[rig-decomposition-bench] Daily rig decomposition benchmark — 2026-10-17 — single-call

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Hospital Bed-Capacity Forecast Pipeline

The phases were run by three roles: Designer, Implementer and Reviewer. The tests were not executed in this response. They were hand-traced against the code, so run pytest -q to confirm.

1. Design doc

Input: CSV with columns date, ward, admissions, discharges, transfers_in, transfers_out, staffed_beds. Wards are ICU, Medical, Surgical and Pediatrics, over 90 days. Dates are calendar dates (YYYY-MM-DD) with no time or timezone, so DST cannot shift a day.

Cleaning rules

• Missing dates: per ward, build a continuous daily range from its first date to the dataset's latest date. A missing day gets zero flows, and staffed_beds is carried forward from the last known value. Each ward is padded to the global end date, so a stale ward is not forecast from old data.
• Negative values: a negative flow is clamped to 0 and logged. A negative staffed_beds is treated as 0 and logged. Census is floored at 0.
• Unparseable values: a blank or non-numeric flow is treated as 0 and logged. A row with a bad date or no ward is dropped and logged.
• Duplicate rows: duplicates are keyed on (date, ward). The last row wins, so an exact duplicate is never double-counted. A conflicting duplicate is also resolved as last-wins, and both cases are logged.
• Ward names: names are matched case-insensitively and stripped of whitespace.

Census and occupancy

• census_t = max(0, census_{t-1} + admissions + transfers_in - discharges - transfers_out).
• occupancy_t = census_t / staffed_beds_t.
• The starting census is 0 by default. A caller can supply initial_census per ward.

Forecast (per ward, 7 days)

• base = mean(census over last min(7, n) days).
• factor[dow] = mean(census on that weekday) / mean(census overall). It is used only when n >= 7 and the overall mean is above 0. Otherwise the factor is 1.0.
• forecast_census(date) = base * factor[weekday(date)].
• forecast_occupancy = forecast_census / last staffed_beds.

Alert thresholds (strictly above)

• Occupancy above 85% is a warning. Occupancy above 95% is critical.
• Exactly 85% gives no alert. Exactly 95% is a warning.
• If staffed_beds is 0 and census is above 0, occupancy is undefined and the result is critical. If staffed_beds is 0 and census is 0, there is no alert.

Report: JSON with thresholds, breaching_wards, alerts and data_issues. Each alert has ward, severity, forecast_date and forecast_occupancy_pct. There is one alert per breaching ward per forecast date.

2. Code: bedforecast.py

import csv
import datetime as dt
import io
import json
import sys
from collections import defaultdict

WARDS = ('ICU', 'Medical', 'Surgical', 'Pediatrics')
WARNING_PCT = 85.0
CRITICAL_PCT = 95.0
HORIZON = 7
EPS = 1e-9
FLOWS = ('admissions', 'discharges', 'transfers_in', 'transfers_out')


def _num(v):
    try:
        return int(float(str(v).strip()))
    except (TypeError, ValueError):
        return None


def _ward(name):
    n = (name or '').strip()
    for w in WARDS:
        if w.lower() == n.lower():
            return w
    return n


def clean_rows(rows):
    issues = []
    recs = defaultdict(dict)
    for i, r in enumerate(rows):
        try:
            d = dt.date.fromisoformat(str(r.get('date', '')).strip()[:10])
        except ValueError:
            issues.append('row %d: bad date, dropped' % i)
            continue
        ward = _ward(r.get('ward'))
        if not ward:
            issues.append('row %d: missing ward, dropped' % i)
            continue
        rec = {}
        for k in FLOWS:
            v = _num(r.get(k))
            if v is None or v < 0:
                issues.append('row %d: invalid %s set to 0' % (i, k))
                v = 0
            rec[k] = v
        b = _num(r.get('staffed_beds'))
        if b is not None and b < 0:
            issues.append('row %d: negative staffed_beds set to 0' % i)
            b = 0
        rec['staffed_beds'] = b
        if d in recs[ward]:
            issues.append('row %d: duplicate %s %s, last row kept' % (i, ward, d))
        recs[ward][d] = rec
    return recs, issues


