lineup turn

completed openai/gpt-5.6-terra · 4 steps · 13,951 in / 843 out · $0.0327

Turn summary

I confirmed the Week 1 roster is fully locked. The attempted lineup update could not be applied because locked players cannot be moved, so the existing locked lineup remains in place.

What it did

**Clarifying lineup decisions** I need to clarify our lineup and determine if certain slots are already locked, meaning we can’t move players around. I’m thinking about Mike Evans and Q as likely starters. Then, I need to decide on a flex player between Tate, Doubs, Meyers, and Rodriguez. Tate is a rookie, but the projection might not be necessary due to the directive. I should ensure I understand all existing locked slots as the lineup needs to be set properly. Set the strongest Week 1 lineup around the roster's established lead roles and highest-confidence FLEX option.

Set the lineuprejected150s left

Bucky Irving is locked and cannot move from BN to RB

set_lineup · raw call

arguments

{
  "lineup": {
    "K": "12185",
    "QB": "6797",
    "TE": "12518",
    "DEF": "KC",
    "RB1": "4034",
    "RB2": "11584",
    "WR1": "7569",
    "WR2": "10229",
    "FLEX": "2216"
  }
}

**Considering lineup dynamics** I'm diving into the interesting roster order, which doesn't necessarily indicate the lineup. Since “locked” means someone cannot move from the bench, that suggests Chris Rodriguez is likely in the current lineup as RB2. I need to retrieve the team's details to properly display the slot. There’s a lot to consider here, and ensuring accuracy for the user's needs is key! Confirm the already-locked Week 1 slot assignments so the full lineup can be submitted without moving locked players.

Checked its own roster141s left

get_my_team · raw call

arguments

{}

result

{
  "name": "Terra McLaurin",
  "notes": "Week 1 roster fully locked; Jordan Mason is in IR. Pending waiver claim: Hunter Henry (NE TE), $1, priority 1, to open bench slot as low-cost Tyler Warren insurance. $100 FAAB pre-processing. No available RB/WR looked like an immediate role upgrade; avoid speculative churn. Core roster: Herbert; CMC, Bucky Irving, Rodriguez, Braelon Allen, Mason IR; Nico Collins (Q), Rashee Rice, Mike Evans (Q), Carnell Tate, Doubs, Meyers; Warren; KC D/ST; Shrader. After waivers/Week 1, review injury news, workload/targets, league bids, and breakout opportunities; use FAAB only for a real role or strong target-share case. Qwen trade context: prior Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans was not compelling; Qwen assets include Cook, AJ Brown (IR), Love, Flowers (Q), Hurts, Kraft, Harvey (Q), Pierce, Deebo, Allgeier, Charbonnet (PUP), Washington.",
  "record": "0-0-0",
  "roster": [
    {
      "slot": "RB",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "4034",
        "team": "SF",
        "adpRank": 5,
        "byeWeek": 8,
        "fullName": "Christian McCaffrey",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 18.6,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "WR",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "7569",
        "team": "HOU",
        "adpRank": 23,
        "byeWeek": 8,
        "fullName": "Nico Collins",
        "injuryStatus": "Questionable",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 14.52,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "WR",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "10229",
        "team": "KC",
        "adpRank": 29,
        "byeWeek": 5,
        "fullName": "Rashee Rice",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 11.72,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "11584",
        "team": "TB",
        "adpRank": 45,
        "byeWeek": 10,
        "fullName": "Bucky Irving",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 10.94,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "TE",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "12518",
        "team": "IND",
        "adpRank": 51,
        "byeWeek": 13,
        "fullName": "Tyler Warren",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 10.34,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "TE"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "FLEX",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "2216",
        "team": "SF",
        "adpRank": 61,
        "byeWeek": 8,
        "fullName": "Mike Evans",
        "injuryStatus": "Questionable",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 10.82,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "IR",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "8408",
        "team": "MIN",
        "adpRank": 99,
        "byeWeek": 6,
        "fullName": "Jordan Mason",
        "injuryStatus": "IR",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 6,
        "projectedPoints": 8.6,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "QB",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "6797",
        "team": "LAC",
        "adpRank": 79,
        "byeWeek": 7,
        "fullName": "Justin Herbert",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 20.05,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "QB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "13279",
        "team": "TEN",
        "adpRank": 67,
        "byeWeek": 9,
        "fullName": "Carnell Tate",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 9.8,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "10219",
        "team": "JAX",
        "adpRank": 125,
        "byeWeek": 7,
        "fullName": "Chris Rodriguez",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 2,
        "projectedPoints": 7.83,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "8121",
        "team": "NE",
        "adpRank": 123,
        "byeWeek": 11,
        "fullName": "Romeo Doubs",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 8.71,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "5947",
        "team": "JAX",
        "adpRank": 116,
        "byeWeek": 7,
        "fullName": "Jakobi Meyers",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 3,
        "projectedPoints": 8.5,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "RB",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "11576",
        "team": "NYJ",
        "adpRank": 165,
        "byeWeek": 13,
        "fullName": "Braelon Allen",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 2,
        "projectedPoints": 3.11,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "DEF",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "KC",
        "team": "KC",
        "byeWeek": 5,
        "fullName": "Kansas City Chiefs",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "projectedPoints": 7.67,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "DEF"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "K",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "12185",
        "team": "IND",
        "byeWeek": 13,
        "fullName": "Spencer Shrader",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 8.51,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "K"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "faabRemaining": 100
}

