apodex/FrontierChallenge-reference

FrontierChallenge reference data

FrontierChallenge reference data provides 97 authenticated, encrypted verifier archives.

Path	Contents
tasks/<task-id>/verifier.fcref	encrypted tests/: grader, rubric, fixtures, validation code, and reference outputs
manifest.jsonl	archive paths, sizes, and SHA-256 commitments
source_registry.json	release binding shared with GitHub and the solve dataset
tools/	integrity checker and standalone unsealer

The archive password is public:

frontier-challenge-reference

Encryption prevents casual search-engine and Dataset Viewer indexing; it is not access control. Anyone evaluating the benchmark can unseal an archive:

python tools/unseal_verifier.py tasks/<task-id>

Normal evaluation does not require manual unsealing. The FrontierChallenge runtime verifies the solve/reference registry, copies the selected archive into evaluator-owned staging, authenticates and decrypts tests/, and gives Harbor that staged task. Harbor exposes the instruction and environment to the agent but reserves tests/ for its verifier phase.

This repository deliberately contains no instructions, task inputs, or runtime environments. Verify a downloaded reference package with:

python tools/verify_reference_dataset.py

Citation

@misc{apodex11,
  title         = {Apodex 1.1: Scaling Agentic Intelligence for Complex Work},
  author        = {{Apodex Team}},
  year          = {2026},
  eprint        = {2608.23283},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass  = {cs.AI},
  url           = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23283}
}

@misc{frontierchallenge,
  title         = {FrontierChallenge: Evaluating Scientific Workflow Completion},
  author        = {Liangcai Su and Zhaopeng Feng and Zhuo Chen and Zhen Zhang
                   and Xiang Lin and Ruilin Li and Handuo Zhang and Ning Wang
                   and Kailong Wen and Yueqi Guo and Feng Xing and Yiling Guo
                   and Chenxiong Qian and Simon Shaolei Du and Lidong Bing
                   and Xinyu Wang},
  year          = {2026},
  eprint        = {2608.24979},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass  = {cs.AI},
  url           = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24979}
}