fix(graders): thread agent reply text into graders so MCP-only evals grade correctly - #198
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds opt-in grading from agent responses while preserving file-based defaults, but the current head still contains duplicate declarations that prevent the updated grader test file from compiling. Merge should wait for that test-file issue to be fixed; smaller follow-ups remain around source validation and documentation wording. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant EvaluationCLI
participant runGraders
participant GraderExecutors
EvaluationCLI->>runGraders: pass final response text
runGraders->>GraderExecutors: provide agentText and workspace files
GraderExecutors->>GraderExecutors: select files, response, or both
GraderExecutors-->>runGraders: return grading results
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In `@packages/evals-core/src/graders/executors/llm-judge.ts`:
- Around line 70-74: Add mocked tests covering the judge corpus construction
before the llmJudge call: verify an empty workspace produces the expected
corpus, and verify workspace files plus ctx.agentText include the “// AGENT
REPLY:” marker and reply text. Anchor the tests to the existing llmJudge
execution path and preserve current formatting expectations.
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…ls grade correctly judge() and contains() only searched workspace files, so hosted-MCP evals where the agent replies with text instead of writing files always scored 0 — every text-based grader silently failed regardless of what the agent said. Adds an optional agentText param to runGraders() (sourced from record.finalSummary) and threads it into GraderContext. The contains, notContains, matches, and judge executors now fall back to agentText when no matching workspace files exist. Existing evals are unaffected (agentText is additive and optional).
…ade via AXIS Companion fix to the evals-core/evals change. runAuth0Graders() in grader-hook.ts now extracts result.output.result (the agent's final prose reply) and passes it as the new agentText param to runGraders(), so judge() and contains() graders see the agent reply on hosted-MCP evals run via `npm run axis`.
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…t-in source field Replace the auto-fallback approach (executors silently search agentText when workspace files don't match) with an explicit opt-in via a new source option on GraderDef and GraderOptions. - Add source?: 'files' | 'response' | 'both' to GraderDef and GraderOptions in @a0/evals-graders (default 'files' — preserves existing behavior for all evals that don't set it) - Wire source through contains/notContains/matches factory functions - Add source option to JudgeOptions on the judge() primitive - Rewrite contains, notContains, matches executors to check source before searching agentText — no implicit fallback - Update llm-judge executor to only append AGENT REPLY section when source is 'response' or 'both' - Update tests: replace auto-fallback assertions with explicit source: 'response' and source: 'both' cases; add a regression guard that confirms default source:files does NOT search agentText - Update AGENTS.md grader primitives table to document the source option The auto-fallback approach violated AGENTS.md principle 1 (grade the artifact, not the explanation) and could mask file-write regressions — an agent that forgot to write a file but mentioned the needle in its reply would silently pass. The opt-in design keeps the grader author in control: MCP eval authors explicitly declare that the artifact lives in the agent reply.
…ence diagrams Update both sequence diagrams (main run path and AXIS path) to show: - runGraders() receives agentText as an optional trailing param - agentText is only searched when the grader sets source: 'response' | 'both' Also update the @a0/evals-graders component description to describe the source option on text-search graders.
…onse works in baseline gradeText() now passes the raw response text as agentText to runGraders(), so baseline-mode graders with source: 'response' or source: 'both' can search the agent's reply the same way agent-mode graders do. Previously grade-text.ts was the only call site that omitted agentText.
…aders The runGraders() call in grader-hook.ts now passes agentText as a 9th arg. Update the three existing assertions to include the expected undefined, and add a test that verifies result.output.result is forwarded as agentText when the AXIS result carries a non-null reply.
