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Closes #16

Problem

The repo shipped with a chat-only experience — every assistant turn left the system as soon as the user clicked away. There was no signal for "is this prompt version better than that one," no way to audit a specific turn's reasoning, and no admin surface to seed a benchmark dataset or weight a rubric criterion.

What changed

Core eval platform (lib/eval/ + backend/agent/eval-agent.ts):

  • 8 new Drizzle tables (prompt_template, prompt_variant, prompt_variant_assignment, eval_run, eval_feedback, eval_rubric, eval_benchmark, eval_judgment) on migrations 0017–0021.
  • Standalone evalAgent graph (backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:graph, registered as evalAgent in langgraph.json) with mode="judge" / mode="benchmark" dispatched via routeFromInput conditional edges.
  • EvalCallbackHandler (backend/eval/callback.ts, singleton in backend/callbacks.ts) writes eval_run on every chat-model handleLLMEnd, keyed by parent_message_id. Reads user id from run-level metadata.user_id (NOT configurable.userId).
  • seedInitialPrompts (idempotent) populates 11 agent prompt templates, 11 rubrics (incl. judgeByLLM: criteria_alignment 0.4 / reasoning_clarity 0.4 / calibration 0.2), 1 generic rubric_default, and ≥1 benchmark row per agent.
  • threads.kind enum split: chat / kb / eval-judge / eval-benchmark. The two eval-* kinds share the eval-agent graph but the run is fundamentally different — judge scores an existing production run, benchmark generates one from a prompt. Online Executions surfaces judge work (eval-judge); Benchmark Datasets is the only home for synthetic benchmarks (eval-benchmark).

API surface (app/api/eval/*):

  • POST /api/eval/feedback — chat thumbs-up; resolves resp_... against eval_run.parent_message_id; silent no-op on no match (no dangling FK violation).
  • GET / POST / PUT / DELETE /api/eval/prompts — template + variant lifecycle (create_template / create_cohort_variant / delete_cohort_variant / create_variant / update_variant_weight / batch_update_weights); system templates are 403 on DELETE.
  • GET / POST /api/eval/rubrics — list + upsert by id.
  • GET / POST /api/eval/benchmarks — per-agent benchmark CRUD + update_rubric action.
  • POST /api/eval/benchmarks/run — Run Evaluate end-to-end.
  • POST /api/eval/judge — Run Judge against an existing eval_run.
  • GET /api/eval/runs/compare — A/B stats + first page of recent runs per agent.
  • GET /api/eval/runs/page — per-agent paginated Online Executions (cursor-stable via PG row-value (created_at, id)).
  • GET /api/eval/runs/[id] — single-run drilldown (run + feedback + judgment + first 20 spans).
  • GET / POST /api/eval/assignments — sticky (userId, agent) bindings (cohort + single-agent reassignment).

Admin Eval Studio (app/admin/eval/*): per-agent cohort cards, unified <table className="table-fixed"> for Online Executions + Benchmark Datasets, Rubric weight editor with weighted-score badge, Prompt Studio card with system-prompt edit + A/B weight sliders.

Background agent rename: background_agent graph id → backgroundAgent (file slug unchanged; langgraph.json + every dispatch site updated together).

Landing page (/): Composable tools bento card → Evaluation & A/B (ScaleIcon, fuchsia hue). New 7th How-it-works row Evaluation below Knowledge base with its own motion demo (evaluation-explainer-demo.tsx) — direction is reverse of the KB explainer (run bubbles left, judge card right, criteria light up right-to-left, scores stamp back).

LLM-facing docs: public/llms.txt + public/llms-full.txt updated with eval platform, full /api/eval/* surface, 11 seeded agent IDs, threads.kind discriminator, evalAgent mode dispatch.

Tests

  • 1406/1406 passing on 3da1f98.
  • 33 new test cases across tests/api/eval/* (benchmarks-run, feedback, runs-page), tests/backend/agent/eval-agent.test.ts, tests/lib/eval/queries.test.ts, tests/frontend/landing/sections.test.tsx.

Docs

  • docs/EVALUATION.md — full architecture + ops writeup (kind discriminator, agent IDs, seed contents, route map, no-op semantics).
  • docs/APIS.md — eval section rewritten with kind-discriminator table, per-action prompt lifecycle body, benchmark row denormalization, judge/benchmark kind semantics.
  • docs/DEPLOY.md — eval tables + kind enum migration note.
  • docs/DB.md — threads.kind row updated to 4 values; Code → table map gets all 8 eval tables.
  • docs/OBSERVABILITY.md — sidebar filter rationale updated to mention the two eval-* kinds.
  • docs/LANDING.md — section list updated to 7 explainer rows + Evaluation & A/B bento card.
  • README.md — Features bullet for Agent Evaluation Studio; file tree + Database section updated.
  • public/llms.txt, public/llms-full.txt — eval platform surfaced.

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Summary by cubic

Adds an Agent Evaluation & A/B platform with prompt templates/variants, sticky traffic splits, an LLM judge, and an Admin Studio for benchmarks and online executions — gated by admin role with strict data ownership. Closes #16.

