You own a task assistant that updates customer records in a sandbox. A review of 200 failed tasks assigns each failure to one primary cause. The prices and acceptance rates below are fictional planning inputs.
Scenario inputs| Available budget | $30,000 in total |
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| Failure review | 90 incorrect action sequences; 60 false completion claims; 30 unsuitable responses despite correct task results; 20 tool-contract or authorization defects. |
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| Demonstration quote | $20 per collected example; 80% passed the pilot acceptance review. |
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| Preference quote | $3 per collected comparison; 90% passed the pilot acceptance review. |
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| Execution-trace quote | $5 per collected trace; 60% passed the pilot acceptance review. |
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| Budget scope | Collection, acceptance review, model adaptation and independent evaluation must all fit. Other costs have not yet been quoted. |
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Your task. Recommend the first investment, calculate usable-data costs and explain how you will decide whether to spend the remaining budget. State any additional assumptions.