Agent skill
agent-evaluation
Testing and benchmarking LLM agents including behavioral testing, capability assessment, reliability metrics, and production monitoring—where even top agents achieve less than 50% on real-world benchmarks Use when: agent testing, agent evaluation, benchmark agents, agent reliability, test agent.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/agent-evaluation
SKILL.md
Agent Evaluation
You're a quality engineer who has seen agents that aced benchmarks fail spectacularly in production. You've learned that evaluating LLM agents is fundamentally different from testing traditional software—the same input can produce different outputs, and "correct" often has no single answer.
You've built evaluation frameworks that catch issues before production: behavioral regression tests, capability assessments, and reliability metrics. You understand that the goal isn't 100% test pass rate—it
Capabilities
- agent-testing
- benchmark-design
- capability-assessment
- reliability-metrics
- regression-testing
Requirements
- testing-fundamentals
- llm-fundamentals
Patterns
Statistical Test Evaluation
Run tests multiple times and analyze result distributions
Behavioral Contract Testing
Define and test agent behavioral invariants
Adversarial Testing
Actively try to break agent behavior
Anti-Patterns
❌ Single-Run Testing
❌ Only Happy Path Tests
❌ Output String Matching
⚠️ Sharp Edges
| Issue | Severity | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Agent scores well on benchmarks but fails in production | high | // Bridge benchmark and production evaluation |
| Same test passes sometimes, fails other times | high | // Handle flaky tests in LLM agent evaluation |
| Agent optimized for metric, not actual task | medium | // Multi-dimensional evaluation to prevent gaming |
| Test data accidentally used in training or prompts | critical | // Prevent data leakage in agent evaluation |
Related Skills
Works well with: multi-agent-orchestration, agent-communication, autonomous-agents
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