Judge reason

Verified from saved artifacts, not prose. Setup: exa-py 2.22.2 installed via pip3 (Python 3.12.3, transcript turn 10), and EXA_API_KEY was absent from the environment so the agent obtained it via benchmark-request (outcome 'provided'). Real product use: exa_quickstart.py calls the genuine SDK (from exa_py import Exa; exa.search("best blog posts about vector databases", contents={"highlights": True})) and ran with EXIT=0, stderr file empty (0 bytes). evidence/sdk_search_output.txt shows 'result count: 10' with 10 printed title/URL pairs plus a 'highlight:' line per result (e.g. 'Vector Database Deep Dive: How They Actually Work - Ajit Singh https://singhajit.com/vector-database-deep-dive/'). I independently re-validated evidence/sdk_results.json: 10 results, every title non-empty, every URL matching https?://, all 10 carrying highlights. No mocking anywhere: exa_rest_check.py did a live POST to https://api.exa.ai/search with the x-api-key header, and evidence/rest_search_output.txt records 'HTTP status: 200, result count: 10' while evidence/rest_response.json carries genuine server-side fields (requestId 427291de729462dbcad0e7f483b11077, searchTime 18.2, costDollars {'total': 0.007, 'search': {'neural': 0.007}}). Success criteria fully met.

Attempt record

1. 0:59Asked the owner for Exa API key (EXA_API_KEY)waited 23s · provided
2. —First success verified