HANDBOOK.md D
AI benchmark · Agentic
- Built by
- Surge AI
- Domains
- Agentic
- On X
- @HelloSurgeAI ↗
- Tier
- D why
- Snapshot
What is HANDBOOK.md?
HANDBOOK.md measures long-context agentic instruction following, where agents must apply company handbook policies across enterprise tools like email, Slack, Jira and files.
Enterprise work mostly
“modeled on how enterprise employees follow company handbooks in their day-to-day work.”
github.com/surge-ai/handbook ↗“spanning five enterprise domains: Finance, Medical Billing, Insurance, Logistics, and HR.”
github.com/surge-ai/handbook ↗General capability
“HANDBOOK.md is a benchmark for long-context agentic instruction following”
github.com/surge-ai/handbook ↗
Who built HANDBOOK.md
Led by Surge AI.
Lineage
Benchmarks this one is built on and built from: versions, subsets, extensions and the indexes that combine them.
Derived benchmarks
HANDBOOK.md Agents extension
Tier D
Long tail: little or no usage data yet.
How much stands behind a tier: usage, who backs it, a confirmed line from its own site or paper, and a clear read on X. High with three of the four, medium with two, low otherwise.
- no usage data
- in curated RL directories (1 pt)
How we got to tier D
- Adoption: no usage data. Tier D.
- On X: unclear, none buzz No move.
- In curated RL directories: 1 point, a floor of none.
- Confirmed: a line from its own site or paper places it.
A clear view on X moves a tier one step up or down; most entries don't move. How tiers work.
Where HANDBOOK.md sits
Its domain on the map, live. Hover a logo for its name; click to open it. Open it on the full map
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