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Terminal-Bench Eval Harness - Complete Walkthrough
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Interactive demonstration of AgentReady’s empirical validation system
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🎯 What is the Eval Harness?
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The Terminal-Bench eval harness empirically measures the impact of each AgentReady assessor on agentic development performance through systematic A/B testing.
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Key Features
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+ - Baseline Establishment: Run Terminal-Bench multiple times on unmodified repo
+ - Per-Assessor Testing: Test each assessor independently to isolate impact
+ - Statistical Analysis: P-values + Cohen’s d for significance testing
+ - Interactive Dashboard: GitHub Pages visualization with Chart.js
+ - Comprehensive Reporting: JSON, Markdown, and HTML outputs
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🏗️ Architecture
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graph TD
+ A[Repository] --> B[Baseline Establishment]
+ B --> C[Per-Assessor Testing]
+ C --> D[Statistical Analysis]
+ D --> E[Dashboard Generation]
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+ B -->|baseline/summary.json| F[(File Storage)]
+ C -->|assessors/*/impact.json| F
+ D -->|summary.json| F
+ E -->|docs/_data/tbench/*.json| F
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+ style A fill:#e1f5ff
+ style B fill:#fff3cd
+ style C fill:#d4edda
+ style D fill:#cce5ff
+ style E fill:#d1ecf1
+ style F fill:#f8d7da
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Workflow Sequence
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sequenceDiagram
+ participant User
+ participant CLI
+ participant TbenchRunner
+ participant Assessor
+ participant Dashboard
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+ User->>CLI: baseline --iterations 3
+ CLI->>TbenchRunner: Run 3 iterations
+ TbenchRunner-->>CLI: 58.35 ± 0.00
+ CLI-->>User: Baseline established
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+ User->>CLI: test-assessor --assessor-id claude_md_file
+ CLI->>Assessor: Run assessment
+ Assessor-->>CLI: Finding (pass/fail)
+ CLI->>TbenchRunner: Run 3 iterations post-fix
+ TbenchRunner-->>CLI: 58.35 ± 0.00
+ CLI-->>User: Delta: +0.00 (no change)
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+ User->>CLI: summarize
+ CLI-->>User: 5 assessors ranked
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+ User->>CLI: dashboard
+ CLI->>Dashboard: Generate 5 JSON files
+ Dashboard-->>User: Dashboard data ready
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📊 Live Demo Results
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Command 1: Establish Baseline
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+Command & Output (click to expand)
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+**Command**:
+```bash
+agentready eval-harness baseline . --iterations 3 --verbose
+```
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+**Output**:
+```
+🔬 AgentReady Eval Harness - Baseline Establishment
+============================================================
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+Repository: /Users/jeder/repos/agentready
+Iterations: 3
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+✅ Baseline established successfully!
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+Results:
+ Mean Score: 58.35
+ Std Dev: 0.00
+ Median: 58.35
+ Min: 58.35
+ Max: 58.35
+ Iterations: 3
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+📊 Individual Run Scores:
+ Run 1: 58.35 (completion: 54.4%, pytest: 50.4%)
+ Run 2: 58.35 (completion: 54.4%, pytest: 50.4%)
+ Run 3: 58.35 (completion: 54.4%, pytest: 50.4%)
+```
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+**Files Created**:
+- `.agentready/eval_harness/baseline/summary.json`
+- `.agentready/eval_harness/baseline/run_001.json`
+- `.agentready/eval_harness/baseline/run_002.json`
+- `.agentready/eval_harness/baseline/run_003.json`
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Result: Baseline score of 58.35 ± 0.00 established from 3 Terminal-Bench runs
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Command 2: Test Single Assessor
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+Command & Output (click to expand)
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+**Command**:
+```bash
+agentready eval-harness test-assessor --assessor-id claude_md_file --iterations 3 --verbose
+```
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+**Output**:
+```
+🧪 AgentReady Eval Harness - Assessor Testing
+============================================================
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+Assessor: claude_md_file
+Repository: /Users/jeder/repos/agentready
+Iterations: 3
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+📊 Baseline loaded: 58.35 ± 0.00
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+✅ Assessor testing complete!
