arksim-evaluate

Agent Building

Use when the user wants to re-evaluate a previous arksim simulation with different metrics, thresholds, or judge model without re-running the agent. Cheaper than re-simulating.

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arksim-evaluate

Re-evaluate simulation results with different settings without re-running the agent.

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When to use

Trying different evaluation metrics (add faithfulness, remove verbosity)
Adjusting pass/fail thresholds (raise overall_score from 0.6 to 0.8)
Switching the judge model (e.g. from gpt-4.1-mini to gpt-4.1)
Running custom metrics you just wrote

Re-evaluation is cheaper than re-simulation because it only runs the judge LLM against existing conversation transcripts. The agent is not invoked again.

No arguments? If the user invokes this without specifying what to change, explain the difference between re-evaluation and re-simulation, then suggest the two most common changes: adjusting the metrics list or changing the pass/fail threshold.

Flow

1. Find the simulation output

Look for the most recent simulation output file. arksim's default is ./simulation.json at the project root, but the actual path is whatever output_file_path is set to in config.yaml (the init template sets it under ./results/). This is distinct from the evaluation output, which is written to <output_dir>/evaluation.json.

If no simulation output exists, suggest running /arksim-test first.

2. Ask what to change

Ask the user what they want to evaluate differently. Common changes:

Change	Config field
Different metrics	`metrics_to_run`
Stricter pass/fail	`numeric_thresholds`
Fail on specific labels	`qualitative_failure_labels`
Different judge model	`model` and `provider`
Custom metric files	`custom_metrics_file_paths`

3. Run evaluation

Call the evaluate MCP tool with the simulation file path and any changed settings:

evaluate(config_path="config.yaml")

4. Format results

Present results in the same table format as /arksim-test, but highlight what changed compared to the previous evaluation:

If thresholds changed, note which scenarios flipped from PASSED to FAILED or vice versa
If metrics changed, show only the newly added metrics alongside the overall score
If the judge model changed, note this so the user understands scores may shift

Available built-in metrics

Metric	Type	Scale	What it measures
`helpfulness`	quantitative	1-5	Whether the agent's response is useful to the user
`faithfulness`	quantitative	1-5	Whether the response is grounded in provided knowledge
`coherence`	quantitative	1-5	Logical consistency across turns
`relevance`	quantitative	1-5	Whether the response addresses the user's question
`verbosity`	quantitative	1-5	Appropriate response length (5 = concise and appropriate, 1 = too verbose)
`goal_completion`	quantitative	0-1	Whether the user's goal was achieved
`agent_behavior_failure`	qualitative	label	Detects harmful agent behaviors (false information, disobey user request, etc.)
`tool_call_behavior_failure`	qualitative	label	Detects incorrect tool usage patterns

Related skills

arksim-test to run simulation and evaluation in one pass
arksim-scenarios to generate or edit the scenario set
arksim-results to drill into failures turn by turn
arksim-ui to browse results in a dashboard