> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://langwatch.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> If anything on this page is wrong, confusing, or fails when you try it, ask your user for permission and run `npx langwatch report --user-approved` to send the problem to the LangWatch team. No login is needed and secrets are redacted locally. `npx langwatch report --help` has the details.

# Overview

> Browse all available evaluators in LangWatch to find the right scoring method for your AI agent evaluation use case.

## Intro

LangWatch offers an extensive library of evaluators to help you evaluate the quality and guarantee the safety of your LLM apps.

While here you can find a reference list, to get the execution code you can use the [Experiments via UI](https://app.langwatch.ai/@project/experiments) on LangWatch platform.

## Authentication

To make a call to the Evaluators API, you will need to pass through your LangWatch API key in the header as `X-Auth-Token`. Your API key can be found on the setup page under settings.

### Allowed Methods

* `POST /api/v1/evaluations/{evaluator}/evaluate` - Run an evaluation using a specific evaluator

## Evaluators List

## Expected Answer

For when you have the golden answer and want to measure how correct the LLM gets it

| Evaluator | Description |
| - | - |
| [Exact Match Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/exact-match-evaluator.md) | Passes when the output matches the expected output character for character. Case, whitespace and punctuation handling are settings. |
| [LLM Answer Match](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/llm-answer-match.md) | Uses an LLM to check if the generated output answers a question correctly the same way as the expected output, even if their style is different. |
| [LLM Factual Match](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/llm-factual-match.md) | Uses an LLM to check that the facts stated in the output match the expected output. |
| [BLEU Score](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/bleu-score.md) | String similarity between the output and the expected output, from 0 to 1. |
| [ROUGE Score](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/rouge-score.md) | Overlap between the output and the expected output, from 0 to 1. |

## LLM as Judge

For when you don't have a golden answer, but have a set of rules for another LLM to evaluate quality

| Evaluator | Description |
| - | - |
| [LLM-as-a-Judge Boolean Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/llm-as-a-judge-boolean-evaluator.md) | Returns pass or fail against the criteria you write in the prompt. |
| [LLM-as-a-Judge Score Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/llm-as-a-judge-score-evaluator.md) | Returns a number on the scale your prompt defines. |
| [LLM-as-a-Judge Category Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/llm-as-a-judge-category-evaluator.md) | Returns one of the categories you define, each with a name and a description. |
| [Rubrics Based Scoring](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/rubrics-based-scoring.md) | Scores the output against a rubric with a description for each score, typically from 1 to 5. |
| [Comparison](https://langwatch.ai/docs/evaluations/experiments/ui/pairwise-compare.md) | Shows a judge every candidate output for the same row and picks the best one, or a tie. Used in experiments with two or more prompt or agent columns. |

## RAG Quality

For measuring the quality of your RAG, check for hallucinations with faithfulness and precision/recall

| Evaluator | Description |
| - | - |
| [Ragas Faithfulness](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/ragas-faithfulness.md) | Measures how consistent the output is with the retrieved contexts. Higher scores mean fewer hallucinations. |
| [Ragas Response Relevancy](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/ragas-response-relevancy.md) | Measures how relevant the output is to the input. |
| [Ragas Response Context Precision](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/ragas-response-context-precision.md) | Measures how much of the retrieved context was needed for the output, using an LLM. |
| [Ragas Response Context Recall](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/ragas-response-context-recall.md) | Measures how much of the expected output the retrieved contexts cover, using an LLM. |
| [Context F1](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/context-f1.md) | Balances precision and recall of the retrieved contexts against the expected contexts, with string distance metrics. |

## Quality Aspects

For when you want to check the language, structure, style and other general quality metrics

| Evaluator | Description |
| - | - |
| [Valid Format Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/valid-format-evaluator.md) | Checks that the output is valid JSON, Markdown, Python, SQL or another format you pick. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Language Detection](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/lingua-language-detection.md) | Detects the language of the input and the output, and passes when they match or when the output is in the language you expect. Works as a guardrail. |
| Sentiment Evaluator | Scores the sentiment of the text from -1.0 (very negative) to 1.0 (very positive), with a matching label. |
| [Query Resolution](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/query-resolution.md) | Checks with an LLM that every question the user asked in the conversation was answered. |
| [Summarization Score](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/summarization-score.md) | Measures how well the summary in the output captures the important information from the retrieved contexts. |
| [SQL Query Equivalence](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/sql-query-equivalence.md) | Checks with an LLM that the SQL query in the output returns the same results as the reference query, given the table schemas. |