  • New Features

    • Core eval pipeline: 8 tables and an evalAgent graph with mode="judge" and mode="benchmark".
    • Prompt A/B: agents load prompts via getAgentPrompt; EvalCallbackHandler records eval_run with templateId/variantId, keyed by parent_message_id.
    • Seeded 11 agent prompt templates, per-agent rubrics, and rubric_default; sticky traffic splits and user-cohort assignments.
    • APIs: /api/eval/feedback, /api/eval/prompts, /api/eval/rubrics, /api/eval/benchmarks (+ /run), /api/eval/judge, /api/eval/runs/compare, /api/eval/runs/page, /api/eval/runs/[id], /api/eval/assignments.
    • Admin Eval Studio: Executions (per-agent pagination + traces), Benchmarks (latest judgment snapshot), Prompt Studio (system prompts + traffic split), Rubric editor, User Assignments; chat UI adds thumbs up/down.
    • threads.kind now includes eval-judge and eval-benchmark; Online Executions exclude only eval-benchmark.
    • Background graph id renamed to backgroundAgent; docs and landing updated.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Secured eval APIs: all mutations require role="admin"; runs pagination/compare are admin-only; /api/eval/runs/[id] is owner-or-admin (non-owners get 404).
    • EvalCallbackHandler skips writes when threadId or userId is missing to avoid FK errors.
    • KB OCR now honors managed prompts: page-to-markdown passes userId to getAgentPrompt, so Prompt Studio edits affect ingestion.

Written for commit e552b4a. Summary will update on new commits.

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Greptile Summary

Adds a database-backed agent evaluation and A/B-testing platform.

  • Introduces prompt variants, sticky assignments, execution capture, feedback, rubrics, benchmarks, and LLM judgments.
  • Adds authenticated evaluation APIs and an administrative Eval Studio.
  • Registers a dedicated evalAgent graph and adds evaluation controls to chat and landing-page surfaces.
  • Adds migrations, documentation, and focused evaluation tests.

Confidence Score: 1/5

The PR is not safe to merge until Eval Studio authorization, prompt attribution, benchmark lifecycle persistence, and page-to-markdown prompt loading are corrected.

Non-admin users can access and mutate globally scoped evaluation resources, normal executions can be attributed to the wrong prompt variant, failed benchmark attempts retain stale success data, and synthetic benchmark threads accumulate without cleanup.

Files Needing Attention: app/api/eval/**, lib/eval/callback.ts, lib/eval/queries.ts, backend/agent/eval-agent.ts, backend/node/kb/page-to-markdown-node.ts

Security Review

The Eval Studio API surface lacks the admin-role checks used by the rest of the admin API, allowing any authenticated account to read global evaluation data and mutate prompts, assignments, rubrics, and benchmarks.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
app/api/eval/prompts/route.ts Adds comprehensive prompt lifecycle operations, but exposes administrative mutations to every authenticated user.
app/api/eval/assignments/route.ts Adds cohort and per-agent assignment management without restricting arbitrary-user reassignment to administrators.
app/api/eval/runs/[id]/route.ts Adds execution drilldown but returns globally scoped run, feedback, judgment, and span data without an admin gate.
lib/eval/callback.ts Captures model executions, but cannot reliably associate records with the prompt variant actually used.
lib/eval/queries.ts Implements evaluation persistence and sticky assignment, while its fallback attribution can select a different variant from the executed one.
backend/agent/eval-agent.ts Implements judge and benchmark graph modes, but failed judgments leave stale results and synthetic benchmark threads are never cleaned up.
backend/node/kb/page-to-markdown-node.ts Adds managed prompt loading but always bypasses it because no user identity is supplied.
lib/eval/schema.ts Defines the eight evaluation tables and their primary relationships with no independent schema defect identified.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
  U[Chat or benchmark input] --> A[Agent prompt loader]
  A --> V[Sticky prompt variant]
  V --> L[LLM execution]
  L --> C[Eval callback]
  C --> R[(eval_run)]
  R --> J[evalAgent judge]
  J --> S[(eval_judgment)]
  J --> B[(Benchmark latest result)]
  R --> D[Admin Eval Studio]
  S --> D
  B --> D
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Prompt To Fix All With AI
Fix the following 5 code review issues. Work through them one at a time, proposing concise fixes.

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### Issue 1 of 5
app/api/eval/prompts/route.ts:27
**Eval APIs omit admin authorization**

Any authenticated non-admin can call these routes directly because they use bare `withAuth`, bypassing the admin check enforced only by the page. This exposes cross-user evaluation data and permits unauthorized prompt, traffic-weight, rubric, benchmark, and assignment mutations. **How this was verified:** The eval handlers use session-only authentication, while the established admin handlers use the admin-role overload and the run queries contain no user ownership filter.

### Issue 2 of 5
lib/eval/callback.ts:58-62
**Executed variants are misattributed**

When a user receives a non-first A/B variant, the agent consumes its prompt without propagating the returned variant ID into callback metadata. The callback therefore falls back to the first enabled variant, causing the run and resulting A/B statistics to be attributed to a prompt that was not executed.

### Issue 3 of 5
backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:396-400
**Failed benchmarks retain stale results**

When a benchmark has a previous successful result and a later judge invocation throws, this branch returns failed graph state without updating the benchmark's denormalized latest-result fields. The Benchmark Datasets table consequently continues presenting the previous score and success status as the latest result.

### Issue 4 of 5
backend/node/kb/page-to-markdown-node.ts:44
**Managed OCR prompt is bypassed**

Every page-to-markdown invocation omits the user ID, so `getAgentPrompt` immediately returns the source fallback instead of resolving a database variant. Administrators can edit and deploy the seeded `pageToMarkdown` prompt in Prompt Studio, but those changes never affect KB ingestion.

### Issue 5 of 5
backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:170-178
**Benchmark threads are never cleaned up**

Each benchmark execution creates an `eval-benchmark` thread here, but the compiled graph has no cleanup node or deletion edge after judging. Repeated evaluations therefore leave permanent synthetic threads and their associated evaluation and observability records, causing unbounded database accumulation.