**Fixing lineup issues** I see that the lineup I submitted is invalid because the positions are locked in a nonsensical way, especially since it includes Bucky BN Allen at RB. I need to submit a full lineup that matches the locked positions. The running back slots should be CMC and Allen, the wide receiver is Nico Rice, and for the flex position, it’s Evans. I must ensure everything aligns correctly before resubmitting. Preserve all locked Week 1 assignments; Bucky Irving is already locked on the bench, so the locked starting RB slot remains Braelon Allen.

Set the lineuprejected138s left

Jordan Mason is locked and cannot move from IR to BN

set_lineup · raw call

arguments

{
  "lineup": {
    "K": "12185",
    "QB": "6797",
    "TE": "12518",
    "DEF": "KC",
    "RB1": "4034",
    "RB2": "11576",
    "WR1": "7569",
    "WR2": "10229",
    "FLEX": "2216"
  }
}

All Week 1 roster slots are already locked, preventing lineup changes before kickoff.

Finished the turn134s left

finish_turn · raw call

arguments

{
  "notes": "Week 1 lineup was entirely locked at lineup turn; attempted full-lineup submissions were rejected because Bucky Irving is locked on bench and validation also treated Jordan Mason as moved from IR when omitted. Existing locked lineup remains. Jordan Mason is in IR. Pending waiver claim: Hunter Henry (NE TE), $1, priority 1, to open bench slot as low-cost Tyler Warren insurance. $100 FAAB pre-processing. Core roster: Herbert; CMC, Bucky Irving, Rodriguez, Braelon Allen, Mason IR; Nico Collins (Q), Rashee Rice, Mike Evans (Q), Carnell Tate, Doubs, Meyers; Warren; KC D/ST; Shrader. After waivers/Week 1, review injury news, workload/targets, league bids, and breakout opportunities; use FAAB only for a real role or strong target-share case. Qwen trade context: prior Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans was not compelling; Qwen assets include Cook, AJ Brown (IR), Love, Flowers (Q), Hurts, Kraft, Harvey (Q), Pierce, Deebo, Allgeier, Charbonnet (PUP), Washington.",
  "summary": "I confirmed the Week 1 roster is fully locked. The attempted lineup update could not be applied because locked players cannot be moved, so the existing locked lineup remains in place."
}

Notes — rewritten (831 → 962 characters)

Received

Week 1 roster fully locked; Jordan Mason is in IR. Pending waiver claim: Hunter Henry (NE TE), $1, priority 1, to open bench slot as low-cost Tyler Warren insurance. $100 FAAB pre-processing. No available RB/WR looked like an immediate role upgrade; avoid speculative churn. Core roster: Herbert; CMC, Bucky Irving, Rodriguez, Braelon Allen, Mason IR; Nico Collins (Q), Rashee Rice, Mike Evans (Q), Carnell Tate, Doubs, Meyers; Warren; KC D/ST; Shrader. After waivers/Week 1, review injury news, workload/targets, league bids, and breakout opportunities; use FAAB only for a real role or strong target-share case. Qwen trade context: prior Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans was not compelling; Qwen assets include Cook, AJ Brown (IR), Love, Flowers (Q), Hurts, Kraft, Harvey (Q), Pierce, Deebo, Allgeier, Charbonnet (PUP), Washington.

Written

Week 1 lineup was entirely locked at lineup turn; attempted full-lineup submissions were rejected because Bucky Irving is locked on bench and validation also treated Jordan Mason as moved from IR when omitted. Existing locked lineup remains. Jordan Mason is in IR. Pending waiver claim: Hunter Henry (NE TE), $1, priority 1, to open bench slot as low-cost Tyler Warren insurance. $100 FAAB pre-processing. Core roster: Herbert; CMC, Bucky Irving, Rodriguez, Braelon Allen, Mason IR; Nico Collins (Q), Rashee Rice, Mike Evans (Q), Carnell Tate, Doubs, Meyers; Warren; KC D/ST; Shrader. After waivers/Week 1, review injury news, workload/targets, league bids, and breakout opportunities; use FAAB only for a real role or strong target-share case. Qwen trade context: prior Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans was not compelling; Qwen assets include Cook, AJ Brown (IR), Love, Flowers (Q), Hurts, Kraft, Harvey (Q), Pierce, Deebo, Allgeier, Charbonnet (PUP), Washington.

What this agent was asked

System prompt

You manage the fantasy football team "Terra McLaurin".

You manage one team in a 12-team half-PPR redraft league (ten other models and one human). Roster: QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, FLEX (RB/WR/TE), K, DEF, 6 bench, 1 IR.

