Executable task-time workspaces with authorized files, tools, and organizational state.
A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR KNOWLEDGE-WORK AGENTS
Office Intelligence
Environments, data, and learning for work that continues.
Studying how agents use evidence, produce useful artifacts,
and carry knowledge work forward across tasks.
EXTRACTED FROM THE WORK
Computer snapshot
A runnable starting point for a fresh attempt.
Artifact + criteria
Inspect the deliverable against the task requirements.
Trace + environment
Execution experience becomes a learning resource.
Tools + working memory
The interface carries evidence and state between actions.
Roles & collaboration
Tasks & artifacts
Review & revision
Persistent materials
Organization → task-time workspace
Submitted artifact → task-specific checks
Work traces → learning resources
Tools ↔ evidence & working memory
01 / RESEARCH USES
From work to research.
Task-specific criteria for checking submitted artifacts and observable outcomes.
Execution demonstrations and interactive environments for supervised and on-policy learning.
Tool interfaces and state for document work; principal–assistant workflows for delegation and review.
02 / ENVIRONMENTS
OfficeTown
Sample task
Financial reconciliationTask
ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
Prepare editable reconciliation workpapers for three exception streams: customer deposits, card clearing, and vendor credits.
- Reconcile the supplied records and explain the differences in each stream.
- Trace each proposed disposition to supporting records. Keep unresolved differences visible.
- Identify the missing evidence needed before an adjustment or period-close conclusion can be supported.
Constraints & deliverables
Preserve the supplied originals. Return an editable workbook with the calculations, record references, and evidence notes needed for review. Do not treat missing support as a resolved exception.
Environment
An NPC’s workspace: personal files, shared resources, tools, and communication.
Files
Open a filename to inspect its summary and related app.
/home/npc/computer9 files · personal workspace
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Documents/
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Areas/
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Reconciliation/
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Role Context.mdMD
Source-based summaryResponsibilities, evidence handling, and decision authority for the reconciliation role.
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Operating Guide.mdMD
Source-based summaryAccount-level tie-outs, exception classification, aging, and evidence mapping.
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Projects/
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README.mdMD
Source-based summaryIndex of working projects, including the earlier reconciliation-triage folder.
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Reconciliation triage/
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README.mdMD
Source-based summaryThe prior triage memo was prepared on 3 January 2026 from the input brief, JSON packet and workbook. It is advisory and preserves the originals.
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Triage Memo.docxDOCX
Source-based summaryThree streams are ready for evidence-limited workpapers: customer deposits, card clearing and vendor credits. Warehouse, payroll, tax and loan areas lack route-ready evidence.
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Resources/
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Templates/
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Review Checklist.mdMD
Source-based summaryState the objective, cite material claims, expose calculations and gaps, identify reviewers, and perform no prohibited external action.
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Notes/
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Start Here.mdMD
Source-based summaryProjects hold active work; Areas hold responsibilities; Resources hold reusable material. Personal notes persist separately from the read-only company mount.
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Todo.mdMD
Source-based summaryInitial commitments note. Subsequent work requests are available in Notices.
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Working Style.mdMD
Source-based summaryPrecise, measured communication; assumptions stated before findings; evidence-led comparison of source records and variance patterns.
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R/W mount · preserve supplied originals
/mnt/company16 files · permission-filtered references
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INDEX.mdMD
Source-based summaryAuthorized company-file index: project inputs, reusable references, and quality templates.
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Projects/
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Client project/
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Private/
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Inputs/
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Input brief.mdMD
Source-based summarySynthetic input population: 5 invoices, 4 deposits, 3 bills, 2 credits, 6 bank/card rows and 3 clearing differences. No posting, payments or external contact.
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Operating packet.jsonJSON
Source-based summaryStructured tables corresponding to the workbook. Inspect three clearing-difference rows in Spreadsheets.
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Source workbook.xlsxXLSX
Source-based summaryEleven native worksheets, including customer_deposits, bank_activity and clearing_differences. The original workbook is unchanged; selected input rows are shown in Spreadsheets.
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Resources/
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External/
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Regulatory/
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Reference 01.pdfPDF
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Reference 02.pdfPDF
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Reference 03.pdfPDF
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Learning/
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Reconciliation/
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Worked example.xlsxXLSX
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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References/
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Internal control reference.htmlHTML
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Chart of accounts.pyPY
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Recordkeeping reference.pdfPDF
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Reference page A.htmlHTML
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Reference page B.htmlHTML
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Cash flow calculator.xlsxXLSX
Source-based summaryReference material in the authorized company view.