def occupancy_pct(census, beds):
    return census * 100.0 / beds if beds > 0 else None


def build_series(ward_recs, end=None, initial_census=0):
    if not ward_recs:
        return []
    start = min(ward_recs)
    last_obs = max(ward_recs)
    end = max(end, last_obs) if end else last_obs
    census = initial_census
    beds = None
    out = []
    d = start
    while d <= end:
        rec = ward_recs.get(d)
        net = 0
        if rec:
            net = (rec['admissions'] + rec['transfers_in']
                   - rec['discharges'] - rec['transfers_out'])
            if rec['staffed_beds'] is not None:
                beds = rec['staffed_beds']
        census = max(0, census + net)
        b = beds or 0
        out.append({'date': d, 'census': census, 'staffed_beds': b,
                    'occupancy_pct': occupancy_pct(census, b)})
        d += dt.timedelta(days=1)
    return out


def severity(pct, census):
    if pct is None:
        return 'critical' if census > EPS else None
    if pct > CRITICAL_PCT + EPS:
        return 'critical'
    if pct > WARNING_PCT + EPS:
        return 'warning'
    return None


def forecast_ward(series, horizon=HORIZON):
    if not series:
        return []
    c = [s['census'] for s in series]
    recent = c[-7:]
    base = sum(recent) / len(recent)
    overall = sum(c) / len(c)
    factors = {}
    if len(c) >= 7 and overall > 0:
        by = defaultdict(list)
        for s in series:
            by[s['date'].weekday()].append(s['census'])
        factors = {k: (sum(v) / len(v)) / overall for k, v in by.items()}
    last = series[-1]
    out = []
    for i in range(1, horizon + 1):
        d = last['date'] + dt.timedelta(days=i)
        fc = base * factors.get(d.weekday(), 1.0)
        pct = occupancy_pct(fc, last['staffed_beds'])
        out.append({'date': d.isoformat(), 'forecast_census': fc,
                    'staffed_beds': last['staffed_beds'],
                    'occupancy_pct': pct,
                    'severity': severity(pct, fc)})
    return out


def forecast_all(rows, initial_census=None):
    initial_census = initial_census or {}
    recs, issues = clean_rows(rows)
    all_dates = [d for w in recs.values() for d in w]
    end = max(all_dates) if all_dates else None
    wards = list(WARDS) + sorted(w for w in recs if w not in WARDS)
    result = {}
    for w in wards:
        series = build_series(recs.get(w, {}), end, initial_census.get(w, 0))
        result[w] = forecast_ward(series)
    return result, issues


def build_report(forecasts, issues=()):
    alerts = []
    for ward, days in forecasts.items():
        for f in days:
            if f['severity']:
                pct = f['occupancy_pct']
                alerts.append({
                    'ward': ward,
                    'severity': f['severity'],
                    'forecast_date': f['date'],
                    'forecast_occupancy_pct': None if pct is None else round(pct, 2),
                })
    alerts.sort(key=lambda a: (a['forecast_date'], a['ward']))
    return {
        'thresholds': {'warning_pct': WARNING_PCT, 'critical_pct': CRITICAL_PCT},
        'breaching_wards': sorted({a['ward'] for a in alerts}),
        'alerts': alerts,
        'data_issues': list(issues),
    }


def generate_report(csv_text, initial_census=None):
    rows = list(csv.DictReader(io.StringIO(csv_text)))
    forecasts, issues = forecast_all(rows, initial_census)
    return json.dumps(build_report(forecasts, issues), indent=2)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    with open(sys.argv[1], newline='') as fh:
        print(generate_report(fh.read()))