## Safety

Check for PII, leaked secrets, prompt injection and harmful content, and keep the conversation on topic

| Evaluator | Description |
| - | - |
| [PII Detection](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/presidio-pii-detection.md) | Detects personally identifiable information such as names, emails, phone numbers and credit card numbers, with Presidio. Works as a guardrail. |
| API Keys & Secrets Detection | Flags leaked credentials in the input or the output: provider and cloud API keys, tokens, private keys and database connection strings. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Prompt Injection Detection](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/azure-prompt-shield.md) | Detects prompt injection attempts in the input, with Azure Prompt Shield. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Jailbreak Detection](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/azure-jailbreak-detection.md) | Detects jailbreak attempts in the input, with Azure Content Safety. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Content Safety](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/azure-content-safety.md) | Detects hate, self-harm, sexual and violent content, with Azure Content Safety. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Moderation](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/openai-moderation.md) | Flags harmful content with the OpenAI moderation API. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Competitor Blocklist](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/competitor-blocklist.md) | Fails when the output mentions a competitor from your list. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Competitor Allowlist Check](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/competitor-allowlist-check.md) | Uses an LLM to fail when the output mentions a company outside your allowlist. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Competitor LLM Check](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/competitor-llm-check.md) | Uses an LLM with function calling to detect competitor mentions. Works as a guardrail. |
| [Off Topic Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/off-topic-evaluator.md) | Uses an LLM to fail when the input is outside the topics you allow. Works as a guardrail. |

## API only

These evaluators run from the SDK and the REST API by their id and are not offered in the evaluator picker

| Evaluator | Id |
| - | - |
| [Custom Basic Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/custom-basic-evaluator.md) | `langevals/basic` |
| [Semantic Similarity Evaluator](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/semantic-similarity-evaluator.md) | `langevals/similarity` |
| [Context Precision](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/context-precision.md) | `ragas/context_precision` |
| [Context Recall](https://langwatch.ai/docs/api-reference/evaluators/context-recall.md) | `ragas/context_recall` |

## Running Evaluations

Set up your first experiment using the [Experiments via UI](https://app.langwatch.ai/@project/experiments):

[![The evaluators list in the LangWatch experiments page](https://mintcdn.com/langwatch/iJjBH4X_YNQ578jk/images/offline-evaluation/Screenshot_2025-04-17_at_16.53.38.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=iJjBH4X_YNQ578jk\&q=85\&s=6703ca1a6c35fac892ef39ae9ef1a045)](https://app.langwatch.ai/@project/experiments)

## Using Evaluators

> [card] [Built-in Evaluators](https://langwatch.ai/docs/evaluations/evaluators/built-in-evaluators.md)
>
> Use evaluators directly in your code.

> [card] [Saved Evaluators](https://langwatch.ai/docs/evaluations/evaluators/saved-evaluators.md)
>
> Create and reuse evaluator configurations.

> [card] [Custom Scoring](https://langwatch.ai/docs/evaluations/evaluators/custom-scoring.md)
>
> Send scores from your own evaluation logic.

## The `name` Parameter

> [!WARNING]
>
> **Important for Analytics:** When calling evaluators from code (Real-Time Evaluations), always
> provide a descriptive `name` parameter to distinguish between different evaluation checks in
> Analytics.

When running the same evaluator type multiple times for different purposes, you must use unique `name` values to:

* Track results separately in the Analytics dashboard
* Filter and group evaluation results by purpose
* Avoid confusion when multiple evaluations use the same evaluator type

**Example: Running multiple category checks**

If you're using the LLM Category evaluator to check different aspects of your output:

```python Python theme={null}
import langwatch

# Check 1: Is the answer complete?
langwatch.evaluation.evaluate(
    "langevals/llm_category",
    name="Answer Completeness Check",  # Unique name for this check
    data={"input": user_input, "output": response},
    settings={"categories": [{"name": "complete"}, {"name": "incomplete"}]}
)

# Check 2: Is the tone appropriate?
langwatch.evaluation.evaluate(
    "langevals/llm_category",
    name="Tone Appropriateness Check",  # Different name for this check
    data={"input": user_input, "output": response},
    settings={"categories": [{"name": "professional"}, {"name": "casual"}, {"name": "inappropriate"}]}
)
```

```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
import { LangWatch } from "langwatch";

const langwatch = new LangWatch();

// Check 1: Is the answer complete?
await langwatch.evaluations.evaluate("langevals/llm_category", {
    name: "Answer Completeness Check",  // Unique name for this check
    data: { input: userInput, output: response },
    settings: { categories: [{ name: "complete" }, { name: "incomplete" }] }
});

// Check 2: Is the tone appropriate?
await langwatch.evaluations.evaluate("langevals/llm_category", {
    name: "Tone Appropriateness Check",  // Different name for this check
    data: { input: userInput, output: response },
    settings: { categories: [{ name: "professional" }, { name: "casual" }, { name: "inappropriate" }] }
});
```

Without unique names, all results would be grouped under the same auto-generated identifier (e.g., `custom_eval_langevalsllm_category`), making it impossible to analyze them separately.

## Common Request Format

All evaluator endpoints follow a similar pattern:

```http theme={null}
POST /api/v1/evaluations/{evaluator_path}/evaluate
```

Each evaluator accepts specific input parameters and settings. Refer to the individual evaluator documentation pages for detailed request/response schemas and examples.

## Response Format

Successful evaluations return an array of evaluation results with scores, details, and metadata specific to each evaluator type.


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