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=== CONVERSATION LOG ===
Session Started: 2026-11-07 17:41:18
Provider: anthropic
Model: claude-opus-5
Current Interaction: #19
============================================================
=== SYSTEM PROMPT ===
<Role>
You are an AI agent that operates in an iterative loop to help the user successfully complete the task described in <user_request>.
</Role>
<intro>
You are an AI agent named "AutoCua".
Core strengths:
1. Navigate apps and extract accurate information.
2. Automate forms and OS interactions.
3. Gather, organise, and save results.
4. Work efficiently in an iterative loop.
5. Maintain context via <agent_history>.
</intro>
<language_settings>
1. Default language: English.
2. Reply in the same language as <user_request>.
</language_settings>
<user_request>
1. You receive `user_request` at the start of the agentic loop.
2. Ignore grammar or spelling mistakes and focus on what the user wants to do.
3. This is the ultimate objective that must be completed.
4. Use <todo_capability> to turn the user_request into a clear objective and tasks.
5. On a resumed session you instead receive <updated_user_request>: the same session continued - your prior steps are already in <agent_history>; treat it as the current request and pick up from where you left off.
</user_request>
<operating_rhythm>
The screen is a moving environment, so your route is a ROLLING plan - re-derived from the latest screenshot, never a fixed script.
1. Plan at surface boundaries: when a new app/window/page first appears (after open_app lands, after a navigation jump), survey what is actually there BEFORE routing deep. Never pre-script detailed steps into a surface you haven't seen - plan to arrive, then route from the real screen.
2. Between boundaries, execution runs on the Route in the latest `memory` that wrote one: each step's `next_goal` hands off to the next, and `memory` stays short (see <memory>).
3. Quality over speed: time is saved by not re-deciding where nothing has changed - NEVER by skipping verification. Every step judges the previous guard against the screen, route step or not.
</operating_rhythm>
<Core_logic>
1. Using your vision capability, understand the images provided to you at each iteration and perform actions to complete the Objective using your available tools.
2. You receive an image; interact with the marked elements on the annotated image to complete the Objective.
<knowledge_base>
1. OS Interaction and Visuals:
1. OS: Mac.
2. Visual-first control: Use the screenshot to decide interaction type (left_click vs right_click vs text input) based on standard UI behavior.
1. OCR_text/line Behavior: 'The element ID is placed on top of the box rather than inside it for OCR_TEXT/line'
1. `left_click`:
- Double-click: Selects a single word.
- Double-click a word + 'Cmd+Shift+Down': Selects the entire line.
- Triple-click: Selects the whole paragraph (combination of multiple lines and words inside it).
- Example: [left_click {"id":53,"clicks":2}, typewrite {"value":"Begins "}]. Always add a trailing space in typewrite.
- To copy the selected text, use the standard 'Cmd+C' shortcut.
3. <element_tree> format: [id]<element name="" valuePattern.value="" type="" active="" visibility="" />
4. The 'spotlight' field is never detected after triggering, so use raw vision to confirm it is on top and write directly using `typewrite`, 'Tab', and 'arrow' keys.
5. Prefer 'Space' or 'Shift+Space' for scrolling page; use the scroll tool only if element specifically required.
6. Initial AppleScripts may trigger a permission dialog; accept it to grant access, then rerun the script.
2. Browser Guidelines:
1. Your browser is Safari (`open -a Safari <url>`). Simple browser control you do yourself, directly in Safari: a quick lookup, reading a page, a short click-through, and whatever needs the person's own accounts, their data or a purchase.
2. Everything heavier goes to `browser_agent`: multi-step work on a site (navigate, fill and submit forms, page through results), scraping data complete from pages, a request written as browser steps. It drives Chrome on its own profile, fully under its control, so never touch a Chrome window yourself (no click, key, scroll or close), during its run or after.
3. Delegate and move on: start it with `sub_agent`, then carry on with the ToDo items that do not need its report. The report lands on its own when the agent finishes; `agent_wait` for it last, when nothing independent is left or before `done`.
3. Scratchpad and Memory:
1. File Saving: If a "Save As" dialog appears, record the exact destination path and filename in the scratchpad.
4. Sub-Agents: *You are the orchestrator: hand whole chunks of the objective to sub-agents and run them in parallel with your own work.*
1. Roster: <sub_agents> shows every slot of each sub-agent - start one with `sub_agent` only while its type has an `empty` slot; the result names the id it got. If it returns an error, the result says why: all its slots busy → `agent_wait` for one of them; unavailable → do that part yourself (phone work excepted: see IOS_AGENT).
2. Delegate by default: code, data processing, files and reports, operating a website, scraping. You keep the person's own apps, signed-in accounts and purchases, one-call steps (a `shell` command, a `web` lookup, a click), joining the results and verifying them. Never delegate what one short command does; web work splits as 2 says.
3. Plan the split at TASK START: in the ToDo, name the sub-agent on its items (e.g., "browser_agent: scrape the top 60 HN stories"). Start every sub-agent whose inputs are known FIRST; one that needs another's output starts when that report lands.
4. Parallel: `sub_agent` returns at once and the report comes on its own - meanwhile work the ToDo items that don't depend on it. `agent_wait` only when your next move needs that report and nothing independent is left, when every slot of the type you need is busy, or before `done`. Never `wait` in a loop on one, never redo its work while it runs (checking its site, rebuilding its file).
5. The brief is all it knows - it cannot see your screen, history or scratchpad. Open with the goal (its slot in <sub_agents> shows only the first 100 characters), then:
1. Inputs: exact URLs, full paths, names and values - never "the file from before".
2. Output: the fields, the format (CSV with headers, JSON, a table), the output file path (a `browser_agent` writes no files: it returns the data in its report).
3. Limits: the scope (items, pages, files) and where to stop. An irreversible step (send, delete, publish, submit for the person) only when <user_request> asked for it. Never a purchase, payment or checkout: that stays with you.
4. Proof to report: a confirmation number, final URL or page heading for a site action; the path plus a check (tests pass, row count, file opens) for coder work; what the phone's screen shows at the end for phone work.
6. The report arrives as <sub_agent_report> in a step of its own, with no screenshot (after `agent_wait`, also in that call's result):
1. That step judges the report, not the screen: `memory` opens "Report: <agent> [id=N] <status> - <what came back>" and keeps any screen guard still open (e.g., "Report: browser_agent [id=5] complete - 60 CSV rows, every field filled. Open guard: Mail draft shows abc@gmail.com in To. Checked against the brief: 60 rows, title/points/comments/url all present, points plausible."); `next_goal`'s Next resumes your route. Only calls that need no [id] run there (`scratchpad`, `update_todo`, `shell`, `sub_agent`, `agent_wait`, `open_app`) - no clicks or keys until the next screenshot.
2. A report is a claim, not proof: check it against the brief (the count, every field, plausible values, the proof). Check coder output with a quick `shell` look (`ls -l`, `head`).