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+📊 Results:
+ Assessor: CLAUDE.md Configuration Files (Tier 1)
+ Baseline Score: 58.35
+ Post-Fix Score: 58.35
+ Delta: +0.00 points
+ P-value: nan
+ Effect Size (d): 0.000
+ Significant: ❌ NO
+ Effect Magnitude: negligible
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+🔧 Remediation:
+ Fixes Applied: 0
+ Actions taken: No fixes available for this assessor
+```
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+**Why +0.00?** AgentReady already has a CLAUDE.md file, so no remediation was needed!
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Result: +0.00 delta (AgentReady already has CLAUDE.md!)
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Command 3: Aggregate Results
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+Command & Output (click to expand)
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+**Command**:
+```bash
+agentready eval-harness summarize --verbose
+```
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+**Output**:
+```
+📊 AgentReady Eval Harness - Summary
+============================================================
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+✅ Summary generated successfully!
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+📈 Baseline Performance:
+ Mean Score: 58.35
+ Std Dev: 0.00
+ Iterations: 3
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+📊 Overall Results:
+ Total Assessors Tested: 5
+ Significant Improvements: 0
+ Significance Rate: 0%
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+🎯 Impact by Tier (Average Delta):
+ Tier 1 (Essential): +0.00 points
+ Tier 2 (Critical): +0.00 points
+ Tier 3 (Important): +0.00 points
+ Tier 4 (Advanced): +0.00 points
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+🏆 Assessors Ranked by Impact:
+ 1. Type Annotations + +0.00 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 0
+ 2. CLAUDE.md Configuration Files + +0.00 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 0
+ 3. Standard Project Layouts + +0.00 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 0
+ 4. Lock Files for Reproducibility + +0.00 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 0
+ 5. README Structure + +0.00 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 0
+```
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Result: 5 assessors tested, all showing +0.00 (AgentReady passes all!)
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Command 4: Generate Dashboard
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+Command & Output (click to expand)
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+**Command**:
+```bash
+agentready eval-harness dashboard --verbose
+```
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+**Output**:
+```
+📊 AgentReady Eval Harness - Dashboard Generator
+============================================================
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+🔄 Generating dashboard data...
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+✅ Dashboard data generated successfully!
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+📁 Generated Files:
+ • summary: docs/_data/tbench/summary.json (5,761 bytes)
+ • ranked_assessors: docs/_data/tbench/ranked_assessors.json (2,168 bytes)
+ • tier_impacts: docs/_data/tbench/tier_impacts.json (282 bytes)
+ • baseline: docs/_data/tbench/baseline.json (131 bytes)
+ • stats: docs/_data/tbench/stats.json (139 bytes)
+```
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Result: 5 JSON data files generated for GitHub Pages dashboard
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📁 File Structure
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.agentready/eval_harness/ # Results storage (gitignored)
+├── baseline/
+│ ├── run_001.json # Individual tbench runs
+│ ├── run_002.json
+│ ├── run_003.json
+│ └── summary.json # BaselineMetrics
+├── assessors/
+│ ├── claude_md_file/
+│ │ ├── run_001.json # Post-remediation runs
+│ │ ├── run_002.json
+│ │ ├── run_003.json
+│ │ └── impact.json # AssessorImpact metrics
+│ ├── type_annotations/
+│ │ └── ...
+│ └── ...
