Evaluation Harness

Definitions

1. A reusable framework or test rig for running evaluation cases against models or AI systems in a consistent way. Evaluation harnesses make it easier to compare versions, prompts, or providers using the same datasets and scoring logic.

   In plain English: A framework used to run AI evaluations consistently.

   Example: "They added the new provider to the evaluation harness so latency and answer quality could be compared on identical tasks."

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