3. Persist it at once - <agent_history> gets compressed: bulk data into one file with `shell` (the report is JSON-escaped: write each \n as a real line break), key facts and paths into `scratchpad` (a checked report counts as confirmed).
4. `complete` and matching the brief → persist, `update_todo`, carry on, no new Route. `partial`, `incomplete`, `error` or `timeout` → a failed guard, RECOVERY: keep what arrived and re-delegate only the missing part with a sharper brief (a smaller scope after a timeout, the corrected URL or path after an error). Blocked by a login → do that part yourself in the person's browser. The same brief failing twice → a new Route: change approach, never a third time.
7. Before `done`: no <sub_agents> slot `running` (`agent_wait` for it), every report checked and persisted, and whatever a sub-agent could not finish stated in the summary - never implied done.
8. CODER_AGENT: *Coding, CLI work, data, reports and files.*
1. Runs shell/zsh on its own until done: code (write, fix, refactor, debug, test, across large codebases), data processing, files and reports (Excel, CSV, charts, documents), directories. Cannot access /System.
2. Hand it the whole job: anything beyond a couple of quick `shell` commands, any code to write or fix beyond a one-line edit, turning data into a report or file. Never type code into an editor on screen or assemble a script yourself through `shell`.
3. Up to 4 run at once (ids 1-4), when they don't write the same files.
4. Brief extras: the working directory or repo, the files in scope, the output path and format, how to check it works. For a fix: the file, the exact error, what "working" looks like.
9. BROWSER_AGENT: *Operating websites and scraping them.*
1. Drives Chrome on its own profile: pages, clicks, forms, and reads page content directly (text, links, tables) - fast, exact, complete across many pages.
2. Up to 4 run at once (ids 5-8), each in a tab of its own, up to 100 steps and 15 minutes a run: put related web work (several sites or pages) in one brief sized to fit (a few pages of results, one form flow), and split bigger jobs.
3. Ask it for file-ready data (CSV with named headers); a spreadsheet or report built from that data is a `coder_agent` job.
10. IOS_AGENT: *Working on the person's real iPhone or iPad.*
1. Drives the phone plugged into this Mac by cable: opens its apps, taps, types, scrolls and reads its screen. It cannot see your Mac screen and you cannot see the phone: the brief carries everything it needs, its report everything you need.
2. Ready only while its slot in <sub_agents> reads `empty`. `connecting` means the phone is being connected: carry on with other ToDo items: it may take up to 10 steps to read `empty`, or it turns `offline`. `offline` → no phone: work that needs the phone cannot be done from the Mac, say so in `done`.
3. One slot (id 9 or 10, as <sub_agents> shows it), up to 100 steps and 15 minutes a run.
11. Examples:
1. `browser_agent` brief: "Scrape the top 60 stories on https://news.ycombinator.com (pages 1-2): title, points, comments, story URL. Return CSV with header title,points,comments,url - all 60 rows, no summary. Read only: no logins, no form submits."
2. `coder_agent` brief: "Build ~/Documents/hn/top60.xlsx from ~/Documents/hn/top60.csv: one sheet, rows sorted by points (highest first), bold header, a bar chart of the 10 highest-scoring stories. Confirm the file opens, then report its path, sheet name and row count."
3. The split, for "put the top 60 HN stories in an Excel file with a chart and email it to abc@gmail.com": start `browser_agent` with brief 1 → `open_app` Mail and draft the email (To, Subject, body) while it scrapes → its report lands: `shell` saves the CSV to ~/Documents/hn/top60.csv, `scratchpad` the path, start `coder_agent` with brief 2 → its report lands: `ls -l` the file, attach it, send, verify in Sent.
5. shell: *Fast execution for small goals within the larger objective.*
1. Execute a shell/zsh command instantly without spawning a separate agent. Cannot access /System.
2. coder_agent vs shell: coder_agent for complex coding and longer debugging. Shell for quick inspect, create, or modify operations.
3. Beneficial for all sort file OS level management.
4. OS-level clicks: `shell` and `applescript` act at the OS level, so they work even when the scan is wrong. A click by point through `shell` (AppleScript's System Events, no mouse) is reliable on any app: use it when the target is visible but has no [id], its box is not on it, or its name does not match the image (see the `shell` tool). This is the one exception to clicking by [id] only.
6. Error Recovery:
1. Missing Elements: If elements are missing, try arrow keys or shortcuts.
2. Focus Issues: If focus seems wrong, click a stable area (tab or title bar) to refocus <front_screen>.
7. Critical Rules:
1. Access any running app or Finder using Cmd + Tab before creating a second instance.
2. Verification: typewrite and shortcuts require careful visual verification.
3. If any code is not working as expected, rerun the coder agent with the correct file name and location, and ask it to fix the issue by clearly explaining the problem and relevant context.
</knowledge_base>
</Core_logic>
<input>
Each step includes:
1. Tool results: every call you made last step comes back as its own result, paired to that call (if any).
2. <persistent_memory>: YOUR live state, rebuilt fresh and present EVERY step - read it as the current truth, since no copies of it live in <agent_history>. Inside, in order:
1. <todo_list>: tasks for <user_request> (create if missing; `none` until you do).
2. <scratchpad>: verified scratchpad entries so far (`none` until you write one).
3. <sub_agents>: JSON, one line per sub-agent type: its slots as "id": status. Each id is used once across all types: `coder_agent` 1-4, `browser_agent` 5-8, then the phones, `android_agent` 9 and `ios_agent` 10 (the phone that came online first is 9). A status is `empty` (free), `running: <its task, cut to 100 characters>`, `connecting` (a phone still being connected) or `offline: <why>`. `sub_agent` takes the first empty slot of its type and its result names the id. A slot is running until its report arrives as <sub_agent_report> in a step of its own with no screenshot, as soon as it finishes (after an agent_wait it is in that call's result too), with the status `complete` or how it fell short (`partial`, `incomplete`, `error`, `timeout`); then the slot is empty again.
3. <skills>: guidance loaded for the current app/domain - reference material, not your own state. Present only when a skill matches the current screen.
4. <element_tree>: mapped elements with [id] for the focused screen. It comes only while the scan is on (the `scan` tool): on by default, and once you turn it off it stays off until you turn it on again.
5. <image>: annotated screenshot where magenta boxes contain the [id] on top left of each element detected. Only the CURRENT screenshot is provided - previous images are not retained. Like <element_tree>, it comes only while the scan is on.
</input>
<agent_history>
- Previous steps are stored as real conversation turns:
- your `agent_memory` call (that step's `memory`, `next_goal`), then the action calls you made, each with its result attached to the call that produced it (click outcome with element_name, shell output; web results are summarized there, the raw data is saved to <scratchpad>).
- The latest `next_goal` ("Doing: ... If ... → Next: ...") carries the guard its successor is judged against: read it first to know what you committed to.
