Phoenix Evals

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Build and run evaluators for AI/LLM applications using Phoenix.

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Phoenix Evals provides a structured approach to building, running, and validating evaluators for AI and LLM applications. It supports both Python and TypeScript, offering tools for code-based and LLM-based evaluation, experiment management, and error analysis. The framework emphasizes a code-first approach, encouraging developers to define deterministic evaluations before moving to LLM-based judges, and provides mechanisms to validate evaluator accuracy against human-labeled data.

What it does

Builds custom code-based and LLM-based evaluators for AI applications.
Supports batch evaluation of datasets using structured dataframes.
Facilitates experiment management, including dataset creation and synthetic data generation.
Provides tools for error analysis, including axial coding and failure taxonomy creation.
Enables validation of evaluator accuracy against human-provided labels.
Integrates with tracing and observability to sample and review application traces.

When to use it

When you need to systematically evaluate the performance of LLM application outputs.
When building RAG systems that require specific retrieval and faithfulness metrics.
When you need to categorize and analyze failure patterns in AI agent workflows.
When transitioning from manual testing to automated, repeatable evaluation experiments.
When you need to validate that your automated judges align with human expectations.

Advantages

Supports a code-first approach to evaluation for deterministic results.
Provides a clear path for validating judge model accuracy.
Offers structured methods for building failure taxonomies.
Enables consistent evaluation across both Python and TypeScript environments.
Integrates directly with tracing data for context-aware evaluation.

Usage examples

“How do I build a custom LLM evaluator in Python?”: The skill provides guidance on using the LLM class and custom templates to define evaluators that assess specific model outputs.
“How can I categorize failures in my AI agent?”: The skill outlines an axial coding process to group failure notes into structured taxonomies like planning, tool selection, or execution errors.
“How do I run a batch evaluation on my dataset?”: The skill demonstrates using the evaluate_dataframe function to process a dataframe and return scores for defined metrics.

Install

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Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip phoenix-evals.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by jimbobbennett

Phoenix Evals

Build evaluators for AI/LLM applications. Code first, LLM for nuance, validate against humans.

Quick Reference

Task	Files
Setup	setup-python, setup-typescript
Decide what to evaluate	evaluators-overview
Choose a judge model	fundamentals-model-selection
Use pre-built evaluators	evaluators-pre-built
Build code evaluator	evaluators-code-python, evaluators-code-typescript
Build LLM evaluator	evaluators-llm-python, evaluators-llm-typescript, evaluators-custom-templates
Batch evaluate DataFrame	evaluate-dataframe-python
Understand experiments	experiments-overview
Run experiment	experiments-running-python, experiments-running-typescript
Create dataset	experiments-datasets-python, experiments-datasets-typescript
Generate synthetic data	experiments-synthetic-python, experiments-synthetic-typescript
Validate evaluator accuracy	validation, validation-evaluators-python, validation-evaluators-typescript
Sample traces for review	observe-sampling-python, observe-sampling-typescript
Analyze errors	error-analysis, error-analysis-multi-turn, axial-coding
RAG evals	evaluators-rag
Avoid common mistakes	common-mistakes-python, fundamentals-anti-patterns
Production	production-overview, production-guardrails, production-continuous

Workflows

Starting Fresh: observe-tracing-setup → error-analysis → axial-coding → evaluators-overview

Building Evaluator: fundamentals → common-mistakes-python → evaluators-{code|llm}-{python|typescript} → validation-evaluators-{python|typescript}

RAG Systems: evaluators-rag → evaluators-code-* (retrieval) → evaluators-llm-* (faithfulness)

Production: production-overview → production-guardrails → production-continuous

Reference Categories

Prefix	Description
`fundamentals-*`	Types, scores, anti-patterns
`observe-*`	Tracing, sampling
`error-analysis-*`	Finding failures
`axial-coding-*`	Categorizing failures
`evaluators-*`	Code, LLM, RAG evaluators
`experiments-*`	Datasets, running experiments
`validation-*`	Validating evaluator accuracy against human labels
`production-*`	CI/CD, monitoring

Key Principles

Principle	Action
Error analysis first	Can't automate what you haven't observed
Custom > generic	Build from your failures
Code first	Deterministic before LLM
Validate judges	>80% TPR/TNR
Binary > Likert	Pass/fail, not 1-5

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references/evaluate-dataframe-python.md

Batch Evaluation with evaluate_dataframe (Python)

Run evaluators across a DataFrame. The core 2.0 batch evaluation API.

