One-loop harness-driven proposer

Compare: adv-contradiction-mt-control-complementary

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

Prompt

Our production database is PostgreSQL.
What changed
Armsbaseline PersonalAssistant as shipped — harness runs post-hoc over the reply  vs  flagOn PersonalAssistant with the one-loop harness-driven proposer
The differencethe candidate lets the harness drive tool calls in-loop instead of reviewing an already-finished reply
Did behaviour change?
Final replydiffers
Tool callssame 0 calls
Supervisor consults0 / 0
Harness layerssame set fired
Graded outcomeboth pass
Impact
This taskThe candidate behaved differently but the graded outcome was the same.
Shown seedcost -36% · latency +51% · tokens +13% (candidate vs control, seed 1)

Side by side — control (left) vs candidate (right), seed 1

baseline — control
flagOn — candidate
Final reply
A reporting dashboard should read from your analytics warehouse — BigQuery — not the production PostgreSQL database. That keeps analytical query load off production and lets the dashboard use the warehouse's columnar performance for aggregations. Just make sure the nightly ETL (02:00 UTC) has completed so the data is current, and set dashboard user expectations that figures are as of the last load.
BigQuery, your analytics warehouse. Reporting dashboards should read from there rather than the production PostgreSQL database, so you don't put query load on production and you get the warehouse's columnar performance for aggregations. Just be aware the data is only as fresh as the last ETL run (02:00 UTC nightly), so if the dashboard needs intraday data you'd need a more frequent sync.
Tool calls

no tool calls

no tool calls

Grader checks
CheckVerdict
not contains "contradict"pass
not contains "conflict"pass
not contains "inconsistent"pass
regex /BigQuery|warehouse|analytics/ipass

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

CheckVerdict
not contains "contradict"pass
not contains "conflict"pass
not contains "inconsistent"pass
regex /BigQuery|warehouse|analytics/ipass

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

Metrics
latency42373 ms
cost$0.0604
tokens1861
supervisor consults0
latency63894 ms
cost$0.0386
tokens2098
supervisor consults0

Other seeds — seed 2: pass · $0.0322 · 38.7 s   seed 3: pass · $0.0635 · 43.1 s

Other seeds — seed 2: pass · $0.0383 · 40.8 s   seed 3: pass · $0.0350 · 37.9 s

Read the full turn

Conversation — baseline (control) · seed 1
user
Our production database is PostgreSQL.
risk LOW
model
Got it — noted that your production database is PostgreSQL. Let me know what you'd like help with.
turn 2
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
The nightly ETL job runs at 02:00 UTC.
risk LOW
model
Noted — nightly ETL job runs at 02:00 UTC. Let me know if you need anything.
turn 3
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
Also note that our analytics warehouse is BigQuery.
risk LOW
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
model
Noted — analytics warehouse is BigQuery. Let me know if you need anything.
model
{"contradictions": []}
turn 4
user
Which store should a new reporting dashboard read from?
risk LOW
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
model
A reporting dashboard should read from your analytics warehouse — BigQuery — not the production PostgreSQL database. That keeps analytical query load off production and lets the dashboard use the warehouse's columnar performance for aggregations. Just make sure the nightly ETL (02:00 UTC) has completed so the data is current, and set dashboard user expectations that figures are as of the last load.
model
{"contradictions": []}
final reply
A reporting dashboard should read from your analytics warehouse — BigQuery — not the production PostgreSQL database. That keeps analytical query load off production and lets the dashboard use the warehouse's columnar performance for aggregations. Just make sure the nightly ETL (02:00 UTC) has completed so the data is current, and set dashboard user expectations that figures are as of the last load.
Conversation — flagOn (candidate) · seed 1
user
Our production database is PostgreSQL.
risk LOW
model
Got it — noted that your production database is PostgreSQL. Let me know what you'd like help with.
turn 2
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
The nightly ETL job runs at 02:00 UTC.
risk LOW
model
Noted — nightly ETL job runs at 02:00 UTC. Let me know what you need.
turn 3
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
user
Also note that our analytics warehouse is BigQuery.
risk LOW
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
model
Noted — analytics warehouse is BigQuery. Let me know what you need.
model
{"contradictions": []}
turn 4
user
Which store should a new reporting dashboard read from?
risk LOW
proposer posthocnon-trivialmode TOOL
model
BigQuery, your analytics warehouse. Reporting dashboards should read from there rather than the production PostgreSQL database, so you don't put query load on production and you get the warehouse's columnar performance for aggregations. Just be aware the data is only as fresh as the last ETL run (02:00 UTC nightly), so if the dashboard needs intraday data you'd need a more frequent sync.
model
{"contradictions": []}
final reply
BigQuery, your analytics warehouse. Reporting dashboards should read from there rather than the production PostgreSQL database, so you don't put query load on production and you get the warehouse's columnar performance for aggregations. Just be aware the data is only as fresh as the last ETL run (02:00 UTC nightly), so if the dashboard needs intraday data you'd need a more frequent sync.

Harness trace

Full harness trace — baseline · seed 1

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.

risk LOWproposer posthocmode TOOLplan none

Harness layers

LayerActed?Why
world_modelactedRemembered: Our production database is PostgreSQL.
world_modelno new fact this turn — 1 known fact(s) carried forward
world_modelactedRemembered: Also note that our analytics warehouse is BigQuery.
world_modelno new fact this turn — 2 known fact(s) carried forward
evidence_reasoning×4single low-stakes observation is sufficient
hypothesis×8single clear LOW-risk task — no competing explanation worth surfacing
contradiction×6fewer than 2 beliefs — nothing to compare
contradiction×2checked — no conflicts found
diagnosticsacted ×8Health: nominal
control_state×8NORMAL
planning×4one eligible task — serial execution
executionacted ×4module_type=business_logic
verificationacted ×4all applicable layers passed
recovery×4task completed — nothing to recover from
reviewer_passacted ×4Success criterion not covered by any belief: "Respond helpfully, accurately, and safely to the user request."

Node path

action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2)

Other trace events

{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 2,
  "prompt": "The nightly ETL job runs at 02:00 UTC."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 3,
  "prompt": "Also note that our analytics warehouse is BigQuery."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 4,
  "prompt": "Which store should a new reporting dashboard read from?"
}
Full harness trace — flagOn · seed 1

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.

risk LOWproposer posthocmode TOOLplan none

Harness layers

LayerActed?Why
world_modelactedRemembered: Our production database is PostgreSQL.
world_modelno new fact this turn — 1 known fact(s) carried forward
world_modelactedRemembered: Also note that our analytics warehouse is BigQuery.
world_modelno new fact this turn — 2 known fact(s) carried forward
evidence_reasoning×4single low-stakes observation is sufficient
hypothesis×8single clear LOW-risk task — no competing explanation worth surfacing
contradiction×6fewer than 2 beliefs — nothing to compare
contradiction×2checked — no conflicts found
diagnosticsacted ×8Health: nominal
control_state×8NORMAL
planning×4one eligible task — serial execution
executionacted ×4module_type=business_logic
verificationacted ×4all applicable layers passed
recovery×4task completed — nothing to recover from
reviewer_passacted ×4Success criterion not covered by any belief: "Respond helpfully, accurately, and safely to the user request."

Node path

action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2) action_gate (1) update_task_state (1) output_validation (2)

Other trace events

{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 2,
  "prompt": "The nightly ETL job runs at 02:00 UTC."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 3,
  "prompt": "Also note that our analytics warehouse is BigQuery."
}
{
  "kind": "turn_boundary",
  "turn": 4,
  "prompt": "Which store should a new reporting dashboard read from?"
}

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