- The latest `memory` records how the step before it went, the targets it locked and the context it carried forward. The latest `memory` that wrote a Route is where your picture of the app lives, and that Route is the list of steps you are executing; read it instead of reconstructing intent. A `memory` without a Route was a route step: nothing new was decided there, on purpose.
- Older steps may be replaced by a compressed summary once history grows large; recent steps always keep all their detail. Steps from an older session may instead appear as one JSON block {"memory": ..., "next_goal": ..., "action": [{"type": ..., ...}]} (the notes as the first two keys, `action` = the calls that step made); read it the same way.
</agent_history>
<todo_capability>
1. The ToDo is your high-level task list (`task_1`, `task_2`, ...) - context setup for <user_request>. Per-step planning lives in <next_goal>, so keep the ToDo short.
2. Simple request, then a short ToDo (or skip it if trivial). Complex request, then work out the plan first, then write the ToDo capturing those tasks.
3. Timing is flexible: create it at iteration 1 by default, but you MAY create or expand it later mid-loop if the task proves more complex than it first looked and no ToDo yet captures it.
4. Format: call `todo_list` with `value` = "Objective: <goal>\n- [ ] task_1\n- [ ] task_2" (auto-numbered). Advance with `update_todo`; re-issue `todo_list` only to re-capture the plan when it materially changes.
</todo_capability>
<scratchpad>
1. This is your durable scratchpad. Use it for verified checkpoints AND any key fact you need to remember (file paths, metrics, scraped data, observations) or to highlight the answer to any <user_request /> that is asked as a question.
2. Only write after visual confirmation - never assume success.
3. Write immediately when something is confirmed. If multiple facts are confirmed in one step, emit one separate `scratchpad` call per fact.
4. Use for: major task completions, metrics/numbers/final answers, important web findings, exact file save paths + filenames.
5. Avoid writing repetitive information.
6. Format: call `scratchpad` with `value` = one-line_verified_note
7. Examples - each is one `scratchpad` call's `value`:
1. "Done: Email sent to abc@gmail.com with flight details + attachments"
2. "Saved abc.pdf to ~/Documents/testing/abc.pdf"
3. "Key metric: Disney+ revenue (Q3 2025) = 2.1B $"
</scratchpad>
<os_vision>
1. The annotated screenshot is the ground truth for interaction.
2. Interact only with elements that have a magenta box containing a visible [id] (from the front/top window). If an element has no [id], treat it as not ready for interaction.
3. [ID] is displayed at the top-left corner of the element it belongs to.
</os_vision>
<blocks>
- Your turn = ONE `agent_memory` call first (`memory`, `next_goal`), then the action calls that do the work, all in the same turn. Action tools carry only their own fields. `agent_memory` has no result and nothing waits on it, so it never ends a turn: the action calls for this step's "Doing" always follow it in the SAME message. For maximum efficiency, whenever you need to perform multiple independent operations, invoke all relevant tools simultaneously rather than sequentially.
- Both fields are filled every step. Decide first, then write: nothing about how you decided goes into either field - `memory` keeps only what must survive the step (the verdict, a corrected belief, the locked targets, and a Route when one is written), `next_goal` keeps this step's move and its guard. Most steps are route steps, where nothing new is decided and `memory` stays short.
- Ids are re-assigned on EVERY screen scan. `next_goal` therefore pre-commits targets by NAME/ROLE only ("the To field", "the Save button"); every step resolves those names to fresh [id]s from the current <element_tree> and locks them in `memory`'s Targets line before acting.
- Neither field is a reply to the user: the user never reads them mid-run. They are notes for your future self reading this conversation - what you knew, what you assumed, and why you chose.
1. <memory>
# IMPORTANT: Not a reasoning extraction
The image is wiped after this iteration. Preserve the previous step’s verdict, this step’s locked targets, essential context, and Route when applicable.
Fill this `agent_memory` field **every step**: it is the **only surviving screen record**, and the Route is the **only surviving plan**.
# EVERY STEP
- OPEN with the verdict, judged on the CURRENT screenshot per <os_vision>, never on a tool's success result: "Last step worked: <what the screen shows>", "Last step failed: <what the screen shows instead>", or - when the screen does not settle it (loading, partial render) - "Last step unclear: <what is ambiguous, and what would settle it>". Unclear is never rounded up to worked; the next step resolves it (usually a `wait`). First step: "Task start." A <sub_agent_report> step has no screenshot: the report line opens instead (see Format).
- Then the key context: front app and screen state; if a tool was used, its name, purpose and the important result. When a belief about this app was corrected, carry the correction forward so your future self does not repeat the mistake.
- Targets line (any step that touches UI): `Targets: id N (name/type/valuePattern.value/active), ...` - resolved from the CURRENT <element_tree>, written BEFORE acting. This is your commit; if any target cannot be resolved to exactly one clean [id], this step is a recovery (below), not an action on a guess.
- Sync: achieved results missing from <scratchpad> → `scratchpad` in this step's action; finished tasks still pending in <todo_list> → `update_todo` in this step's action. Follow any <critical> tag in the input.
- 2-4 concise lines on a route step; a recovery adds one line, a Route adds its lines. The prediction does NOT live here - it lives in `next_goal`'s guard. No step numbers, no codes.
# ROUTE STEP - the default; nothing new is decided when ALL hold:
1. The route has a step left, and the previous `next_goal`'s "Next:" names it (not "decide").
2. Its visible-change guard ("If ...") holds TRUE on the CURRENT screenshot - judged by <os_vision> evidence, not by what the tool results claim.
3. Every named target resolves to exactly ONE [id] in the current <element_tree> - right name/type, right container (<front_screen> vs <taskbar>), fully visible (no 0 matches, no 2+ matches, no visibility="partial").
Then lock the ids in the Targets line and execute that route step. No re-planning, no new Route: the fresh ids go into `memory`, nothing else does. After one Route the usual shape is two to four route steps in a row. A screenshot that shows what the guard predicted is CONFIRMATION, not information: re-deciding on it is not caution - with nothing new, it can only talk you out of a decision you made with more care than you are applying now. A surprise that does not break the route (a notification, a shifted layout, an extra item) gets a clause in the verdict line, and the route holds.
# RECOVERY - one of these breaks the route step; `memory` adds ONE line that names the fix:
- The previous guard FAILED on the screen, or a sub-agent report came back `partial`, `incomplete`, `error` or `timeout`.
- A named target is missing, ambiguous (0 or 2+ tree matches), or only partially visible.
- A popup, dialog, loading overlay or focus steal blocks the route.
The verdict above it already says what the screen shows vs what the guard predicted (name the element, the value, the window). The line: which belief about this app was wrong → the narrowest correction (a different target, a click to focus first, a scroll, a dismiss, a shortcut) → "route holds" if the remaining route lines still apply, otherwise a new Route. `next_goal`'s "Doing:" IS the recovery, with its own guard. The same action failing a second time means the idea is wrong - stop adjusting it and write a new Route.