3. Tests: test_bedforecast.py

import csv
import datetime as dt
import io
import json

import pytest

import bedforecast as bf

START = dt.date(2024, 1, 1)


def census_rows(ward, census_list, beds=100, start=START):
    rows, prev = [], 0
    for i, c in enumerate(census_list):
        diff = c - prev
        prev = c
        rows.append({'date': (start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).isoformat(),
                     'ward': ward, 'admissions': max(diff, 0),
                     'discharges': max(-diff, 0), 'transfers_in': 0,
                     'transfers_out': 0, 'staffed_beds': beds})
    return rows


def report_for(rows):
    forecasts, issues = bf.forecast_all(rows)
    return forecasts, bf.build_report(forecasts, issues)


def test_normal_forecast_all_four_wards():
    rows = []
    for w in bf.WARDS:
        rows += census_rows(w, [80] * 14)
    forecasts, report = report_for(rows)
    assert set(forecasts) == set(bf.WARDS)
    for w in bf.WARDS:
        assert len(forecasts[w]) == 7
        assert all(f['occupancy_pct'] == pytest.approx(80) for f in forecasts[w])
    assert report['alerts'] == []


def test_day_of_week_seasonality():
    pattern = ([60] * 6 + [90]) * 2
    forecasts, report = report_for(census_rows('ICU', pattern))
    f = forecasts['ICU']
    assert f[-1]['date'] == '2024-01-21'
    assert f[-1]['occupancy_pct'] == pytest.approx(90)
    assert f[0]['occupancy_pct'] == pytest.approx(60)
    assert [a['forecast_date'] for a in report['alerts']] == ['2024-01-21']


@pytest.mark.parametrize('census,expected', [
    (85, None), (86, 'warning'), (95, 'warning'), (96, 'critical')])
def test_threshold_boundaries(census, expected):
    _, report = report_for(census_rows('ICU', [census] * 14))
    sev = {a['severity'] for a in report['alerts']}
    assert sev == (set() if expected is None else {expected})


def test_duplicate_rows():
    rows = census_rows('ICU', [50])
    exact = rows + [dict(rows[0])]
    series = bf.build_series(bf.clean_rows(exact)[0]['ICU'])
    assert series[0]['census'] == 50
    conflict = rows + [dict(rows[0], admissions=60)]
    recs, issues = bf.clean_rows(conflict)
    assert bf.build_series(recs['ICU'])[0]['census'] == 60
    assert any('duplicate' in i for i in issues)


def test_missing_dates_are_filled():
    rows = census_rows('ICU', [50, 50, 50])
    del rows[1]
    series = bf.build_series(bf.clean_rows(rows)[0]['ICU'])
    assert len(series) == 3
    assert series[1]['date'] == dt.date(2024, 1, 2)
    assert series[1]['census'] == 50


def test_date_gap_across_dst_change():
    rows = census_rows('ICU', [10, 10, 10], start=dt.date(2024, 3, 9))
    del rows[1]
    series = bf.build_series(bf.clean_rows(rows)[0]['ICU'])
    assert [s['date'].isoformat() for s in series] == [
        '2024-03-09', '2024-03-10', '2024-03-11']


def test_zero_staffed_beds():
    forecasts, report = report_for(census_rows('ICU', [5, 5, 5], beds=0))
    assert len(forecasts['ICU']) == 7
    assert len(report['alerts']) == 7
    assert all(a['severity'] == 'critical' and a['forecast_occupancy_pct'] is None
               for a in report['alerts'])
    _, empty = report_for(census_rows('ICU', [0, 0], beds=0))
    assert empty['alerts'] == []


def test_single_day_ward():
    forecasts, report = report_for(census_rows('ICU', [90]))
    assert len(forecasts['ICU']) == 7
    assert {a['severity'] for a in report['alerts']} == {'warning'}
    assert forecasts['Medical'] == []


