Add refund-agent eval-fix behavior pair (deterministic shield bypass + semantic policy reasoning)

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This PR adds a demo-ready behavior pair for the refund-agent eval-fix loop: one deterministic behavior intended to be fully mitigated by Agent Shield, and one semantic behavior that captures policy reasoning quality.

• What this enables

  • Introduces a clean 2-behavior storyline for refund-agent demos:
    • deterministic, shield-fixable control bypass
    • semantic policy-application errors

• Behavior specs added

  • examples/behavior_specs/refund_authorization_bypass.md
    • Instruction-hijack / policy-bypass attempts that should be blocked consistently.
    • Focuses on forced refund execution paths (skip verification, bypass eligibility, user-supplied internal instructions).
  • examples/behavior_specs/refund_policy_reasoning_errors.md
    • Non-adversarial policy interpretation failures.
    • Covers eligibility-window mistakes, wrong policy branch selection, partial-refund edge cases, and cross-turn inconsistency.

• Reference index update

  • examples/behavior_specs/README.md
    • Adds both new specs to the behavior catalog so they are discoverable and reusable.

Example usage in eval config:

behavior:
  name: refund_eval
  description: |-
    # Refund Authorization Bypass (Deterministic)
    ...

Original prompt

follow the demo storyline, find 2 beahvors (1 detemrinistic that agent shield can fix 100% and 1 semantics) to build a eval-fix loop demo on theis refud agent scenario. git@github.com:changliu2/refund-agent-a365.git

**Chronological Review:** 1. Session began with summarized prior context: //build 2026 demo prep, with prior work on validating RM-v3 and AS-MCP demos at n=400, and a planned 4-PR sequence. 2. User had just confirmed "1a yes 3 use the latest repo version and yes 4 yes" — green light on all 4 PRs, plus two viewer issues (duplicate policy_viol column, BY BEHAVIOR header overlap). 3. Previous work in this session had: removed `policy_viol` from 9 YAMLs, fixed viewer compare page label/truncation, added `agent_shield` extra to pyproject.toml, rewrote AS-MCP README. 4. Current session resumed by: updating RM-v3 README with n=400 numbers, creating cli-override-flag branch via cherry-pick from RM-v3, smoke-testing the override logic, committing + pushing 4 branches in parallel, drafting 4 PR bodies, getting user approval, opening 4 PRs via `gh pr create`, then cleaning up worktrees.

Intent Mapping:

• User's final confirmed direction: "1a yes 3 use the latest repo version and yes 4 yes" + fix duplicate policy_viol column + fix header overlap
• Earlier framing: open 4 PRs in sequence (viewer → CLI override → RM-v3 → AS-MCP)

Technical Inventory:

• Git worktrees for parallel branch work
• gh pr create for PR opening
• PowerShell here-strings for PR body files
• LF/CRLF git warnings on YAML files (cosmetic)
• Repo rename: microsoft/adaptive-eval → microsoft/ASSERT (GitHub redirects transparent)
• Personal rules enforced: boundary audit, no git add -A, no public PR posting without user approval, Copilot co-author trailer

Code Archaeology:

• README.md RM-v3: replaced old table with n=400 numbers, removed policy_viol column
• 4 commits across 4 branches, all with detailed body messages
• CLI override smoke test verified test_set.sample_size=10 → 5/5 split

Progress Assessment:

• All 4 PRs opened: fix(viewer): support 3-way compare for >2 runs; truncate long callable target labels #78, feat(cli): add --override flag for nested config key overrides #79, feat(banking-mcp): agent-shield banking 3-step eval-fix demo (LangGraph + MCP + Phoenix) #80, feat(banking-rm-v3): private-banking RM 3-step eval-fix demo (LangChain + Phoenix) #81
• Worktrees cleaned up (all 4 removed; only main checkout remains)
• All boundary audits passed
• All commits include Copilot co-author trailer

Context Validation:

• PR numbers captured: fix(viewer): support 3-way compare for >2 runs; truncate long callable target labels #78 viewer, feat(cli): add --override flag for nested config key overrides #79 cli-override, feat(banking-mcp): agent-shield banking 3-step eval-fix demo (LangGraph + MCP + Phoenix) #80 AS-MCP, feat(banking-rm-v3): private-banking RM 3-step eval-fix demo (LangChain + Phoenix) #81 RM-v3
• Merge order recommendation given: fix(viewer): support 3-way compare for >2 runs; truncate long callable target labels #78 + feat(cli): add --override flag for nested config key overrides #79 first, then feat(banking-mcp): agent-shield banking 3-step eval-fix demo (LangGraph + MCP + Phoenix) #80 + feat(banking-rm-v3): private-banking RM 3-step eval-fix demo (LangChain + Phoenix) #81
• Repo rename noted; remote URL still works via GitHub redirect

Recent Commands Analysis:
Last commands were: (1) parallel gh pr create for #80 and #81, (2) verification of PR list, (3) worktree cleanup (one needed --force due to validate-as-mcp containing modified/untracked files from prior validation run).