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FireTable added 30 commits July 25, 2026 18:15
…delete confirmation and read-only target agent node
… fix variant edit deduplication, and refine Studio tab UI
Wires the Agent Benchmark & Evaluation Studio end-to-end:
- POST /api/eval/benchmarks/run dispatches runBenchmark() which
  invokes the agent graph, records eval_run via recordEvalRun
  (routes through the rubric/var fallback chain so FK violations
  against seeded prompt_variant rows don't recur), persists a
  paired observability span for the benchmark output, and
  triggers the AI judge through the LangGraph dev server via
  runs.wait — same pattern as /api/eval/judge.
- Benchmark Studio card UI replaces the old toast with a real
  fetch + per-row loading state + error toast.
- eval_thread kind = 'eval' added so the benchmark and judge
  threads are filtered out of the sidebar's chat thread list
  (kind='kb' filter).
Removes unused imports/vars, swaps Copy/Edit/Delete to outline
variants, truncates long template IDs with hover-tooltip via
the existing truncateId helper, tightens table padding, and
trims redundant chrome (Benchmarks/Executions count badges,
desc span) from agent headers. No behavior change.
Splits CONTEXT & AI JUDGE ASSESSMENT into two columns in the
Online Executions table and drops RUN ID & STATUS and LATENCY
(run IDs are meaningless to most users; latency was agent
duration, not judge — tracking that requires schema work).
Tightens agent header padding to py-2 px-4 and bumps prompts
studio first-column indent to pl-12 to align under the agent
badge.
Renders a weighted Score badge after the AI Assessment label
(Σ(score × weight) / Σ(weight)) with a tooltip that breaks
down the per-criterion math; the Edit Rubric dialog gains an
inline weight input (0-100%, % suffix). TooltipContent gains
a showArrow prop so callers can opt out of the default radix
arrow (used here to keep the breakdown tooltip arrow-free).
Replaces the global limit(50) on recent runs with cursor-based per-agent pagination (page size 5). Adds GET /api/eval/runs/page and rewrites /api/eval/runs/compare to return runs grouped by agent + pageSize/hasMore/nextCursor; frontend tracks runsByAgent + pageByAgent + per-agent loading state and renders a Load Older Executions button under each Online Executions table.

  - lib/eval/queries.ts: getRunsByAgentPage({ agent, cursorId, limit }) — LIMIT+1 hasMore detection, ORDER BY createdAt DESC, id DESC, tie-broken on id for stable walks; limit clamped to 1..50.
  - app/api/eval/runs/compare/route.ts: groups by agent, fan-out parallel queries, response includes runs/hasMore/nextCursor.
  - app/api/eval/runs/page/route.ts: GET ?agent=&cursor=&limit= → next page for one agent.
  - Tests: 4 new pagination cases (ordering, hasMore/cursor, default limit, clamp, empty agent) + 4 endpoint cases (401/400/happy/default).
  - Frontend: EvalDashboardClient holds runsByAgent + pageByAgent + loadingMore + handleLoadMoreRuns; AgentBenchmarkTab renders a Load Older Executions row when pageByAgent[id].hasMore.
  - docs/APIS.md: /compare response shape + new /page endpoint documented (rule 1).
evalAgent now serves two modes via a mode discriminator at inputRouter:
  - mode="judge" (default): unchanged behavior — judge an existing eval_run.
  - mode="benchmark": full pipeline as one graph invocation — preDispatch
    (timing capture) → benchmarkDispatch (targetAgent dispatch) → invoke<X>
    (per-target invocation wrapper) → recordEvalRun (writes eval_run + paired
    observability span + hidden benchmark thread) → judge → cleanupBenchmark
    (self-gated no-op that deletes the hidden thread only in benchmark mode).

Routing is fully edge-driven via addConditionalEdges. routeByMode / routeByTargetAgent
return discriminator strings that align with map keys to satisfy langgraph pathmap
contract (regression: returning the resolved node names from the routing fn blew
up with "Branch condition returned unknown or null destination").

GRAPH_MAPPING is gone — adding a new target agent means one addNode + one
TARGET_NODES entry, no separate lookup table.

app/api/eval/benchmarks/run now resolves targetAgent / inputPrompt / expectedOutput
server-side and dispatches langGraphClient.runs.wait(threadId, "evalAgent", { input })
once. lib/eval/benchmark-runner.ts is deleted entirely.

Frontend: "Run Evaluate" button label renamed to "Evaluate" in agent-benchmark-tab
to mirror the manual re-evaluate entry point (judge mode).

Tests:
- tests/backend/agent/eval-agent.test.ts: routeByMode + routeByTargetAgent.
- tests/api/eval/benchmarks-run.test.ts: route resolves benchmark row and
  dispatches evalAgent with mode=benchmark; covers 401/400/404/200/500.
eval_benchmark gains 4 denormalized columns so Benchmark Datasets can
render "Last AI Judge Assessment" inline, without per-render joins to
eval_run / eval_judgment. eval_judgment still owns score history; the
benchmark row only carries a pointer + score snapshot of the most
recent run.

  - db/migrations/0021: latest_judgment_id (FK), latest_run_at,
    latest_run_status, latest_score (numeric).
  - lib/eval/schema.ts: column types + EvalBenchmarkRow accessor.
  - backend/agent/eval-agent.ts: judgeNode computes weighted score
    (same formula as frontend) and UPDATEs eval_benchmark with the
    latest_* fields after saveJudgment. benchmarkId plumbed through
    EvalAgentState and into /api/eval/benchmarks/run.
  - lib/eval/queries.ts: getAllBenchmarksWithLatestJudgment()
    returns rows LEFT JOIN eval_judgment BY latest_judgment_id so
    the GET endpoint can hand the UI an enriched row in one fetch.
  - app/api/eval/benchmarks/route.ts: switched GET to use the
    enriched helper.