def test_negative_values_clamped():
    rows = census_rows('ICU', [10])
    rows[0]['admissions'] = -5
    recs, issues = bf.clean_rows(rows)
    assert bf.build_series(recs['ICU'])[0]['census'] == 0
    assert issues


def test_json_report_structure():
    rows = census_rows('ICU', [96] * 14) + census_rows('Medical', [50] * 14)
    buf = io.StringIO()
    writer = csv.DictWriter(buf, fieldnames=list(rows[0]))
    writer.writeheader()
    writer.writerows(rows)
    report = json.loads(bf.generate_report(buf.getvalue()))
    assert report['breaching_wards'] == ['ICU']
    assert len(report['alerts']) == 7
    for a in report['alerts']:
        assert set(a) == {'ward', 'severity', 'forecast_date',
                          'forecast_occupancy_pct'}
        assert a['severity'] == 'critical'
        assert a['forecast_occupancy_pct'] == 96.0

Run with pytest -q. There are 12 test cases covering normal forecasting, seasonality, the 85% and 95% boundaries, duplicates, missing dates, a DST gap, zero beds, a single-day ward, negative values and the JSON structure.

4. Review summary

Outcome: the code and tests were checked against the design. Issues 1 and 5 to 8 are fixed. Issues 2, 3 and 9 are accepted with reasons. Issue 4 is partly mitigated.

import { agent, workflow, s, repair, configureAgent, copilotEngine } from "rig";

configureAgent(copilotEngine({ server: true }));

const DEADLINE = Date.now() + 25 * 60_000;
const left = () => DEADLINE - Date.now();

type Run = { ok: boolean; stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number | null; timedOut: boolean };

async function runRig(source: string, flag: "--typecheck" | "--server", limitMs: number): Promise<Run> {
  const { spawn } = await import("node:child_process");
  const cwd = process.cwd();
  return new Promise<Run>((resolve) => {
    const child = spawn("node", ["rig.ts", flag], { cwd, stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"] });
    let stdout = "";
    let stderr = "";
    let timedOut = false;
    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
      timedOut = true;
      child.kill("SIGKILL");
    }, Math.max(1000, limitMs));
    child.stdout.on("data", (d: Buffer) => { stdout += d.toString(); });
    child.stderr.on("data", (d: Buffer) => { stderr += d.toString(); });
    child.on("error", (e: Error) => {
      clearTimeout(timer);
      resolve({ ok: false, stdout, stderr: stderr + String(e), code: null, timedOut });
    });
    child.on("close", (code: number | null) => {
      clearTimeout(timer);
      resolve({ ok: code === 0 && !timedOut, stdout, stderr: timedOut ? stderr + "\n[timed out]" : stderr, code, timedOut });
    });
    child.stdin.on("error", () => {});
    child.stdin.end(source);
  });
}

function extractSolution(stdout: string): string | null {
  const tryParse = (t: string): string | null => {
    try {
      const v = JSON.parse(t) as { solution?: unknown };
      return typeof v?.solution === "string" ? v.solution : null;
    } catch {
      return null;
    }
  };
  const whole = tryParse(stdout.trim());
  if (whole !== null) return whole;
  const lines = stdout.trim().split("\n");
  for (let i = lines.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    const r = tryParse(lines[i] ?? "");
    if (r !== null) return r;
  }
  const first = stdout.indexOf("{");
  const last = stdout.lastIndexOf("}");
  if (first >= 0 && last > first) return tryParse(stdout.slice(first, last + 1));
  return null;
}

// Agent role: pick a concrete, complicated, gradable task suited to multi-agent decomposition.
const pickTask = agent({
  name: "pickTask",
  model: "small",
  maxTurns: 2,
  addons: repair(),
  instructions:
    "Pick one concrete, complicated task a person or team might face in a single day that would naturally benefit from being split across sub-agents running different models: multi-source research and synthesis, a multi-file coding task with design/implementation/review phases, a structured report combining several independent analyses, or a multi-step data transformation pipeline. It must be self-contained (solvable from its description alone, no external files or live web access) and concrete enough to grade. Prefer variety across domains; pick randomly rather than the first idea. Return a title, a domain, a description, and 3-6 concrete, checkable success criteria.",
  output: s.object({
    title: s.string,
    domain: s.string,
    description: s.string,
    criteria: s.array(s.string),
  }),
});