# ROUTE - written only when one of these fires; it is the last part of `memory`:
- No route yet (task start), or the route is used up.
- NEW SURFACE: an app, window or page appears for the first time (after open_app lands, after a navigation jump, after an unexpected switch). Survey what is actually there before routing deep.
- The previous `next_goal` said "Next: decide".
- The same action failed a second time: change approach, not retry.
- The work is finished and the next turn would be `done`: the final review (moment 5). Not on a trivial one-action request.
Written as the `Route:` part of the Format at the end of this block.
- The next 2 to 5 steps, one line each: the action on a target named by NAME/ROLE, and the visible change that proves it. Fewer right after a prediction failed.
- Build it by walking the surface in your head: once this field is filled, what is the next control on THIS screen? A route runs across the controls you can already see; it ends where the screen must change.
- Stop the route at the first step whose outcome decides what comes next - a new app, window or page appearing (after open_app, after a navigation jump, after submit), search results, a dialog you expect - and write `decide` as that step's Next. Never plan into a surface you have not seen.
- Line 1 is this step's "Doing" and line 2 its "Next:" (or `decide` when the route has one line). Each following route step takes the next route line as "Doing" and the one after as "Next". The route lives in <agent_history> inside the latest `memory` that wrote one; read it there instead of reconstructing intent.
# BEFORE A ROUTE - settle these first; only the results reach `memory`:
1. The verdict, and the predictions behind the finished route: a tool reports that it ran, never that the screen changed (an `input` can succeed while the text never lands). Where the screen matched, build on it; where it did not, name the belief about this app that was wrong (focus lands elsewhere, a control sits behind a menu, a page loads slower) and carry the correction into `memory`.
2. The screen as it stands: the front app and window, its state (loaded, blocked, wrong tab), which controls the next ToDo item needs and whether they are on this screen - KNOWN (in the tree and the image) kept apart from ASSUMED (a control you expect after the next click). Loops: the same action twice without visible progress means change approach (arrow keys, shortcuts, another route), not retry. Use <knowledge_base> and <skills> where they apply.
3. The choice, where there is a real one (GUI vs shell/applescript, which control, which order): candidates side by side, the fastest reliable one picked, and why. No real choice - do not invent one.
4. Attack the choice once, on purpose: what on this screen could make it fail - focus in the wrong field, a control that needs a scroll, a dialog that will appear, ids that change after the first click? If the attack lands, revise now; if not, commit, and never raise the same doubt twice.
5. Lock the targets (the Targets line: validate type, name and valuePattern.value in <element_tree>, confirm the container and full visibility), batch every call whose target is on the current screen (see <efficiency_guideline>) and stop the turn where the screen must change first. Then write the Route, and this step's guard into `next_goal`'s "If ...".
# THE FIVE ROUTE MOMENTS - what each settles:
1. TASK START - what is really being asked, and what does "done" look like on screen? Restate the objective as observable end states (a file at a path, a sent mail in Sent, a value in a field). Turn it into the ToDo. Decide the first surface to reach and how (open_app, shell or applescript when faster than the GUI). Route: reach the surface → decide.
2. NEW SURFACE - the most common. Survey the screenshot and <element_tree> (rule 2 above): which app and window is front, what state it is in (loaded, blocked by a dialog, wrong tab), which controls the next ToDo item needs and whether they are on this screen. Then the Route across the controls you can see, ending where the screen must change.
3. ROUTE COMPLETE - did the screen match the route? Compare each screenshot with its guard. If all held: what is still missing for the ToDo item, and the next stretch. If something was off but got through: what does that say about your picture of this app?
4. TODO ITEM VERIFIED - judge the proof on screen, not the tool results. Is the end state visible (the sent mail, the saved file, the changed setting), not just the action performed? Record it in `scratchpad`, mark the item, and route to the next.
5. BEFORE `done` - review the work as a strict reviewer who did not do it. Re-read <user_request>: does the screen state show all of what was asked? Every ToDo item done with visible proof, the verified results in `scratchpad`? Whatever could not be done or verified is stated plainly in the summary, never implied done. If the review finds a gap, that is a new Route, not `done`. Only when it is clean is the next turn `done`, alone.
# WHAT `memory` IS NOT
- Narration. "I will now click the Send button" is `next_goal`'s "Doing", not memory. Say what the screenshot PROVED.
- Restatement. The request, the ToDo, and the history are already on the page. Refer to them; do not copy them.
- Wishful judging. A tool's success result is not "it worked" when the screenshot says otherwise. Read the screen.
- A trace. How you decided stays with you; what you decided is what survives. Never quote these rules back or describe the procedure you are following.
Format: "<Last step worked | Last step failed | Last step unclear>: <what the screen shows>. <context: front app and screen state; a tool's name, purpose and result; a corrected belief>. [Recovery: <the belief that was wrong> → <the narrowest correction> → route holds | new Route.] [Targets: id N (name/type/valuePattern.value/active), ...] [Route: 1. <action on named target>, if <visible change>. 2. <action>, if <visible change> → decide: <what the next screen settles>.]"
- The order never changes; a part in [ ] appears only when it applies.
- The verdict is your judgment of the previous step's guard - always first. First step: "Task start." in its place.
- A <sub_agent_report> step judges the report, not the screen: the verdict is "Report: <agent> [id=N] <status> - <what came back>", then "Open guard: <the screen guard still open>" when one is, then the context says what you checked against the brief. No Targets there - that step has no screenshot.
- Recovery: only on a recovery step (see RECOVERY): a failed guard, a target that does not resolve, a blocker on the route, a report that came back `partial`, `incomplete`, `error` or `timeout`.
- Targets: on every step that touches UI.
- Route: only when a ROUTE trigger fires (see ROUTE), and always last.
Examples:
1. Route step, with a surprise that changes nothing: "Last step worked: Mail compose window open as predicted, To field empty; a Calendar notification banner slid in at the top right, clear of the window. Mail front, the compose window has focus. Targets: id 12 (name='To', type='TextField', active='True')."
2. New surface, Route written: "Last step worked: Mail main window front after open_app, as predicted. Inbox listed, no dialog; the New Message button sits in the toolbar. Targets: id 9 (name='New Message', type='Button', active='True'). Route: 1. click New Message, if a compose window opens with an empty To field. 2. type abc@gmail.com in To and 'Q3 report' in Subject, if both fields show those values → decide: attach ~/Desktop/reports/report_q3.pdf."
3. Recovery, route holds: "Last step failed: Finder still shows Home after the Downloads click; the toolbar target did not register. Finder front. Recovery: the toolbar item I clicked is a navigation control, not the folder → click 'Downloads' in the sidebar instead → route holds. Targets: id 18 (name='Downloads', type='Button', sidebar)."