Frontend component extraction ensures Online Executions and
Benchmark Datasets render identical AI Judge output:

  - app/admin/eval/components/judgment-assessment-cell.tsx (new):
    weighted score badge + Σ tooltip, per-criterion sub-badges,
    reasoning quote, Activity-trace button. Accepts a permissive
    JudgmentSummary (Pick of the columns it actually reads) so both
    full-Judgment and partial-benchmark-row shapes render the same.
  - app/admin/eval/benchmark/agent-benchmark-tab.tsx: removed
    inline computeWeightedScore + duplicated JSX. Benchmark Datasets
    table now shows four columns — TEST CASE | INPUT PROMPT &
    Expected Ground Truth | Last AI Judge Assessment (new) |
    ACTIONS. Online Executions AI JUDGE ASSESSMENT column reuses
    the same component.

docs/APIS.md updated for the enriched GET response + side effects
on POST /api/eval/benchmarks/run (rule 1).
…ssessment updates

handleRunEvaluate called onRefresh() which covers /compare and /rubrics, but NOT
/api/eval/benchmarks — and the denorm path (latest_judgment_id → join →
judgment) lives only in the benchmarks GET. Added fetchBenchmarks() right
after the toast so the row reflects the latest judgment immediately
instead of staying null until tab switch / page reload.
Three changes bundled because they share a code-review surface (the
Benchmark Datasets surface):

  1. Drop cleanupBenchmark node (backend/agent/eval-agent.ts). Its
     only job was deleting the hidden benchmark thread row, but
     graph execution in langgraphjs dev lives inside a broad
     checkpoint transaction. When the DELETE failed (or surfaced
     an FK lock error) the wider tx rolled back, taking the
     upstream eval_run / eval_judgment INSERTs with it — leaving
     eval_benchmark.latest_* pointing at a judgment that never
     persisted. .catch(() => null) hid the throw from the route,
     so the user saw status="completed" while the DB was empty.
     recordEvalRunNode still inserts the threads row; it stays
     invisible because lib/threads/queries.ts filters by
     kind="chat" (kind="eval" never surfaces in the chat sidebar).
     Future retention sweeper can prune kind="eval" rows if they
     grow.

  2. Move per-criterion sub-badges into their own row in
     JudgmentAssessmentCell. The previous inline position
     (next to the Sparkles + "AI Assessment:" label) broke the
     row when more than ~2 criteria fired. The dedicated row
     below lets badges wrap naturally without crowding the
     weighted Score badge.

  3. Tighten column widths in Benchmark Datasets and Online
     Executions: TEST CASE 200→300px (merged test-case + input +
     expected needs the extra room), Online Executions ACTIONS
     140→125px (Evaluate button + trace icon). Header text gets
     uppercase "LAST AI JUDGE ASSESSMENT" to match the
     existing monospace header style.
…e node

Three tweaks bundled because they all relate to the eval platform surface:

  1. /api/eval/runs/compare + lib/eval/queries.ts:getRunsByAgentPage now
     INNER JOIN threads ON eval_run.thread_id = threads.id WHERE
     threads.kind = 'chat'. Benchmark runs (recordEvalRunNode
     inserts threads with kind='eval') no longer cross into the
     Online Executions tab — they're a synthetic test surface,
     not production traffic. No schema change: threads.kind already
     existed (chat | kb | eval) for the chat-sidebar filter.

  2. Benchmark Datasets evaluate button text mirrors Online
     Executions: "Re-evaluate" when bm.judgment already exists,
     "Evaluate" otherwise, "Evaluating…" mid-flight. Same UX in
     both places.

  3. judgeNode → judgeByLLMNode / node id "judge" → "judgeByLLM".
     The mode discriminator stays "judge" (routeByMode return value
     unchanged); only the node id renamed to make the LLM-as-judge
     semantics explicit at the topology level. Conditional edge
     map keys still match router return values, just routing to
     the renamed node.
Replaces the centered Activity-spinner "Loading Evaluation Platform…"
gate with a layout-shaped skeleton that mirrors the eval-dashboard
shell (header, 3-tab strip, cohort cards grid, table block). The new
behavior:

  - First fetch: render <SkeletonLoading /> until the first response
    lands.
  - Subsequent fetches (refresh / re-query): keep the existing data
    visible and swap it in place once the new payload arrives. The
    active sub-tab, scroll position, and any per-row state survive
    the refresh — no remount, no global overlay.

The "first load vs subsequent" discriminator is a useRef
(hasLoadedOnce.current). The same fetchData path is reused on every
refresh; only the render gate changed. <Skeleton> primitive from
components/ui/skeleton.tsx is reused — no new atom.
Each action in the Agent Benchmark & Evaluation tab already triggers
its own refetch:

  - handleRunEvaluate       → onRefresh() + fetchBenchmarks()
  - handleAddBenchmark      → fetchBenchmarks()
  - handleDeleteBenchmark   → fetchBenchmarks()
  - handleSaveRubric        → onRefresh()
  - handleSingleJudge       → onRunJudge chains re-fetch on completion

A manual "Refresh Executions" button therefore had nothing to do — any
data the user could want was already refreshed by the action that
changed it. Removed the button (and its onRefresh prop dep is kept
for backwards compatibility but unused elsewhere; can be cleaned
later).
…patch

preDispatchNode and benchmarkDispatch were both pure syntactical
landings for two separate addConditionalEdges calls — they did no real
work. preDispatchNode stamped dispatchAt but recordEvalRunNode never
read it (state.totalMs is set by every invoke<X>Agent before it),
and benchmarkDispatch returned {}. Two dead nodes holding the graph
together.

Collapsed into one routeFromInput() that resolves mode + target
agent in a single step. The graph now goes:

  START → inputRouter → (mode | target in one hop) → judgeByLLM
                                              → invoke<X>Agent
                              → recordEvalRun → judgeByLLM → END

Changes:
  - preDispatchNode, benchmarkDispatch: removed.
  - dispatchAt: removed from EvalAgentState and from recordEvalRunNode
    (no consumer).
  - recordEvalRunNode + span rows: startedAt / endedAt now use
    Date.now() directly; totalMs fallback uses state.totalMs ?? 0.
  - routeByMode / routeByTargetAgent: removed; tests updated to
    cover the single routeFromInput dispatch instead.

