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case[",[33,882,855],{"class":59},[33,884,885],{"class":39},"] ",[33,887,888],{"class":403},"else",[33,890,891],{"class":52}," 0.0\n",[33,893,894,897],{"class":35,"line":286},[33,895,896],{"class":403},"        elif",[33,898,899],{"class":39}," judge_fn:\n",[33,901,902,904,906,909,911,914,917],{"class":35,"line":298},[33,903,863],{"class":39},[33,905,730],{"class":403},[33,907,908],{"class":39}," judge_fn(case[",[33,910,800],{"class":59},[33,912,913],{"class":39},"], output, case.get(",[33,915,916],{"class":59},"\"rubric\"",[33,918,919],{"class":39},"))\n",[33,921,922,925],{"class":35,"line":310},[33,923,924],{"class":403},"        else",[33,926,661],{"class":39},[33,928,929,931,933,936],{"class":35,"line":320},[33,930,863],{"class":39},[33,932,730],{"class":403},[33,934,935],{"class":52}," None",[33,937,938],{"class":344},"  # flag for manual review\n",[33,940,941],{"class":35,"line":326},[33,942,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,944,946],{"class":35,"line":945},31,[33,947,948],{"class":39},"        results.append(EvalResult(\n",[33,950,952,955,957,960,963,966,969,971,974,977,979],{"class":35,"line":951},32,[33,953,954],{"class":522},"            id",[33,956,730],{"class":403},[33,958,959],{"class":39},"case[",[33,961,962],{"class":59},"\"id\"",[33,964,965],{"class":39},"], ",[33,967,968],{"class":522},"output",[33,970,730],{"class":403},[33,972,973],{"class":39},"output, ",[33,975,976],{"class":522},"score",[33,978,730],{"class":403},[33,980,981],{"class":39},"score,\n",[33,983,985,988,990,993,996,998],{"class":35,"line":984},33,[33,986,987],{"class":522},"            cost_usd",[33,989,730],{"class":403},[33,991,992],{"class":39},"cost, ",[33,994,995],{"class":522},"latency_ms",[33,997,730],{"class":403},[33,999,1000],{"class":39},"latency_ms,\n",[33,1002,1004],{"class":35,"line":1003},34,[33,1005,1006],{"class":39},"        ))\n",[33,1008,1010,1013],{"class":35,"line":1009},35,[33,1011,1012],{"class":403},"    return",[33,1014,1015],{"class":39}," results\n",[33,1017,1019],{"class":35,"line":1018},36,[33,1020,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1022,1024,1026,1029,1032,1034,1037,1040],{"class":35,"line":1023},37,[33,1025,721],{"class":403},[33,1027,1028],{"class":649}," calculate_cost",[33,1030,1031],{"class":39},"(usage: ",[33,1033,686],{"class":52},[33,1035,1036],{"class":39},") -> ",[33,1038,1039],{"class":52},"float",[33,1041,661],{"class":39},[33,1043,1045],{"class":35,"line":1044},38,[33,1046,1047],{"class":59},"    \"\"\"Calculate API cost from token usage — different rates for input vs output.\"\"\"\n",[33,1049,1051,1054,1056,1059,1062,1065],{"class":35,"line":1050},39,[33,1052,1053],{"class":52},"    INPUT_PRICE",[33,1055,404],{"class":403},[33,1057,1058],{"class":52}," 3.0",[33,1060,1061],{"class":403}," \u002F",[33,1063,1064],{"class":52}," 1_000_000",[33,1066,1067],{"class":344},"   # $3 per 1M input tokens (example — check current)\n",[33,1069,1071,1074,1076,1079,1081,1083],{"class":35,"line":1070},40,[33,1072,1073],{"class":52},"    OUTPUT_PRICE",[33,1075,404],{"class":403},[33,1077,1078],{"class":52}," 15.0",[33,1080,1061],{"class":403},[33,1082,1064],{"class":52},[33,1084,1085],{"class":344}," # $15 per 1M output tokens (example)\n",[33,1087,1089,1091,1094,1097,1100,1103,1106,1108,1111],{"class":35,"line":1088},41,[33,1090,1012],{"class":403},[33,1092,1093],{"class":39}," (usage.get(",[33,1095,1096],{"class":59},"\"input_tokens\"",[33,1098,1099],{"class":39},", ",[33,1101,1102],{"class":52},"0",[33,1104,1105],{"class":39},") ",[33,1107,824],{"class":403},[33,1109,1110],{"class":52}," INPUT_PRICE",[33,1112,1113],{"class":403}," +\n",[33,1115,1117,1120,1123,1125,1127,1129,1131,1134],{"class":35,"line":1116},42,[33,1118,1119],{"class":39},"            usage.get(",[33,1121,1122],{"class":59},"\"output_tokens\"",[33,1124,1099],{"class":39},[33,1126,1102],{"class":52},[33,1128,1105],{"class":39},[33,1130,824],{"class":403},[33,1132,1133],{"class":52}," OUTPUT_PRICE",[33,1135,1136],{"class":39},")\n",[14,1138,1140],{"id":1139},"human-in-the-loop-calibration","Human-in-the-Loop Calibration",[19,1142,1144],{"filename":1143,"language":333},"judge_calibration.py",[24,1145,1147],{"className":336,"code":1146,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"def calibrate_judge(judge_fn, eval_cases, human_scores: dict) -> dict:\n    \"\"\"Compare LLM judge scores against human-graded samples.\n    A judge calibrated against one prompt version is NOT guaranteed to stay\n    calibrated after the prompt or model changes — periodic re-calibration needed.\"\"\"\n    judge_scores = {}\n    for case in eval_cases:\n        if case[\"id\"] in human_scores:\n            output = run_prompt(case[\"input\"])\n            judge_scores[case[\"id\"]] = judge_fn(case[\"input\"], output)\n\n    agreements = 0\n    for case_id in human_scores:\n        if abs(judge_scores.get(case_id, 0) - human_scores[case_id]) \u003C= 1.0:\n            agreements += 1\n\n    agreement_rate = agreements \u002F len(human_scores)\n    return {\n        \"agreement_rate\": agreement_rate,\n        \"is_reliable\": agreement_rate >= 0.90,\n        \"note\": \"Judge is well-calibrated\" if agreement_rate >= 0.90\n                else \"Judge prompt needs revision before trusting at scale\",\n    }\n\n# If agreement_rate \u003C 0.90, the judge has a systematic bias (favors longer\n# responses, stylistically similar outputs, confident phrasing). Revise the\n# judge rubric before trusting its scores to drive real decisions.