ADP (average draft position) is provided as a rough starting point only. It reflects where human drafters were taking a player before the season, not a projection of how they will perform. It is frequently wrong, it does not account for injuries, depth-chart changes, or your roster needs, and it goes stale quickly. Treat it as one weak signal among many: do your own research and reach your own conclusions. Drafting strictly by ADP is not reasoning, and you will be judged on your reasoning.

The projection shown is Sleeper's model-generated estimate for the week. It is one model's opinion, not a fact and not a result. It misses late injury news, weather, game script, and coaching intent, and it is routinely wrong by a wide margin on individual players. Do not simply start whoever has the higher projection — that is not analysis, and it is not what you are being judged on. Use it as a sanity check against your own view, research the cases where you disagree with it, and be prepared to explain why you departed from it.

Every reply you make must be a tool call — text on its own does nothing and is not recorded as an action. You have a limited number of steps and a limited amount of time per turn, and you will be told how much of each remains at each step. A turn that runs out of time is abandoned. If you are told fewer than 20 seconds remain, stop gathering information, act immediately, and call finish_turn. Always end your turn by calling finish_turn with a summary and your updated notes. A turn that ends without it is recorded as incomplete, and your notes are left unchanged. Your notes are your only memory between turns: nothing else you do this turn is carried forward, and you will be shown them at the start of every future turn. Treat them as a working document — rewrite them each turn, keep what still matters, delete what does not, and record what you plan to do next rather than only what you have already done. Keep them under about 4000 characters. They are included in every turn you take for the rest of the season, so anything stale in them costs you on every future decision.

Turn instructions

Set your starting lineup for the upcoming week. Empty slots score 0, and players on bye score 0. Set the whole lineup in one call, then call finish_turn immediately — checking every player individually is rarely worth the time, and a turn that runs out before finish_turn leaves last week's lineup in place.

State it was given

Week: 1
Turn: lineup_turn
Record: 0-0-0
FAAB remaining: $100
Opponent: 1st and Qwen [agent-fantasy-2026-team-08]
Research calls left this week: 8

Roster:
- Christian McCaffrey [4034] (RB, SF) season 0, last3 0, adp 5, proj 18.6 [LOCKED]
- Nico Collins [7569] (WR, HOU) season 0, last3 0, adp 23, proj 14.52 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Rashee Rice [10229] (WR, KC) season 0, last3 0, adp 29, proj 11.72 [LOCKED]
- Bucky Irving [11584] (RB, TB) season 0, last3 0, adp 45, proj 10.94 [LOCKED]
- Tyler Warren [12518] (TE, IND) season 0, last3 0, adp 51, proj 10.34 [LOCKED]
- Mike Evans [2216] (WR, SF) season 0, last3 0, adp 61, proj 10.82 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Jordan Mason [8408] (RB, MIN) season 0, last3 0, adp 99, proj 8.6 [IR, LOCKED]
- Justin Herbert [6797] (QB, LAC) season 0, last3 0, adp 79, proj 20.05 [LOCKED]
- Carnell Tate [13279] (WR, TEN) season 0, last3 0, adp 67, proj 9.8 [LOCKED]
- Chris Rodriguez [10219] (RB, JAX) season 0, last3 0, adp 125, proj 7.83 [LOCKED]
- Romeo Doubs [8121] (WR, NE) season 0, last3 0, adp 123, proj 8.71 [LOCKED]
- Jakobi Meyers [5947] (WR, JAX) season 0, last3 0, adp 116, proj 8.5 [LOCKED]
- Braelon Allen [11576] (RB, NYJ) season 0, last3 0, adp 165, proj 3.11 [LOCKED]
- Kansas City Chiefs [KC] (DEF, KC) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.67 [LOCKED]
- Spencer Shrader [12185] (K, IND) season 0, last3 0, proj 8.51 [LOCKED]

Your notes from last turn:
Week 1 roster fully locked; Jordan Mason is in IR. Pending waiver claim: Hunter Henry (NE TE), $1, priority 1, to open bench slot as low-cost Tyler Warren insurance. $100 FAAB pre-processing. No available RB/WR looked like an immediate role upgrade; avoid speculative churn. Core roster: Herbert; CMC, Bucky Irving, Rodriguez, Braelon Allen, Mason IR; Nico Collins (Q), Rashee Rice, Mike Evans (Q), Carnell Tate, Doubs, Meyers; Warren; KC D/ST; Shrader. After waivers/Week 1, review injury news, workload/targets, league bids, and breakout opportunities; use FAAB only for a real role or strong target-share case. Qwen trade context: prior Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans was not compelling; Qwen assets include Cook, AJ Brown (IR), Love, Flowers (Q), Hurts, Kraft, Harvey (Q), Pierce, Deebo, Allgeier, Charbonnet (PUP), Washington.

Appended to every step

Step {step} of {maxSteps}. You have {stepsLeft} steps left after this one, and {seconds} seconds before this turn is abandoned. If fewer than 20 seconds remain, stop researching, act now and call finish_turn. Every reply must be a tool call. When you are done, call finish_turn — a turn that ends without it is recorded as incomplete.