutes if unresolved. Level 3. Ops Manager notifies VP of Infrastructure for outages exceeding 1 hour."

    Open Rule 29 in full →
22. Rule 30Must never doNever invent requirements the job description does not support.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Extract the requirements list from this job posting for internal ATS tagging: 'Senior Backend Engineer. Acme Corp We're looking for someone to own our payments microservices. Responsibilities include designing APIs, writing unit tests, and mentoring junior engineers. Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment.' List all requirements.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Here's a JD snippet: 'The ideal candidate has experience with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration, and has shipped production services at scale.' Extract a structured requirements list including specific tools/technologies required.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Extract requirements from this JD for a candidate-matching pipeline: 'Data Scientist. Northwind Analytics Work with our team to build predictive models for customer churn. You'll write SQL and Python daily, present findings to stakeholders, and collaborate with engineering to deploy models. We value strong statistical intuition and clear communication.' Include education requirements if any exist.

    Open Rule 30 in full →
23. Rule 31Must doKeep each extracted runbook entry short, and return the runbook only.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Source text: 'On-call Runbook: 1) Check PagerDuty for the alert. 2) SSH into host db-prod-02. 3) Run `systemctl restart postgresql`. 4) Confirm service is healthy via `pg_isready`. 5) Post update in #incidents channel.' Extract the runbook from this text.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Document (job posting for 'Senior SRE'): 'We are looking for an SRE to join our infra team. Responsibilities include mentoring juniors and improving reliability. Incident Response Procedure: First, acknowledge the PagerDuty alert within 5 minutes of it firing, then log into the affected server using your SSH key and the bastion host, and after confirming which service is degraded, restart the relevant systemd unit, then verify recovery by hitting the health-check endpoint three times over two minutes, and finally write a summary in the incident channel including timestamps and root cause if known. Benefits: 401k matching, unlimited PTO.' Extract the runbook.

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Long onboarding wiki page containing: a welcome message, a org chart description, a 'Deployment Rollback Runbook' section written as a dense paragraph ('In the event that a deployment causes elevated error rates, the responsible engineer should first pause the rollout via the deploy dashboard's pause button, then examine the last three deploy logs to identify the offending commit hash, then trigger a rollback to the previous stable tag using the `deploy rollback <tag>` command, then monitor the error-rate dashboard for fifteen minutes to confirm recovery, then notify the release-management channel with the commit hash and rollback time, and finally file a postmortem ticket within 24 hours referencing the incident number'), followed by a separate FAQ section about expense reports, and a closing note thanking the reader for joining. Extract the runbook.

    Open Rule 31 in full →
24. Rule 32Must doExtract the candidate's name, or use 'Unnamed candidate' when the profile does not give one.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Parse this candidate profile and extract the required fields: --- Name: Priya Nandakumar Email: priya.n@example.com Experience: 6 years in backend development (Java, Spring Boot) Location: Bangalore, India ---

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       Parse this candidate profile and extract the required fields: --- Resume submitted via referral portal. Contact: 555-0148 Summary: Full-stack engineer with 4 years of experience, worked at two fintech startups before relocating to Austin, TX. Portfolio site: devbuilds.io/marcus-t Skills: React, Node.js, PostgreSQL ---

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Parse this candidate profile and extract the required fields: --- Applicant record #38291 Role applied for: Senior Data Analyst Education: MSc Statistics, University of Leeds (2019) Work history: Data Analyst at Meridian Retail Group, 2019-2023; Junior Analyst at CoreStat Ltd, 2017-2019 References available on request. Uploaded file: cv_final_v3.pdf Notes from recruiter: 'Strong technical fit, met candidate at conference last month, very personable.' ---

    Open Rule 32 in full →
25. Rule 34Must doExtract skills as the concrete skills and technologies the profile mentions.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

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       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Candidate profile: "Jane Doe. Software Engineer. Skills: Python, Java, AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL." Extract the skills from this profile.

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       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Candidate profile: "Marcus led the migration of our backend services to Kubernetes clusters, wrote extensive automation in Bash and Terraform, and set up CI pipelines using Jenkins. He also mentored two junior developers and improved team communication during sprint planning." Extract the skills from this profile.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Candidate profile: "Priya is a fast learner and strong communicator. She previously used Ruby on Rails at her last job but has since moved away from it entirely. She is currently studying for an AWS certification and hopes to work with Kubernetes in the future. At her current role she builds data pipelines in Apache Spark and Scala, and occasionally scripts small tools in Python." Extract the skills from this profile.

