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Definition
Checks placed around a model's input or output, like schema validation or content filtering, to catch bad results before they reach a user or another system.
Posts that use this term
- Evals: how you actually know it got better
Feeling better isn't the same as measurably better. Offline eval sets, LLM-as-judge, human eval, and regression testing for prompts and RAG pipelines.
- Guardrails: schema validation, filtering, and trust
A model's output isn't trusted just because it came from your own system. JSON-mode reliability, schema validation, content filtering, and basic jailbreak resistance.