> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://academy.gooey.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://academy.gooey.ai/ai-for-impact/module-8.md).

# Your first evals!

### What is a Golden Q\&A?

A Golden Q\&A is a list of common questions and accurate answers, created by experts on your team. These are used to test your AI Agent's performance. 

### Bulk Evaluation Process (Overview)

* The Golden Q\&A sheet is used as the test set in the [bulk evaluator](https://gooey.ai/bulk).
* For each question, the AI Agent generates an answer.
* The evaluator compares the AI Agent answer to the expert (golden) answer.
* Scores are based on technical accuracy, citation correctness, and answer quality.

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## Why is bulk run and evaluation important?

Bulk runs and evaluations help you with:

* Choosing the right&#x20;
  * LLM
  * TTS
  * STT
  * Translations
* Improving your overall AI Agent's responses
* Assess time vs cost for the choice of the pipeline
* <mark style="background-color:green;">Check regressions regularly</mark>

### Why do you need a bulk runner and evaluations? <a href="#id-4zynvpxsa8kj" id="id-4zynvpxsa8kj"></a>

When building your Gooey.AI workflows, you will have to tweak the settings often to ensure the responses show parity and are grounded and verifiable.

**There are several components to test:**

* testing prompts
* ensuring the synthetic data retrieval works
* checking the suitability of the language model and its advanced settings
* Latency of generated answers
* evaluation of the final AI Agent to produce the Golden Answers
* evaluation of the price per run
* regression tests

How can you do this at scale?

**This is where Gooey.AI’s Bulk and Evaluation features shine!**

### Features of Bulk Runner and Evaluation <a href="#eheq9i411cm3" id="eheq9i411cm3"></a>

* Run several models in one click
* Run several iterations of your workflows at scale
* Choose any of the API Response Outputs to populate your test
* Get output in CSV for further data analysis
* Built-in evaluation tool for quick analysis
* Use CSV or Google Sheets as input

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