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+/**
+ * EnterpriseOps-Gym depth-vs-breadth gate — the agentic, stateful domain where
+ * steering is hypothesized to beat compute (the opposite regime to HumanEval,
+ * where breadth/resampling won). The worker is the TOOL-USING router backend
+ * (`routerToolLoop`): it calls the gym's live MCP tools, sees the results, and
+ * acts — off-box (router inference + host→gym HTTP), no sandbox.
+ *
+ *   breadth@K — K independent shots, each a short agentic loop on its OWN fresh
+ *               seeded DB; keep the best by the deployable verifier (resample).
+ *   depth@K   — ONE sustained agentic loop over ONE DB, ~K× the turn budget; the
+ *               artifact (DB state) accumulates, so each action conditions the next.
+ *
+ * Equal compute = equal total inference turns (K·M). Score = the task's own SQL
+ * verifiers (deployable check), run on the final DB state. Per-task {0,1} resolved,
+ * paired 95% bootstrap CI.
+ *
+ * Stand up first:
+ *   docker run -d --rm --name eops -p 8006:8005 shivakrishnareddyma225/enterpriseops-gym-mcp-itsm:latest
+ *   # gym_dbs.zip from github.com/ServiceNow/EnterpriseOps-Gym (root), unzipped:
+ *   export EOPS_GYM_DBS_DIR=/path/to/unzipped/dbs
+ *   TANGLE_API_KEY=… N=20 K=3 M=5 WORKER_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini tsx src/eops-gate.mts
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { type RouterConfig, type ToolSpec, routerToolLoop } from './router-client'
+import { type PairedLift, pairedLift, pool } from './stats.mts'
+
+function must(name: string): string {
+  const v = process.env[name]
+  if (!v) throw new Error(`env ${name} is required`)
+  return v
+}
+
+const dataset = 'ServiceNow-AI/EnterpriseOps-Gym'
+
+type ComparisonType = 'equals' | 'greater_than' | 'less_than' | 'contains'
+interface Verifier {
+  verifier_type?: string
+  gym_name?: string
+  /** EOPS nests the deterministic check here; comparison_type defaults to 'equals'. */
+  validation_config?: { query?: string; expected_value?: unknown; comparison_type?: ComparisonType }
+}
+interface GymServer {
+  mcp_server_url: string
+  seed_database_file: string
+  context?: Record<string, string>
+}
+interface EopsTask {
+  taskId: string
+  systemPrompt: string
+  userPrompt: string
+  selectedTools: string[]
+  servers: GymServer[]
+  verifiers: Verifier[]
+}
+
+const asArray = <T,>(v: unknown): T[] => (typeof v === 'string' ? JSON.parse(v) : v) as T[]
+
+/** Pull itsm tasks from the HF rows server (the oracle tool-set config). Fail loud. */
+async function loadTasks(n: number, offset: number): Promise<EopsTask[]> {
+  const url = `https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/rows?dataset=${encodeURIComponent(dataset)}&config=oracle&split=itsm&offset=${offset}&length=${n}`
+  const res = await fetch(url)
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`EOPS HF rows HTTP ${res.status}: ${url}`)
+  const data = (await res.json()) as { rows?: Array<{ row: Record<string, unknown> }> }
+  const rows = data.rows ?? []
+  if (rows.length === 0) throw new Error('EOPS HF returned 0 rows')
+  return rows.map(({ row }) => ({
+    taskId: String(row.task_id),
+    systemPrompt: String(row.system_prompt ?? ''),
+    userPrompt: String(row.user_prompt ?? ''),
+    selectedTools: asArray<string>(row.selected_tools),
+    servers: asArray<GymServer>(row.gym_servers_config),
+    verifiers: asArray<Verifier>(row.verifiers),
+  }))
+}
+
+// ── gym client (mirrors scripts/enterpriseops_gym_judge.py) ────────────────────
+
+function authHeaders(server: GymServer, dbId: string): Record<string, string> {
+  return { 'content-type': 'application/json', ...(server.context ?? {}), 'x-database-id': dbId }
+}
+
+/** POST and parse a JSON body OR the last `data:` line of an SSE stream (/mcp streams SSE). */
+async function postJson(url: string, body: unknown, headers: Record<string, string>): Promise<{ status: number; json: unknown }> {
+  const r = await fetch(url, { method: 'POST', headers, body: JSON.stringify(body) })
+  const text = await r.text()
+  const dataLines = text.split('\n').filter((l) => l.startsWith('data:')).map((l) => l.slice(5).trim())
+  const payload = dataLines.length ? dataLines[dataLines.length - 1] : text
+  try {
