terminal-bench-1 CLAUDE.md

terminal-bench-1 CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from harbor-framework/terminal-bench-1. It costs 790 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A repository instruction document for Terminal-Bench, a benchmark that tests coding agents in real terminal environments.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for navigating the Python package, task definitions, agent integrations, harness, datasets, registries, and benchmark adapters, and for running tasks.
Why use it?
It gives an agent the project structure and standard commands needed to work consistently in the repository.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

About the project

Terminal-Bench is a benchmark and execution harness for testing whether AI agents can complete difficult, end-to-end tasks in real terminal environments. It is used by developers of language-model agents and benchmarking systems, with tasks covering activities such as compiling code, training models, and setting up servers. Catalogue add-ons help agents work with the benchmark and its task suite.

harbor-framework/terminal-bench-1 · 2,562 stars · on GitHub · tbench.ai

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/harbor-framework/terminal-bench-1/claude-md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/harbor-framework/terminal-bench-1

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Security

Grade A, and why

terminal-bench-1 CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 117 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 117 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Overview

Terminal-Bench (T-Bench) is a benchmark for testing AI agents in real terminal environments. It consists of a dataset of tasks and an execution harness that connects language models to a sandboxed terminal environment.

Architecture

Core Components

  • terminal_bench/: Main Python package

    • cli/tb/: Command-line interface implementation
    • agents/: Agent implementations for various LLMs
    • harness/: Execution harness for running tasks
    • dataset/: Dataset handling and management
    • registry/: Task registry management
    • llms/: Language model integrations
    • terminal/: Terminal environment handling
  • tasks/: Individual task implementations

    • Each task has its own directory with instruction, docker environment, test script, and reference solution
    • Tasks include Python, shell scripts, C, Rust, and other languages
  • adapters/: Adapters for other benchmarks (SWE-bench, USACO, etc.)

Common Development Commands

Running Tasks

# Run the harness with specific agent and model
tb run --agent terminus --model anthropic/claude-3-7-latest

# Run specific tasks
tb run --task-id "task-name" --agent terminus --model model-name

# Run with dataset version
tb run --dataset terminal-bench-core==0.1.1

Testing

# Run all tests
uv run pytest tests/ -v

# Run specific test file
uv run pytest tests/unit/test_file.py -v

# Run with coverage
uv run pytest tests/ --cov

Linting and Code Quality

# Run Ruff linter
uvx ruff check .

# Fix auto-fixable issues
uvx ruff check . --fix

Task Management

# List available tasks
tb tasks list

# Create a new task (follow the documentation)
tb tasks create

Development Guidelines

Python Style

  • Python 3.13+ is used
  • Use type hints for all functions
  • Private methods have _ prefix
  • Use modular design, avoid deep nesting
  • Use modern type annotations: list, dict, | instead of List, Dict, Union

Read the full file on GitHub · 117 lines

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terminal-bench-1 CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository harbor-framework/terminal-bench-1 (2,562 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 790 tokens to every session, about $0.0040 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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