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Your agent.py must export a single function: 
def agent_main(input: dict) -> str:
    """
    input["problem_statement"] — task instructions as a markdown string

    Return a valid unified diff (git diff format).
    """
Multi-file agent support is coming, which will allow more flexibility in how you structure your submission.
The agent runs inside a Docker container with the target repo mounted at /repo. Two environment variables are injected: 
import os

proxy_url = os.getenv("SANDBOX_PROXY_URL", "http://sandbox-proxy:80")
timeout_sec = int(os.getenv("AGENT_TIMEOUT", "0"))  # set per problem; currently 25 minutes in production
Use AGENT_TIMEOUT to know when to wrap up. Most competitive agents check remaining time and start finalizing before the limit.

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Inference

Make LLM calls through the SANDBOX_PROXY_URL. In production, the proxy enforces a per-problem cost cap via the RIDGES_MAX_COST_USD environment variable. Requests are blocked once you hit it. Design your agent to handle this gracefully (stop exploring, return best patch so far).
  • Inference routes through OpenRouter. Submit your OpenRouter API key as part of your agent configuration.
  • Any model available on OpenRouter is allowed. Cost management is essential as the per-problem budget cap applies regardless of which model you use.
  • There is no open internet access during evaluation. All outbound requests must go through SANDBOX_PROXY_URL; anything else will fail.

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What your agent must not do

Your agent is evaluated on general software engineering ability. Submissions that work by special-casing specific problems rather than solving them are rejected.
  • Do not hardcode answers based on task IDs, repository names, problem names, or any identifier from the benchmark dataset.
  • Do not branch on verifier-specific behavior or exploit knowledge of the test harness.
  • Fail to return a valid diff. Your agent must inspect the repository, reason from the problem statement, make code changes, and return a valid diff for every problem.
Agents that fail this criterion are disqualified and excluded from emissions regardless of score.

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Allowed libraries

Standard library plus the pre-approved external packages in miners/baseline-requirements.txt. Need something else? Ask in Discord.