Opik provides two approaches to evaluation. Choose the one that fits your use case:

- **Test Suites**: Define assertions in natural language and let an LLM judge test them. Best for pass/fail behavioral testing.
- **Datasets & Metrics**: Score outputs against a dataset using quantitative metrics. Best for measuring quality across many traces.

## Quick start

:::::tabs
::::tab{title="Test Suites"}
Test Suites let you define expected behaviors as natural-language assertions and run them
against your agent. An LLM judge checks each assertion automatically.

:::code-group
```python title="Python"
import opik
from openai import OpenAI
from opik.integrations.openai import track_openai

openai_client = track_openai(OpenAI())
opik_client = opik.Opik()

# Create a suite with assertions
suite = opik_client.get_or_create_test_suite(
    name="my-agent-tests",
    project_name="my-agent",
    global_assertions=[
        "The response directly addresses the user's question",
        "The response is concise (3 sentences or fewer)",
    ],
    global_execution_policy={"runs_per_item": 2, "pass_threshold": 2},
)

# Add test cases
suite.insert([
    {"data": {"question": "How do I create a new project?", "context": "Go to Dashboard and click 'New Project'."}},
    {"data": {"question": "What are the pricing tiers?", "context": "Free ($0/month), Pro ($29/month), Enterprise (custom)."}},
])

# Define the task
def task(item):
    response = openai_client.chat.completions.create(
        model="gpt-4o-mini",
        messages=[
            {"role": "system", "content": "Answer based ONLY on the provided context."},
            {"role": "user", "content": f"Question: {item['question']}\n\nContext:\n{item['context']}"},
        ],
    )
    return {"input": item, "output": response.choices[0].message.content}

# Run the evaluation
result = opik.run_tests(test_suite=suite, task=task)
print(f"Pass rate: {result.pass_rate:.0%}")
```

```ts title="Typescript"
import { Opik, TestSuite, runTests } from "opik";
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new Opik();
const openai = new OpenAI();

// Create a suite with assertions
const suite = await TestSuite.getOrCreate(client, {
    name: "my-agent-tests",
    projectName: "my-agent",
    globalAssertions: [
        "The response directly addresses the user's question",
        "The response is concise (3 sentences or fewer)",
    ],
    globalExecutionPolicy: { runsPerItem: 2, passThreshold: 2 },
});

// Add test cases
await suite.insert([
    { data: { question: "How do I create a new project?", context: "Go to Dashboard and click 'New Project'." } },
    { data: { question: "What are the pricing tiers?", context: "Free ($0/month), Pro ($29/month), Enterprise (custom)." } },
]);

// Define the task
const task = async (item: Record<string, string>) => {
    const response = await openai.chat.completions.create({
        model: "gpt-4o-mini",
        messages: [
            { role: "system", content: "Answer based ONLY on the provided context." },
            { role: "user", content: `Question: ${item.question}\n\nContext:\n${item.context}` },
        ],
    });
    return { input: item, output: response.choices[0].message.content };
};

// Run the evaluation
const result = await runTests({ testSuite: suite, task });
console.log(`Pass rate: ${((result.passRate ?? 0) * 100).toFixed(0)}%`);
```
:::

Each run creates an experiment in the Opik dashboard for easy comparison.

:::frame
<img src="../img/apps/opik-documentation/documentation/fern/img/v2/evaluation/test-suite-run-results.png" alt="Test suite experiment results showing pass/fail per item with assertion details">
:::

See the [Building Test Suites](https://www.comet.com/evaluation/advanced/building-test-suites) guide for the full walkthrough.
::::

::::tab{title="Datasets & Metrics"}
Dataset-based evaluation scores your agent's outputs using quantitative metrics like
hallucination detection, answer relevance, or custom scoring functions.

:::code-group
```python title="Python"
import opik
from opik.evaluation import evaluate
from opik.evaluation.metrics import Hallucination

opik.configure()
client = opik.Opik()

# Create a dataset
dataset = client.get_or_create_dataset(name="my-eval-dataset")
dataset.insert([
    {"input": "What is the capital of France?", "expected_output": "Paris"},
    {"input": "What is 2+2?", "expected_output": "4"},
])

# Define the task
def task(item):
    # Your LLM call here
    result = call_llm(item["input"])
    return {"output": result}

# Run evaluation with metrics
evaluate(
    dataset=dataset,
    task=task,
    scoring_metrics=[Hallucination()],
    experiment_name="my-experiment-v1",
)
```

```ts title="Typescript"
import { Opik } from "opik";

const client = new Opik();

// Create a dataset
const dataset = await client.getOrCreateDataset({ name: "my-eval-dataset" });
await dataset.insert([
    { input: "What is the capital of France?", expectedOutput: "Paris" },
    { input: "What is 2+2?", expectedOutput: "4" },
]);

// Run evaluation with metrics
await client.evaluate({
    dataset,
    task: async (item) => {
        const result = await callLlm(item.input);
        return { output: result };
    },
    experimentName: "my-experiment-v1",
});
```
:::

See the [Datasets & Experiments](https://www.comet.com/evaluation/advanced/evaluate_your_llm) guide for the full walkthrough
and the [Metrics](https://www.comet.com/evaluation/metrics/overview) section for all available metrics.
::::
:::::

:::callout{intent="tip"}
**Recommended if you build with an AI coding assistant.** Either approach can be run by your
assistant rather than by you. One command — `opik configure` — installs both the
[MCP server](/guides/getting-started-prompt-engineering-mcp-server) and the Opik skills, and evaluation becomes part of its development
loop: it changes the code, runs the suite or the evaluation, reads the scores, and iterates.

An example prompt:

_"Set up an Opik evaluation for this agent, then improve the agent and re-run the evaluation after
each change, showing me the scores each time."_
:::

## Related pages

- [.NET](./net-index.md)
- [Administration](./administration-index.md)
- [AI Coding Assistants](./ai-coding-assistants-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Configuration](./configuration-index.md)
- [Contributing](./contributing-index.md)
- [Development](./development-index.md)
- [Evaluation](./evaluation-index.md)
- [Getting Started](./getting-started-index.md)
- [Guardrails](./guardrails-index.md)

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