# inngest-agent-evals

Guides the setup of production AI agent evaluations, direct and deferred scoring, session grouping, and prompt experiments in Inngest workflows.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 556 installs · ★ 29
- Author: inngest
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/inngest/inngest-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/inngest-agent-evals

## What it does

This skill guides developers through implementing AI agent evaluation workflows using Inngest durable steps. It details direct outcome scoring via `step.score()` during execution, as well as delayed evaluation pipelines using `createScorer()` and fire-and-forget `defer()` calls when human feedback or LLM judges arrive later.

It also covers session attribution using `meta.sessions` for high-cardinality conversation IDs, alongside comparisons of models and prompts via `group.experiment()`. Direct and deferred scoring rely on beta APIs, requiring TypeScript SDK v4 and `scoreMiddleware()` from `inngest/experimental`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agent-evals -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/inngest-agent-evals/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agent-evals -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agent-evals -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install inngest/inngest-skills inngest-agent-evals
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agent-evals -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/inngest/inngest-skills --path skills/inngest-agent-evals
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agent-evals -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/inngest/inngest-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/inngest-agent-evals/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add direct outcome scoring to Inngest workflows using `step.score()`
- implement asynchronous user feedback scoring with `createScorer()` and `defer()`
- group multi-step agent runs under shared session identifiers
- compare model and prompt variations using `group.experiment()`

## Example prompts
- Help me add answer quality scoring to an Inngest function using `step.score()`
- Configure a deferred scorer for user feedback on support tickets using `createScorer`
- How do I set up prompt A/B testing with `group.experiment()` in Inngest SDK v4?

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: inngest-agent-evals
description: "Use when building, migrating, or debugging Agent Evals on Inngest: scoring AI agent or workflow outcomes, deferred scorers, sessions, traces, step experiments, experiment variant attribution, Insights queries, or production eval loops for prompts, models, tools, providers, and agent behavior. Covers TypeScript SDK v4 scoring beta APIs, `scoreMiddleware`, `step.score`, `inngest.score`, `createScorer`, `defer`, `group.experiment`, `experimentRef`, `meta.sessions`, and when to use durable workflow primitives for outcome-based evaluation."
---

# Inngest Agent Evals

Use this skill when the user wants to evaluate AI agents or AI workflows in
production, add scoring, compare prompts/models/tools, group related runs, or
debug why an agent outcome was good or bad.

Agent Evals is not a separate package. It is the production evaluation workflow
built from Inngest functions, durable steps, scores, deferred scorers, sessions,
traces, experiments, and Insights.

## Canonical References

Check the public docs first when exact API details matter:

- Agent Evals overview: https://www.inngest.com/docs/learn/agent-evals
- Scoring guide: https://www.inngest.com/docs/features/inngest-functions/steps-workflows/scoring
- Deferred scoring guide: https://www.inngest.com/docs/features/inngest-functions/steps-workflows/deferred-scoring
- Step experiments guide: https://www.inngest.com/docs/features/inngest-functions/steps-workflows/step-experiments
- Sessions: https://www.inngest.com/docs/features/events-triggers/sessions
- Traces: https://www.inngest.com/docs/platform/monitor/traces
- Insights: https://www.inngest.com/docs/platform/monitor/insights
- Scoring reference: https://www.inngest.com/docs/reference/typescript/v4/functions/scoring
- `group.experiment()` reference: https://www.inngest.com/docs/reference/typescript/v4/functions/group-experiment
- Launch context: https://www.inngest.com/blog/introducing-agent-evals

## Decision Flow

Start from the outcome, not the mechanism:

1. Identify the product or quality signal: helpful click, ticket resolution,
   conversion, guardrail pass, retrieval quality, model confidence, latency,
   cost, human review, or LLM-as-judge result.
2. Decide when the signal appears:
   - During the run: use direct scoring with `step.score()` or
     `inngest.score()`.
   - After the run: use deferred scoring with `createScorer()` and `defer()`,
     or explicit `inngest.score({ runId })`.
3. Decide how humans will inspect related work:
   - Use `meta.sessions` for repeated high-cardinality identifiers such as
     `conversation_id`, `ticket_id`, `agent_run_id`, or `import_id`.
   - Use Insights for ad hoc historical analysis, low-cardinality filters, SQL
     aggregates, and broad investigation.
4. Decide whether to compare variants:
   - Use `group.experiment()` for prompt, model, provider, tool, workflow, or
     rollout comparisons.
```
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