4. Recovery from a blocker: "Last step worked: Spotify opened as predicted, but an 'Update available' dialog sits over its main window. The dialog is the front window; the Search field has no [id] behind it. Recovery: the route assumed Spotify would open clear → close the dialog with 'Later' first → route holds. Targets: id 31 (name='Later', type='Button', active='True')."
5. Recovery, new Route: "Last step failed: the second double-click on report_q3.pdf again left Finder unchanged; the guard needed Preview front with the file. Finder front, ~/Desktop/reports. Recovery: double-clicking this list is the wrong idea - the clicks land on the column gap, not the file name → open it with `shell` instead → new Route. Route: 1. shell open ~/Desktop/reports/report_q3.pdf, if Preview is front showing report_q3.pdf → decide: read the Q3 total and record it."
6. Unclear: "Last step unclear: Safari shows a blank page with the progress bar half way; the guard needs the results list. A 2s wait settles it."
7. Task start: "Task start. Request: email the Q3 report to abc@gmail.com. Nothing on screen yet. Route: 1. open_app Mail, if the Mail main window is front → decide: survey Mail and route to compose."
8. Sub-agent report, complete: "Report: browser_agent [id=5] complete - 60 CSV rows, every field filled. Open guard: Mail draft shows abc@gmail.com in To. Checked against the brief: 60 rows, title/points/comments/url all present, points plausible."
9. Sub-agent report, recovery: "Report: browser_agent [id=6] timeout - 41 of 60 rows, page 2 never loaded. Checked against the brief: the 41 rows are complete and plausible. Recovery: one run could not fit two pages → keep the 41 rows and re-delegate page 2 alone, with a smaller brief → route holds."
10. Before `done`: "Last step worked: Mail's Sent mailbox shows 'Q3 report' to abc@gmail.com with report_q3.pdf attached, matching the scratchpad entry. Review: the request asked for that one email with the report - sent, verified in Sent, recorded; nothing else was asked, and no sub-agent slot is running. Route: 1. `done` with the send confirmation, alone."
</memory>
2. <next_goal>
Purpose: this step's move, the visible-change guard and the pre-committed next move - a ROLLING route re-derived from the latest screen, never a fixed script. Align with the current pending ToDo task; name it. A field of the `agent_memory` call, filled every step.
Rules:
- "Doing:" the immediate step you will complete this turn (achievable on the current screen; one action or a batched sequence). If the last guard failed, "Doing:" IS the recovery - state it as such.
- "If <visible change>": the CONCRETE on-screen evidence the NEXT screenshot must show to prove this step worked - URL bar text, a window or dialog present or gone, a field showing a value, an item appearing in a list. Never a generic "if successful". A guard is a prediction, and a prediction is only worth making if it is specific enough to be wrong.
- "→ Next:" the pre-committed successor action, its target named by NAME/ROLE only ("the Subject field", "the Save button") - NEVER by [id]; ids are re-assigned every scan and get re-resolved from the fresh tree. OR "decide: <what to decide>" when the outcome determines the route: arriving on a new surface, search results, a dialog you expect.
- On a route step, "Doing" is the next line of the Route in the latest `memory` that wrote one and "Next:" is the line after it; the last route line's Next is `decide`. On the step that writes a Route, its line 1 is this step's "Doing" and "Next:" is its line 2 (or `decide` when the route has one line).
- The failure branch is always implicit: a guard that fails on screen means the next step recovers (see <memory>). Never write an else.
- Format: "Doing: <this step> (ToDo: <task_name>). If <visible change> → Next: <action on named target | decide: <decision to make>>."
Examples:
1. "Doing: fill the To field with abc@gmail.com (ToDo: Send flight email). If the To field shows abc@gmail.com → Next: input the subject into the Subject field."
2. "Doing: recover the failed click - open Downloads via the sidebar (ToDo: Locate abc.pdf). If Finder shows the Downloads folder contents → Next: double-click abc.pdf in the file list."
3. "Doing: open Spotify and wait 3s (ToDo: Play focus playlist). If the Spotify main window is visible → Next: decide: survey the surface and route to the playlist."
</next_goal>
3. <action>
- The tool calls that do `next_goal`'s "Doing", right after `agent_memory` in the same turn, in the order they must run; batch per <efficiency_guideline>. Each tool's rules ride with its definition. Refer to UI targets by `id` only (never element_name, type or coordinates) - the ids locked in this step's `memory` Targets line.
- `done` is always alone: no `agent_memory` before it, nothing else with it. The final visual verification happens in the turn before.
</action>
</blocks>
<efficiency_guideline>
1. BATCH BY DEFAULT: one turn = `agent_memory` + every action you can already make - each call whose target is on the current screen (<element_tree>) and doesn't depend on a result you haven't seen. A one-call turn is the exception.
2. Emit calls in the order they must run; they execute sequentially, exactly as emitted.
3. End the turn ONLY where the screen must change first: the next target's id isn't on screen yet (a window, menu or page has to appear). The next step's screenshot supplies the new ids.
4. Typing and its enter/submit belong to the same turn - never stop between them.
5. Example - ONE turn: `agent_memory` + 3 calls in a single response, not one per turn:
agent_memory {"memory": "Last step worked: Finder shows report_q1.pdf, report_q2.pdf, report_q3.pdf in ~/Desktop/reports as the route predicted. Tasks 3-5 verified on screen; the next item is the mail. Route: 1. update_todo 3, 4, 5, if the ToDo shows them done. 2. hotkey cmd+space and typewrite Mail + enter, if the Mail main window is front → decide: survey Mail.", "next_goal": "Doing: mark tasks 3-5 complete (ToDo: Collect reports). If <todo_list> shows 3-5 done → Next: open Mail via Cmd+Space."}
+ update_todo {"value": "3"}
+ update_todo {"value": "4"}
+ update_todo {"value": "5"}
6. Example - route step, every target already on screen, so click, type and submit go out together; no new Route:
agent_memory {"memory": "Last step worked: Spotify front with its Search page open as predicted. No dialog; the Search field is empty. Targets: id 44 (name='Search', type='TextField', active='True').", "next_goal": "Doing: search Spotify for the focus playlist (ToDo: Play focus playlist). If Spotify lists focus playlists in its results → Next: decide: pick the playlist to play."}
+ left_click {"id": 44, "clicks": 1}
+ input {"id": 44, "value": "focus playlist"}
+ hotkey {"value": "enter"}
</efficiency_guideline>
<task_completion>
1. Only start completion after reviewing <agent_history> to confirm every requested task is finished.
2. Then do the final visual verification from the latest image (Route moment 5 in <memory>): the screen state shows all of what was asked, every ToDo item has visible proof, the results are in <scratchpad>.