+    return { status: r.status, json: JSON.parse(payload ?? 'null') }
+  } catch {
+    return { status: r.status, json: text }
+  }
+}
+
+async function seedDb(server: GymServer, dbsDir: string): Promise<string> {
+  const dbId = `gate_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 12)}`
+  const sql = readFileSync(join(dbsDir, server.seed_database_file), 'utf8')
+  const url = `${server.mcp_server_url.replace(/\/$/, '')}/api/seed-database`
+  const { status, json } = await postJson(url, { database_id: dbId, name: `gate_${dbId}`, description: 'gate', sql_content: sql }, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
+  if (status !== 200 || !(json as { success?: boolean })?.success) throw new Error(`seed-database failed (${status}): ${JSON.stringify(json).slice(0, 200)}`)
+  return dbId
+}
+
+async function deleteDb(server: GymServer, dbId: string): Promise<void> {
+  await fetch(`${server.mcp_server_url.replace(/\/$/, '')}/api/delete-database`, {
+    method: 'DELETE',
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ database_id: dbId }),
+  }).catch(() => {})
+}
+
+/** Coerce an MCP inputSchema to an OpenAI-tool-valid top-level object schema. The
+ *  router rejects top-level oneOf/anyOf/allOf/enum/not — keep the properties (nested
+ *  combinators are fine) but guarantee a plain `{type:'object'}` head. */
+function sanitizeSchema(s: unknown): { type: 'object'; properties: Record<string, unknown>; required?: string[] } {
+  const o = s && typeof s === 'object' ? (s as Record<string, unknown>) : {}
+  const banned = o.oneOf || o.anyOf || o.allOf || o.not || o.enum
+  if (o.type === 'object' && !banned && o.properties && typeof o.properties === 'object') {
+    return { type: 'object', properties: o.properties as Record<string, unknown>, ...(Array.isArray(o.required) ? { required: o.required as string[] } : {}) }
+  }
+  return { type: 'object', properties: {} }
+}
+
+/** Build OpenAI-shape tool specs for the task's selected tools from the gym's MCP tools/list. */
+async function toolSpecs(server: GymServer, dbId: string, selected: string[]): Promise<ToolSpec[]> {
+  const url = `${server.mcp_server_url.replace(/\/$/, '')}/mcp`
+  const { json } = await postJson(url, { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 1, method: 'tools/list', params: {} }, authHeaders(server, dbId))
+  const all = ((json as { result?: { tools?: Array<{ name: string; description?: string; inputSchema?: unknown }> } }).result?.tools) ?? []
+  const want = new Set(selected)
+  return all
+    .filter((t) => want.has(t.name))
+    .map((t) => ({ type: 'function' as const, function: { name: t.name, description: (t.description ?? '').slice(0, 1000), parameters: sanitizeSchema(t.inputSchema) } }))
+}
+
+async function callTool(server: GymServer, dbId: string, name: string, args: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<string> {
+  const url = `${server.mcp_server_url.replace(/\/$/, '')}/mcp`
+  const { json } = await postJson(url, { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 2, method: 'tools/call', params: { name, arguments: args } }, authHeaders(server, dbId))
+  const result = (json as { result?: { content?: Array<{ text?: string }>; isError?: boolean }; error?: unknown }) ?? {}
+  if (result.error) return `error: ${JSON.stringify(result.error).slice(0, 300)}`
+  const text = result.result?.content?.map((c) => c.text ?? '').join('\n') ?? JSON.stringify(result.result ?? json)
+  return text.slice(0, 1500)
+}
+
+function compare(actual: unknown, expected: unknown, kind: ComparisonType): boolean {
+  const fa = Number(actual)
+  const fe = Number(expected)
+  const numeric = !Number.isNaN(fa) && !Number.isNaN(fe)
+  if (kind === 'equals') return numeric ? fa === fe : String(actual) === String(expected)
+  if (kind === 'greater_than') return numeric && fa > fe
+  if (kind === 'less_than') return numeric && fa < fe
+  if (kind === 'contains') return String(actual).includes(String(expected))
+  throw new Error(`unsupported comparison_type ${kind}`)
+}
+
+/** Run the task's SQL verifiers on the final DB state; resolved = all pass. */
+async function score(server: GymServer, dbId: string, verifiers: Verifier[]): Promise<{ passes: number; total: number; resolved: boolean }> {
+  // Only deterministic database_state verifiers are scoreable (the judge rejects others).
