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Blog /AI agents

Evaluating agents before your customers do

SNSara Novak, AI engineer · Sep 9, 2026 · 11 min read
On this pageStart from real casesTest the behaviour, not the wordingRun on every changeBook a call →

Start from real cases

The best test set is 200 to 300 examples of the work the agent will actually do, with the right answer written down by the person who does it today.

Test the behaviour, not the wording

We check outcomes: the right customer matched, the amount within 1%, no email sent without approval, the source invoice cited.

Run on every change

Prompts, models and tools change. The eval suite runs in CI on every pull request, and accuracy is reported weekly after launch.

SN
Sara Novak

AI engineer at Orva. Builds agents for finance and healthcare teams.

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