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…tests Gate judgeEntries collection on source !== 'response' so the llm-judge executor matches the documented contract — 'response' sends the agent reply only, never workspace files. Previously judgeEntries was built unconditionally, causing a source:'response' judge to drag in the full scaffold corpus (distracting the judge and consuming maxCodeChars budget). Add four tests covering the judge executor's source paths: - source:'response' sends reply only (scaffold file absent from corpus) - source:'response' passes when LLM returns yes - source:'both' sends both workspace files and reply - default (no source) does not include agent reply (regression guard)
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In `@packages/evals-core/tests/graders/engine.test.ts`:
- Line 1484: Remove the duplicate messages declarations in the affected test
blocks around the capturedBody assertions, including all occurrences identified
by the messages variable in the engine tests. Retain one correctly typed
declaration per block and leave the surrounding test logic unchanged.
- Around line 1374-1457: Extend the source:'both' tests in engine.test.ts so
contains and matches each pass when their pattern appears only in agentText, and
notContains fails when its needle appears only in agentText. Keep the existing
workspace-only and absent-from-both coverage, using the current runGraders setup
and executor APIs.
In `@packages/evals-graders/src/types.ts`:
- Around line 81-85: Prevent notContainsInSource from accepting a source option
it cannot honor: narrow its options type to omit source, or update
notContainsInSource to correctly forward and apply source values. Keep source
available for builders that implement the response/files selection semantics,
using the notContainsInSource definition in primitives.ts and the GraderOptions
type as the integration points.
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…r, required agentText, docs
- Extract GraderSource = 'files' | 'response' | 'both' as a named type in
evals-graders/types.ts and export it from index.ts — replaces three inline
union repetitions in GraderDef, GraderOptions, and JudgeOptions
- Add searchCorpus() helper in executors/search-corpus.ts returning
{ inFiles, inAgent } — contains and not_contains use it; matches stays
inlined (different regex shape). Eliminates ~12 lines duplicated across
two files while preserving richer detail strings ("found in agent reply")
- Make GraderContext.agentText a required string (defaulting to '' in
engine.ts) — removes all ctx.agentText && null-guards in executors
- Add "Grading the agent's final answer" section to AGENTS.md with a
GraderSource table and a worked MCP-only eval example
- Add source:'both' agentText-only coverage for contains, notContains, matches executors - Narrow notContainsInSource options type to Pick<GraderOptions, 'caseSensitive'> so source is not silently ignored
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GraderOptionsvariable withsource: 'response'is assignable to the current parameter type, butnotContainsInSourcesilently ignoressource. Use a dedicated option type withsource?: never, and add a compile-time test for this call shape.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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packages/evals-core/src/graders/executors/search-corpus.ts (1)
17-19: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winType
sourceasGraderSource.
GraderSourcepermits only'files','response', and'both', butsearchCorpusaccepts any string. An unsupported value enables both corpus checks. UseGraderSourcefor the parameter and reject invalid values at any untyped boundary.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 93-94: Update the hosted-MCP evaluation guidance to qualify the
empty-files behavior: text graders that need the agent’s reply must explicitly
use source: 'response' or 'both', while preserving file-only behavior and noting
that notContains can still pass with an empty files corpus and
notContainsInSource does not support source selection.
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In `@packages/evals-graders/src/primitives.ts`:
- Around line 61-65: Update notContainsInSource to accept a dedicated options
type that permits caseSensitive but declares source as never, preventing
GraderOptions values containing source from being passed silently. Add a
compile-time test covering a GraderOptions variable with source: 'response'
passed to notContainsInSource and ensure it is rejected.
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In `@packages/evals-core/src/graders/executors/search-corpus.ts`:
- Around line 17-19: Update searchCorpus to type its source parameter as
GraderSource, preserving the supported files, response, and both values. At any
untyped input boundary, validate or narrow source before calling searchCorpus so
unsupported values cannot fall through to enabling both corpus checks.
