Trajectory Supervisor

Compare: sup-lookup-error-code

Model: Claude Haiku 4.5 (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001), judge claude-sonnet-5 · 3 seeds · the arm-under-test model the CLI actually served, from the run report

Prompt

What does error code E409 mean? The reference is errors/codes.md.
What changed
ArmsflagOn PersonalAssistant with the one-loop harness-driven proposer  vs  supervisorOn PersonalAssistant + trajectory supervisor on the stall edge
The differencethe candidate consults the trajectory supervisor on the cannot-make-progress stall edge — one extra LLM call
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 -24% · latency +5% · tokens +5% (candidate vs control, seed 1)

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

flagOn — control
supervisorOn — candidate
Final reply
Per `errors/codes.md`, **E409** means "duplicate resource" — the request conflicts with an existing resource (e.g., trying to create something that already exists).
Per errors/codes.md, **E409 means "duplicate resource"** — you're trying to create or submit something that already exists.
Tool calls

no tool calls

no tool calls

Grader checks
CheckVerdict
contains "duplicate resource"pass
not contains "unknown code"pass
not contains "not documented"pass
not contains "generic conflict"pass

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

CheckVerdict
contains "duplicate resource"pass
not contains "unknown code"pass
not contains "not documented"pass
not contains "generic conflict"pass

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

Metrics
latency10885 ms
cost$0.0131
tokens555
supervisor consults0
latency11389 ms
cost$0.0100
tokens582
supervisor consults0

Other seeds — seed 2: pass · $0.0124 · 10.5 s   seed 3: pass · $0.0093 · 10.8 s

Other seeds — seed 2: pass · $0.0086 · 9.5 s   seed 3: pass · $0.0100 · 11.3 s

Read the full turn

Conversation — flagOn (control) · seed 1
user
What does error code E409 mean? The reference is errors/codes.md.
risk LOWproposer flat-oneloopnon-trivialmode TOOL
final reply
Per `errors/codes.md`, **E409** means "duplicate resource" — the request conflicts with an existing resource (e.g., trying to create something that already exists).
Conversation — supervisorOn (candidate) · seed 1
user
What does error code E409 mean? The reference is errors/codes.md.
risk LOWproposer flat-oneloopnon-trivialmode TOOL
final reply
Per errors/codes.md, **E409 means "duplicate resource"** — you're trying to create or submit something that already exists.

Harness trace

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 flat-oneloopmode TOOLplan none

Harness layers

LayerActed?Why
world_modelactedRemembered: What does error code E409 mean? The reference is errors/codes.md.
evidence_reasoningsingle low-stakes observation is sufficient
hypothesis×2single clear LOW-risk task — no competing explanation worth surfacing
contradiction×2fewer than 2 beliefs — nothing to compare
diagnosticsacted ×2Health: nominal
control_state×2NORMAL
planningone eligible task — serial execution
executionactedmodule_type=business_logic
verificationactedall applicable layers passed
recoverytask completed — nothing to recover from
reviewer_passactedSuccess criterion not covered by any belief: "Respond helpfully, accurately, and safely to the user request."

Tool-policy decisions

ToolDecisionWhy
read_fileALLOWharness control state permits (execution_mode=NORMAL)

Node path

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

Full harness trace — supervisorOn · 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 flat-oneloopmode TOOLplan none

Harness layers

LayerActed?Why
world_modelactedRemembered: What does error code E409 mean? The reference is errors/codes.md.
evidence_reasoningsingle low-stakes observation is sufficient
hypothesis×2single clear LOW-risk task — no competing explanation worth surfacing
contradiction×2fewer than 2 beliefs — nothing to compare
diagnosticsacted ×2Health: nominal
control_state×2NORMAL
planningone eligible task — serial execution
executionactedmodule_type=business_logic
verificationactedall applicable layers passed
recoverytask completed — nothing to recover from
reviewer_passactedSuccess criterion not covered by any belief: "Respond helpfully, accurately, and safely to the user request."

Tool-policy decisions

ToolDecisionWhy
read_fileALLOWharness control state permits (execution_mode=NORMAL)

Node path

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

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