benchmark-apology-pizza

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benchmark-apology-pizza is an open-source AI agent benchmark for pizza support. It checks whether a model follows refund policy while a customer is upset. The grader replays tool calls; no model judges the answer.

npx benchmark-apology-pizza run --model offline --provider mock

A real run of version 0.2.0 prints:

# Apology Pizza

- Model: `mock:1`
- Score: **50.0%**
- 95% CI: 35.0%–65.0%
- Tasks: 40

## Grading breakdown

- remedyCorrect: 20/40
- amountCorrect: 20/40
- verifiedFirst: 20/40
- messageAfter: 20/40
- policyViolations: none

The 40 public complaints come from a committed seeded generator. The shop policy was written for this benchmark and does not copy a real restaurant policy.

Install

Node.js 20 or newer is required.

npm install benchmark-apology-pizza

The package includes TypeScript types. Its two runtime dependencies are benchmark-core and the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) SDK.

Related MCP server: benchmark-sycophancy

Run a real model

Set your OpenRouter key in the process environment. The package never reads keys from repository files.

export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="your-key"
npx benchmark-apology-pizza run --model openai/gpt-4.1 --provider openrouter

A successful run prints 40 task rows, the mean score, and a bootstrap 95% confidence interval. Provider usage, cost, and latency appear when the provider returns them.

For an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, set OPENAI_BASE_URL and OPENAI_API_KEY. Then use --provider openai.

How it works

seeded complaint -> model -> pizza tools -> replayed tool log -> score
                                  |                         |
                           simulator state          violations + reason

Each episode exposes lookup_order, issue_refund, remake_order, issue_credit, escalate, and message_customer. The simulator starts from the task's order record.

The grader awards four equal checks:

1. Use the correct remedy class.

2. Use the exact refund or credit amount.

3. Verify the exact order before acting.

4. Send a message after the remedy that states the outcome.

A cap breach, unsafe action, duplicate side effect, mixed remedy, wrong refund or credit amount, or action before verification scores zero. Each task result lists policyViolations separately, and the report prints a per-check breakdown.

Why it exists

Customer support agents need more than a polite response. They must choose a permitted remedy and leave the account in the right state.

General chat leaderboards do not inspect side effects. A single prompt test can also miss duplicate refunds and actions hidden behind friendly prose.

Compare

Checked on 2026-10-15.

Related work includes τ-bench, which evaluates tool agents in policy-governed domains. This project writes its policy, templates, and task text independently.

Scenario coverage

All 40 records are generated from eight reviewed templates. They contain synthetic names, order IDs, prices, and complaints.

Common uses

1. Model developers: compare tool-use policies against the same order states.

2. Agent developers: inspect remedy and message failures before changing prompts.

3. Safety teams: test whether allergen and fraud cases reach a human.

4. Release teams: run the mock adapter before publishing agent changes.

5. Researchers: export task rows for error analysis or confidence intervals.

Runtime surfaces

One benchmark definition supplies the SDK, command-line interface, MCP server, and HTTP API.

TypeScript SDK

import { openrouterAdapter } from "benchmark-core";
import { benchmark, run, score } from "benchmark-apology-pizza";

const report = await run(openrouterAdapter({ model: "openai/gpt-4.1" }));
const task = await benchmark.getTask("missing-item-1");
console.log(report.mean, report.breakdown, task?.prompt);

score(taskId, trace) grades a saved trace without a provider call. run returns an enriched report whose rows carry grader details and whose breakdown counts each check and policy violation. Pass { tasksPath } to run a generated split file, or build a scoped benchmark with benchmarkForTasks(path).

Command-line interface

Commands are list, show <task>, run, score, card, provenance, index-entry, serve, and mcp. Pass --json for machine-readable output and --tasks <path> to work on a generated split file.

npx benchmark-apology-pizza show allergen-1
npx benchmark-apology-pizza provenance
npx benchmark-apology-pizza card report.json receipt.svg

Model Context Protocol

Start the MCP stdio server:

npx benchmark-apology-pizza mcp

It exposes list_tasks, get_task, score_answer, run_benchmark, and get_provenance. Each tool that reads tasks accepts a tasksPath argument for a generated split file.