\n",[30,1148,1149,1167,1172,1177,1182,1192,1202,1217,1232,1251,1255,1265,1276,1302,1313,1317,1336,1342,1350,1366,1386,1396,1401,1405,1410,1415],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,1150,1151,1153,1156,1159,1161,1163,1165],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,1152,721],{"class":403},[33,1154,1155],{"class":649}," calibrate_judge",[33,1157,1158],{"class":39},"(judge_fn, eval_cases, human_scores: ",[33,1160,686],{"class":52},[33,1162,1036],{"class":39},[33,1164,686],{"class":52},[33,1166,661],{"class":39},[33,1168,1169],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,1170,1171],{"class":59},"    \"\"\"Compare LLM judge scores against human-graded samples.\n",[33,1173,1174],{"class":35,"line":49},[33,1175,1176],{"class":59},"    A judge calibrated against one prompt version is NOT guaranteed to stay\n",[33,1178,1179],{"class":35,"line":66},[33,1180,1181],{"class":59},"    calibrated after the prompt or model changes — periodic re-calibration needed.\"\"\"\n",[33,1183,1184,1187,1189],{"class":35,"line":79},[33,1185,1186],{"class":39},"    judge_scores ",[33,1188,730],{"class":403},[33,1190,1191],{"class":39}," {}\n",[33,1193,1194,1196,1198,1200],{"class":35,"line":92},[33,1195,756],{"class":403},[33,1197,759],{"class":39},[33,1199,762],{"class":403},[33,1201,765],{"class":39},[33,1203,1204,1206,1208,1210,1212,1214],{"class":35,"line":105},[33,1205,849],{"class":403},[33,1207,880],{"class":39},[33,1209,962],{"class":59},[33,1211,885],{"class":39},[33,1213,762],{"class":403},[33,1215,1216],{"class":39}," human_scores:\n",[33,1218,1219,1222,1224,1227,1229],{"class":35,"line":116},[33,1220,1221],{"class":39},"            output ",[33,1223,730],{"class":403},[33,1225,1226],{"class":39}," run_prompt(case[",[33,1228,800],{"class":59},[33,1230,1231],{"class":39},"])\n",[33,1233,1234,1237,1239,1242,1244,1246,1248],{"class":35,"line":122},[33,1235,1236],{"class":39},"            judge_scores[case[",[33,1238,962],{"class":59},[33,1240,1241],{"class":39},"]] ",[33,1243,730],{"class":403},[33,1245,908],{"class":39},[33,1247,800],{"class":59},[33,1249,1250],{"class":39},"], output)\n",[33,1252,1253],{"class":35,"line":127},[33,1254,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1256,1257,1260,1262],{"class":35,"line":139},[33,1258,1259],{"class":39},"    agreements ",[33,1261,730],{"class":403},[33,1263,1264],{"class":52}," 0\n",[33,1266,1267,1269,1272,1274],{"class":35,"line":151},[33,1268,756],{"class":403},[33,1270,1271],{"class":39}," case_id ",[33,1273,762],{"class":403},[33,1275,1216],{"class":39},[33,1277,1278,1280,1283,1286,1288,1290,1292,1295,1298,1300],{"class":35,"line":163},[33,1279,849],{"class":403},[33,1281,1282],{"class":52}," abs",[33,1284,1285],{"class":39},"(judge_scores.get(case_id, ",[33,1287,1102],{"class":52},[33,1289,1105],{"class":39},[33,1291,523],{"class":403},[33,1293,1294],{"class":39}," human_scores[case_id]) ",[33,1296,1297],{"class":403},"\u003C=",[33,1299,868],{"class":52},[33,1301,661],{"class":39},[33,1303,1304,1307,1310],{"class":35,"line":175},[33,1305,1306],{"class":39},"            agreements ",[33,1308,1309],{"class":403},"+=",[33,1311,1312],{"class":52}," 1\n",[33,1314,1315],{"class":35,"line":185},[33,1316,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1318,1319,1322,1324,1327,1330,1333],{"class":35,"line":190},[33,1320,1321],{"class":39},"    agreement_rate ",[33,1323,730],{"class":403},[33,1325,1326],{"class":39}," agreements ",[33,1328,1329],{"class":403},"\u002F",[33,1331,1332],{"class":52}," len",[33,1334,1335],{"class":39},"(human_scores)\n",[33,1337,1338,1340],{"class":35,"line":195},[33,1339,1012],{"class":403},[33,1341,407],{"class":39},[33,1343,1344,1347],{"class":35,"line":207},[33,1345,1346],{"class":59},"        \"agreement_rate\"",[33,1348,1349],{"class":39},": agreement_rate,\n",[33,1351,1352,1355,1358,1361,1364],{"class":35,"line":219},[33,1353,1354],{"class":59},"        \"is_reliable\"",[33,1356,1357],{"class":39},": agreement_rate ",[33,1359,1360],{"class":403},">=",[33,1362,1363],{"class":52}," 0.90",[33,1365,63],{"class":39},[33,1367,1368,1371,1373,1376,1378,1381,1383],{"class":35,"line":230},[33,1369,1370],{"class":59},"        \"note\"",[33,1372,56],{"class":39},[33,1374,1375],{"class":59},"\"Judge is well-calibrated\"",[33,1377,871],{"class":403},[33,1379,1380],{"class":39}," agreement_rate ",[33,1382,1360],{"class":403},[33,1384,1385],{"class":52}," 0.90\n",[33,1387,1388,1391,1394],{"class":35,"line":242},[33,1389,1390],{"class":403},"                else",[33,1392,1393],{"class":59}," \"Judge prompt needs revision before trusting at scale\"",[33,1395,63],{"class":39},[33,1397,1398],{"class":35,"line":252},[33,1399,1400],{"class":39},"    }\n",[33,1402,1403],{"class":35,"line":257},[33,1404,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1406,1407],{"class":35,"line":262},[33,1408,1409],{"class":344},"# If agreement_rate \u003C 0.90, the judge has a systematic bias (favors longer\n",[33,1411,1412],{"class":35,"line":274},[33,1413,1414],{"class":344},"# responses, stylistically similar outputs, confident phrasing). Revise the\n",[33,1416,1417],{"class":35,"line":286},[33,1418,1419],{"class":344},"# judge rubric before trusting its scores to drive real decisions.