add-eval

Add TestCase entries for a new or existing agent to backend/evals/test_cases.py.

Before You Start

1. •Read backend/evals/test_cases.py — understand the TestCase dataclass and the existing case lists
2. •Read the target agent at backend/agents/<name>.py — understand its id=, tools, knowledge sources, and expected output style
3. •Read backend/evals/run_evals.py lines 1-30 — understand what fields are used during evaluation

TestCase Schema

@dataclass
class TestCase:
    question: str            # The user query sent to the agent
    expected_strings: list[str]  # Strings that MUST appear in the response
    category: str            # "basic" | "aggregation" | "data_quality" | "complex" | "edge_case" | "navigation"
    agent_id: str            # Must match the agent's id= field exactly (default: "data-agent")
    golden_sql: str | None   # Ground-truth SQL for data-agent cases (optional)
    expected_result: str | None  # Exact expected value for golden SQL comparison (optional)
    golden_path: str | None  # Knowledge path label for knowledge-agent cases (optional)

Steps

1. •

   Add a named list for the agent below the last existing *_CASES list:

   python

   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # <AgentName> Test Cases
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   <AGENT_ID_UPPER>_CASES: list[TestCase] = [
       ...
   ]
   

2. •

   Write 4–6 test cases covering:

   • •basic — typical, direct query the agent is designed to handle
   • •basic — second typical query using a different tool or knowledge path
   • •complex — multi-step or compound query
   • •edge_case — query at the boundary of what the agent knows/can do
   • •edge_case — query the agent should gracefully decline or redirect
3. •

   Set agent_id to the exact string from the agent's id= constructor argument.

4. •

   Add to ALL_CASES at the bottom of the file:

   python

   ALL_CASES = DATA_AGENT_CASES + KNOWLEDGE_AGENT_CASES + WEB_SEARCH_CASES + <AGENT_ID_UPPER>_CASES
   

Rules

• •expected_strings must be strings the agent will reliably produce — not LLM paraphrases. Use proper nouns, IDs, or keywords from the data, not generic words like "the" or "result".
• •For data-agent cases, always include golden_sql when the answer is deterministic from the database. The runner uses it for exact result comparison.
• •For knowledge-agent cases, set golden_path to the document section name when the answer should come from a specific loaded document.
• •Do not add test cases requiring live external services (web, stock prices, real-time data) without noting that they need a running backend with appropriate tools enabled.
• •edge_case tests for "out of scope" queries should use expected_strings=["no"] or a short substring the agent uses when declining — check the agent's system prompt for its exact refusal phrasing.

Running Evals

# Run all cases for the agent
mise run evals:run -- -c basic           # filter by category
mise run evals:run                       # all cases
mise run evals:run -- -v                 # verbose (show full responses)
mise run evals:run -- -g                 # LLM grading mode

Requires: running backend (mise run docker:up) and loaded data (mise run load-sample-data for data-agent).