Judgeval — Tracing + Evaluation for Agent Apps

Practical Notes

• Quant: start with 3–5 golden prompts and record a baseline score per release.
• Quant: monitor eval latency and cost; cap evaluations per request in production.

Pattern: separate tracing from judging

Treat tracing as the source of truth (what happened), and judging as an asynchronous step (how good it was).

A practical rollout:

• Trace everything in staging.
• Pick 3 high-risk paths (tool call safety, RAG correctness, refusal behavior).
• Add a small set of evals and expand only when signal is stable.

Operational note

Store keys securely and avoid placing sensitive payloads into traces. Redaction/scrubbing should be part of the initial setup.

FAQ

Q: Do I need an account? A: The README references API keys and a dashboard; plan on setting up an account for full functionality.

Q: What should I evaluate first? A: Tool-call safety, correctness of retrieved facts, and refusal/guardrail compliance.

Q: How do I keep costs under control? A: Sample traffic, cap evaluations per request, and run heavier suites in CI/staging.