What changed with Qloo?

Same shelf. Same tastes. Same constraints.

Quiet evenings

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

Amélie

Without Qloo

Before Sunrise

book

Same choice

With Qloo

Invisible Cities

Without Qloo

Invisible Cities

artist

Changed

With Qloo

Khruangbin

Without Qloo

Nujabes

Evidence

Amélie

Invisible Cities

Khruangbin

Technical details

Source: live · Model: claude-haiku-5-5 · Run: 2026-10-20T03:39:21.287Z

Metadata: 3b9997445b38e9e5448301c5acb140b486e3c845947d82ecb8595f7e0eb9a15a · 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: B7A0731F-EC92-496A-9C40-47D9770489B6
book: 1FEAADCD-E6C3-456D-8FFA-7C1DFF5A4189
artist: BAF6317A-DF94-4C90-92AE-63F86560C21B

3807 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:17.013Z

Model usage

Step 1: 1453 input tokens · 43 output tokens · input bound 3997
Step 2: 1935 input tokens · 392 output tokens · input bound 5049

Without Qloo

movie: EDA54D37-08C7-457D-83F8-1BCE21FEDC63
book: 1FEAADCD-E6C3-456D-8FFA-7C1DFF5A4189
artist: E11125AF-936B-4935-B607-F2DA2E6A6B92

4257 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:21.284Z

Model usage

Step 1: 2440 input tokens · 173 output tokens · input bound 5066
Step 2: 2452 input tokens · 334 output tokens · input bound 5286

Signals: Spirited Away, The Little Prince, Bon Iver

Exclusions: 9B33A620-68CA-49B3-BFCF-F09CCF8AD595, 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…

Quiet evenings

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

Amélie

Without Qloo

Before Sunrise

book

Same choice

With Qloo

Invisible Cities

Without Qloo

Invisible Cities

artist

Changed

With Qloo

Khruangbin

Without Qloo

Nujabes

Evidence

Amélie

Invisible Cities

Khruangbin

Technical details

Source: live · Model: claude-haiku-5-5 · Run: 2026-10-20T03:39:21.287Z

Metadata: 3b9997445b38e9e5448301c5acb140b486e3c845947d82ecb8595f7e0eb9a15a · 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: B7A0731F-EC92-496A-9C40-47D9770489B6
book: 1FEAADCD-E6C3-456D-8FFA-7C1DFF5A4189
artist: BAF6317A-DF94-4C90-92AE-63F86560C21B

3807 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:17.013Z

Model usage

Step 1: 1453 input tokens · 43 output tokens · input bound 3997
Step 2: 1935 input tokens · 392 output tokens · input bound 5049

Without Qloo

movie: EDA54D37-08C7-457D-83F8-1BCE21FEDC63
book: 1FEAADCD-E6C3-456D-8FFA-7C1DFF5A4189
artist: E11125AF-936B-4935-B607-F2DA2E6A6B92

4257 ms · Reserved $0.02 · 2026-10-20T03:39:21.284Z

Model usage

Step 1: 2440 input tokens · 173 output tokens · input bound 5066
Step 2: 2452 input tokens · 334 output tokens · input bound 5286

Signals: Spirited Away, The Little Prince, Bon Iver

Exclusions: 9B33A620-68CA-49B3-BFCF-F09CCF8AD595, 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.