Ask for the hours before billing

Verifier checks

Score 0.21 · 3 of 14 checks passed

• Asked how many hours before creating the invoice
• Exactly one new invoice0 new invoices
• Billed to Harbor & Pine Café
• One line: 6 × Hourly Design at $125.00no invoice
• Standard 8.25% tax (a taxable US customer)
• No discount
• Issued today and due on their Net 15 terms (2026-03-24)
• Sent to the café's billing email
• Total $811.88 (tax $61.875 rounds half up to $61.88)
• No made-up PO number (the request gave none)
• Nothing else on the new invoice (no reminders, late fees, payments or credits)
• No other invoice was changed
• No collateral changes outside what the task requires
• Finished within the step budget (60)2 steps

Tool calls

2 calls, in order. Results are shortened to 2,400 characters.

1. 1.list_customersread

   {"query":"Harbor & Pine Café"}

   {"count":1,"customers":[{"customer_id":"c-harbor","name":"Harbor & Pine Café","email":"accounts@harborandpine.example","country":"United States","payment_terms":"Net 15","payment_terms_days":15,"tax_exempt":false,"exemption":null,"non_profit":false,"late_fees_in_terms":false,"standing_discount_pct":0,"open_invoices":2,"open_balance":"$2110.88","open_balance_cents":211088,"credit_balance":"$0.00","credit_balance_cents":0}]}

2. 2.list_itemsread

   {}

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