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Developer builds CI for prompts to catch regressions

The developer built Sentinel, a prompt regression gate for CI, to address issues in prompt testing. Sentinel runs evaluation suites on prompt changes, accounting for run-to-run noise to prevent regressions before merging. The system was developed for the Agent Harness Hackathon and utilizes tools like TrueForge and Sandbox for tasks such as PR management and assertion generation. Challenges encountered included prompt judges being unable to see submissions, issues with temperature settings on models like Claude Sonnet-5, and GPT-4o mini returning inconsistent results. AI

IMPACT This tool could improve the reliability and efficiency of prompt engineering workflows.

RANK_REASON The item describes the development of a tool for prompt testing and CI, not a new frontier model release or significant industry event.

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Developer builds CI for prompts to catch regressions

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Parth Gupta ·

    I built CI for prompts, and the first bug was in the tests

    <p><strong>Sentinel</strong> is a prompt regression gate. It runs an eval suite against both versions of a<br /> changed prompt, accounts for run-to-run noise, and stops before merge. Built in a week for<br /> the Agent Harness Hackathon (WeMakeDevs × TrueFoundry × Qodo).<br /> R…