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- Fix AGENTS.md: 'every grader scores 0' was too broad — notContains can pass on empty corpus - Fix AGENTS.md: agentText is the full LLM response in baseline mode, not '' - Add source option to docs/ADDING_EVALS.md grader primitives options table - Type search-corpus source param as GraderSource instead of string - Refactor matches.ts to reuse searchCorpusRegex from search-corpus helper
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For hosted-MCP evals where the agent replies with text instead of writing files,
judge()andcontains()always silently scored 0.collectFiles()returned an empty map, so every text-based grader treated the workspace as blank regardless of what the agent said. The log signature was[judge] 0 files, 0 chars totaland a verdict of "the code block is empty" on every run, no matter the actual agent output.The root cause was that
record.finalSummary(the agent's reply text) was tracked internally but never passed intorunGraders(), soGraderContexthad no way to expose it to executors.What changed:
Commit 1 -- thread agent reply text into runGraders:
agentText?: stringtoGraderContext(executors/types.ts)agentText?as a trailing optional param torunGraders()inengine.tsand threaded it into the context objectrun.ts,sandbox-runner.ts) now passrecord.finalSummaryasagentTextCommit 2 -- fix the AXIS call site:
packages/evals-axis/src/grader-hook.tsnow passesresult.output.resultasagentText, closing the third call site that was previously missingCommit 3 -- opt-in
sourcefield (replaces earlier auto-fallback design):source?: 'files' | 'response' | 'both'toGraderDefandGraderOptionsin@a0/evals-graders; default is'files'-- zero behavior change for every existing evalsourcethroughcontains,notContains,matchesfactory functions and added it toJudgeOptionsonjudge()contains,notContains,matches, andllm-judgeexecutors to be opt-in only: agent reply text is only consulted when the grader explicitly declaressource: 'response'orsource: 'both'-- no silent fallbacksourcecases and added a regression guard confirming the default still ignoresagentTextsourceoptionCommit 4 -- docs and baseline threading (separate commits):
agentTextflow andsourceopt-ingradeText(baseline mode) now passes the full response text asagentTextsosource: 'response'works consistently across both agent and baseline modesCommit 5 -- fix llm-judge file-collection gating and add judge+source tests:
judgeEntrieswas built unconditionally from all workspace files regardless ofsource, so asource: 'response'judge sent files+reply instead of reply-only -- contradicting the documented contract and consumingmaxCodeCharsbudget on scaffold code the judge never neededsource/includeFilesbeforejudgeEntriesand gating:const judgeEntries = includeFiles ? Object.entries(ctx.files).filter(...) : []engine.test.ts:source:'response'sends reply only (scaffold absent from corpus),source:'response'passes when LLM returns yes,source:'both'sends both files and reply, defaultsourcedoes not include agent reply (regression guard)Design rationale: The opt-in approach keeps the grader author in control. Auto-fallback (search
agentTextwhen files don't match) would silently pass a file-based grader for an agent that forgot to write the file but mentioned the needle in its reply -- violating AGENTS.md principle #1.How to use in a new MCP eval grader:
All existing file-based evals are unaffected:
agentTextis optional and the defaultsourceis'files'.🔮 Type of Change
🔗 References
This was identified while analyzing MCP-only eval runs where event-based graders passed (because tool call args were correct) but every
judge()andcontains()grader failed with "0 files, 0 chars total".📖 Documentation
Updated AGENTS.md grader primitives table to document the
sourceoption oncontains,notContains,matches, andjudge. Updated ARCHITECTURE.md sequence diagrams to showagentTextflow. No other public API surface changed.🎯 Testing
The
agentTextandsourcepaths are covered by 12 unit tests inengine.test.ts: 8 coveringcontains/notContains/matcheswith allsourcevalues plus a regression guard, and 4 covering thejudgeexecutor'ssourcepaths (including the corpus-content assertion that would have caught the file-collection gating bug). All existing tests continue to pass (523 tests across evals-core).🚀 Deployment
Library change only -- no service deployment. The
agentTextparam is additive and optional; thesourcefield defaults to'files'so no existing grader needs updating.🔥 Rollback
Revert the PR. MCP-only eval graders return to always scoring 0 on
judge()andcontains(), which was the pre-fix silent failure mode.References
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