+  const dbv = verifiers.filter((v) => (v.verifier_type ?? 'database_state') === 'database_state' && v.validation_config?.query)
+  let passes = 0
+  for (const v of dbv) {
+    const vc = v.validation_config as NonNullable<Verifier['validation_config']>
+    const url = `${server.mcp_server_url.replace(/\/$/, '')}/api/sql-runner`
+    const { json } = await postJson(url, { query: vc.query, database_id: dbId }, authHeaders(server, dbId))
+    const out = json as { data?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>; rows?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>; error?: unknown }
+    if (out.error) continue
+    const first = (out.data ?? out.rows ?? [])[0]
+    const actual = first && typeof first === 'object' ? Object.values(first)[0] : first
+    if (compare(actual, vc.expected_value, vc.comparison_type ?? 'equals')) passes += 1
+  }
+  return { passes, total: dbv.length, resolved: dbv.length > 0 && passes === dbv.length }
+}
+
+// ── one agentic shot: the tool-using worker acts on a (seeded) DB ──────────────
+
+function shotPrompt(task: EopsTask, steer?: string): string {
+  return [
+    task.userPrompt,
+    '',
+    'Use the available tools to investigate the current state, then take the actions needed to complete the task.',
+    'Inspect before you mutate. When you are confident the task is complete, give a one-line summary and stop calling tools.',
+    ...(steer ? ['', `CORRECTION FROM YOUR PRIOR ATTEMPT: ${steer}`] : []),
+  ].join('\n')
+}
+
+async function runShot(cfg: RouterConfig, task: EopsTask, server: GymServer, dbId: string, tools: ToolSpec[], maxTurns: number, steer?: string): Promise<number> {
+  const r = await routerToolLoop(
+    cfg,
+    task.systemPrompt || 'You are an IT service-management operations agent.',
+    shotPrompt(task, steer),
+    tools,
+    async (name, args) => callTool(server, dbId, name, args as Record<string, unknown>),
+    { maxTurns, temperature: 0.3 },
+  )
+  return r.toolCalls
+}
+
+const pct = (x: number) => `${(x * 100).toFixed(1)}%`
+const pp = (x: number) => `${x >= 0 ? '+' : ''}${(x * 100).toFixed(1)}pp`
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const n = Number(process.env.N ?? 20)
+  const k = Number(process.env.K ?? 3)
+  const m = Number(process.env.M ?? 5)
+  const offset = Number(process.env.OFFSET ?? 0)
+  const model = process.env.WORKER_MODEL ?? 'gpt-4o-mini'
+  const dbsDir = must('EOPS_GYM_DBS_DIR')
+  const cfg: RouterConfig = { routerBaseUrl: process.env.ROUTER_BASE ?? 'https://router.tangle.tools/v1', routerKey: must('TANGLE_API_KEY'), model }
+  const concurrency = Number(process.env.CONCURRENCY ?? 4)
+
+  console.log(`=== EOPS depth-vs-breadth gate · tool-using router worker · N=${n} K=${k} M=${m} model=${model} ===`)
+  const tasks = await loadTasks(n, offset)
+  console.log(`loaded ${tasks.length} itsm task(s); breadth@${k} (resample, K×M turns) vs depth@${k} (one loop, ${k * m} turns), conc=${concurrency}\n`)
+
+  const rows = await pool(tasks, concurrency, async (task, i) => {
+    const server = task.servers[0]
+    if (!server) return null
+    try {
+    const ratio = (x: { passes: number; total: number }) => x.passes / Math.max(x.total, 1)
+    let acts = 0
+    // breadth@K: K INDEPENDENT short loops on fresh DBs; keep the best verifier score.
