What changed with Qloo?

Same shelf. Same tastes. Same constraints.

A little more soul

Two selection policies using the same shelf and tastes. The Qloo agent receives ranking tools; the catalog-only model receives a different context and policy. This is not a matched model comparison.

Choices

film

Changed

With Qloo

Sing Street

Without Qloo

The Apartment

book

Same choice

With Qloo

High Fidelity

Without Qloo

High Fidelity

artist

Changed

With Qloo

Lianne La Havas

Without Qloo

Bill Withers

Evidence

Sing Street

High Fidelity

Lianne La Havas

Technical details

Source: live · Model: claude-haiku-5-5 · Run: 2026-10-20T03:39:29.555Z

Metadata: 96e2d72b09ee13328624cabb2e999f29b42069f924e6ae78ad6895f1c5728e7f · Configuration: 5945bad175c8ff1ec247a68bc85c13d4097bdfac9b75767a40e467fcba312bf7

model: claude-haiku-5-5
baseline: catalog-only model
steps: 4
totalInputTokens: 32000
totalOutputTokens: 4096
inputTokens: 8000
outputTokens: 1024
deadlineMs: 45000
reservationUsd: 0.02
maxRetries: 0

With Qloo

movie: 4BF6B94B-B7D3-4815-9EFE-16A33697B38C
book: 2D2CE64C-10FB-422F-B543-071802C44BEC
artist: 5474D63B-EDFC-4350-8FB5-C8D80C0D4A62

4071 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:25.370Z

Model usage

Step 1: 1453 input tokens · 43 output tokens · input bound 3997
Step 2: 1900 input tokens · 404 output tokens · input bound 4932

Without Qloo

movie: 32ABDA4A-132B-443A-99EE-97E3C3F4B597
book: 2D2CE64C-10FB-422F-B543-071802C44BEC
artist: 358721A5-84E3-4745-B24B-80BB5FE2EB9D

4179 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:29.552Z

Model usage

Step 1: 2480 input tokens · 167 output tokens · input bound 5166
Step 2: 2486 input tokens · 318 output tokens · input bound 5386

Signals: When Harry Met Sally..., The Little Prince, Bon Iver

Exclusions: 286A7CF7-F90D-42D7-ACE6-5521B2CFBCAB, EF9FE530-A3E4-44EB-B593-CD150B81D36E, E51DB8F2-7A93-4746-A283-E55B5216FDE1

Locks: None

Actual billing and recipient preference have not been measured.

Different choices do not prove better choices.

All cases

Opening comparison…

A little more soul

Two selection policies using the same shelf and tastes. The Qloo agent receives ranking tools; the catalog-only model receives a different context and policy. This is not a matched model comparison.

Choices

film

Changed

With Qloo

Sing Street

Without Qloo

The Apartment

book

Same choice

With Qloo

High Fidelity

Without Qloo

High Fidelity

artist

Changed

With Qloo

Lianne La Havas

Without Qloo

Bill Withers

Evidence

Sing Street

High Fidelity

Lianne La Havas

Technical details

Source: live · Model: claude-haiku-5-5 · Run: 2026-10-20T03:39:29.555Z

Metadata: 96e2d72b09ee13328624cabb2e999f29b42069f924e6ae78ad6895f1c5728e7f · Configuration: 5945bad175c8ff1ec247a68bc85c13d4097bdfac9b75767a40e467fcba312bf7

model: claude-haiku-5-5
baseline: catalog-only model
steps: 4
totalInputTokens: 32000
totalOutputTokens: 4096
inputTokens: 8000
outputTokens: 1024
deadlineMs: 45000
reservationUsd: 0.02
maxRetries: 0

With Qloo

movie: 4BF6B94B-B7D3-4815-9EFE-16A33697B38C
book: 2D2CE64C-10FB-422F-B543-071802C44BEC
artist: 5474D63B-EDFC-4350-8FB5-C8D80C0D4A62

4071 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:25.370Z

Model usage

Step 1: 1453 input tokens · 43 output tokens · input bound 3997
Step 2: 1900 input tokens · 404 output tokens · input bound 4932

Without Qloo

movie: 32ABDA4A-132B-443A-99EE-97E3C3F4B597
book: 2D2CE64C-10FB-422F-B543-071802C44BEC
artist: 358721A5-84E3-4745-B24B-80BB5FE2EB9D

4179 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:29.552Z

Model usage

Step 1: 2480 input tokens · 167 output tokens · input bound 5166
Step 2: 2486 input tokens · 318 output tokens · input bound 5386

Signals: When Harry Met Sally..., The Little Prince, Bon Iver

Exclusions: 286A7CF7-F90D-42D7-ACE6-5521B2CFBCAB, EF9FE530-A3E4-44EB-B593-CD150B81D36E, E51DB8F2-7A93-4746-A283-E55B5216FDE1

Locks: None

Actual billing and recipient preference have not been measured.

Different choices do not prove better choices.