3. Use `done` as a dedicated final step only:
1. Step 1 (no `done`): the final verification + finish/cleanup + update ToDos/scratchpad.
2. Step 2: call `done` with the end-to-end summary as `value`.
4. `done` is always alone: no `agent_memory` before it and no other tool call in the same step - it must be the ONLY call of that turn.
</task_completion>
<Critical_rule>
1. Prefer shell and applescript for speed - fall back to GUI interaction only when gui intraction is fast quick reliable.
1. A goal is not complete until it is visually verified.
</Critical_rule>
============================================================
--- USER ---
<updated_user_request no="1">
do not use the web agent or browser agent open chrome and search for flight tickets on two portal. on 31 dec chepest one way from new york to london make sur to track it inscrpatapd all information
</updated_user_request no="1">
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Task start. Request: open Chrome myself (no browser/web agent), search two flight portals for cheapest one-way NYC→London on 31 Dec, record all info in scratchpad. Cursor is front. Route: 1. open Chrome at Google Flights URL, if Chrome front showing flights results → decide: read prices, then second portal (Kayak).",
"next_goal": "Doing: create ToDo and open Chrome with Google Flights JFK→LON 2025-12-31 one-way. If Chrome is front showing Google Flights results → Next: decide: read cheapest price.",
"action": [
{
"type": "todo_list",
"value": "Objective: Find cheapest one-way NYC->London flight on 31 Dec using two portals in Chrome, record all info in scratchpad\n- [ ] Open Chrome and search Google Flights\n- [ ] Search second portal (Kayak)\n- [ ] Record all findings in scratchpad"
},
{
"type": "shell",
"value": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?q=Flights%20one%20way%20from%20New%20York%20to%20London%20on%202025-12-31%20currency%20USD\""
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "todo_created"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "shell",
"agent_location": "/Users/ashishyadav/Desktop/sandbox_workspace",
"shell": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?q=Flights%20one%20way%20from%20New%20York%20to%20London%20on%202025-12-31%20currency%20USD\"",
"exit_code": 0,
"output": "(no output)"
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: Chrome front, URL bar shows the Google Flights query, page still loading (blank). An extension permission popup overlays top-right. Targets: id 32 (Close/Button) to dismiss popup.",
"next_goal": "Doing: close the extension popup and wait for the flights page (ToDo: #1). If Google Flights results render → Next: decide: read cheapest fare.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 32,
"clicks": 1
},
{
"type": "wait",
"value": "5"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "32",
"element_name": "Close"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 5.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step failed: Google Flights loaded the generic homepage (Round trip, From=London, no results), not my query. Chrome front. Recovery: the q= text query isn't parsed → use the explicit tfs-free URL form google.com/travel/flights?hl=en&curr=USD&q=... didn't work; instead use the flight search deep link with parameters via Kayak-style? Simplest: fill the form manually → route holds. Targets: id 56 (ticket type combo), 59 (Where from, London), 60 (Where to), 61 (Departure).",
"next_goal": "Doing: set ticket type to One way (ToDo: #1). If the combo shows One way → Next: set Where from to New York.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 56,
"clicks": 1
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "56",
"element_name": "Change ticket type. Round trip"
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: ticket type dropdown open showing Round trip / One way / Multi-city. Chrome front on Google Flights homepage. Targets: id 35 (One way, StaticText).",
"next_goal": "Doing: select One way (ToDo: #1). If the ticket type shows One way and Return field disappears → Next: fill Where from with New York.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 35,
"clicks": 1
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "35",
"element_name": "One way"
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: ticket type now shows \"One way\"; Return field gone. Chrome front on Google Flights form; Where from = London, Where to empty, Departure empty. Targets: id 56 (Where from, value London), 57 (Where to), 58 (Departure).",
"next_goal": "Doing: set Where from to New York (ToDo: #1). If the origin field shows a New York suggestion list → Next: pick New York then fill Where to.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 56,
"clicks": 1
},
{
"type": "input",
"id": 56,
"value": "New York"
},
{
"type": "wait",
"value": "2"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "56",
"element_name": "Where from?"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "input",
"index": "56",
"value": "New York",
"element_name": "Where from?",
"message": "verify yourself using Raw Vision"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 2.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: origin combo shows \"New York\" with suggestion list open (New York, USA at top). Chrome front on Google Flights form, One way set. Targets: id 37 (New York, USA suggestion).",
"next_goal": "Doing: pick \"New York, USA\" suggestion (ToDo: #1). If origin field shows New York and the list closes → Next: fill the Where to field with London.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 37,
"clicks": 1
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "37",
"element_name": "New York, USA"
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: origin now \"New York\", One way set. Chrome front on Google Flights form. Targets: id 58 (Where to?, ComboBox).",
"next_goal": "Doing: type London into Where to (ToDo: #1). If suggestion list shows London → Next: pick London suggestion.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 58,
"clicks": 1
},
{
"type": "input",
"id": 58,
"value": "London"
},
{
"type": "wait",
"value": "2"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "58",
"element_name": "Where to?"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "input",
"index": "58",
"value": "London",
"element_name": "Where to?",
"message": "verify yourself using Raw Vision"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 2.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: Where to = \"London\" with suggestion list open; origin New York set, One way set. Chrome front on Google Flights. Targets: id 37 (London, Capital of England suggestion).",
"next_goal": "Doing: pick the \"London\" city suggestion (ToDo: #1). If destination field shows London and list closes, revealing the Departure date field → Next: click the Departure date field.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 37,
"clicks": 1
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "37",
"element_name": "London"
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: form shows One way, New York → London; Departure empty. Chrome front on Google Flights. Targets: id 59 (Departure TextField), id 61 (Search button).",
"next_goal": "Doing: type 31/12/2025 into Departure and press enter (ToDo: #1). If Departure shows 31 Dec → Next: click Search.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 59,
"clicks": 1
},
{
"type": "typewrite",
"value": "2025-12-31"
},
{
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--- TOOL ---
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"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "59",
"element_name": "Departure"
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--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "typewrite",
"text": "2025-12-31",
"message": "verify yourself using visual"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "hotkey",
"shortcut": "enter"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 2.0
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--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step unclear: Departure field holds \"2025-12-31\" but the calendar shows Nov/Dec 2026 and enter did not close it. Chrome front, Google Flights, One way, New York → London. Recovery: typed date not committed → click Done to apply, then verify the date chip → route holds. Targets: id 379 (Done, Button).",
"next_goal": "Doing: click Done to commit 2025-12-31 (ToDo: #1). If the calendar closes and the form shows 31 Dec → Next: click Search/Explore to run the search.",
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"id": 379,
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"value": "2"
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--- TOOL ---
{
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"action": "click",
"index": "379",
"element_name": "Done."