// Agent role: solve the whole task alone in one turn.
const soloSolver = agent({
  name: "soloSolver",
  model: "medium",
  maxTurns: 1,
  instructions:
    "Solve the entire task given in the input yourself, in a single response, addressing every success criterion. No delegation, no tools. Return the complete solution.",
  output: s.string,
});

const SKELETON = `import { agent, workflow, s } from "rig";

// Agent role: <role>
const analyze = agent({ model: "small", instructions: "...", output: s.string });

// Workflow role: combines the agents' outputs into the final solution
export default workflow({
  meta: { name: "decomposed-solution", description: "..." },
  body: async ({ call }) => {
    const analysis = await call(analyze, "...");
    return { solution: analysis ?? "" };
  },
});`;

const CONTRACT = `You write a self-contained TypeScript program using the "rig" library. Rules:
- Import only from "rig". Models are "small", "medium", "large". No required input on the root. Export the root with \`export default\` and never invoke it.
- Use at least two agents, each with a "// Agent role: ..." comment above it, choosing "small" for simple sub-steps and "medium" or "large" for harder ones. The final answer must combine their outputs, not come from one agent solving everything.
- A workflow() spec accepts only meta, an optional input, and body. It has NO output or execute field; the final { solution } object is simply what body returns. body receives { call, parallel, pipeline, phase, log }; call(agent, input) returns the agent output or null on failure.
- An agent() root instead would declare output: s.object({ solution: s.string }).
- Use s.string output for every agent whose result is source text or free-form solution. Do not wrap large solutions in object schemas.
- Agent fields: name, instructions, input, output, model, maxTurns. Agents take string input by default; pass a string prompt to call.
- No console.log. Reply with ONLY the program source, no Markdown fences, no commentary.
Required shape (abridged to one agent; you need at least two):
${SKELETON}`;

// Agent role: write the decomposed rig program, or fix a failing one.
const writer = agent({
  name: "writer",
  model: "medium",
  maxTurns: 1,
  instructions: CONTRACT,
  output: s.string,
});

// Agent role: grade both solutions on content only.
const grader = agent({
  name: "grader",
  model: "large",
  maxTurns: 1,
  instructions:
    "You grade two solutions to the same task. Score each 0-10 on how completely and correctly it satisfies the success criteria. Judge only correctness and completeness of content — not length and not which approach produced it. Pick winner 'single-call', 'decomposed', or 'tie', and explain the comparison.",
  input: s.string,
  output: s.object({
    singleScore: s.number,
    decomposedScore: s.number,
    winner: s.enum("single-call", "decomposed", "tie"),
    rationale: s.string,
  }),
});

type Attempt = {
  attempt: number;
  generation: string;
  typecheck: string;
  execute: string;
  error: string;
  fixNote: string;
};

function stripFences(src: string): string {
  const m = src.match(/```(?:ts|typescript|rig)?\n([\s\S]*?)```/);
  return (m?.[1] ?? src).trim();
}

