Technical Brief Example: Evaluating Coding Agents on Real Repository Tasks
A real 38-page Basis brief on repository-scale coding-agent evaluation, presented as a curated public proof page with the actual manuscript output front and center.
This brief shows Basis holding a long technical argument together across a full manuscript with cover, contents, section structure, bibliography, and a readable public edition.
ObjectiveDesign a repository-scale evaluation methodology for coding agents that focuses on executable contracts, gated scoring, failure modes, cost controls, and an internal pilot design that an engineering team could actually run.
OutputsPDF · TeX · bibliography
ViewerFull public edition of the real manuscript with cleaned front matter and internal artifact references removed.
Run brief
What this run had to deliver.
Basis had to satisfy a concrete objective, keep the assumptions explicit, and leave behind artifacts
a human could inspect and continue.
Objective
Technical Brief Example: Evaluating Coding Agents on Real Repository Tasks
Design a repository-scale evaluation methodology for coding agents that focuses on executable contracts, gated scoring, failure modes, cost controls, and an internal pilot design that an engineering team could actually run.
Scope
What had to be covered
Model each evaluation task as an executable contract with pinned repo state, explicit checks, and a controlled execution environment.
Separate hard pass-fail gates from diagnostic scoring so failures can be interpreted operationally.
Make auditability, cost control, and reviewer handoff part of the methodology instead of afterthoughts.
Artifacts
What persisted after the run
Public manuscript PDF
LaTeX source manuscript
Bibliography and references
Figures and diagrams used in the brief
Curated public viewer edition
Inside the output
What the document actually says.
Core moveTreats repository tasks as executable contracts instead of prompt-only exercises.
Scoring modelUses binary gates plus diagnostic dimensions so reviewers can reason about failure modes.
Handoff surfacePersists as a manuscript, bibliography, integrity checks, and a bundled project export.
What the manuscript actually does
Representative summary
The brief frames each repository task as an executable contract: a frozen repository snapshot, a task specification aligned with real issues, an allowed-tools policy, a resource budget, and explicit acceptance checks.
From there it moves into operating detail rather than staying abstract. The manuscript spells out scoring gates, failure-mode taxonomy, instrumentation, reproducibility hooks, and an internal pilot design that could be used for a real evaluation cycle.
Introduction page establishing repository tasks as executable contracts.Method section formalizing the contract object model and execution surface.Continuation of the framework with reproducibility, safety, and scoring detail.
Actual PDF
Read the output directly.
Full public edition of the real manuscript with cleaned front matter and internal artifact references removed.
