Lesson 1338 of 1570
How to Tell If Your Agent Run Was Actually Good
Score your agent on outcome, not on how clever the trace looked.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2outcome metric
- 3run quality
- 4nudge count
Concept cluster
Terms to connect while reading
Section 1
The big idea
a pretty trace that fails the task is still a failure
Some examples
- Did the test suite end green
- Was the PR mergeable
- How many human nudges did it need
Try it!
Open your favorite AI tool and try one of the examples above. Pick the one that matches what you are actually working on this week. Spend 10 minutes, no more. Notice what worked and what did not — that's the real lesson.
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