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 2.0
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--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step failed: Done cleared the Departure field (empty) though One way / New York / London stay set. Chrome front on Google Flights form. Recovery: typing a date into this field doesn't commit → open calendar and type \"Dec 31 2025\" then press Done → route holds. Targets: id 59 (Departure TextField), id 61 (Search button).",
"next_goal": "Doing: click Departure and type Dec 31 2025 (ToDo: #1). If Departure shows a 31 Dec value → Next: press Done/Search.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 59,
"clicks": 1
},
{
"type": "typewrite",
"value": "2025-12-31"
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{
"type": "wait",
"value": "2"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "59",
"element_name": "Departure"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "typewrite",
"text": "2025-12-31",
"message": "verify yourself using visual"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 2.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step unclear: Departure field holds \"2025-12-31\" but calendar shows Nov/Dec 2026 (prices in GBP). Dec 31, 2026 button exists (id 332) but that's wrong year. URL now has tfs params = NYC→London one way. Recovery: GUI date entry is unreliable → load a direct tfs-free URL with explicit date via Google Flights search URL using the \"flights from New York to London on 2025-12-31\" Google search instead → new Route.\nRoute: 1. Load google.com/travel/flights?hl=en&gl=us&curr=USD with URL query via address bar for date; if results show 31 Dec 2025 prices → decide.",
"next_goal": "Doing: navigate Chrome address bar to a Google Flights deep link with explicit 2025-12-31 date (ToDo: #1). If a results page lists flights for 31 Dec → Next: decide: read cheapest fare.",
"action": [
{
"type": "shell",
"value": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?hl=en&curr=USD&tfs=CBwQAhoeEgoyMDI1LTEyLTMxagcIARIDTllDcgcIARIDTE9OQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI\""
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{
"type": "wait",
"value": "5"
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}
--- TOOL ---
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"shell": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?hl=en&curr=USD&tfs=CBwQAhoeEgoyMDI1LTEyLTMxagcIARIDTllDcgcIARIDTE9OQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI\"",
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--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
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"duration": 5.0
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--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step failed: Google Flights says \"Requested flight date is in the past\" — today is 7 Nov 2026 (menu bar \"Sat 7 Nov\", and the calendar earlier showed Nov/Dec 2026). So \"31 Dec\" means 2026-12-31, not 2025. Form shows One way, New York → London, Wed Dec 31. Recovery: wrong year assumption → reload with tfs date 2026-12-31 → route holds.",
"next_goal": "Doing: reload Google Flights with date 2026-12-31 (ToDo: #1). If results list flights for Wed, Dec 31 2026 with prices → Next: decide: read cheapest fare.",
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{
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"value": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?hl=en&curr=USD&tfs=CBwQAhoeEgoyMDI2LTEyLTMxagcIARIDTllDcgcIARIDTE9OQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI\""
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}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "shell",
"agent_location": "/Users/ashishyadav/Desktop/sandbox_workspace",
"shell": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.google.com/travel/flights?hl=en&curr=USD&tfs=CBwQAhoeEgoyMDI2LTEyLTMxagcIARIDTllDcgcIARIDTE9OQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI\"",
"exit_code": 0,
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--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 6.0
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--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: Google Flights results for One way, New York→London, Thu Dec 31 2026, 32 results. Cheapest tab shows \"from $270\"; top flights: Aer Lingus $298 (9:15PM–11:25AM+1, 1 stop DUB, 9h10), British Airways $300 nonstop (8:05PM–8:10AM+1, 7h05), American $300 nonstop (9:00PM–9:15AM+1, 7h15). Targets: id 85 (Cheapest tab).",
"next_goal": "Doing: record Google Flights data and click the Cheapest tab for the $270 option details (ToDo: #1). If the list re-sorts showing a $270 flight → Next: read its airline/times, then open Kayak.",
"action": [
{
"type": "scratchpad",
"value": "**Portal 1 - Google Flights** (One way, New York→London, Thu 31 Dec 2026, USD, 32 results): Cheapest from **$270**; top flights: Aer Lingus **$298** 9:15PM–11:25AM+1, 1 stop DUB, 9h10m; British Airways **$300** nonstop JFK–LHR 8:05PM–8:10AM+1, 7h05m; American **$300** nonstop 9:00PM–9:15AM+1, 7h15m"
},
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 85,
"clicks": 1
},
{
"type": "wait",
"value": "3"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "scratchpad_added",
"scratchpad": "**Portal 1 - Google Flights** (One way, New York→London, Thu 31 Dec 2026, USD, 32 results): Cheapest from **$270**; top flights: Aer Lingus **$298** 9:15PM–11:25AM+1, 1 stop DUB, 9h10m; British Airways **$300** nonstop JFK–LHR 8:05PM–8:10AM+1, 7h05m; American **$300** nonstop 9:00PM–9:15AM+1, 7h15m"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "85",
"element_name": "Cheapest from 270 US dollars Learn more about rank"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 3.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: Google Flights results page, cheapest $270 details visible: American+British Airways, LGA 5:09PM → LHR 10:25AM+1, 1 stop YYZ 3h16m, 12h16m; also $270 LGA 11:11AM→5:50AM+1 via YYZ 13h39m. Cheapest nonstop $289 BA JFK 8:05PM→8:10AM+1 7h05. Portal 1 done. Next: Kayak in Chrome.",
"next_goal": "Doing: record exact Google Flights cheapest details and open Kayak one-way NYC→LON 2026-12-31 in Chrome (ToDo: #2). If Kayak results page shows prices → Next: read cheapest Kayak fare.",
"action": [
{
"type": "scratchpad",
"value": "**Google Flights cheapest = $270** one-way: American + British Airways, LGA 5:09PM → LHR 10:25AM+1, 1 stop Toronto YYZ (3h16m), total 12h16m. Alt $270: LGA 11:11AM → 5:50AM+1 via YYZ, 13h39m. Cheapest nonstop: British Airways **$289**, JFK 8:05PM → LHR 8:10AM+1, 7h05m"
},
{
"type": "update_todo",
"value": "1"
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{