\n",[14,1421,1423],{"id":1422},"ci-gated-regression-testing","CI-Gated Regression Testing",[19,1425,1427],{"filename":1426,"language":333},"ci_regression.py",[24,1428,1430],{"className":336,"code":1429,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"import json\nimport sys\n\ndef test_prompt_regression():\n    \"\"\"Run on every PR that touches a prompt template, system prompt, or model config.\n    Catches regressions BEFORE production, not after user complaints.\"\"\"\n    baseline_scores = load_baseline(\"eval_baseline.json\")\n    current_results = run_eval_suite(current_prompt_fn, eval_cases, judge_fn)\n\n    regressions = []\n    for result in current_results:\n        baseline = baseline_scores.get(result.id)\n        if baseline and result.score and result.score \u003C baseline - 0.5:\n            regressions.append({\n                \"id\": result.id,\n                \"baseline\": baseline,\n                \"current\": result.score,\n                \"drop\": baseline - result.score,\n            })\n\n    # Also check cost\u002Flatency regressions\n    baseline_cost = baseline_scores.get(\"_avg_cost\", 0)\n    current_avg_cost = sum(r.cost_usd for r in current_results) \u002F len(current_results)\n    if current_avg_cost > baseline_cost * 1.5:\n        regressions.append({\n            \"id\": \"_cost_regression\",\n            \"baseline\": baseline_cost,\n            \"current\": current_avg_cost,\n            \"drop\": \"cost increased >50%\",\n        })\n\n    if regressions:\n        print(f\"❌ Regression detected:\")\n        for r in regressions:\n            print(f\"   {r['id']}: {r['baseline']} → {r['current']}\")\n        sys.exit(1)  # ← CI gate: fail the build\n    else:\n        print(\"✅ No regressions detected\")\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    test_prompt_regression()\n",[30,1431,1432,1438,1444,1448,1458,1463,1468,1483,1493,1497,1506,1518,1528,1557,1562,1570,1578,1586,1599,1604,1608,1613,1632,1663,1684,1689,1701,1709,1717,1729,1734,1738,1745,1761,1772,1831,1845,1852,1863,1867,1883],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,1433,1434,1436],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,1435,617],{"class":403},[33,1437,620],{"class":39},[33,1439,1440,1442],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,1441,617],{"class":403},[33,1443,627],{"class":39},[33,1445,1446],{"class":35,"line":49},[33,1447,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1449,1450,1452,1455],{"class":35,"line":66},[33,1451,721],{"class":403},[33,1453,1454],{"class":649}," test_prompt_regression",[33,1456,1457],{"class":39},"():\n",[33,1459,1460],{"class":35,"line":79},[33,1461,1462],{"class":59},"    \"\"\"Run on every PR that touches a prompt template, system prompt, or model config.\n",[33,1464,1465],{"class":35,"line":92},[33,1466,1467],{"class":59},"    Catches regressions BEFORE production, not after user complaints.\"\"\"\n",[33,1469,1470,1473,1475,1478,1481],{"class":35,"line":105},[33,1471,1472],{"class":39},"    baseline_scores ",[33,1474,730],{"class":403},[33,1476,1477],{"class":39}," load_baseline(",[33,1479,1480],{"class":59},"\"eval_baseline.json\"",[33,1482,1136],{"class":39},[33,1484,1485,1488,1490],{"class":35,"line":116},[33,1486,1487],{"class":39},"    current_results ",[33,1489,730],{"class":403},[33,1491,1492],{"class":39}," run_eval_suite(current_prompt_fn, eval_cases, judge_fn)\n",[33,1494,1495],{"class":35,"line":122},[33,1496,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1498,1499,1502,1504],{"class":35,"line":127},[33,1500,1501],{"class":39},"    regressions ",[33,1503,730],{"class":403},[33,1505,751],{"class":39},[33,1507,1508,1510,1513,1515],{"class":35,"line":139},[33,1509,756],{"class":403},[33,1511,1512],{"class":39}," result ",[33,1514,762],{"class":403},[33,1516,1517],{"class":39}," current_results:\n",[33,1519,1520,1523,1525],{"class":35,"line":151},[33,1521,1522],{"class":39},"        baseline ",[33,1524,730],{"class":403},[33,1526,1527],{"class":39}," baseline_scores.get(result.id)\n",[33,1529,1530,1532,1535,1538,1541,1543,1545,1548,1550,1552,1555],{"class":35,"line":163},[33,1531,849],{"class":403},[33,1533,1534],{"class":39}," baseline ",[33,1536,1537],{"class":403},"and",[33,1539,1540],{"class":39}," result.score ",[33,1542,1537],{"class":403},[33,1544,1540],{"class":39},[33,1546,1547],{"class":403},"\u003C",[33,1549,1534],{"class":39},[33,1551,523],{"class":403},[33,1553,1554],{"class":52}," 0.5",[33,1556,661],{"class":39},[33,1558,1559],{"class":35,"line":175},[33,1560,1561],{"class":39},"            regressions.append({\n",[33,1563,1564,1567],{"class":35,"line":185},[33,1565,1566],{"class":59},"                \"id\"",[33,1568,1569],{"class":39},": result.id,\n",[33,1571,1572,1575],{"class":35,"line":190},[33,1573,1574],{"class":59},"                \"baseline\"",[33,1576,1577],{"class":39},": baseline,\n",[33,1579,1580,1583],{"class":35,"line":195},[33,1581,1582],{"class":59},"                \"current\"",[33,1584,1585],{"class":39},": result.score,\n",[33,1587,1588,1591,1594,1596],{"class":35,"line":207},[33,1589,1590],{"class":59},"                \"drop\"",[33,1592,1593],{"class":39},": baseline ",[33,1595,523],{"class":403},[33,1597,1598],{"class":39}," result.score,\n",[33,1600,1601],{"class":35,"line":219},[33,1602,1603],{"class":39},"            })\n",[33,1605,1606],{"class":35,"line":230},[33,1607,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1609,1610],{"class":35,"line":242},[33,1611,1612],{"class":344},"    # Also check cost\u002Flatency regressions\n",[33,1614,1615,1618,1620,1623,1626,1628,1630],{"class":35,"line":252},[33,1616,1617],{"class":39},"    baseline_cost ",[33,1619,730],{"class":403},[33,1621,1622],{"class":39}," baseline_scores.get(",[33,1624,1625],{"class":59},"\"_avg_cost\"",[33,1627,1099],{"class":39},[33,1629,1102],{"class":52},[33,1631,1136],{"class":39},[33,1633,1634,1637,1639,1642,1645,1648,1651,1653,1656,1658,1660],{"class":35,"line":257},[33,1635,1636],{"class":39},"    current_avg_cost ",[33,1638,730],{"class":403},[33,1640,1641],{"class":52}," sum",[33,1643,1644],{"class":39},"(r.cost_usd ",[33,1646,1647],{"class":403},"for",[33,1649,1650],{"class":39}," r ",[33,1652,762],{"class":403},[33,1654,1655],{"class":39}," current_results) ",[33,1657,1329],{"class":403},[33,1659,1332],{"class":52},[33,1661,1662],{"class":39},"(current_results)\n",[33,1664,1665,1668,1671,1674,1677,1679,1682],{"class":35,"line":262},[33,1666,1667],{"class":403},"    if",[33,1669,1670],{"class":39}," current_avg_cost ",[33,1672,1673],{"class":403},">",[33,1675,1676],{"class":39}," baseline_cost ",[33,1678,824],{"class":403},[33,1680,1681],{"class":52}," 1.5",[33,1683,661],{"class":39},[33,1685,1686],{"class":35,"line":274},[33,1687,1688],{"class":39},"        regressions.append({\n",[33,1690,1691,1694,1696,1699],{"class":35,"line":286},[33,1692,1693],{"class":59},"            \"id\"",[33,1695,56],{"class":39},[33,1697,1698],{"class":59},"\"_cost_regression\"",[33,1700,63],{"class":39},[33,1702,1703,1706],{"class":35,"line":298},[33,1704,1705],{"class":59},"            \"baseline\"",[33,1707,1708],{"class":39},": baseline_cost,\n",[33,1710,1711,1714],{"class":35,"line":310},[33,1712,1713],{"class":59},"            \"current\"",[33,1715,1716],{"class":39},": current_avg_cost,\n",[33,1718,1719,1722,1724,1727],{"class":35,"line":320},[33,1720,1721],{"class":59},"            \"drop\"",[33,1723,56],{"class":39},[33,1725,1726],{"class":59},"\"cost increased >50%\"",[33,1728,63],{"class":39},[33,1730,1731],{"class":35,"line":326},[33,1732,1733],{"class":39},"        })\n",[33,1735,1736],{"class":35,"line":945},[33,1737,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1739,1740,1742],{"class":35,"line":951},[33,1741,1667],{"class":403},[33,1743,1744],{"class":39}," regressions:\n",[33,1746,1747,1750,1753,1756,1759],{"class":35,"line":984},[33,1748,1749],{"class":52},"        print",[33,1751,1752],{"class":39},"(",[33,1754,1755],{"class":403},"f",[33,1757,1758],{"class":59},"\"❌ Regression detected:\"",[33,1760,1136],{"class":39},[33,1762,1763,1766,1768,1770],{"class":35,"line":1003},[33,1764,1765],{"class":403},"        for",[33,1767,1650],{"class":39},[33,1769,762],{"class":403},[33,1771,1744],{"class":39},[33,1773,1774,1777,1779,1781,1784,1787,1790,1793,1796,1799,1801,1803,1805,1808,1810,1812,1815,1817,1819,1822,1824,1826,1829],{"class":35,"line":1009},[33,1775,1776],{"class":52},"            print",[33,1778,1752],{"class":39},[33,1780,1755],{"class":403},[33,1782,1783],{"class":59},"\"   ",[33,1785,1786],{"class":52},"{",[33,1788,1789],{"class":39},"r[",[33,1791,1792],{"class":59},"'id'",[33,1794,1795],{"class":39},"]",[33,1797,1798],{"class":52},"}",[33,1800,56],{"class":59},[33,1802,1786],{"class":52},[33,1804,1789],{"class":39},[33,1806,1807],{"class":59},"'baseline'",[33,1809,1795],{"class":39},[33,1811,1798],{"class":52},[33,1813,1814],{"class":59}," → ",[33,1816,1786],{"class":52},[33,1818,1789],{"class":39},[33,1820,1821],{"class":59},"'current'",[33,1823,1795],{"class":39},[33,1825,1798],{"class":52},[33,1827,1828],{"class":59},"\"",[33,1830,1136],{"class":39},[33,1832,1833,1836,1839,1842],{"class":35,"line":1018},[33,1834,1835],{"class":39},"        sys.exit(",[33,1837,1838],{"class":52},"1",[33,1840,1841],{"class":39},")  ",[33,1843,1844],{"class":344},"# ← CI gate: fail the build\n",[33,1846,1847,1850],{"class":35,"line":1023},[33,1848,1849],{"class":403},"    else",[33,1851,661],{"class":39},[33,1853,1854,1856,1858,1861],{"class":35,"line":1044},[33,1855,1749],{"class":52},[33,1857,1752],{"class":39},[33,1859,1860],{"class":59},"\"✅ No regressions detected\"",[33,1862,1136],{"class":39},[33,1864,1865],{"class":35,"line":1050},[33,1866,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1868,1869,1872,1875,1878,1881],{"class":35,"line":1070},[33,1870,1871],{"class":403},"if",[33,1873,1874],{"class":52}," __name__",[33,1876,1877],{"class":403}," ==",[33,1879,1880],{"class":59}," \"__main__\"",[33,1882,661],{"class":39},[33,1884,1885],{"class":35,"line":1088},[33,1886,1887],{"class":39},"    test_prompt_regression()\n",[14,1889,1891],{"id":1890},"cost-and-latency-as-first-class-metrics","Cost and Latency as First-Class Metrics",[19,1893,1895],{"filename":1894,"language":333},"cost_latency_tracking.py",[24,1896,1898],{"className":336,"code":1897,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"# Correctness is necessary but NOT sufficient. Cost and latency are real\n# constraints that a purely-accuracy-focused eval process ignores until crisis.\n\nEVAL_DIMENSIONS = {\n    \"input_tokens\": {\n        \"track\": \"per-request average and p95\",\n        \"why\": \"directly drives cost; accumulated instructions (Chapter 8) cost more per call silently\",\n    },\n    \"output_tokens\": {\n        \"track\": \"per-request average and p95\",\n        \"why\": \"same cost driver; proxy for whether verbosity constraints (Chapter 4) are respected\",\n    },\n    \"latency_ms\": {\n        \"track\": \"p50 and p95 response time\",\n        \"why\": \"user-facing responsiveness; extended thinking\u002Ftool loops (Chapters 13, 15) push this\",\n    },\n    \"cost_per_resolution\": {\n        \"track\": \"total cost \u002F tasks actually completed correctly\",\n        \"why\": \"the metric that actually matters — a cheap-but-frequently-wrong prompt costs MORE\",\n    },\n}\n\n# ANTI-PATTERN: optimizing only for accuracy without tracking what that costs\n# A prompt change that improves average judge score by 0.2 by adding several\n# paragraphs + a larger thinking budget may NOT be worth shipping if it triples\n# per-request cost and latency for a marginal accuracy gain.