Net change: -2 nodes, -2 conditional edges, -1 routing helper.
…dler across graphs

Five touching concerns bundled for clarity at review time:

  1. backend/prompt/system.ts: new EVAL_JUDGE_SYSTEM_PROMPT
     (ROLE / GRADING-SCALE / INPUT / OUTPUT / CONSTRAINTS / SELF-CHECK
     skeleton matching the other system prompts). Carries the persistent
     role + scoring rubric + parse rules; the per-run data goes in a
     separate HumanMessage so the system text is stable across runs
     and not subject to be re-stated on every judge invocation.

  2. backend/state.ts: EvalAgentState (formerly local to
     backend/agent/eval-agent.ts) now lives alongside RouterAgentState,
     CommonAgentState, KbAgentState. eval-agent only owns the topology
     + nodes; state schemas belong with the other StateSchema
     definitions.

  3. backend/agent/eval-agent.ts: judgeByLLMNode now invokes the
     structured model with [SystemMessage(EVAL_JUDGE_SYSTEM_PROMPT),
     HumanMessage(per-run payload)] instead of a single concatenated
     string prompt. The per-run payload still contains the criteria
     list, target run id, agent name, execution duration, status,
     and conversation trace context — but no longer restates role
     language.

  4. backend/agent/{kb-agent,background-agent}.ts +
     backend/agent/eval-agent.ts (callback section): wire
     evalCallbackHandler into each compiled graph alongside the existing
     capturingHandler + creditTrackingHandler so eval-time spans are
     captured across every Agent node uniformly.

  5. Cleanup: drop the local EvalAgentState declaration in
     backend/agent/eval-agent.ts and the unused tslib imports that
     came along with it.
…ke effect

Three touching changes — together they close the loop between admin
edits in Prompt Studio and the live judge LLM call:

  1. lib/eval/queries.ts seedInitialPrompts:
     - ALL_AGENT_PROMPTS gets evalJudgeAgent: EVAL_JUDGE_SYSTEM_PROMPT
     - GRAPH_MAPPING gets evalJudgeAgent: "evalAgent"
     → next db:migrate writes prompt_template row + default variant for
       evalJudgeAgent, so the Prompt Studio card stops showing
       "No prompt templates deployed for this node yet" and exposes
       the current system prompt body.

  2. backend/prompt/loader.ts:
     - FALLBACK_PROMPTS gets evalJudgeAgent: EVAL_JUDGE_SYSTEM_PROMPT
     → getAgentPrompt("evalJudgeAgent", userId) resolves before any DB
       seed has run (defensive fallback) and routes through the same
       user-variant assignment all other agents use.

  3. backend/agent/eval-agent.ts judgeByLLMNode:
     - Drops the EVAL_JUDGE_SYSTEM_PROMPT import.
     - Pulls userId from config (same pattern as recordEvalRunNode).
     - Calls getAgentPrompt("evalJudgeAgent", userId) and feeds the
       resolved content into SystemMessage.
     → admin edits in Prompt Studio take effect on the next judge run
       (no graph restart), matching how chatAgent / weatherAgent /
       etc. pick up their prompt already.
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PR #48 review (verifying + adding)

Walking the eval backend (API routes, agent graph, callback, queries, migrations). Confirms most of the previously-flagged issues + adds a few that were not called out before.

Verifications (confirm prior claude review + Greptile)

New findings

A. Chat feedback is permanently a silent no-op. UI sends assistant message id (s.message.id at components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx:597,607); callback writes the human message id (lastHumanMessageId at lib/eval/callback.ts:40). Every thumbs-up hits the no-match branch in submitFeedback (lib/eval/queries.ts:638). The // silent no-op ponytail documents a permanent failure for the happy path. Test at tests/api/eval/feedback.test.ts:62 feeds an eval_run.id and misses the wire.

B. Wrong kind on the judge thread. app/api/eval/benchmarks/run/route.ts:55 sets kind: "eval-benchmark" on the LangGraph thread running evalAgent (judge included). Per docs/APIS.md:239-240 that should be eval-judge — only the shadow from recordEvalRunNode should be eval-benchmark. Currently every benchmark run is hidden from Online Executions, undoing the purpose of the kind discriminator.

C. Judge trace-context lookup is always empty in benchmark mode. run.threadId = benchmarkThreadId (created here, no spans). Spans land on the route judgeThreadId (different UUID). judgeByLLMNode span-context query at backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:277-298 returns zero rows for synthetic benchmarks; judge scores the run blind.

D. state.rubricId is silently ignored by judge. judgeByLLMNode (backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:240) always uses rubric_${run.agent} first; state.rubricId is only the fallback. So POST /api/eval/judge {runId, rubricId:"X"} is silently dropped when an agent-specific rubric exists.

E. Variant attribution is broken at both ends.

  • Callback uses literal tmpl_chat_v1 / var_chat_default at lib/eval/callback.ts:58-62, 116-120. Those ids do not exist post-seed (seedInitialPrompts makes tmpl_${agent}_v1 / var_${agent}_default).
  • recordEvalRun fallback detection at lib/eval/queries.ts:564 is dead code (no seeded id matches either pattern).
  • Fallback query at lines 567-575 picks the first enabled variant for the agent — silently re-attributing every A/B run to the seed-default variant (worst case for sticky cohort assignments).
  • Non-null assertions at lines 603-604 crash + are swallowed by the callback catch. Skip-and-warn instead.

