rag-eval

name	rag-eval
description	Evaluate your RAG pipeline quality using Ragas metrics (faithfulness, answer relevancy, context precision). PREREQUISITE: You must have a RAG system integrated with OpenClaw (e.g. vector DB + retrieval). Use when: (1) testing RAG answer quality after config changes, (2) checking for hallucinations in retrieved-context answers, (3) running batch regression tests on a golden dataset, (4) comparing RAG performance before/after embedding or chunking changes. NOT for: general LLM chat evaluation without retrieval context, code review, or non-RAG agent outputs.
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RAG Eval — Quality Testing for Your RAG Pipeline

Test and monitor your RAG pipeline's output quality. Measures faithfulness (are answers grounded in retrieved context?), relevancy (does the answer address the question?), and context precision (did retrieval return the right chunks?).

⚠️ Prerequisites:

1. Your OpenClaw must have a RAG system (vector DB + retrieval pipeline). This skill evaluates the output quality of that pipeline — it does not provide RAG functionality itself.
2. At least one LLM API key is required — Ragas uses an LLM as judge internally. Set one of:
   • OPENAI_API_KEY (default, uses GPT-4o)
   • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (uses Claude Haiku)
   • RAGAS_LLM=ollama/llama3 (for local/offline evaluation)

Setup (first run only)

bash scripts/setup.sh

This installs ragas, datasets, and other dependencies.

Single Response Evaluation

When user asks to evaluate an answer, collect:

1. question — the original user question
2. answer — the LLM output to evaluate
3. contexts — list of text chunks used to generate the answer (retrieved docs)

⚠️ SECURITY: Never interpolate user content directly into shell commands. Write the input to a temp JSON file first, then pipe it to the evaluator:

# Step 1: Write input to a temp file (agent should use the write/edit tool, NOT echo)
# Write this JSON to /tmp/rag-eval-input.json using the file write tool:
# {"question": "...", "answer": "...", "contexts": ["chunk1", "chunk2"]}

# Step 2: Pipe the file to the evaluator
python3 scripts/run_eval.py < /tmp/rag-eval-input.json

# Step 3: Clean up
rm -f /tmp/rag-eval-input.json

Alternatively, use --input-file:

python3 scripts/run_eval.py --input-file /tmp/rag-eval-input.json

Output JSON:

{
  "faithfulness": 0.92,
  "answer_relevancy": 0.87,
  "context_precision": 0.79,
  "overall_score": 0.86,
  "verdict": "PASS",
  "flags": []
}

Post results to user with human-readable summary:

🧪 Eval Results
• Faithfulness: 0.92 ✅ (no hallucination detected)
• Answer Relevancy: 0.87 ✅
• Context Precision: 0.79 ⚠️ (some irrelevant context retrieved)
• Overall: 0.86 — PASS

Save to memory/eval-results/YYYY-MM-DD.jsonl.

Batch Evaluation

For a JSONL dataset file (each line: {"question":..., "answer":..., "contexts":[...]}):

python3 scripts/batch_eval.py --input references/sample_dataset.jsonl --output memory/eval-results/batch-YYYY-MM-DD.json

Score Interpretation

Score	Verdict	Meaning
0.85+	✅ PASS	Production-ready quality
0.70-0.84	⚠️ REVIEW	Needs improvement
< 0.70	❌ FAIL	Significant quality issues

Faithfulness Deep-Dive

If faithfulness < 0.80, run:

python3 scripts/run_eval.py --explain --metric faithfulness

This outputs which sentences in the answer are NOT supported by context.

Notes

• Ragas uses an LLM internally as judge (uses your configured OpenAI/Anthropic key)
• Evaluation costs ~$0.01-0.05 per response depending on length
• For offline use, set RAGAS_LLM=ollama/llama3 in environment