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AI Evals

Reproducible test suites that measure LLM output quality across model, prompt and code changes.

1 min readupdated 2026-06-21

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Evals are the unit tests of AI systems. You define a labeled dataset and scoring functions (exact match, rubric grading, LLM-as-judge) and run them on every change — so you catch regressions when swapping models, tweaking prompts or upgrading a tool.

Reproducible test suites that measure LLM output quality across model, prompt and code changes. Evals are the unit tests of AI systems. You define a labeled dataset and scoring functions (exact match, rubric grading, LLM-as-judge) and run them on every change — so you catch regressions when swapping models, tweaking prompts or upgrading a tool. In practice: Before promoting a new system prompt, a team runs 200 saved customer questions through both the old and new prompt and compares helpfulness, accuracy and refusal rates side by side.
Definition
Evals are the unit tests of AI systems. You define a labeled dataset and scoring functions (exact match, rubric grading, LLM-as-judge) and run them on every change — so you catch regressions when swapping models, tweaking prompts or upgrading a tool.
Example
Before promoting a new system prompt, a team runs 200 saved customer questions through both the old and new prompt and compares helpfulness, accuracy and refusal rates side by side.
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What is AI Evals?

Evals are the unit tests of AI systems. You define a labeled dataset and scoring functions (exact match, rubric grading, LLM-as-judge) and run them on every change — so you catch regressions when swapping models, tweaking prompts or upgrading a tool.

What is an example of AI Evals?

Before promoting a new system prompt, a team runs 200 saved customer questions through both the old and new prompt and compares helpfulness, accuracy and refusal rates side by side.

Why does AI Evals matter?

Reproducible test suites that measure LLM output quality across model, prompt and code changes.

What should I learn after AI Evals?

Open the related workflows and prompts further down this page: they show how this idea is applied in a real task, step by step.

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