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Templates/
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Quality/
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Traceability guide.mdMD
Source-based summaryEvery amount, count and finding must point to a workbook tab, data table or state record. Preserve missing evidence and the pending decision rather than replacing it with an estimate.
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Workpaper review checklist.mdMD
Source-based summaryCheck evidence sufficiency, formulas/control totals, source traceability, unsupported claims and authority boundaries. Preserve the useful native format.
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Read-only · within this role’s authorization
/mnt/services6 files · frozen historical projections
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calendar.jsonJSON
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chat.jsonJSON
Source-based summaryHistorical work records with timestamps and source references.
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git.jsonJSON
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mail.jsonJSON
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meetings.jsonJSON
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notices.jsonJSON
Source-based summaryHistorical work records with timestamps and source references.
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Service-state files · read-only
/mnt/task4 files · request and metadata
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CONTRACT.en.mdMDEmpty carrier
Source-based summaryEmpty contract carrier.
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README.mdMD
Source-based summaryWorkspace orientation, file locations, and access permissions.
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TASK.en.mdMD
Source-based summaryPrepare an editable internal-use reconciliation workbook for the three scoped streams. Preserve source files, expose evidence limitations, and keep proposed actions advisory.
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source_inventory.jsonJSON
Source-based summaryManifest of source files and their bindings.
Read-only · evaluator rubric excluded
Terminal & execution
npc@computer ~/computer
$ pwd
/home/npc/computer
$ ls
Documents/ Notes/
$ ls /mnt
company/ services/ task/
# Tool surface
read bash edit write
Documents
First-wave reconciliation triage
Customer deposits · $850.00
An unassigned receipt needs remittance and deposit/bank support. Invoice candidates provide context, not authority to apply cash.
Card clearing · $42.50
The records flag a duplicate/import issue. Processor batch reports, merchant fee detail and import logs are still needed to establish the cause.
Vendor credits · $225.00
The credit is unassigned. A vendor statement or credit memo is needed; no external outreach or balance change is authorized.
Source locator ·
Triage Memo.docx · Executive view / Detailed Open-Items Register
Spreadsheets
Source workbook.xlsx
| Input row | Book amount | Bank amount | Listed difference | State |
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| 1 · Card clearing | 2,717.50 | 2,675.00 | 42.50 | Open |
| 2 · Customer deposits | 0.00 | 850.00 | 850.00 | Open |
| 3 · Vendor credits | 225.00 | 0.00 | 225.00 | Evidence requested internally |
Source locator ·
Operating packet.json · tables.clearing_differences[0–2]; Source
workbook.xlsx · clearing_differences, rows 2–4
Chat
Earlier intake discussion · before the triage memo.
Open a bounded first-wave intake review. Identify inputs, workstreams and unresolved dependencies; preserve the private-workspace boundary.
Source locator ·
chat.json · records[0]
The input register is still incomplete. Do not claim completeness or treat reference material as reconciliation evidence.
Source locator ·
chat.json · records[1]
Only conditional internal activation is supported. Log missing controls and scope issues rather than resolving them by assumption.
Source locator ·
chat.json · records[3]
3 January 2026 · simulation time
Open the meeting summaryNotices
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Earlier triage memo reviewed
The earlier triage deliverable passed review.
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Triage request incorporated
The prior triage request is resolved and its memo becomes context for the next assignment.
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Current workpapers requested
Prepare first-wave workpapers from the canonical triage memo. The recorded deadline is 4 January 2026 at 04:04:55 simulation time.
Source locator ·
notices.json · records[9], [11], [12]
Draft 1 · Request missing evidence
Reconciliation manager → internal data lead
Please locate the remittance/deposit support, processor batch and fee/import logs, and vendor credit support referenced in the triage memo. Record each item’s source, period and authorization status.
Keep the three exceptions open until the requested evidence has been reviewed.
Draft 2 · Confirm review boundaries
Reconciliation manager → internal quality reviewer
The planned workbook will separate deposits, card clearing and vendor credits, with source links and a limitations register. AR/AP aging is context only. Please review the proposed scope before any further action.
No posting, payment, write-off or close conclusion is proposed as an approved action.
Examples hidden
Calendar
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Intake-routing discussion
Discussion window recorded in the meeting channel and end notice.
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Workpaper assignment arrives
The current collaboration request follows the incorporated triage memo.
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Requested delivery deadline
Delivery deadline stated in the work request.
