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LLM developers urged to build evaluation harnesses before prompt refinement

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This article introduces a practical approach to building evaluation harnesses for Large Language Model (LLM) features, emphasizing the importance of creating test cases before refining prompts. The author suggests developing a 'golden set' of inputs, including real-world examples, bug reports, and edge cases, to systematically assess LLM outputs. The proposed harness uses a JSONL file for test cases and incorporates two types of checks: exact programmatic checks for structured outputs and qualitative checks based on notes for free-text responses, aiming to ensure reliability and prevent unintended failures. AI

IMPACT This approach can improve the reliability and robustness of LLM-powered features by enabling systematic testing and validation.

RANK_REASON The article describes a method for building an evaluation harness for LLM features, which is a tool or technique for software development.

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LLM developers urged to build evaluation harnesses before prompt refinement

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Ahmad Dogar ·

    Evals before prompts: a small eval harness for an LLM feature

    <p>Every LLM feature I have built started the same way: a prompt that worked on the three examples I had open. On the roof report extraction work, the examples I had open turned out to be the easy ones. Real uploads failed in ways I had not pictured, and the only thing that stopp…

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