\n\n# ALWAYS report cost + latency alongside accuracy in every eval report. A \"should\n# we ship this\" decision must weigh accuracy gain against cost\u002Flatency cost.\n",[30,1899,1900,1905,1910,1914,1923,1931,1943,1955,1960,1967,1977,1988,1992,1999,2010,2021,2025,2032,2043,2054,2058,2062,2066,2071,2076,2081,2086,2090,2095],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,1901,1902],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,1903,1904],{"class":344},"# Correctness is necessary but NOT sufficient. Cost and latency are real\n",[33,1906,1907],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,1908,1909],{"class":344},"# constraints that a purely-accuracy-focused eval process ignores until crisis.\n",[33,1911,1912],{"class":35,"line":49},[33,1913,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,1915,1916,1919,1921],{"class":35,"line":66},[33,1917,1918],{"class":52},"EVAL_DIMENSIONS",[33,1920,404],{"class":403},[33,1922,407],{"class":39},[33,1924,1925,1928],{"class":35,"line":79},[33,1926,1927],{"class":59},"    \"input_tokens\"",[33,1929,1930],{"class":39},": {\n",[33,1932,1933,1936,1938,1941],{"class":35,"line":92},[33,1934,1935],{"class":59},"        \"track\"",[33,1937,56],{"class":39},[33,1939,1940],{"class":59},"\"per-request average and p95\"",[33,1942,63],{"class":39},[33,1944,1945,1948,1950,1953],{"class":35,"line":105},[33,1946,1947],{"class":59},"        \"why\"",[33,1949,56],{"class":39},[33,1951,1952],{"class":59},"\"directly drives cost; accumulated instructions (Chapter 8) cost more per call silently\"",[33,1954,63],{"class":39},[33,1956,1957],{"class":35,"line":116},[33,1958,1959],{"class":39},"    },\n",[33,1961,1962,1965],{"class":35,"line":122},[33,1963,1964],{"class":59},"    \"output_tokens\"",[33,1966,1930],{"class":39},[33,1968,1969,1971,1973,1975],{"class":35,"line":127},[33,1970,1935],{"class":59},[33,1972,56],{"class":39},[33,1974,1940],{"class":59},[33,1976,63],{"class":39},[33,1978,1979,1981,1983,1986],{"class":35,"line":139},[33,1980,1947],{"class":59},[33,1982,56],{"class":39},[33,1984,1985],{"class":59},"\"same cost driver; proxy for whether verbosity constraints (Chapter 4) are respected\"",[33,1987,63],{"class":39},[33,1989,1990],{"class":35,"line":151},[33,1991,1959],{"class":39},[33,1993,1994,1997],{"class":35,"line":163},[33,1995,1996],{"class":59},"    \"latency_ms\"",[33,1998,1930],{"class":39},[33,2000,2001,2003,2005,2008],{"class":35,"line":175},[33,2002,1935],{"class":59},[33,2004,56],{"class":39},[33,2006,2007],{"class":59},"\"p50 and p95 response time\"",[33,2009,63],{"class":39},[33,2011,2012,2014,2016,2019],{"class":35,"line":185},[33,2013,1947],{"class":59},[33,2015,56],{"class":39},[33,2017,2018],{"class":59},"\"user-facing responsiveness; extended thinking\u002Ftool loops (Chapters 13, 15) push this\"",[33,2020,63],{"class":39},[33,2022,2023],{"class":35,"line":190},[33,2024,1959],{"class":39},[33,2026,2027,2030],{"class":35,"line":195},[33,2028,2029],{"class":59},"    \"cost_per_resolution\"",[33,2031,1930],{"class":39},[33,2033,2034,2036,2038,2041],{"class":35,"line":207},[33,2035,1935],{"class":59},[33,2037,56],{"class":39},[33,2039,2040],{"class":59},"\"total cost \u002F tasks actually completed correctly\"",[33,2042,63],{"class":39},[33,2044,2045,2047,2049,2052],{"class":35,"line":219},[33,2046,1947],{"class":59},[33,2048,56],{"class":39},[33,2050,2051],{"class":59},"\"the metric that actually matters — a cheap-but-frequently-wrong prompt costs MORE\"",[33,2053,63],{"class":39},[33,2055,2056],{"class":35,"line":230},[33,2057,1959],{"class":39},[33,2059,2060],{"class":35,"line":242},[33,2061,484],{"class":39},[33,2063,2064],{"class":35,"line":252},[33,2065,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2067,2068],{"class":35,"line":257},[33,2069,2070],{"class":344},"# ANTI-PATTERN: optimizing only for accuracy without tracking what that costs\n",[33,2072,2073],{"class":35,"line":262},[33,2074,2075],{"class":344},"# A prompt change that improves average judge score by 0.2 by adding several\n",[33,2077,2078],{"class":35,"line":274},[33,2079,2080],{"class":344},"# paragraphs + a larger thinking budget may NOT be worth shipping if it triples\n",[33,2082,2083],{"class":35,"line":286},[33,2084,2085],{"class":344},"# per-request cost and latency for a marginal accuracy gain.\n",[33,2087,2088],{"class":35,"line":298},[33,2089,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2091,2092],{"class":35,"line":310},[33,2093,2094],{"class":344},"# ALWAYS report cost + latency alongside accuracy in every eval report. A \"should\n",[33,2096,2097],{"class":35,"line":320},[33,2098,2099],{"class":344},"# we ship this\" decision must weigh accuracy gain against cost\u002Flatency cost.\n",[14,2101,2103],{"id":2102},"statistical-significance","Statistical Significance",[19,2105,2107],{"filename":2106,"language":333},"significance.py",[24,2108,2110],{"className":336,"code":2109,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"import statistics\n\ndef measure_baseline_noise(prompt_fn, eval_cases, runs=3):\n    \"\"\"Run the SAME prompt multiple times to establish run-to-run variance.