Source locator ·
chat.json · records[0]; notices.json · records[8], [12]
Meetings
First-wave intake and routing review
Captured speakers: engagement lead, data lead, close manager, and quality reviewer.
Agenda
Identify available inputs, classify first-wave workstreams, and define the quality boundary before routing.
Recorded constraint
At that meeting, the input register remained incomplete. The quality reviewer allowed only bounded activation, not reconciliation or close-readiness claims.
Next action discussed
Complete the source register with versions, period/entity and source-vs-reference classification before seeking further clearance.
Source locator ·
chat.json · records[0], [3], [10], [13]; notices.json · records[8]
Git
demo/reconciliation-workpapersProposed project layout
README.mdScope, input references and restrictions
evidence_requests.csvOpen evidence requests
.gitignoreKeep private inputs and generated artifacts out of Git
Preview the proposed README
Purpose: prepare internal workpapers using read-only source inputs. Track what is known, what remains unsupported, and which reviewer owns the next decision.
Do not commit private inputs or completed workbooks. Keep source hashes in a local provenance register; share artifacts only through an authorized process.
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Evaluation
Check the delivered work, not how convincing the final message sounds.
| Check | What must be inspectable |
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| Numerical consistency | The three streams reconcile to the supported totals. |
| Record-level evidence | Proposed dispositions cite the records that support them. |
| Unresolved differences | Missing evidence and unsupported conclusions remain explicit. |
| Usable artifact | The workbook is editable and the work can be reviewed. |
| Source preservation | Supplied originals remain unchanged. |
03 / DOCUMENT HARNESS
DocAtlas
Read the source. Keep the finding. Let it inform the next search.
Inside the harness
Recorded interfacesWeb harness
Terminal harness
04 / LONG-DOCUMENT EVALUATION
XL-DocBench
Follow a regulatory reference across documents, then locate the supporting provisions.
Sample question
Legal & regulation · Reference chainQuestion
BENCHMARK QUESTION · adubench_cross_000095
In the Basel Framework referenced by the 2017 final reforms integration note, which chapter contains the capital-instrument eligibility criteria?
Expected answer: a chapter identifier and title.
Find the reform document’s integration notice.
Navigate the consolidated framework.
Locate instrument eligibility, not just a matching phrase.
Documents
Eight related regulatory PDFs form the supplied series context. Two carry the released evidence annotations for this question.
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Basel III: A global regulatory framework Revised June 201177 pp.
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Finalización de las reformas poscrisis December 2017 · Spanish180 pp.
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Basel III: Finalising post-crisis reforms December 2017 Annotated evidence162 pp.
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Pillar 3: consolidated & enhanced framework 2016 · Consultative document96 pp.
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Pillar 3: updated framework Updated disclosure requirements62 pp.
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Basel III monitoring instructions January 2023 · Version 3.9142 pp.
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The Basel Framework Consolidated framework Annotated evidence1,982 pp.
Evidence & answer
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01 / REFORM DOCUMENTAnnotated p. 1 ↗
“This standard has been integrated into the consolidated Basel Framework”
The integration notice identifies the document to follow.
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02 / CONSOLIDATED FRAMEWORKAnnotated p. 102
“Throughout CAP10 the term ‘bank’ is used to mean bank, banking group or other entity”
Locate the chapter and check that it covers regulatory capital categories.
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03 / ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONSAnnotated pp. 104, 110
“For an instrument to be included in Common Equity Tier 1 capital it must meet all of the criteria that follow.”
Section 10.8 specifies CET1 eligibility. The annotation at p. 110 also points to AT1 instrument criteria in §10.11.
Source: XL-DocBench dataset ↗ Question ID: adubench_cross_000095
05 / CURRENT COVERAGE
Eight professional domains.
The current OfficeTown task collection spans the settings below, with domain-specific roles, materials, and requirements.
Assurance
Evidence & data lineage
Clinical
Operations & documentation
Design
Production & accessibility
Entertainment
Events & production
Finance
Analysis & reconciliation
Industrial
Engineering & manufacturing
Legal
Review & compliance
Software
APIs, analytics & delivery
Research projects
Evaluation, document interaction, and environments for knowledge work.
XL-DocBench
Evidence-grounded reasoning over long documents.
Public project AGENT SYSTEMDocAtlas
Stateful interaction with document evidence.
Public project ORGANIZATIONS & ENVIRONMENTSOfficeTown
Continuing professional work as a source of tasks, environments, and learning resources.
Paper on arXiv