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LLM Evals: Everything You Need to Know (FAQ)

Hamel Husain · hamel.dev

Every question you will have about evals, answered by the field's top teacher.

It answers 2 questions

  1. How do I test whether my AI feature actually works before launch (evals, in plain terms)?
  2. How do I test an AI agent and know when it's reliable enough to trust?

Read with it

  1. The course that trained 2,000+ people, including teams at OpenAI and Anthropic. maven.com Course AI Evals For Engineers & PMs (Maven course) Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar
  2. The same masterclass in podcast form for the commute. open.spotify.com Podcast Why AI evals are the hottest new skill (audio) Lenny's Podcast
  3. The clearest official explanation of what an agent eval actually is. anthropic.com Guide Demystifying evals for AI agents Anthropic
  4. The philosophy behind the top-grossing evals course, free to read. hamelhusain.substack.com Article AI Evals For Engineers & Product Managers Hamel Husain
  5. Video Why AI evals are the hottest new skill for product builders Lenny's Podcast (Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar)
  6. The 60-second version of why evals became the must-have skill. x.com Thread Lenny on evals: watch them build one live Lenny Rachitsky
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