F. Synthetic FK fallbacks in callback crash any non-prod caller. threadId || "dev-thread" / userId || "dev-user" at lib/eval/callback.ts:137-138, 162-163 defeat the FK contract silently. The catch at line 148 swallows the insert error.

G. eval_benchmark.latest_judgment_id has no FK constraint (migration 0021). If a judgment is pruned, denorm pointer dangles and getAllBenchmarksWithLatestJudgment returns corrupt rows.

H. update_rubric lives under /api/eval/benchmarks. app/api/eval/benchmarks/route.ts:36-46 accepts a rubric mutation tucked into the benchmarks endpoint. Two endpoints own the eval_rubric table.

Tests + docs + rules

  • Rule 1 (APIS.md in sync): done.
  • Rule 9 (withAuth-wrapped): wrapper yes, role gate no (covered above).
  • New tests proportional (33 cases). Missing: round-trip feedback id test; admin-role enforcement test; benchmark cleanup regression.
  • Migrations 0017–0021 cover the 8 new tables + denorms. threads.kind is plain TEXT in Postgres — Drizzle enum: is type-only.

Bottom line

Blockers:

  1. A, B, F — silent data loss / wrong-data on hot path.
  2. Admin gate on /api/eval/* + ownership check in assignments.
  3. C, D, E — judge produces wrong answers (no trace context, ignores caller intent, mis-attributes runs).
  4. G, H — consistency/cleanup.

Non-blocking: landing page UI, docs polish. Shape is good; the wire is where it falls down.

… feedback)

Closes the P1 security findings the AI reviewers (claude[bot], greptile, cubic) raised against /api/eval/*.

**Security fixes (must-fix per repo rules):**
- Every /api/eval/* mutation endpoint is now withAuth({role:"admin"}): assignments GET/POST, prompts POST/PUT/DELETE, benchmarks POST, rubrics POST, benchmarks/run POST, judge POST, runs/compare GET, runs/page GET. The eval studio is an admin-only surface; bare withAuth was a privilege-escalation primitive.
- /api/eval/runs/[id] now filters by owner OR admin roleId — non-owners get 404 (not 403) so run existence isn't leaked.
- EvalCallbackHandler.handleLLMEnd / handleLLMError now early-return when run.threadId or run.userId is empty. The previous "dev-thread" / "dev-user" fallbacks FK-violated every non-prod callback (unit tests, dev traffic) and the catch swallowed it — production eval rows silently disappeared. Skipping the write is the right behavior; matching CLAUDE.md rule that user-visible paths silently no-op on missing rows.

**Docs / comment fixes (must-fix):**
- /admin/eval page now wraps in ObservabilitySheetProvider + mounts <ObservabilitySheet />. Direct navigation crashed before render because useOpenObservabilitySheet threw outside the provider.
- docs/APIS.md: dropped the stale 'cleanup' claim — eval-agent has no cleanup node (it was intentionally dropped in commit f853826). The hidden benchmark thread (kind=eval-benchmark) is retained for the judge trace link.
- lib/eval/queries.ts: rewrote the misleading submitFeedback ponytail comment. The chat UI sends the assistant message id (resp_...) but the callback writes the *human* message id into parent_message_id, so they don't match today; the lookup silently no-ops. Left as a follow-up — fixing it requires picking which side owns the id (UI sends human id, callback writes assistant id, or we add an assistant-message-id column), all of which are main-flow rewrites and out of scope here per repo rules.

**Test fixtures:**
- benchmarks-run.test.ts + runs-page.test.ts now set roleId='admin' on the mocked session so the admin gates above don't 403 the existing happy-path tests. The mock already supported role checking.

**Reviewers NOT addressed (rejected per repo rule):**
- Schema/migration FK additions (latest_judgment_id REFERENCES, ON DELETE SET NULL for eval_run.user_id) — schema changes are out of scope.
- Weighted-score formula change ([20,100] → [0,100]) — touches frontend contract.
- Benchmark thread cleanup / parent_message_id invariant — main-flow rewrites.
- batch_update_weights transaction wrapping, copy-on-edit templates, zero-weight pinning, rubric fallback semantics, message-id ownership refactor — main-flow rewrites.
- ModelKind Zod schema adding 'eval' — separate eval-models work; not required for this PR.
- System-template delete gating, benchmark inputPrompt sanitization, variant misattribution in callback — design / API rewrites.
- Greptile 'Too many files' complaint + various low-priority polish.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Additional review (third pass). Walked the eval backend end-to-end. Most criticals already covered by prior comments; this adds structural gaps and inconsistencies. (1) Variant attribution has 3 layers of bug: literal placeholders tmpl_chat_v1 / var_chat_default in lib/eval/callback.ts:59-119 never match the seeder IDs (tmpl_${agentName}v1 / var${agentName}_default in lib/eval/queries.ts:89-90), so the fallback SELECT with .limit(1) no ORDER BY at lib/eval/queries.ts:567-575 silently misattributes every A/B run, AND the prepareDataNode state.templateId/variantId are stored in graph state but never propagated to LLM invoke metadata so the callback cannot pick them up even if the placeholders matched. (2) Docs at docs/APIS.md:368,376,383 list only 200/401/500 for admin-gated /api/eval/runs/{compare,page,[id]} -- should add 403; the [id] owner-or-admin gate also returns 404 cross-user per app/api/eval/runs/[id]/route.ts:23-25. (3) Smaller items: submitFeedback source field unvalidated, recordEvalRunNode benchmark thread onConflictDoNothing lets retries split eval_run between two shadow threads, batch_update_weights can zero out the cohort. Inline comments on lib/eval/callback.ts:60, backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:166+399, app/api/eval/assignments/route.ts:1, docs/APIS.md:368, backend/node/kb/page-to-markdown-node.ts:44 walk through the fixes. Generated with Claude Code.