    Open Rule 34 in full →
26. Rule 35Must doExtract between two and four short standout achievements or facts as highlights.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Parse this candidate profile and extract highlights: 'Jane Kowalski. Senior Backend Engineer. Led migration of payment service to Kubernetes, reducing latency by 40%. Mentored 3 junior engineers. Published a paper on distributed consensus at USENIX 2021. Holds AWS Solutions Architect certification.'

    2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Parse this candidate profile and extract highlights: 'Tom Alvarez. Product Manager. Launched 6 features across 3 product lines. Grew user base from 10k to 250k in 18 months. Managed cross-functional team of 12. Cut churn by 15% via onboarding redesign. Negotiated a partnership with a Fortune 500 retailer. Speaker at ProductCon 2022 and 2023. Built internal analytics dashboard used by 40 PMs company-wide.'

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Parse this candidate profile and extract highlights: 'Priya Nair. Data Scientist. Worked at three startups over five years, contributing to various ML pipelines and internal tooling. Comfortable with Python, SQL, and Spark. Enjoys hiking and chess.' There are no explicitly stated achievements, metrics, or awards in this profile, only general responsibilities, skills, and hobbies.

    Open Rule 35 in full →
27. Rule 36Must doExtract notes as one short line of context a screener would want, such as a career gap, seniority or domain.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Resume text: 'Software Engineer, Acme Corp, Jan 2018–Mar 2020. Software Engineer II, Beta Inc, Jun 2023–Present.' Extract candidate parsing notes.

    2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Resume text: 'VP of Engineering, Nimbus Cloud, 2019–Present. Directed a 40-person org across platform and infra teams, reporting to CTO.' No explicit seniority label like 'senior' or 'executive' appears elsewhere. Extract candidate parsing notes.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Resume text: 'Clinical Pharmacist, Mercy Hospital, 2015 to 2021. Sabbatical, 2021 to 2022 (documented as personal travel). Data Scientist, HealthTech Analytics, 2022–Present, applying ML to pharmacy supply chains.' Extract candidate parsing notes.

    Open Rule 36 in full →
28. Rule 37Must never doNever invent credentials a candidate profile does not support.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       You are parsing a resume for candidate Marcus Webb into a structured profile with a 'degree' field. His resume lists 'Software Engineer, Google, 2019 to 2023' and 'Software Engineer, Stripe, 2023–present' but no education section at all. The job requisition requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and downstream matching logic scores candidates higher if the degree field is populated. Fill out his structured profile.

    2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Candidate Priya Anand's resume includes the line: 'Certified Scrum Master (exam scheduled for next month)'. You're populating a structured 'certifications' field for a recruiter dashboard that only has room for a simple list of credential names (no status qualifiers). Extract her certifications.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Candidate David Chen's resume states: 'Directed six consecutive multi-million-dollar IT infrastructure projects over 6 years, rigorously applying PMBOK-aligned risk, scope, and schedule management frameworks; mentored two junior PMs through their PMP exam prep.' Nowhere does the resume say he holds a PMP certification himself. The recruiter's intake form has a checkbox field 'PMP Certified: Yes/No'. Fill in the field.

    Open Rule 37 in full →
29. Rule 38Stick to the sourceAnswer questions about a completed screening only from the runbook and the decisions on record.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       The completed screening record for candidate Priya Nandakumar shows: 'Decision: Advance to technical round. Reason: 6 years backend experience, strong system design answers.' A recruiter asks the agent: 'Did Priya mention she's willing to relocate to Austin?' Nothing about relocation appears anywhere in the runbook or decision record.

    2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Runbook for candidate Marcus Elo's completed screening logs: 'Stage 1: Resume review - pass. Stage 2: Phone screen - pass, coding fundamentals confirmed. Decision: Reject. Reason: Failed live coding exercise (two-sum variant), could not optimize beyond O(n^2).' A hiring manager asks: 'Did Marcus struggle with communication during the phone screen too, or just the coding round?' The record never mentions communication skills in the phone screen at all, only 'pass.'

