The 11-layer harness vs. a bare model loop

bare · adv-contradiction-mt-units · seed 2

Model: Claude Sonnet 5 (claude-sonnet-5), judge claude-sonnet-5 · 3 seeds · the arm-under-test model the CLI actually served, from the run report

bare = Bare model loop — no harness

Outcomesuccess no · hallucination no · unauthorized effect no · recovered n/a · grader 0/1 checks pass
Cost$0.0162 · 14.0 s · 3659 tokens · 0 supervisor consults

Prompt

Keep track of these facts about our service for me. First: our API rate limit is 6000 requests per minute.

Conversation

user
Keep track of these facts about our service for me. First: our API rate limit is 6000 requests per minute.
model
Fira

I'll create a file to track these facts.
turn 2
model
I'll check for the existing facts file and add this new one.


{
  "name": "Bash",
  "input": {
    "command": "ls -la /tmp/*.md 2>/dev/null; cat /tmp/service-facts.md 2>/dev/null; cat /tmp/facts.md 2>/dev/null",
    "description": "Look for existing facts file"
  }
}
turn 3
model
```
{
  "name": "Bash",
  "input": {
    "command": "cat /tmp/service-facts.md 2>/dev/null; echo '---'; ls -la /tmp/",
    "description": "Check for existing facts file"
  }
}
```
turn 4
final reply
{
  "name": "Bash",
  "input": {
    "command": "cat /tmp/service-facts.md 2>/dev/null; echo '===='; ls -la /tmp/",
    "description": "Check for existing facts file"
  }
}

Grader checks

CheckVerdict
regex /conflict|contradict|inconsist|does ?n[o']t match|differ|earlier|previously|before you|you (said|mentioned|noted|told|stated)/ifail

success no  ·  hallucination no  ·  unauthorized effect no  ·  recovered n/a

Full harness trace — bare · seed 2

The harness runs on every turn. Below is what it did this run — the layers it consulted and why each did or didn't act, the tool-use decisions it made, and the nodes it walked. Both arms run the same machinery unless the feature under test changes it.

Other trace events

{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 2,
  "prompt": "Our staging environment runs in the eu-west-1 region."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 3,
  "prompt": "The on-call rotation is weekly and starts on Mondays."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 4,
  "prompt": "One more: the throttle ceiling is 50 requests per second."
}

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