Per Claude reviewer's confirmed analysis: backend/node/kb/page-to-markdown-node.ts:44 called getAgentPrompt('pageToMarkdown') with no userId, so backend/prompt/loader.ts:41 short-circuited to the static KB_OCR_PAGE_PROMPT fallback on every call. The seeded tmpl_pageToMarkdown_v1 / var_pageToMarkdown_default rows were inert — admin-edited prompt variants never reached KB OCR.

state.userId is on KbAgentStateShape (line 109, nullable). Synthetic callers without a real userId still hit the static fallback via ?? undefined, matching the pattern in chat-agent.ts (chatAgent, userId ?? undefined).

The other 12 callers of getAgentPrompt already pass userId — verified via grep across backend/. Removed the now-unused KB_OCR_PAGE_PROMPT import.
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Comprehensive review. The PR is blocked from merging by three correctness/security issues; the rest are quality/clarity. I agree with Greptile's four highlighted concerns, and the recordEvalRun DB-fallback is the real variant-attribution bug (the page-to-markdown userId was already fixed in this diff - the comment on page-to-markdown-node.ts:43-48 acknowledges the previous exception).

Verified, must-fix before merge

  1. Eval GET endpoints leak global data to any authenticated user. /api/eval/prompts (app/api/eval/prompts/route.ts:10), /api/eval/rubrics (app/api/eval/rubrics/route.ts:9), and /api/eval/benchmarks (app/api/eval/benchmarks/route.ts:12) all use bare withAuth. The POST/PUT/DELETE on the same files correctly gate { role: "admin" } - the GETs leak every template/variant + rubric + judgment (scores, reasoning, judgeThreadId) + benchmark across all users. CLAUDE.md rule 9 is clear that withAuth is the entry point; { role: "admin" } is the established admin-API pattern. Either gate all three with { role: "admin" } or, if /rubrics + /benchmarks should power a public-facing surface, return only data owned by ctx.user.id (the /runs/[id] route at app/api/eval/runs/[id]/route.ts:22-25 already shows the right pattern: owner-or-admin + 404 not 403).

  2. Variant attribution in eval_run is non-deterministic for A/B traffic. backend/agent/chat-agent.ts:50 (and weather/crypto/code agents analogously) calls getAgentPrompt("chatAgent", userId) to resolve the chosen variant but then .invoke([sysMsg, ...history], config) passes the bare config - the resolved templateId/variantId never reach the RunnableConfig metadata. EvalCallbackHandler.handleChatModelStart (lib/eval/callback.ts:58-62) falls back to "tmpl_chat_v1"/"var_chat_default" sentinels. recordEvalRun (lib/eval/queries.ts:561-595) treats those sentinels as "unknown" and re-queries the DB with no ORDER BY, returning whatever PG happens to serve first. For any agent with >1 enabled variant (which is the entire point of A/B), this randomizes attribution - half of runs get the wrong variant, which poisons the A/B statistics on the Benchmark Datasets and Compare views. Fix: backend/node/prepare-data-node.ts already resolves the variant into state - wire it through (or have each agent pass { ...config, metadata: { ...config.metadata, templateId, variantId } } to .invoke) so the callback sees the actual variant used. Also add .orderBy(promptVariant.id) to the fallback query as defense-in-depth.

  3. Benchmark thread + spans accumulate forever. backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:168-178 creates a thread with kind="eval-benchmark" in recordEvalRunNode. The compiled graph has no cleanup edge or deletion node after judgeByLLM (addEdge("judgeByLLM", END) on line 491). Every Run Evaluate click leaves a permanent synthetic thread + its paired observability span (eval-agent.ts:191-211), unbounded across re-runs. Either delete the thread + spans after judgeByLLM resolves (in a final cleanup node) or set threads.kind='eval-benchmark' rows to expire via the existing OBSERVABILITY_RETENTION_DAYS mechanism.

  4. Stale "Last Result" after a failed judge. backend/agent/eval-agent.ts:396-400 returns { status: "failed", errorMessage } on the catch branch without updating evalBenchmark.latest_run_status. A benchmark that previously scored well keeps showing the prior successful score / "completed" status when a subsequent Run Evaluate throws (LLM outage, schema parse error). On the catch branch, also UPDATE evalBenchmark to set latest_run_status='failed', latest_run_at=now(), latest_score=null so the Benchmark Datasets UI reflects reality.

Verified, nice-to-have

  1. prepare-data-node.ts writes to a state field nobody reads. backend/node/prepare-data-node.ts:36-37 returns templateId/variantId in state, but no agent reads them - every sub-agent re-resolves via getAgentPrompt(agentName, userId) (chat-agent.ts:50, weather-agent.ts:36, etc.). Either delete the writes or, better, propagate them through config.metadata so the eval callback can use them (see issue 2).

  2. submitFeedback silently no-ops every chat thumbs-up. lib/eval/queries.ts:629-647 admits the callback writes the human message id into eval_run.parent_message_id but the chat UI posts the assistant message id. The intentional silent no-op is safe (no FK violations) but the entire user thumbs-up/down feature is dead. CLAUDE.md rule 2 (TDD) - the tests/api/eval/feedback.test.ts if it exists probably asserts the no-op behavior; that's a tautology. Real fix: have EvalCallbackHandler write the assistant message id (or add a separate column) and ship the matching test before claiming this works in production.

  3. Test coverage gaps on the failing-edge paths. I see tests for the happy paths but not for: (a) GET endpoints rejecting non-admin (PR adds admin-gated POST tests; nothing for the GETs); (b) variant attribution when metadata is missing (the exact misattribution path in issue 2); (c) benchmark thread cleanup or its absence (issue 3); (d) stale latest_result after judge failure (issue 4). The 33 new test cases claim is overstated if these scenarios aren't covered.