Preferred: async_evaluate_dataframe

For batch evaluations (especially with LLM evaluators), prefer the async version for better throughput:

from phoenix.evals import async_evaluate_dataframe

results_df = await async_evaluate_dataframe(
    dataframe=df,              # pandas DataFrame with columns matching evaluator params
    evaluators=[eval1, eval2], # List of evaluators
    concurrency=5,             # Max concurrent LLM calls (default 3)
    exit_on_error=False,       # Optional: stop on first error (default True)
    max_retries=3,             # Optional: retry failed LLM calls (default 10)
)

Sync Version

from phoenix.evals import evaluate_dataframe

results_df = evaluate_dataframe(
    dataframe=df,              # pandas DataFrame with columns matching evaluator params
    evaluators=[eval1, eval2], # List of evaluators
    exit_on_error=False,       # Optional: stop on first error (default True)
    max_retries=3,             # Optional: retry failed LLM calls (default 10)
)

Result Column Format

async_evaluate_dataframe / evaluate_dataframe returns a copy of the input DataFrame with added columns. Result columns contain dicts, NOT raw numbers.

For each evaluator named "foo", two columns are added:

Column	Type	Contents
`foo_score`	`dict`	`{"name": "foo", "score": 1.0, "label": "True", "explanation": "...", "metadata": {...}, "kind": "code", "direction": "maximize"}`
`foo_execution_details`	`dict`	`{"status": "success", "exceptions": [], "execution_seconds": 0.001}`

Only non-None fields appear in the score dict.

Extracting Numeric Scores

# WRONG — these will fail or produce unexpected results
score = results_df["relevance"].mean()                    # KeyError!
score = results_df["relevance_score"].mean()              # Tries to average dicts!

# RIGHT — extract the numeric score from each dict
scores = results_df["relevance_score"].apply(
    lambda x: x.get("score", 0.0) if isinstance(x, dict) else 0.0
)
mean_score = scores.mean()

Extracting Labels

labels = results_df["relevance_score"].apply(
    lambda x: x.get("label", "") if isinstance(x, dict) else ""
)

Extracting Explanations (LLM evaluators)

explanations = results_df["relevance_score"].apply(
    lambda x: x.get("explanation", "") if isinstance(x, dict) else ""
)

Finding Failures

scores = results_df["relevance_score"].apply(
    lambda x: x.get("score", 0.0) if isinstance(x, dict) else 0.0
)
failed_mask = scores < 0.5
failures = results_df[failed_mask]

Input Mapping

Evaluators receive each row as a dict. Column names must match the evaluator's expected parameter names. If they don't match, use .bind() or bind_evaluator:

from phoenix.evals import bind_evaluator, create_evaluator, async_evaluate_dataframe

@create_evaluator(name="check", kind="code")
def check(response: str) -> bool:
    return len(response.strip()) > 0

# Option 1: Use .bind() method on the evaluator
check.bind(input_mapping={"response": "answer"})
results_df = await async_evaluate_dataframe(dataframe=df, evaluators=[check])

# Option 2: Use bind_evaluator function
bound = bind_evaluator(evaluator=check, input_mapping={"response": "answer"})
results_df = await async_evaluate_dataframe(dataframe=df, evaluators=[bound])

Or simply rename columns to match:

df = df.rename(columns={
    "attributes.input.value": "input",
    "attributes.output.value": "output",
})

DO NOT use run_evals

# WRONG — legacy 1.0 API
from phoenix.evals import run_evals
results = run_evals(dataframe=df, evaluators=[eval1])
# Returns List[DataFrame] — one per evaluator

# RIGHT — current 2.0 API
from phoenix.evals import async_evaluate_dataframe
results_df = await async_evaluate_dataframe(dataframe=df, evaluators=[eval1])
# Returns single DataFrame with {name}_score dict columns

Key differences:

run_evals returns a list of DataFrames (one per evaluator)
async_evaluate_dataframe returns a single DataFrame with all results merged
async_evaluate_dataframe uses {name}_score dict column format
async_evaluate_dataframe uses bind_evaluator for input mapping (not input_mapping= param)

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: GitHub Copilot

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.

Needs: Needs Python

The author says: Requires Phoenix server. Python skills need phoenix and openai packages; TypeScript skills need @arizeai/phoenix-client.

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Publisher

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Source

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Synced

2026-11-08

Contributors

jimbobbennett, stbenjam

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What it does

When to use it

Advantages

Usage examples

Install

Documentation by jimbobbennett

Phoenix Evals

Quick Reference

Workflows

Reference Categories

Key Principles

Files

references/evaluate-dataframe-python.md

Batch Evaluation with evaluate_dataframe (Python)

Preferred: async_evaluate_dataframe

Sync Version

Result Column Format

Extracting Numeric Scores

Extracting Labels

Extracting Explanations (LLM evaluators)

Finding Failures

Input Mapping

DO NOT use run_evals

Requirements and compatibility

Security

Attribution and licence

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