What is agent evaluation?

Definition

Artificial intelligence agent evaluation tests both final outcomes and the process used to reach them. It can measure task success, tool selection, policy compliance, error recovery, cost, latency, and reliability across repeated trials.

Evaluation is easier in domains where experts already have clear ways to judge outputs. Strong evaluation uses representative tasks, explicit criteria, and retained evidence rather than relying on a persuasive-looking answer.

Acronyms and aliases

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Frequently asked questions

What does an artificial intelligence agent evaluation measure?

It can measure outcome correctness, instruction following, tool behavior, safety, efficiency, consistency, and the ability to detect or recover from errors.

Why are verifiable tasks useful for agent evaluation?

They provide established criteria or tests that make it easier to distinguish a genuinely correct result from one that merely appears plausible.

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