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Run and review the Promptfoo-based AFM agentic evaluation suite. Use when the user wants structured-output, tool-calling, grammar, guided-json, streaming, concurrency, or agentic QA coverage for AFM, and especially when they want help choosing harness options or interpreting failures.

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Promptfoo Agentic Eval

Use this skill when the user wants to run, expand, or interpret the Promptfoo agentic suite for AFM.

This skill is for two linked goals:

  • AFM functional validation
  • model-quality evaluation for agentic use

Always distinguish:

  • afm_bug
  • model_quality
  • harness_bug

Always report provenance for the suite you run:

  • afm_internal
  • primary_source
  • public_benchmark_inspired
  • synthetic

Never present a benchmark-inspired or synthetic suite as if it were a public benchmark import.

First questions to ask

Before running the suite, ask the user the minimum needed questions:

  1. Which model should be tested?
  2. Which scope should be run?
    • structured
    • structured-stress
    • toolcall
    • toolcall-quality
    • agentic
    • frameworks
    • opencode
    • all
    • one profile only: default, adaptive-xml, adaptive-xml-grammar
  3. Is the goal:
    • AFM functional QA
    • model quality
    • both
  4. Should the run stay serial/safe, or include concurrency cases?
  5. Should you only review existing reports, or also execute the harness?
  6. Should the run prefer:
    • primary-source-only cases
    • public-benchmark-inspired cases
    • synthetic representative cases
    • mixed

If the user does not specify, assume:

  • model: the repo's current primary MLX model under test
  • scope: all
  • goal: both
  • run mode: serial/safe first
  • action: execute and then review
  • provenance preference: mixed, but explicitly labeled

Working directory

Run from:

cd /Volumes/edata/codex/dev/git/maclocal-api/NEXT/maclocal-api

Main assets

Read only what is needed:

  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/README.md
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/providers/afm_provider.mjs
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/matrix/functional-matrix.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/matrix/failure-classification.yaml
  • docs/roadmap/promptfoo-agentic-matrix.md

Relevant suite configs and datasets:

  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.structured.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.structured-stress.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.toolcall.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.toolcall-quality.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.agentic.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.agentic-frameworks.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/promptfooconfig.opencode.yaml
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/datasets/agentic/opencode-primary-tools.yaml

If reviewing failures, inspect:

  • test-reports/promptfoo-agentic/*.json
  • test-reports/promptfoo-agentic/*.classified.json
  • test-reports/promptfoo-agentic/*.classified.summary.md
  • test-reports/promptfoo-agentic/server-*.log

Execution workflow

1. Run the harness

Use the wrapper unless the user explicitly wants a narrower manual run:

MACAFM_MLX_MODEL_CACHE=/Volumes/edata/models/vesta-test-cache \
  Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh

Allowed narrowed runs:

Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh structured
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh structured-stress
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh toolcall
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh toolcall-quality
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh agentic
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh frameworks
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh opencode
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh default
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh adaptive-xml
Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/run-promptfoo-agentic.sh adaptive-xml-grammar

Known current suite sizes:

  • structured: 6 cases (afm_internal)
  • structured-stress: 4 cases (public_benchmark_inspired)
  • toolcall: 7 cases (afm_internal)
  • toolcall-quality: 6 cases (public_benchmark_inspired)
  • agentic: 4 cases (synthetic representative)
  • frameworks: 8 cases (mixed / currently assumption-heavy)
  • opencode: 37 cases (primary_source)

If a requested run is under 20 cases, explicitly warn the user that it is a small sample, not broad coverage.

2. Review results

Check:

  • pass/fail counts
  • whether failures are real or harness-related
  • differences across parser profiles
  • structured-output vs tool-calling behavior
  • provenance of the suite and whether that limits how strong conclusions can be

3. Classify failures

If using the automated judge path:

AFM_JUDGE_MODEL="$MODEL_ID" \
AFM_JUDGE_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:9999/v1 \
node Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/judges/classify-failures.mjs <report.json>

If working interactively in Codex/Claude-style CLI, classify manually using the rubric in:

  • docs/roadmap/promptfoo-agentic-matrix.md
  • Scripts/feature-promptfoo-agentic/matrix/failure-classification.yaml

Classification rubric

afm_bug

Use when AFM violates server/runtime/protocol invariants:

  • malformed JSON or SSE
  • broken tool_calls envelope
  • wrong tool_choice semantics
  • grammar-constrained output violates grammar/schema
  • stream/non-stream deterministic mismatch
  • parser corrupts an otherwise valid call
  • timeout, truncation, duplicate emission, crash

model_quality

Use when AFM output is valid but the model behavior is weak:

  • wrong tool
  • missing tool
  • unnecessary tool
  • wrong arguments
  • poor multi-turn or refusal behavior

harness_bug

Use when the test machinery is wrong:

  • assertion false negative
  • provider normalization issue
  • Promptfoo config mismatch
  • classification/judge pipeline issue

Reporting format

When reporting results, give:

  1. overall run status
  2. total tests executed
  3. pass/fail counts per suite/profile
  4. suite provenance summary
    • how many cases came from afm_internal
    • primary_source
    • public_benchmark_inspired
    • synthetic
  5. failure classification summary:
    • afm_bug
    • model_quality
    • harness_bug
  6. remaining not_yet_classified count, if any
  7. top next actions

Prefer concise summaries, but include concrete failing cases when they matter.

Expansion guidance

When the user asks to extend the suite, prioritize:

  1. stronger custom assertions
  2. streaming and grammar-specific cases
  3. primary-source-derived framework suites
  4. public benchmark sampling:
    • BFCL
    • When2Call
    • StructEval
    • tau-bench-style multi-turn cases
  5. real AFM use cases:
    • coding agents
    • OpenClaw/Hermes-style tool orchestration
    • structured output workflows

Prefer primary sources over secondary descriptions. If a suite is built from secondary material or assumptions, say so explicitly and do not overstate its authority.

Do not explode the matrix blindly. Use the layered matrix in docs/roadmap/promptfoo-agentic-matrix.md.