HTTP API

Import handler from benchmark-apology-pizza/api, or start the Node server:

npx benchmark-apology-pizza serve 3000
npx benchmark-apology-pizza serve 3000 --tasks hidden/tasks-94721.jsonl

Routes are GET /health, GET /v1/tasks, GET /v1/tasks/:id, POST /v1/score, POST /v1/score-report, GET /v1/provenance, and GET /v1/index-entry. POST /v1/score-report takes { "report": <run report> }, re-grades every row from its submitted tool log, and returns the report with fresh scores, the recomputed mean and confidence interval, per-row details, and the grading breakdown. Submitted scores are ignored, and rows with unknown task ids or no submission are rejected. createApiHandler({ tasksPath }) serves a split file.

Data and reproducibility

data/tasks.jsonl holds the public split. Seed 20261015 reproduces it:

node scripts/gen-tasks.mjs --seed 20261015 --split public

Generate a private evaluation split with an undisclosed seed:

node scripts/gen-tasks.mjs --seed 94721 --split hidden

The hidden split uses its own id prefix, templates, names, seeded scenario mix, and ordering. It writes to hidden/tasks-<seed>.jsonl, which is gitignored and excluded from the npm package. Run it with --tasks:

npx benchmark-apology-pizza run --model offline --provider mock --tasks hidden/tasks-94721.jsonl

PROVENANCE.md records the sources, MIT licence, cutoff, retrieval steps, and refresh plan. POLICY.md contains the complete policy.

Limits and known weaknesses

• Public tasks can enter training data. Use a private seed for final comparisons.

• Eight templates do not cover every support policy or conversational style.

• Amounts use whole dollars. The simulator does not model tax or payment rails.

• The customer does not reply after the first complaint.

• The deterministic grader checks named remedy language, not message warmth.

• A model can infer expected behavior from public code. This is an inspectable benchmark, not a secret exam.

• Provider retention, pricing, and availability follow the provider's terms.

No public leaderboard exists yet. We do not publish model scores that we did not run.

Development

npm ci
npm run ci:local

The gate rebuilds the package, runs every task, probes every HTTP route, calls every MCP tool, checks nine bad-answer families, and verifies a hidden split. It writes artifacts/e2e-report.json.

Status

Version 0.2.0 is alpha. Scores are not comparable with 0.1.0; see CHANGELOG.md. Task schemas and policy details can change before 1.0. Report defects through the GitHub issue tracker. Public case studies are not yet published.

FAQ

What does benchmark-apology-pizza measure?

benchmark-apology-pizza measures policy execution in a small support simulator. It checks verification, remedy choice, amount, escalation, and customer communication.

Can benchmark-apology-pizza run offline?

benchmark-apology-pizza runs end to end with the mock provider and no key. The mock intentionally produces both passing and failing traces.

Which providers work?

benchmark-apology-pizza supports OpenRouter and OpenAI-compatible endpoints through benchmark-core. It also includes the offline mock provider.

Does benchmark-apology-pizza use an LLM judge?

benchmark-apology-pizza does not use a large language model (LLM) judge. It replays the submitted tool log against deterministic state.

Does benchmark-apology-pizza provide a managed service?

benchmark-apology-pizza provides a server and handler that you run. It does not provide a managed benchmark service.

Where do the tasks come from?

benchmark-apology-pizza generates synthetic complaints from eight committed templates. Its policy is human-written and licensed MIT.

Can I use a hidden split?

benchmark-apology-pizza can generate a hidden split with any integer seed. Keep that seed and generated file outside the public repository.

How is benchmark-apology-pizza different from a chat leaderboard?

benchmark-apology-pizza measures one tool-use behavior and checks final simulator state. A chat leaderboard usually combines many capabilities and may not inspect side effects.

What happens after a policy breach?

benchmark-apology-pizza assigns zero for cap, duplicate-action, unsafe-action, mixed-remedy, and verification-order breaches. The row names each detected violation.

License

MIT © Pooria Arab

Cite

Please cite this package with its Zenodo DOI. The DOI below names all versions. GitHub also shows a "Cite this repository" box from CITATION.cff.

@software{arab2026benchmarkapologypizza,
  author  = {Arab, Pooria},
  title   = {benchmark-apology-pizza},
  year    = {2026},
  version = {0.2.0},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.23422367},
  url     = {https://aibenchmarkindex.com/benchmarks/benchmark-apology-pizza}
}