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AI evaluations (evals)

AI evaluations are tests that measure how well an AI system performs on realistic tasks.

Written by Reflective Data experts · updated Oct 5, 2026

An eval set is a collection of example inputs with expected behaviour. Running it on every change catches regressions, compares models and shows whether a new prompt really improves results.

Without evals, you are guessing.

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