Agent Evaluation Precision

Checking whether an AI agent’s final output ‘looks right’ is not evaluation. Without verification of actual API calls made, parameter correctness, call ordering, and upstream state changes, teams are shipping integrations on hope. Precise evaluation is how context engineering becomes a repeatable discipline.

• Evaluation frameworks must verify actual API calls, not just outputs
• State management must support testing with clean slate
• Must measure parameter correctness, call order, and upstream state changes
• Support model-specific technique recommendations based on benchmarks