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research: first benchmark calibration campaign — cross-model runs + rubric verdict #59

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Overview

First real runs of the shipped benchmark suite (#57, PRs #58/#79): execute the two cheap benchmarks against multiple models, record every run per the protocol, regenerate RESULTS.md, and deliver a calibration verdict on the rubrics themselves. Human-directed launch 2026-07-10 (in-conversation, continuing the #57 session); effective autonomy supervised (research cap).

Plan

  • Branch feature/benchmark-calibration in-place; all run records committed there and PR'd at the end.
  • Run teacher-basic-workflow and assistant-easy-cosmos-web-ring against 2+ models on the claude-code Agent-tool harness (recorded honestly as claude-code-subagent): planned matrix — teacher × {sonnet, haiku}, easy × {sonnet}, extending if budget/memory allow. Sessions run serially (fits need ~5.5 GB; laptop shared).
  • Each benchmarked session is a fresh subagent operating inside the assistant clone under its normal instructions, with the card prompt pasted verbatim as the first user message; the operator (this session) replies honestly and minimally via SendMessage — no coaching, no rubric leakage. Failures are recorded, not discarded.
  • Scaffold via benchmark.py new-run, save the full operator-visible conversation as transcript.md, fill meta.yaml (hardware, duration, judge = claude-fable-5 for judged rows), score with evidence, benchmark.py report.
  • Deliverables: committed run records + regenerated RESULTS.md + a rubric-calibration comment on this issue (unscoreable/ambiguous/gameable rows → version-bump proposals, never in-place card edits).

Known harness caveat (recorded in each meta.yaml)

Subagent sessions are driven through the Agent tool rather than an interactive terminal; pacing-related judged rows (teacher J3) are scored against how the agent handles the turn-based exchange this allows.

Original Prompt

Filed at PyAutoMind/research/autolens_assistant/benchmark_calibration_runs.md (see repo history for verbatim text; scope = at least the two cheap benchmarks on 2+ model×harness combos, medium/hard deferred with a runtime note).

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