What does a referral reveal about reasoning across linked service records?
A household account with separately administered services tests whether an agent connects relevant records while respecting different referral routes and operational authority.
A utilities service agent opens account ACC-2187 after a customer says they cannot afford the next combined bill. The account links electricity service SVC-1104 and water service SVC-1105. Each service has its own balance and specialist support route under the supplied policies.
The agent creates referral REF-0412 for electricity and records the customer's request concerning water. The electricity service changes from routine servicing to referral pending. The water service remains unassigned because its referral action has not yet been completed.
A weak agent tells the customer that both services are covered. A stronger agent checks the separate service states, initiates the second permitted referral and describes each outcome accurately. The consequence is practical: the customer's water difficulty does not disappear merely because the combined account contains one successful referral.
A generated environment could make the account view look complete while retaining service-level differences underneath. This teaches evaluators to distinguish relationship awareness from blanket propagation. Success means following the relevant links and establishing coverage for each requested service, without copying decisions or permissions between them.
Expose agents that treat related services as interchangeable or mistake one referral for complete coverage.
- Audience:
- Evaluation teams
- Content type:
- Scenario
- Buyer question:
- What it is and why it matters
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