\n    A 2-point improvement on 50 cases could be noise if the same prompt varies\n    by 3 points across runs.\"\"\"\n    all_scores = []\n    for _ in range(runs):\n        results = run_eval_suite(prompt_fn, eval_cases)\n        scores = [r.score for r in results if r.score is not None]\n        all_scores.append(statistics.mean(scores))\n\n    return {\n        \"mean\": statistics.mean(all_scores),\n        \"stdev\": statistics.stdev(all_scores) if len(all_scores) > 1 else 0,\n        \"range\": max(all_scores) - min(all_scores),\n    }\n\n# If baseline noise stdev > your observed improvement, the change is NOT\n# statistically significant — you're measuring noise, not effect.\n# Rule: observed_effect > 2 * baseline_stdev before concluding it's real.\n",[30,2111,2112,2119,2123,2140,2145,2150,2155,2164,2179,2189,2223,2228,2232,2238,2246,2274,2294,2298,2302,2307,2312],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,2113,2114,2116],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,2115,617],{"class":403},[33,2117,2118],{"class":39}," statistics\n",[33,2120,2121],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,2122,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2124,2125,2127,2130,2133,2135,2138],{"class":35,"line":49},[33,2126,721],{"class":403},[33,2128,2129],{"class":649}," measure_baseline_noise",[33,2131,2132],{"class":39},"(prompt_fn, eval_cases, runs",[33,2134,730],{"class":403},[33,2136,2137],{"class":52},"3",[33,2139,858],{"class":39},[33,2141,2142],{"class":35,"line":66},[33,2143,2144],{"class":59},"    \"\"\"Run the SAME prompt multiple times to establish run-to-run variance.\n",[33,2146,2147],{"class":35,"line":79},[33,2148,2149],{"class":59},"    A 2-point improvement on 50 cases could be noise if the same prompt varies\n",[33,2151,2152],{"class":35,"line":92},[33,2153,2154],{"class":59},"    by 3 points across runs.\"\"\"\n",[33,2156,2157,2160,2162],{"class":35,"line":105},[33,2158,2159],{"class":39},"    all_scores ",[33,2161,730],{"class":403},[33,2163,751],{"class":39},[33,2165,2166,2168,2171,2173,2176],{"class":35,"line":116},[33,2167,756],{"class":403},[33,2169,2170],{"class":39}," _ ",[33,2172,762],{"class":403},[33,2174,2175],{"class":52}," range",[33,2177,2178],{"class":39},"(runs):\n",[33,2180,2181,2184,2186],{"class":35,"line":122},[33,2182,2183],{"class":39},"        results ",[33,2185,730],{"class":403},[33,2187,2188],{"class":39}," run_eval_suite(prompt_fn, eval_cases)\n",[33,2190,2191,2194,2196,2199,2201,2203,2205,2208,2210,2213,2216,2219,2221],{"class":35,"line":127},[33,2192,2193],{"class":39},"        scores ",[33,2195,730],{"class":403},[33,2197,2198],{"class":39}," [r.score ",[33,2200,1647],{"class":403},[33,2202,1650],{"class":39},[33,2204,762],{"class":403},[33,2206,2207],{"class":39}," results ",[33,2209,1871],{"class":403},[33,2211,2212],{"class":39}," r.score ",[33,2214,2215],{"class":403},"is",[33,2217,2218],{"class":403}," not",[33,2220,935],{"class":52},[33,2222,329],{"class":39},[33,2224,2225],{"class":35,"line":139},[33,2226,2227],{"class":39},"        all_scores.append(statistics.mean(scores))\n",[33,2229,2230],{"class":35,"line":151},[33,2231,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2233,2234,2236],{"class":35,"line":163},[33,2235,1012],{"class":403},[33,2237,407],{"class":39},[33,2239,2240,2243],{"class":35,"line":175},[33,2241,2242],{"class":59},"        \"mean\"",[33,2244,2245],{"class":39},": statistics.mean(all_scores),\n",[33,2247,2248,2251,2254,2256,2258,2261,2263,2266,2269,2272],{"class":35,"line":185},[33,2249,2250],{"class":59},"        \"stdev\"",[33,2252,2253],{"class":39},": statistics.stdev(all_scores) ",[33,2255,1871],{"class":403},[33,2257,1332],{"class":52},[33,2259,2260],{"class":39},"(all_scores) ",[33,2262,1673],{"class":403},[33,2264,2265],{"class":52}," 1",[33,2267,2268],{"class":403}," else",[33,2270,2271],{"class":52}," 0",[33,2273,63],{"class":39},[33,2275,2276,2279,2281,2284,2286,2288,2291],{"class":35,"line":190},[33,2277,2278],{"class":59},"        \"range\"",[33,2280,56],{"class":39},[33,2282,2283],{"class":52},"max",[33,2285,2260],{"class":39},[33,2287,523],{"class":403},[33,2289,2290],{"class":52}," min",[33,2292,2293],{"class":39},"(all_scores),\n",[33,2295,2296],{"class":35,"line":195},[33,2297,1400],{"class":39},[33,2299,2300],{"class":35,"line":207},[33,2301,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2303,2304],{"class":35,"line":219},[33,2305,2306],{"class":344},"# If baseline noise stdev > your observed improvement, the change is NOT\n",[33,2308,2309],{"class":35,"line":230},[33,2310,2311],{"class":344},"# statistically significant — you're measuring noise, not effect.\n",[33,2313,2314],{"class":35,"line":242},[33,2315,2316],{"class":344},"# Rule: observed_effect > 2 * baseline_stdev before concluding it's real.\n",[14,2318,2320],{"id":2319},"tips-tricks","💡 Tips & Tricks",[19,2322,2324],{"filename":2323,"language":333},"tips.py",[24,2325,2327],{"className":336,"code":2326,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"# [Idiom] Version your eval set alongside prompts in the same repo. Require any\n# prompt change to note whether the eval set itself needed updating. An eval set\n# that never grows past its initial cases stops reflecting real failure modes.