"type": "shell",
"value": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.kayak.com/flights/NYC-LON/2026-12-31?sort=price_a\""
},
{
"type": "wait",
"value": "10"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "scratchpad_added",
"scratchpad": "**Google Flights cheapest = $270** one-way: American + British Airways, LGA 5:09PM → LHR 10:25AM+1, 1 stop Toronto YYZ (3h16m), total 12h16m. Alt $270: LGA 11:11AM → 5:50AM+1 via YYZ, 13h39m. Cheapest nonstop: British Airways **$289**, JFK 8:05PM → LHR 8:10AM+1, 7h05m"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "todo_updated",
"task": 1
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "shell",
"agent_location": "/Users/ashishyadav/Desktop/sandbox_workspace",
"shell": "open -a \"Google Chrome\" \"https://www.kayak.com/flights/NYC-LON/2026-12-31?sort=price_a\"",
"exit_code": 0,
"output": "(no output)"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 10.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: Kayak loaded NYC-LON 2026-12-31 sorted by price, 1225 of 1644 flights; cookie dialog overlays. Filter hints: nonstop $296, 1 stop $273, 2+ stops $341. Targets: id 50 (Reject all, Button).",
"next_goal": "Doing: reject cookies on Kayak (ToDo: #2). If the dialog disappears and the results list is visible → Next: read cheapest Kayak fares.",
"action": [
{
"type": "left_click",
"id": 50,
"clicks": 1
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{
"type": "wait",
"value": "4"
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]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "click",
"index": "50",
"element_name": "Reject all"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 4.0
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: cookie banner gone; Kayak results visible — Cheapest $273 14h15m, Best $297 7h05m, Quickest $368 6h50m. Item1: LEVEL $273 JFK 11:45pm→LGW 7:00pm+1, 1 stop BCN 4h35m layover, 14h15m. Item2: Aer Lingus $287 JFK 9:15pm→LHR 11:25am+1 via DUB 9h10m. Item3: Aer Lingus $287 EWR 5:45pm→LHR 8:05am+1 via DUB 9h20m. Both portals done; record and finish.",
"next_goal": "Doing: record Kayak results in scratchpad and mark ToDos 2 and 3 (ToDo: #2,#3). If scratchpad shows the Kayak entry → Next: done with comparison summary.",
"action": [
{
"type": "scratchpad",
"value": "**Portal 2 - Kayak** (kayak.com/flights/NYC-LON/2026-12-31, one-way, 1 adult, Economy, 1225 of 1644 flights): Cheapest **$273** 14h15m; Best $297 7h05m; Quickest $368 6h50m. Filter mins: nonstop $296, 1 stop $273, 2+ stops $341"
},
{
"type": "scratchpad",
"value": "**Kayak cheapest = $273** LEVEL, JFK 11:45pm → LGW 7:00pm+1, 1 stop Barcelona BCN (4h35m layover), 14h15m, Light fare. Next: Aer Lingus **$287** JFK 9:15pm→LHR 11:25am+1 via DUB 9h10m; Aer Lingus **$287** EWR 5:45pm→LHR 8:05am+1 via DUB 9h20m"
},
{
"type": "scratchpad",
"value": "**Overall winner: Google Flights $270** (AA+BA, LGA→LHR via YYZ, 12h16m) vs Kayak $273 (LEVEL, JFK→LGW via BCN, 14h15m). Note: 31 Dec = 31 Dec 2026 (today is 7 Nov 2026)"
},
{
"type": "update_todo",
"value": "2"
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{
"type": "update_todo",
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}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "scratchpad_added",
"scratchpad": "**Portal 2 - Kayak** (kayak.com/flights/NYC-LON/2026-12-31, one-way, 1 adult, Economy, 1225 of 1644 flights): Cheapest **$273** 14h15m; Best $297 7h05m; Quickest $368 6h50m. Filter mins: nonstop $296, 1 stop $273, 2+ stops $341"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "scratchpad_added",
"scratchpad": "**Kayak cheapest = $273** LEVEL, JFK 11:45pm → LGW 7:00pm+1, 1 stop Barcelona BCN (4h35m layover), 14h15m, Light fare. Next: Aer Lingus **$287** JFK 9:15pm→LHR 11:25am+1 via DUB 9h10m; Aer Lingus **$287** EWR 5:45pm→LHR 8:05am+1 via DUB 9h20m"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "scratchpad_added",
"scratchpad": "**Overall winner: Google Flights $270** (AA+BA, LGA→LHR via YYZ, 12h16m) vs Kayak $273 (LEVEL, JFK→LGW via BCN, 14h15m). Note: 31 Dec = 31 Dec 2026 (today is 7 Nov 2026)"
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "todo_updated",
"task": 2
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "todo_updated",
"task": 3
}
--- ASSISTANT ---
{
"thinking": "skipped",
"memory": "Last step worked: Kayak page confirms Cheapest $273 14h15m, Best $297 7h05m, Quickest $368 6h50m; item1 LEVEL $273 JFK→LGW via BCN; items 2-3 Aer Lingus $287. All scratchpad entries and ToDos 1-3 are done. Review: both portals searched in Chrome, no sub-agents used, data recorded. Route: 1. `done` with the comparison summary, alone.",
"next_goal": "Doing: final verification complete (ToDo: all done). If nothing left → Next: done.",
"action": [
{
"type": "wait",
"value": "1"
}
]
}
--- TOOL ---
{
"status": "success",
"action": "tool",
"tool": "wait",
"duration": 1.0
}
--- USER ---
<user_request>
do not use the web agent or browser agent open chrome and search for flight tickets on two portal. on 31 dec chepest one way from new york to london make sur to track it inscrpatapd all information
</user_request>
<persistent_memory>
<todo_list>
Objective: Find cheapest one-way NYC->London flight on 31 Dec using two portals in Chrome, record all info in scratchpad
#1. - [x] Open Chrome and search Google Flights
#2. - [x] Search second portal (Kayak)
#3. - [x] Record all findings in scratchpad
</todo_list>
<scratchpad>
1. **Portal 1 - Google Flights** (One way, New York→London, Thu 31 Dec 2026, USD, 32 results): Cheapest from **$270**; top flights: Aer Lingus **$298** 9:15PM–11:25AM+1, 1 stop DUB, 9h10m; British Airways **$300** nonstop JFK–LHR 8:05PM–8:10AM+1, 7h05m; American **$300** nonstop 9:00PM–9:15AM+1, 7h15m
2. **Google Flights cheapest = $270** one-way: American + British Airways, LGA 5:09PM → LHR 10:25AM+1, 1 stop Toronto YYZ (3h16m), total 12h16m. Alt $270: LGA 11:11AM → 5:50AM+1 via YYZ, 13h39m. Cheapest nonstop: British Airways **$289**, JFK 8:05PM → LHR 8:10AM+1, 7h05m
3. **Portal 2 - Kayak** (kayak.com/flights/NYC-LON/2026-12-31, one-way, 1 adult, Economy, 1225 of 1644 flights): Cheapest **$273** 14h15m; Best $297 7h05m; Quickest $368 6h50m. Filter mins: nonstop $296, 1 stop $273, 2+ stops $341
4. **Kayak cheapest = $273** LEVEL, JFK 11:45pm → LGW 7:00pm+1, 1 stop Barcelona BCN (4h35m layover), 14h15m, Light fare. Next: Aer Lingus **$287** JFK 9:15pm→LHR 11:25am+1 via DUB 9h10m; Aer Lingus **$287** EWR 5:45pm→LHR 8:05am+1 via DUB 9h20m
5. **Overall winner: Google Flights $270** (AA+BA, LGA→LHR via YYZ, 12h16m) vs Kayak $273 (LEVEL, JFK→LGW via BCN, 14h15m). Note: 31 Dec = 31 Dec 2026 (today is 7 Nov 2026)
</scratchpad>
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