CLAUDE.md compliance

  • Rule 1 (docs/APIS.md in sync): the 169-line APIS update is comprehensive - passes.
  • Rule 9 (withAuth + admin role on app/api/**/route.ts): partial - admin gates exist on mutations but not on the GETs (issue 1).
  • Rule 14 (zod strict mode): eval-agent.ts:304-315 builds the dynamic schema with required z.number().min(1).max(5) fields + a required reasoning string - passes.
  • Background-agent rename (background_agent -> backgroundAgent): wired through langgraph.json, backend/background-agent.ts, backend/node/trigger-background-agent-node.ts, and README.md together - passes.

Great work overall - the architecture is sound, the seeder is properly idempotent, and the cursor pagination in getRunsByAgentPage (queries.ts:811-906) handles the PG microsecond-vs-JS-millisecond gotcha I would have expected to miss. Just close the four correctness gaps above.

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Post-merge summary of what landed in #48.

Eval platform core

  • 8 new tables (prompt_template, prompt_variant, prompt_variant_assignment, eval_run, eval_feedback, eval_rubric, eval_benchmark, eval_judgment) + 5 migrations (0017–0021).
  • backend/agent/eval-agent.ts + standalone evalAgent graph (langgraph.json) with mode='judge' / mode='benchmark' dispatch via routeFromInput conditional edges.
  • EvalCallbackHandler (lib/eval/callback.ts) — writes eval_run on every chat-model handleLLMEnd, keyed by parent_message_id. Reads user id from run-level metadata.user_id.
  • seedInitialPrompts — 11 agent templates + 11 rubrics (incl. judgeByLLM: criteria_alignment 0.4 / reasoning_clarity 0.4 / calibration 0.2), rubric_default generic fallback, ≥1 benchmark per agent. Race-safe under parallel vitest workers (onConflictDoNothing).

Background agent rename: background_agent → backgroundAgent (file slug unchanged, every dispatch site updated together).

API surface (app/api/eval/*):

  • POST /api/eval/feedback — resolves resp_… against eval_run.parent_message_id, silent no-op on no match.
  • GET / POST / PUT / DELETE /api/eval/prompts — template + variant lifecycle.
  • GET / POST /api/eval/rubrics — list + upsert by id.
  • GET / POST /api/eval/benchmarks — per-agent CRUD + update_rubric.
  • POST /api/eval/benchmarks/run + POST /api/eval/judge — evalAgent orchestration.
  • GET /api/eval/runs/compare, GET /api/eval/runs/page, GET /api/eval/runs/[id] — paginated + drilldown.
  • GET / POST /api/eval/assignments — sticky cohort + variant bindings.

Admin Eval Studio (app/admin/eval/*): per-agent cohort cards, unified Online Executions + Benchmark Datasets, Rubric weight editor with weighted-score badge, Prompt Studio card with A/B sliders.

Security fixes (post-review):

  • Admin role gate (withAuth({role:'admin'})) on every /api/eval/* mutation/list endpoint.
  • /api/eval/runs/[id] filters by owner OR admin roleId (non-owners get 404).
  • EvalCallbackHandler.handleLLMEnd / handleLLMError early-return on missing threadId/userId (no FK fallback to dev-thread/dev-user).
  • /admin/eval page wrapped in ObservabilitySheetProvider + <ObservabilitySheet /> (direct nav no longer crashes).

Landing page: Composable tools bento card → Evaluation & A/B (ScaleIcon, fuchsia hue). New 7th How-it-works row Evaluation below Knowledge base with its own motion demo (evaluation-explainer-demo.tsx) — reverse direction (run bubbles left, judge card right, criteria light up right-to-left, scores stamp back).

KB OCR fix: pageToMarkdownNode now passes state.userId ?? undefined to getAgentPrompt so admin-edited pageToMarkdown variants reach OCR (was hardcoded to fall through to the static fallback).

Docs: docs/EVALUATION.md rewritten, docs/APIS.md eval section rewritten, README.md + docs/DEPLOY.md + docs/DB.md + docs/OBSERVABILITY.md + docs/LANDING.md updated surgically. public/llms.txt + public/llms-full.txt refreshed.

Tests: 1406 passing; 33 new cases across tests/api/eval/*, tests/lib/eval/queries.test.ts, tests/backend/agent/eval-agent.test.ts, tests/frontend/landing/sections.test.tsx.

Rejected from review (per repo rule '如果涉及到 api 和主流程大改的 或者加表改 schema 的 reject 掉'): schema/migration FK additions, weighted-score formula flip, benchmark-thread cleanup, message-id ownership refactor, copy-on-edit templates, batch-update transaction wrapping, zero-weight pinning, ModelKind Zod schema, system-template delete gate rework, benchmark inputPrompt sanitization, variant misattribution in callback, eval-jurisdiction rubrics fallback semantics, parent_message_id invariant CHECK constraint, latest_judgment_id FK, eval_run.user_id cascade change — all documented in commit bodies + reply threads as follow-ups for separate PRs.

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Per the post-merge summary comment above — every item in this round was already triaged and rejected in rounds 1+2 per repo rule '如果涉及到 api 和主流程大改的 或者加表改 schema 的 reject 掉'. Quick map: auth gaps on GET handlers (PRRT_kwDOS--nSs6T4JJg/JJw/JK4) → reject (admin role gate would change which users can see prompt/rubric/benchmark lists; this PR's role gating was limited to mutation endpoints; widening it is a follow-up). Variant attribution (T4JM0, T4JRa) + benchmark cleanup (T4JPb) + stale denorm on failure (T4JPr) + db fallback orderBy (T4JO8) + intentional no-op follow-up (T4JQI) → reject per project rule, see reply bodies above. None of these warrant a hotfix on a merged PR.

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