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Lesson 2 of 3 · 14 min read

Deterministic Evals

Use these whenever you can — they're fast, free, and unambiguous.

For tasks with a single right answer, code-checks are king:

  • Exact match — for classifications, slot extraction
  • JSON schema validation — for structured outputs
  • Regex / contains — for known phrases or formats
  • Numeric comparison with tolerance — for calculations
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