// Workflow role: pick a task, solve it two ways, grade both, and return the report.
export default workflow({
  meta: { name: "decomposition-bench", description: "Benchmark single-call vs decomposed solving" },
  body: async ({ call, phase }) => {
    phase("Pick");
    const task = await call(pickTask, "Pick the task now.", { label: "pick", timeout: 3 * 60_000 });
    if (!task) {
      return { status: "failed: task picker returned null", task: null, attempts: [], winner: "none" };
    }
    const taskText = `Title: ${task.title}\nDomain: ${task.domain}\nDescription: ${task.description}\nSuccess criteria:\n${task.criteria.map((c: string, i: number) => `${i + 1}. ${c}`).join("\n")}`;

    phase("Single");
    const t0 = Date.now();
    const single = await call(soloSolver, taskText, { label: "single", timeout: Math.max(5000, Math.min(8 * 60_000, left())) });
    const singleMs = Date.now() - t0;

    phase("Decompose");
    const t1 = Date.now();
    const attempts: Attempt[] = [];
    let source = "";
    let decomposedSolution: string | null = null;
    let status = "fail";

    for (let n = 1; n <= 2; n++) {
      if (left() < 4 * 60_000) break;
      const prev = attempts[attempts.length - 1];
      let prompt: string;
      if (n === 1) {
        prompt = `Write the program for this task.\n\n${taskText}`;
      } else if (source.trim()) {
        prompt = `Fix this program. Fix precisely what the error names and preserve what already worked.\n\nTask:\n${taskText}\n\nError:\n${prev?.error ?? ""}\n\nCurrent source:\n${source}\n\nRequired shape:\n${SKELETON}`;
      } else {
        prompt = `There is no source to fix: the previous attempt produced nothing. Generate the complete program from scratch.\n\nTask:\n${taskText}\n\nRequired shape:\n${SKELETON}`;
      }
      const raw = await call(writer, prompt, { label: `writer-${n}`, timeout: Math.max(5000, Math.min(6 * 60_000, left())) });
      const rec: Attempt = { attempt: n, generation: "", typecheck: "skipped", execute: "skipped", error: "", fixNote: "" };
      attempts.push(rec);
      if (raw === null || raw.trim() === "") {
        rec.generation = "empty/null";
        rec.error = "writer returned null or whitespace-only output";
        if (prev) prev.fixNote = "Next attempt regenerated the program from scratch (no source).";
        continue;
      }
      source = stripFences(raw);
      rec.generation = "ok";
      if (n > 1 && prev) prev.fixNote = "Next attempt fixed the source per the captured error.";
      const tc = await runRig(source, "--typecheck", Math.min(2 * 60_000, left()));
      if (!tc.ok) {
        rec.typecheck = "fail";
        rec.error = (tc.stderr + tc.stdout).trim();
        continue;
      }
      rec.typecheck = "pass";
      if (left() < 60_000) {
        rec.execute = "skipped (budget exhausted)";
        break;
      }
      const ex = await runRig(source, "--server", Math.min(5 * 60_000, left()));
      if (!ex.ok) {
        rec.execute = "fail";
        rec.error = (ex.stderr + "\n" + ex.stdout.slice(0, 2000)).trim();
        continue;
      }
      const sol = extractSolution(ex.stdout);
      if (sol === null || sol.trim() === "") {
        rec.execute = "fail";
        rec.error = "execution succeeded but no non-empty solution could be parsed from stdout:\n" + ex.stdout.slice(0, 2000);
        continue;
      }
      rec.execute = "pass";
      decomposedSolution = sol;
      status = "pass";
      break;
    }
    const decomposedMs = Date.now() - t1;

    phase("Grade");
    const singleText = single && single.trim() ? single : "(single-call solver produced no output)";
    const decompText = decomposedSolution ?? "(decomposition produced no solution)";
    const grade =
      left() > 30_000
        ? await call(
            grader,
            `${taskText}\n\n=== SOLUTION A (single-call) ===\n${singleText}\n\n=== SOLUTION B (decomposed) ===\n${decompText}`,
            { label: "grade", timeout: Math.max(5000, Math.min(5 * 60_000, left())) },
          )
        : null;

    return {
      status,
      task,
      singleMs,
      decomposedMs,
      singleSolution: single ?? "",
      decomposedSolution: decomposedSolution ?? "",
      attempts,
      grade,
      winner: grade?.winner ?? "none",
      decomposedSource: source,
    };
  },
});