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Measure whether the AI is good and trace where it fails.
Evaluation (Eval)
An eval is a systematic test used to measure how well an AI system performs on defined tasks or criteria.
Think of it like
Think of Evaluation (Eval) like testing and telemetry for any production service: quality must be measured, not guessed.
Real life
Teams use Evaluation (Eval) to decide whether a new release is safer, faster or more useful.
SRE lens
Build incident cases with expected evidence and measure whether the agent succeeds.
Remember thisAn eval is a systematic test used to measure how well an AI system performs on defined tasks or criteria.