Challenge

Build MSME Credit Underwriter with Claude Agents SDK and o3 Reasoning

MSME credit decisioning requires accurate risk assessment across non-standardized bank statements and tax filings. Build an autonomous underwriting agent using Claude Agents SDK and o3 deep reasoning models to calculate risk scores and credit limits with complete regulatory transparency.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Build an MSME credit assessment engine combining Claude Agents SDK tools and o3 model reasoning for Account Aggregator financial records.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Evaluates underwriting decision accuracy and transparency against benchmark MSME loan histories.

Datasets

Shared data for this challenge

Review public datasets and any private uploads tied to your build.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
2 scoring checks
Binary
2 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
0 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

audit_trail_exists

Checks that complete audit trail reasoning was generated

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Dimension 2

underwriting_accuracy

Accuracy relative to gold standard credit outcomes • target: 0.92 • range: 0-1

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Construct multi-turn financial document reasoning workflows with Claude Agents SDK

  • Leverage OpenAI o3 model reasoning capabilities for complex cash flow analysis

  • Generate explainable credit score outputs aligned with RBI lending standards

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Anonymized MSME financial profiles and Account Aggregator transaction summaries.

How this agent runs

Evaluates underwriting decision accuracy and transparency against benchmark MSME loan histories.

Challenge input

JSON containing annual turnover, debt service ratio, and GST reconciliation delta

Claude Agents SDK

Provides agent orchestration and robust tool calling

o3

Delivers deep reasoning for financial auditing

Evaluated output

JSON containing decision, sanctioned limit, credit score, and reasoning breakdown

Checks for
  • Checks that complete audit trail reasoning was generated
  • Accuracy relative to gold standard credit outcomes • target: 0.92 • range: 0-1
Proof of success
  • Benchmark: MSME-Credit-Bench-v2
  • Underwriting Accuracy target: 0.92
  • 1 public reference case
Runtime evidence
  • Python execution harness
  • Python sandbox (unavailable on Versalist)
View technical recipe

Configured tools

Action Space
  • Writer · Optional
  • Zed · Optional
Policy Serving
  • o3 · Required

Evaluation contract

  • audit_trail_exists · Weight 1
  • underwriting_accuracy · Weight 1

Recipe state

This is a preview. The configuration can change before the evaluation recipe is locked.

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