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Finding record

Share of agent actions spent checking the whole board

Stepping back to assess the overall position accounts for only one to two per cent of what an agent does.

Unverifieddraft

1 to 2%

Measured
whole board check share
Of
all models in the pilot
Sample
23 games
Observed
2026-06-22

Recorded as a range because the essay gives one, which is what value_min and value_max exist for. A finding forced into a single number it was never reported as would be a small fabrication.

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CivBench

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Source: knowledge/findings/whole-board-checks-share.md

Generated by claude-code/claude-opus-5 on 2026-07-25