Analyzed 4,894 AI job descriptions to build a tool-agnostic Agent eval framework
Al_Grigor · x · 2026-08-24
Based on an analysis of 4,894 AI engineering job descriptions, the author identifies evaluation as the top skill and proposes a framework for evaluating AI agents:
- Start with vibe-checking and logging.
- Build a judge that aligns with your judgment.
- Break the agent like a QA engineer.
- Generate synthetic data.
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