Architecture & Patterns: Evaluation + Quality Assurance¶
Production Patterns¶
Architecture View¶
graph LR
A[Eval dataset] --> B[Run agent]
B --> C[Score outputs]
C --> D[Compare baseline]
D --> E[Pass or fail gate]
Common Failure Modes¶
Common Failure Modes¶
- Eval set too small to expose regressions.
- Baseline not versioned with code and prompt state.
- Gate thresholds too loose or too strict.
Interview Q&A¶
Q: Interview Q: What metrics should gate an agent release?
Use a small set of critical metrics: correctness, safety failures, and latency budget adherence. Tie each to explicit thresholds.
Q: Interview Q: Why keep adversarial evals separate?
Adversarial cases often require stricter policy and are easier to track as a dedicated subset for security and robustness checks.