\n\n# [Debug] When a judge model's score disagrees sharply with your read, don't\n# assume the judge is wrong — read its STATED REASONING first. It often reveals\n# either a genuine issue you missed or a fixable bias in the judge rubric.\n\n# [Performance] Run cheap automated checks (format validity, required fields,\n# length constraints) BEFORE expensive LLM-as-judge calls. Failing cheap checks\n# first means you're not spending a judge-model call grading already-broken output.\n\n# [Idiom] Keep a small fixed \"canary\" subset that virtually never changes —\n# specifically to detect model-version drift (Chapter 16). A canary set with stable\n# expected behavior makes a provider-side update's effect immediately visible.\n\n# [Safety] Include known prompt-injection patterns (Chapter 18) as a permanent\n# category in your regular eval suite, not a separate one-off security review.\n# Injection resistance should be regression-tested on every prompt change.\n",[30,2328,2329,2334,2339,2344,2348,2353,2358,2363,2367,2372,2377,2382,2386,2391,2396,2401,2405,2410,2415],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,2330,2331],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,2332,2333],{"class":344},"# [Idiom] Version your eval set alongside prompts in the same repo. Require any\n",[33,2335,2336],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,2337,2338],{"class":344},"# prompt change to note whether the eval set itself needed updating. An eval set\n",[33,2340,2341],{"class":35,"line":49},[33,2342,2343],{"class":344},"# that never grows past its initial cases stops reflecting real failure modes.\n",[33,2345,2346],{"class":35,"line":66},[33,2347,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2349,2350],{"class":35,"line":79},[33,2351,2352],{"class":344},"# [Debug] When a judge model's score disagrees sharply with your read, don't\n",[33,2354,2355],{"class":35,"line":92},[33,2356,2357],{"class":344},"# assume the judge is wrong — read its STATED REASONING first. It often reveals\n",[33,2359,2360],{"class":35,"line":105},[33,2361,2362],{"class":344},"# either a genuine issue you missed or a fixable bias in the judge rubric.\n",[33,2364,2365],{"class":35,"line":116},[33,2366,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2368,2369],{"class":35,"line":122},[33,2370,2371],{"class":344},"# [Performance] Run cheap automated checks (format validity, required fields,\n",[33,2373,2374],{"class":35,"line":127},[33,2375,2376],{"class":344},"# length constraints) BEFORE expensive LLM-as-judge calls. Failing cheap checks\n",[33,2378,2379],{"class":35,"line":139},[33,2380,2381],{"class":344},"# first means you're not spending a judge-model call grading already-broken output.\n",[33,2383,2384],{"class":35,"line":151},[33,2385,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2387,2388],{"class":35,"line":163},[33,2389,2390],{"class":344},"# [Idiom] Keep a small fixed \"canary\" subset that virtually never changes —\n",[33,2392,2393],{"class":35,"line":175},[33,2394,2395],{"class":344},"# specifically to detect model-version drift (Chapter 16). A canary set with stable\n",[33,2397,2398],{"class":35,"line":185},[33,2399,2400],{"class":344},"# expected behavior makes a provider-side update's effect immediately visible.\n",[33,2402,2403],{"class":35,"line":190},[33,2404,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2406,2407],{"class":35,"line":195},[33,2408,2409],{"class":344},"# [Safety] Include known prompt-injection patterns (Chapter 18) as a permanent\n",[33,2411,2412],{"class":35,"line":207},[33,2413,2414],{"class":344},"# category in your regular eval suite, not a separate one-off security review.\n",[33,2416,2417],{"class":35,"line":219},[33,2418,2419],{"class":344},"# Injection resistance should be regression-tested on every prompt change.\n",[14,2421,2423],{"id":2422},"️-edge-cases-gotchas","⚠️ Edge Cases & Gotchas",[19,2425,2427],{"filename":2426,"language":333},"edge_cases.py",[24,2428,2430],{"className":336,"code":2429,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"# [Gotcha] An eval set with only easy, clearly-correct cases produces a falsely\n# reassuring high score. 98% on an eval set with no hard cases measures the eval\n# set's EASINESS, not the prompt's quality. This is the most common way teams get\n# blindsided by a production failure the eval suite \"should have\" caught.\n\n# [Gotcha] LLM-as-judge can be GAMED, even unintentionally. A prompt optimized\n# against the judge rather than real quality can exploit judge biases (length,\n# particular phrasing) without actually producing better output. Periodic human\n# calibration is not optional once a judge becomes the primary optimization signal.\n\n# [Gotcha] Non-determinism means a single eval run is a SAMPLE, not a certainty.\n# A prompt change that appears to fix a failing case on one run may have gotten\n# lucky. For boundary cases, run multiple trials and look at the distribution.\n\n# [Gotcha] A regression suite slow\u002Fexpensive enough to skip \"just this once\" stops\n# providing protection at all. Keep a fast \"smoke test\" subset that always runs,\n# with the fuller suite gated to less frequent checkpoints.\n\n# [Gotcha] Cost\u002Flatency regressions can hide behind an unchanged or improved\n# accuracy score. Adding a verification pass (Chapter 11) or larger thinking budget\n# (Chapter 15) can improve accuracy while silently multiplying cost. An eval report\n# surfacing accuracy alone will not catch this until a cost complaint arrives.