+    const breadthScores: Array<{ passes: number; total: number; resolved: boolean }> = []
+    for (let s = 0; s < k; s += 1) {
+      const dbId = await seedDb(server, dbsDir)
+      try {
+        const tools = await toolSpecs(server, dbId, task.selectedTools)
+        acts += await runShot(cfg, task, server, dbId, tools, m)
+        breadthScores.push(await score(server, dbId, task.verifiers))
+      } finally {
+        await deleteDb(server, dbId)
+      }
+    }
+    const breadthBest = breadthScores.reduce((a, b) => (ratio(b) > ratio(a) ? b : a), breadthScores[0] ?? { passes: 0, total: 1, resolved: false })
+
+    // depth@K: K SEQUENTIAL shots over ONE persistent DB — the artifact accumulates and
+    // each re-engagement is steered to finish what's left (the regime where depth won
+    // before). Equal compute: K shots × M turns, same as breadth's K × M.
+    const depthDb = await seedDb(server, dbsDir)
+    let depth = { passes: 0, total: 1, resolved: false }
+    try {
+      const tools = await toolSpecs(server, depthDb, task.selectedTools)
+      for (let s = 0; s < k; s += 1) {
+        const steer = s === 0 ? undefined : 'Re-inspect the current state with the read tools, identify what the task still requires, and complete it. Do not stop until every required change is verified in place.'
+        acts += await runShot(cfg, task, server, depthDb, tools, m, steer)
+      }
+      depth = await score(server, depthDb, task.verifiers)
+    } finally {
+      await deleteDb(server, depthDb)
+    }
+
+    process.stderr.write(`  [${i + 1}/${tasks.length}] ${task.taskId.slice(-12)}: breadth=${breadthBest.passes}/${breadthBest.total} depth=${depth.passes}/${depth.total} toolcalls=${acts}\n`)
+    return { breadthR: ratio(breadthBest), depthR: ratio(depth), breadthRes: breadthBest.resolved ? 1 : 0, depthRes: depth.resolved ? 1 : 0 }
+    } catch (err) {
+      process.stderr.write(`  [${i + 1}/${tasks.length}] ${task.taskId.slice(-12)}: SKIP (${err instanceof Error ? err.message.slice(0, 90) : String(err)})\n`)
+      return null
+    }
+  })
+
+  const ok = rows.filter((r): r is NonNullable<typeof r> => r !== null)
+  const excluded = rows.length - ok.length
+  const breadthR = ok.map((r) => r.breadthR)
+  const depthR = ok.map((r) => r.depthR)
+  const breadthRes = ok.map((r) => r.breadthRes)
+  const depthRes = ok.map((r) => r.depthRes)
+  const rate = (xs: number[]) => xs.reduce((s, x) => s + x, 0) / Math.max(xs.length, 1)
+  const sig = (l: PairedLift) => (l.low > 0 ? 'SIGNIF +' : l.high < 0 ? 'SIGNIF -' : 'n.s. (CI spans 0)')
+
+  console.log(`\n${'='.repeat(72)}`)
+  console.log(`RESULTS · EOPS itsm · n=${ok.length} (excluded ${excluded}) · K=${k} M=${m} · ${model}`)
+  console.log('='.repeat(72))
+  console.log(`  verifier score (partial credit, the signal at this difficulty):`)
+  console.log(`    breadth@${k} (resample) ${pct(rate(breadthR))}    depth@${k} (steered) ${pct(rate(depthR))}`)
+  console.log(`  fully-resolved rate (all verifiers):`)
+  console.log(`    breadth@${k} ${pct(rate(breadthRes))}    depth@${k} ${pct(rate(depthRes))}`)
+  const liftScore = pairedLift(breadthR, depthR)
+  const liftRes = pairedLift(breadthRes, depthRes)
+  console.log(`\n  PAIRED LIFTS (95% bootstrap CI, B=10000):`)
+  console.log(`    depth − breadth, SCORE     ${pp(liftScore.point)}   CI [${pp(liftScore.low)}, ${pp(liftScore.high)}]   (paired ${liftScore.pairs}, disc ${liftScore.discordant})  ${sig(liftScore)}`)
+  console.log(`    depth − breadth, RESOLVED  ${pp(liftRes.point)}   CI [${pp(liftRes.low)}, ${pp(liftRes.high)}]   (paired ${liftRes.pairs}, disc ${liftRes.discordant})  ${sig(liftRes)}`)
+  console.log(`\n  VERDICT: does steered depth beat blind breadth on this stateful agentic domain @ equal compute? ${liftScore.point > 0 ? 'yes (score)' : 'no'} (${sig(liftScore)})`)
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error(`eops-gate: ${err instanceof Error ? (err.stack ?? err.message) : String(err)}`)
+  process.exit(1)
+})