How do I evaluate it?
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- Retrieval
- Finding and fetching information that is useful for the current question.
- Agent
- An application that uses a model to choose its next action within defined limits. It can use tools and continue through several steps.
- Latency
- How long a request takes to return a result. Lower latency usually means a shorter wait for the user.
- Define success, severe failures, and risk-based datasets before optimizing prompts.
- Separate retrieval from answer checks and agent decisions from actual business outcomes.
- Include missing information, stale evidence, injections, denied access, retries, and uncertain writes.
Release evidence: versioned fixtures, per-category scores, severe-failure results, and latency/cost impact. Use calibrated judges and human review where language criteria require them.
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How do I evaluate it?
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Define success, severe failures, and risk-based datasets before optimizing prompts. Separate retrieval from answer checks and agent decisions from actual business outcomes. Include missing information, stale evidence, injections, denied access, retries, and…
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