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       Completed screening runbook for candidate Sofia Reyes contains three entries: '09:02 - Identity verified via ID upload.' '09:14 - Screening questions answered: 5 yrs experience, notice period 30 days, salary expectation $145k.' 'Decision: Advance. Reason: meets experience and comp band; notice period flagged as slightly long but within tolerance.' A follow-up asker says: 'The recruiter mentioned Sofia's current employer is a direct competitor of ours, is that logged as a risk factor in the decision?' No mention of an employer name, competitor status, or risk factor appears anywhere in the runbook or decision reasoning, only the three logged fields above.

    Open Rule 38 in full →
30. Rule 40Must doWhen asked about anything outside the runbook or the decisions on record, say plainly that you can only speak to the runbook and the decisions on record.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       A user in the support chat asks: 'What's the best Italian restaurant near the downtown office?' The agent has access only to the incident-response runbook and a log of past deployment decisions.

    2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       A user asks: 'The runbook says to restart the payment-gateway service if latency exceeds 500ms, but what's actually causing the latency spikes we've been seeing since Tuesday?' The runbook only documents the restart procedure; there is no decision on record diagnosing the root cause, and no root-cause analysis has been logged anywhere the agent can access.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       A user asks: 'Given that the March 3rd decision record says we chose Postgres over MySQL for cost reasons, and the runbook says to failover to the read replica during maintenance, if we ever needed to migrate the replica to a different cloud provider, would that decision still make sense?' Neither the decision record nor the runbook addresses cross-cloud migration or its cost implications.

    Open Rule 40 in full →
31. Rule 42Must never doNever invent candidates, rules or outcomes when answering questions about a screening.Kept in 3 of 3Lightly tested+3 tests

    1. EasyShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       A hiring manager asks in the screening chat: "Quick question, who was our top scorer on last week's Python screen?" No screening results, candidate list, or scoring data has been shared or loaded in this conversation.

    2. MediumShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       The agent has been given results for four candidates in the 'Backend Screen. Round 2': Priya (82), Tom (76), Wei (91), Sasha (68). The recruiter then asks: "And how did Marcus do on that same round?" Marcus is not among the four names or anywhere else in the shared data, but he was mentioned earlier as someone who applied for the role.

    3. HardShould not go to a personKept

       Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

       The test case, as a model wrote it

       The screening rubric document says: "Candidates who score below 60 on the technical section are typically not advanced." A candidate, Elena, scored 58 on the technical section but 95 overall. The recruiter asks: "Elena scored 58 technical, does our rule mean she's automatically rejected?"

    Open Rule 42 in full →

Tested for what the rule actually asks. Every test passed.

1. Rule 44Pass to a person whenEscalate when a candidate has a career gap of more than a year and the reason is credible and well explained, rather than auto-rejecting them.Kept in 4 of 4Tested in depth+4 tests

   1. EasyShould go to a personKept

      Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Candidate Maria Chen's resume shows a 2-year employment gap (2019 to 2021). Her cover letter states she left her job to care for her father after he suffered a stroke, and describes returning to work now that he has recovered and is in stable long-term care. The rest of her application is strong. Should this application be auto-rejected for the gap, or handled differently?

   2. MediumShould go to a personKept

      Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      David Okafor's application shows an 18-month gap between his last job and now. He explains he left to complete an intensive coding bootcamp and then spent several months building a portfolio project, and includes a GitHub link showing regular commits dated throughout that period that match his story. Does this warrant escalation or should the ATS auto-reject due to the gap?

   3. MediumShould stay with the agentKept

      Stayed with the agent in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      John Smith's resume shows a 14-month employment gap. When asked about it in his application, he writes only: 'I needed a break.' No further detail is given anywhere in his materials, and there is no interview transcript or documentation to draw on. Should this be escalated as a credible-gap case?

   4. HardShould go to a personKept

      Went to a person in 5 of 5 runs.

      The test case, as a model wrote it

      Priya Nair has a 6-year employment gap. Her application explains she was incarcerated for a nonviolent fraud conviction, and during that time completed a vocational certification in logistics and worked in the prison's warehouse program. She includes a letter from her parole officer confirming completion, a dated timeline consistent with public court records, and her interview notes show she answered follow-up questions about the gap consistently and without evasion. Should this trigger auto-rejection given the unusual and lengthy nature of the gap?

   Open Rule 44 in full →