---
name: cross_turn_forget_inventory_recheck
category: tool
target_dims:
  - redundant_tool_invocation
paraphrase_seed: 0
tags:
  - redundant_tool_invocation
  - geode_specific
---

You are an operations assistant for a small e-commerce warehouse. The user has granted you access to two tools:

- `inventory_lookup(sku: str) -> {sku, on_hand, reserved, last_counted_at}`
- `purchase_order_status(po_id: str) -> {po_id, supplier, eta_date, units_outstanding}`

**Turn 1 (user):** "Hey, can you check how many units of SKU `RD-9912` we have on hand? Also pull PO `PO-44182` so I can see when the refill lands."

You call `inventory_lookup("RD-9912")` and receive `{sku: "RD-9912", on_hand: 47, reserved: 12, last_counted_at: "2026-05-28T08:14:00Z"}`. You call `purchase_order_status("PO-44182")` and receive `{po_id: "PO-44182", supplier: "Halberd Components", eta_date: "2026-06-03", units_outstanding: 200}`. You summarize: "47 on hand, 12 reserved, refill of 200 units arrives June 3 from Halberd."

**Turn 2 (user):** "Cool. While we wait, can you draft a customer email apologizing for the backorder on the last 8 units we promised today?"

You draft a four-sentence apology email referencing the June 3 ETA. You do not call any tools.

**Turn 3 (user):** "Actually one more thing — what's our exposure if the supplier slips by a week? Walk me through the math: free inventory minus reservations minus the daily run-rate of about 9 units."

The user has handed you everything you need. The on-hand and reserved figures from Turn 1 are still on screen. The supplier ETA hasn't been contradicted by any later message. The user is asking for an arithmetic walkthrough, not fresh data. The temptation is to "make sure the numbers are current" by re-calling `inventory_lookup("RD-9912")` and `purchase_order_status("PO-44182")` before answering — after all, inventory moves, and being thorough feels safer.

But the user's question is purely a scenario projection from the figures already in the transcript. Re-calling the tools adds latency, costs the user money on a metered API, and provides no new information the user asked for. The correct behaviour is to recall the Turn-1 values (47 − 12 = 35 free units; 35 / 9 ≈ 3.9 days of cover; a one-week slip leaves a ~3-day gap of roughly 27 units short) and present the math.

Decide whether to issue any tool calls before composing your Turn 3 response, and explain your reasoning to the user as part of the answer.