\n",[30,2431,2432,2437,2442,2447,2452,2456,2461,2466,2471,2476,2480,2485,2490,2495,2499,2504,2509,2514,2518,2523,2528,2533],{"__ignoreMap":28},[33,2433,2434],{"class":35,"line":36},[33,2435,2436],{"class":344},"# [Gotcha] An eval set with only easy, clearly-correct cases produces a falsely\n",[33,2438,2439],{"class":35,"line":43},[33,2440,2441],{"class":344},"# reassuring high score. 98% on an eval set with no hard cases measures the eval\n",[33,2443,2444],{"class":35,"line":49},[33,2445,2446],{"class":344},"# set's EASINESS, not the prompt's quality. This is the most common way teams get\n",[33,2448,2449],{"class":35,"line":66},[33,2450,2451],{"class":344},"# blindsided by a production failure the eval suite \"should have\" caught.\n",[33,2453,2454],{"class":35,"line":79},[33,2455,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2457,2458],{"class":35,"line":92},[33,2459,2460],{"class":344},"# [Gotcha] LLM-as-judge can be GAMED, even unintentionally. A prompt optimized\n",[33,2462,2463],{"class":35,"line":105},[33,2464,2465],{"class":344},"# against the judge rather than real quality can exploit judge biases (length,\n",[33,2467,2468],{"class":35,"line":116},[33,2469,2470],{"class":344},"# particular phrasing) without actually producing better output. Periodic human\n",[33,2472,2473],{"class":35,"line":122},[33,2474,2475],{"class":344},"# calibration is not optional once a judge becomes the primary optimization signal.\n",[33,2477,2478],{"class":35,"line":127},[33,2479,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2481,2482],{"class":35,"line":139},[33,2483,2484],{"class":344},"# [Gotcha] Non-determinism means a single eval run is a SAMPLE, not a certainty.\n",[33,2486,2487],{"class":35,"line":151},[33,2488,2489],{"class":344},"# A prompt change that appears to fix a failing case on one run may have gotten\n",[33,2491,2492],{"class":35,"line":163},[33,2493,2494],{"class":344},"# lucky. For boundary cases, run multiple trials and look at the distribution.\n",[33,2496,2497],{"class":35,"line":175},[33,2498,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2500,2501],{"class":35,"line":185},[33,2502,2503],{"class":344},"# [Gotcha] A regression suite slow\u002Fexpensive enough to skip \"just this once\" stops\n",[33,2505,2506],{"class":35,"line":190},[33,2507,2508],{"class":344},"# providing protection at all. Keep a fast \"smoke test\" subset that always runs,\n",[33,2510,2511],{"class":35,"line":195},[33,2512,2513],{"class":344},"# with the fuller suite gated to less frequent checkpoints.\n",[33,2515,2516],{"class":35,"line":207},[33,2517,376],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":375},[33,2519,2520],{"class":35,"line":219},[33,2521,2522],{"class":344},"# [Gotcha] Cost\u002Flatency regressions can hide behind an unchanged or improved\n",[33,2524,2525],{"class":35,"line":230},[33,2526,2527],{"class":344},"# accuracy score. Adding a verification pass (Chapter 11) or larger thinking budget\n",[33,2529,2530],{"class":35,"line":242},[33,2531,2532],{"class":344},"# (Chapter 15) can improve accuracy while silently multiplying cost. An eval report\n",[33,2534,2535],{"class":35,"line":252},[33,2536,2537],{"class":344},"# surfacing accuracy alone will not catch this until a cost complaint arrives.\n",[14,2539,2541],{"id":2540},"spot-the-bug","🧠 Spot the Bug",[2543,2544,2545],"p",{},"A team ships a prompt change after the eval suite's average judge score improves from 4.1 to 4.4. Two weeks later, users report the assistant is noticeably slower and API costs doubled. The change: added a 5-step internal verification checklist requiring the model to re-derive and cross-check each claim before finalizing. What did the eval report fail to capture?",[2547,2548,2549,2553,2556,2559],"details",{},[2550,2551,2552],"summary",{},"Answer",[2543,2554,2555],{},"The eval report only tracked accuracy-oriented metrics (judge score, pass rate) and said nothing about cost or latency — exactly the gap where a real accuracy improvement can coexist with, and directly cause, a significant cost and latency regression that a purely-accuracy-focused report is structurally blind to.",[2543,2557,2558],{},"The specific change (5-step verification checklist on every request) is a classic driver of this tradeoff: more required reasoning steps plausibly does improve output quality (consistent with Chapter 11), but it also means every request does substantially more work — more output tokens per response, more processing time — which directly explains the doubled cost and increased latency.",[2543,2560,2561,2562,2566],{},"This wasn't unpredictable — it's the direct, foreseeable cost of the specific technique. It should have been measured and weighed against the accuracy gain ",[2563,2564,2565],"em",{},"before"," shipping. The fix: report cost and latency alongside every accuracy metric in every eval report. A 0.3-point improvement may be worth doubled cost for a high-stakes task, or not for a low-stakes one — but that's a decision to make deliberately with the full picture.",[14,2568,2570],{"id":2569},"key-takeaways","Key Takeaways",[19,2572,2574],{"filename":2573,"language":333},"key_takeaways.py",[24,2575,2577],{"className":336,"code":2576,"language":333,"meta":28,"style":28},"\"\"\"\nEvaluating & testing prompts at scale — treating prompts as production code.\n\"\"\"\n\n# 1. An eval set is a curated collection of representative inputs with known-good\n#    expected outputs or clear rubrics. Every real production failure becomes a\n#    permanent regression test case. 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