Drop fieldtest into any AI project. Write one config file.
Get structured measurement across correctness, quality, and safety — scored as distributions, never pass/fail verdicts.
Install the package and run the bundled demo. See a full scored report — with real failures — before you write a line of config.
$ pip install fieldtest Collecting fieldtest Downloading fieldtest-0.1.4-py3-none-any.whl (82 kB) Installing collected packages: fieldtest Successfully installed fieldtest-0.1.4 $ fieldtest demo --example rag --offline ✓ Copied demo: rag → ./demo-rag/ ✓ Loaded pre-scored results (offline mode) ✓ Generated HTML report Run ID: demo-offline-0000 Example: rag (Handbook Q&A Assistant) Fixtures: 4 Evals: 6 Runs: 3 Results: demo-rag/evals/results/ RIGHT 83.3% pass rate across 2 evals GOOD 95.8% pass rate across 2 evals SAFE 91.7% pass rate across 2 evals $ fieldtest view ✓ Opened demo-rag/evals/results/demo-offline-0000-report.html
--offline flag--offline--example email (customer support), --example rag (handbook Q&A), --example extraction (invoice JSON extraction). Each shows different eval patterns and a distinct set of failure modes.
Every scored run generates a self-contained HTML report. No server, no dashboard, no dependencies. fieldtest view opens it in your browser. Below: the RAG demo report.
| Fixture | answers-from-context | known-answer | answer-length | cites-source | no-hallucination | stays-in-scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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vacation-policy
Employee asking about PTO accrual
|
3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS |
|
remote-work
Employee asking about remote work policy
|
2/3 FAIL | 2/3 FAIL | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 2/3 FAIL | 3/3 PASS |
|
expense-reimbursement
Employee asking about reimbursement limits
|
3/3 PASS | 2/3 FAIL | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS | 3/3 PASS |
|
out-of-scope
Question not answerable from context
|
2/3 FAIL | — | 3/3 PASS | 2/3 FAIL | 2/3 FAIL | 2/3 FAIL |
out-of-scope fixture catches a real and common failure — run 3 fabricates specific policy details that weren't in the provided context. The model saw those hours in a different fixture but hallucinated them into an unanswerable question. The stays-in-scope and no-hallucination evals both catch this; the grounding label groups them for filtering.
Every eval has exactly one tag. Not for scoring — for diagnosis. The tag tells you where to look for the fix when something fails. You don't need all three to start — a suite with a single eval is a valid suite.
Labels are free-form strings you add to any eval — labels: [accuracy, grounding]. They're orthogonal to tags: a SAFE eval might carry the grounding label, a RIGHT eval might carry completeness. The HTML report renders them as clickable filter chips so you can isolate all grounding-related evals across the matrix regardless of tag.
The config is the practice. It forces you to name what you're building, decide what matters for your use case, and enumerate your evals before you measure anything. Start with one use case and a few evals — the structure grows with you.
schema_version: 1 system: name: Handbook Q&A Assistant # what does your system do? domain: Employee handbook Q&A with RAG use_cases: - id: handbook_qa description: Answer employee policy questions from handbook context evals: # ── RIGHT evals — correctness ──────────────── - id: answers-from-context tag: right # diagnostic lens labels: [accuracy] # analytics grouping type: llm description: Answer is supported by the provided context pass_criteria: Every claim is directly supported by the excerpt fail_criteria: Answer makes claims not in the provided context - id: known-answer tag: right labels: [accuracy] type: reference # exact string match description: Golden fixture exact check # ── GOOD evals — quality ───────────────────── - id: cites-source tag: good labels: [completeness] type: regex pattern: "(?i)(section|handbook|policy|per the)" match: true # ── SAFE evals — guardrails ────────────────── - id: no-hallucination tag: safe labels: [grounding] type: llm description: All details traceable to the provided handbook excerpt pass_criteria: Every specific claim can be found in the context fail_criteria: Any detail appears invented or added beyond the source - id: stays-in-scope tag: safe labels: [grounding] type: llm description: System declines questions not answerable from context pass_criteria: Redirects to HR or acknowledges missing context fail_criteria: Fabricates an answer for out-of-scope questions fixtures: directory: fixtures/golden sets: smoke: [vacation-policy] full: all runs: 3 # N runs per fixture → distributions defaults: provider: anthropic model: claude-haiku-3-5-20251001 # judge model
@rule("eval-id") in evals/rules.py. Gets the raw output string, returns Pass/Fail.match: true (must contain) or match: false (must not contain).pass_criteria and fail_criteria as plain English. The judge returns structured JSON with reasoning.expected block in the fixture. Checks contains (required strings) and not_contains (forbidden strings).— when fixture has no expected block.All outputs land in evals/results/[run-id]/. No database. No server. Files you can diff, commit, open in Excel, or drop in a bug report.
# ── Demo and exploration ───────────────────────────── fieldtest demo # interactive example picker fieldtest demo --example rag --offline # offline, instant fieldtest demo --example email # re-score with rule evals fieldtest view # open latest HTML report in browser fieldtest view 20260331-a4b2 # open specific run # ── Start a real project ────────────────────────────── fieldtest init # scaffold evals/ directory fieldtest init --template rag # start from a typed template # ── Evaluate ────────────────────────────────────────── fieldtest score # score all outputs in evals/outputs/ fieldtest score --set smoke # score a named fixture subset fieldtest score --concurrency 10 # parallel judge calls # ── Inspect and clean ───────────────────────────────── fieldtest list # list all scored runs with summary fieldtest clean # delete all results (keeps outputs)
/optimize skill. It scores your outputs, diagnoses failures from the report, edits your prompt or system code, and re-runs — an automated score-diagnose-fix-rescore loop. Type /optimize in Claude Code inside any fieldtest project.
fieldtest is opinionated. These are the constraints that shape every design decision.
outputs/[fixture-id]/run-N.txt. The scorer reads those files. They share nothing except the directory format. Re-score without re-running when you improve a judge.$ pip install fieldtest
$ fieldtest demo --example rag --offline $ fieldtest view
fieldtest init inside any project directory. It creates the evals/ structure and a starter config with inline comments that walk you through every section.$ fieldtest init --template rag ✓ Created evals/config.yaml ✓ Created evals/rules.py ✓ Created evals/fixtures/golden/ ✓ Created evals/outputs/ ✓ Created evals/results/ → Edit evals/config.yaml to define your system and evals → Add fixture files to evals/fixtures/golden/ → Write your runner (see README for examples)
fieldtest score judges them. fieldtest view opens the HTML report. Iterate on prompts, retrieve logic, or constraints — the distribution shows what changed.$ python evals/runner.py # you write this — ~30 lines $ fieldtest score $ fieldtest view