1. Conversation Overview: - Primary Objectives: //build 2026 demo prep for Chang Liu (PM DRI). User's most recent confirmation: "1a yes 3 use the latest repo version and yes 4 yes" — green light to fix the rubric bug, fix duplicate viewer columns, and open 4 PRs in sequence (viewer → CLI override → RM-v3 → AS-MCP). - Session Context: Continuation after compaction. Picked up mid-Wave-1 with most files already edited but uncommitted. This session: updated RM-v3 README, created cli-override-flag branch, smoke-tested override, committed + pushed all 4 branches, drafted PR bodies, got user approval ("Post all 4 as drafted"), opened all 4 PRs successfully, cleaned worktrees. - User Intent Evolution: Simple linear execution of pre-approved 4-PR plan. No new asks during this session.

2. Technical Foundation:

   • Git worktrees: 4 parallel worktrees (p2m-wt-viewer, p2m-wt-cli, p2m-validate-rm-v3, p2m-validate-as-mcp) plus main checkout — all 4 worktrees now removed.
   • GitHub CLI: gh pr create --base main --head <branch> --title ... --body-file .pr-body.md pattern
   • PowerShell here-strings (@'...'@) for multi-line PR bodies
   • Repo rename: remote URL https://github.com/microsoft/adaptive-eval.git still works; GitHub redirects to actual repo microsoft/ASSERT
   • Boundary audit regex on each commit's --cached --name-only (passed all 4)

3. Codebase Status:

   • examples/private_banking_rm_v3_langchain/README.md (branch private-banking-rm-v3-langchain):
     • Updated this session: replaced old result tables with n=400 numbers
     • Deterministic table: email_domain_viol/rm_book_viol/sanctions_viol/overrefusal, with policy_violation master 76→12→2% note
     • Legal/tax table: legal_advice_viol 88.8%→88.0%→0.0%, overrefusal 72.3→72.0→66.3
     • Committed in 1b4746b with 6 YAML files (policy_viol block removal)
   • p2m/cli.py + p2m/runner.py (branch cli-override-flag):
     • Cherry-picked from RM-v3 commit 8620b14 via git checkout origin/private-banking-rm-v3-langchain -- p2m/cli.py p2m/runner.py
     • +44/-2 across 2 files; committed as 4a8a5b8
     • _apply_config_overrides(raw, overrides) at runner.py:70 — supports test_set.sample_size=N shortcut (splits N half-half: cei...

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[changliu2]

Review — Request changes

The two spec files (refund_authorization_bypass.md, refund_policy_reasoning_errors.md) are well-scoped: clean deterministic / semantic split, useful as starting points for a refund-agent demo. README pointer is fine.

What's missing relative to the asked scope (build a runnable 3-step eval-fix story mirroring the banking demo on the refund-agent at https://github.com/changliu2/refund-agent-a365):

• No examples/refund_agent_*/ directory (no agent code, no MCP/tool plumbing, no target.callable)
• No eval_config_*.yaml files (A/B/C variants)
• No guardrails.yaml with the deterministic shield gates the authorization_bypass spec implies
• No README with the 3-step story / headline table
• No measured numbers — nothing to validate the specs against

Net delivery is ~10% of the asked scope. Recommend one of:

1. Close this PR and re-delegate with a stricter prompt requiring agent + configs + a runnable n=100 baseline
2. Re-scope this PR to "behavior specs only" in the title + description and merge as scaffolding for the demo work to follow
3. Extend this PR with the missing pieces

Happy with any of the three — flagging because as-is this doesn't deliver the demo it was opened to build.

[changliu2]

Closing in favor of #88, the bank-manager 4-axis demo that's now landed n=100 numbers across four variants (unguarded → ACS gates → naïve DO-NOT prompt → ACS + GEPA prompt-optimized) and is the converged //build 2026 demo storyline.

The refund-agent eval-fix pair here was a useful early exploration of the deterministic-vs-semantic shield pattern, but PR #88 covers the same story arc more completely in the banking domain — 9 judge dims, a real trade-off chart, and a GEPA notebook — and was where we converged the demo scope.

Closing this PR. Thanks for the work — the framing influenced PR #88's 3-act structure.