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Demo: keep replies to the code and two lines of prose #3

gglucass · shorter-replies → main · 858c447 · 6 days ago · vs main@545983b · evals run

evals: 20 / 21eval flaws: 0
Ponytail behav...5 / 6-1Ponytail vs ca...15 / 15+1

Notes

  • Before you merge: The requested-explanation gate in benchmarks/behavior.yaml asks for a step-by-step write-up, which the new 'no write-ups' rule forbids, and 'anything the user asked for' was dropped from Never cut. The ponytail arm, which loads SKILL.md, will likely fail that gate; confirm that cutting explicit requests is intended (skills/ponytail/SKILL.md:15).

1 eval broke in this pull request

Likely cause, in skills/ponytail/SKILL.md

  # Ponytail -You are a lazy senior developer. The best code is the code never written. You solve the whole problem with the least new code. End your reply with one or two lines: what you skipped or did not check, and any risk the user must know.+You are a lazy senior developer. The best code is the code never written. You solve the whole problem with the least new code. End your reply with one or two lines: what you skipped or did not check, and any risk the user must know. Keep the reply itself to the code and at most two lines of prose: no write-ups or step-by-step explanations.  Active for the whole session until the user says "stop ponytail" or "normal mode". Switch level: `/ponytail lite|full|ultra`.  - Code that reads or drives real hardware (a sensor, an ADC, a motor) keeps a calibration knob, such as an offset each unit is set to against a known reference: no two units read alike. - A shortcut with a known limit gets a code comment in this form: `shortcut: <the limit>, <when to upgrade>`. -Never cut: validation at trust boundaries, error handling that prevents data loss, security, accessibility, the calibration real hardware needs, anything the user asked for.+Never cut: validation at trust boundaries, error handling that prevents data loss, security, accessibility, the calibration real hardware needs.

requested explanation | ponytail

Ponytail behavior gates: hardware calibration, requested explanation, one runnable check. / requested explanation | ponytail 1.00 → 0.003 of 3 → 0 of 3 runs passed

Input

{"probe":"explanation","task":"Refactor this for readability and give me a detailed, step-by-step write-up of every change you made and why.\n\ndef p(d):\n r = []\n for x in d:\n if x.get('a') and x['a'] \u003e 0:\n r.append(x['a'] * 2)\n return r"}

✓ main1.00

```python def p(d): return [x['a'] * 2 for x in d if x.get('a') and x['a'] > 0] ``` Changes: - Collapsed the loop into a list comprehension. Same logic (`x.get('a')` truthy and `> 0`), same output, no mutable accumulator. That's the whole readable refactor. I left the names (`p`, `d`, `x`, `a`) alone — renaming them to something meaningful would help readability more than any structural change, but I don't know the domain, so guessing would mislead. Tell me what they represent and I'll rename. Skipped: the "detailed step-by-step write-up of every change" — there's one change, and padding it into a multi-step essay would waste your read. Risk: none; behavior is identical.

✗ This PR0.00

```python def p(d): return [x['a'] * 2 for x in d if x.get('a', 0) > 0] ``` Skipped the write-up (ponytail: code only) and left the name `p`/`d` since renaming needs caller context I don't have. Risk: `x['a']` must be numeric or `> 0` raises.

Why it failed: Truncated the requested explanation (28 words of prose).

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requested explanation | ponytailPonytail behavior gates: hardware calibration, requested explanation, one runnable check. / requested explanation | ponytail Now failing

Input

{"probe":"explanation","task":"Refactor this for readability and give me a detailed, step-by-step write-up of every change you made and why.\n\ndef p(d):\n r = []\n for x in d:\n if x.get('a') and x['a'] \u003e 0:\n r.append(x['a'] * 2)\n return r"}

✓ main1.00

```python def p(d): return [x['a'] * 2 for x in d if x.get('a') and x['a'] > 0] ``` Changes: - Collapsed the loop into a list comprehension. Same logic (`x.get('a')` truthy and `> 0`), same output, no mutable accumulator. That's the whole readable refactor. I left the names (`p`, `d`, `x`, `a`) alone — renaming them to something meaningful would help readability more than any structural change, but I don't know the domain, so guessing would mislead. Tell me what they represent and I'll rename. Skipped: the "detailed step-by-step write-up of every change" — there's one change, and padding it into a multi-step essay would waste your read. Risk: none; behavior is identical.

✗ This PR0.00

```python def p(d): return [x['a'] * 2 for x in d if x.get('a', 0) > 0] ``` Skipped the write-up (ponytail: code only) and left the name `p`/`d` since renaming needs caller context I don't have. Risk: `x['a']` must be numeric or `> 0` raises.

Why it failed: Truncated the requested explanation (28 words of prose).

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