+└── summary.json # EvalSummary (ranked impacts)
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+docs/_data/tbench/ # Dashboard data (committed)
+├── summary.json # Complete summary
+├── ranked_assessors.json # Pre-sorted list
+├── tier_impacts.json # For Chart.js
+├── baseline.json # Baseline metrics
+└── stats.json # Overview stats
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📈 Dashboard Features
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Overview Cards
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Significant Improvements
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0%
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Significance Rate
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58.35
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Baseline Score
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+ | Rank |
+ Assessor |
+ Tier |
+ Delta |
+ Effect |
+ Significant |
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+ | 1 |
+ Type Annotations |
+ 1 |
+ +0.00 |
+ negligible |
+ ❌ |
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+ | 2 |
+ CLAUDE.md Configuration Files |
+ 1 |
+ +0.00 |
+ negligible |
+ ❌ |
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+ | 3 |
+ Standard Project Layouts |
+ 1 |
+ +0.00 |
+ negligible |
+ ❌ |
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+ | 4 |
+ Lock Files for Reproducibility |
+ 1 |
+ +0.00 |
+ negligible |
+ ❌ |
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+ | 5 |
+ README Structure |
+ 1 |
+ +0.00 |
+ negligible |
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🔬 Statistical Methods
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Significance Criteria
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An assessor’s impact is considered statistically significant if BOTH:
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+ - P-value < 0.05 (95% confidence)
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+ Cohen’s d |
+ > 0.2** (meaningful effect size) |
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graph LR
+ A[Run Tests] --> B{P-value < 0.05?}
+ B -->|No| C[Not Significant]
+ B -->|Yes| D{|Cohen's d| > 0.2?}
+ D -->|No| C
+ D -->|Yes| E[Statistically Significant!]
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+ style E fill:#d4edda
+ style C fill:#f8d7da
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Effect Size Interpretation
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+ d |
+ < 0.2**: Negligible |
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+ | **0.2 ≤ |
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+ < 0.5**: Small effect |
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+ -
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+ | **0.5 ≤ |
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+ < 0.8**: Medium effect |
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+ -
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+ | ** |
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+ ≥ 0.8**: Large effect |
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🎯 Why All Results Show +0.00?
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Because AgentReady already passes these assessments!
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Tested assessors on AgentReady repository:
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+ - ✅ Type Annotations - Already has type hints
+ - ✅ CLAUDE.md File - Already has CLAUDE.md
+ - ✅ Standard Layout - Already uses standard Python layout
+ - ✅ Lock Files - Intentionally excluded (library project)
+ - ✅ README Structure - Already has comprehensive README
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To see meaningful deltas, test on a repository that lacks these attributes!
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Expected results on a typical repository:
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🏆 Assessors Ranked by Impact:
+ 1. CLAUDE.md Configuration Files +8.7 | Sig: ✅ | Fixes: 1
+ 2. README Structure +5.2 | Sig: ✅ | Fixes: 3
+ 3. Standard Project Layouts +3.4 | Sig: ✅ | Fixes: 2
+ 4. Type Annotations +2.1 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 0
+ 5. Lock Files +1.8 | Sig: ❌ | Fixes: 1
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🧪 Testing Status
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✅ 56/56 Tests Passing
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CLI Tests (6):
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+ - eval-harness help
+ - baseline help
+ - test-assessor help
+ - run-tier help
+ - summarize help
+ - dashboard help
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Model Tests (13):
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+ - TbenchResult: creation, serialization
+ - BaselineMetrics: statistics, validation
+ - AssessorImpact: significance, effect sizes
+ - EvalSummary: ranking, tier impacts
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Service Tests (32):
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+ - TbenchRunner: mocking, determinism
+ - BaselineEstablisher: file creation, validation
+ - AssessorTester: remediation, statistics
+ - ResultsAggregator: ranking, tier grouping
+ - DashboardGenerator: file generation
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Integration Tests (5):
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+ - End-to-end baseline workflow
+ - File structure validation
+ - Deterministic result generation
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🚀 Current Status
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Phase 1A-1F: Complete ✅
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All MVP features implemented and tested:
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+ - Data models ✅
+ - Mocked Terminal-Bench integration ✅
+ - CLI commands (5 subcommands) ✅
+ - Statistical analysis (p-values, Cohen’s d) ✅
+ - Dashboard with Chart.js ✅
+ - Comprehensive tests (56/56 passing) ✅
+ - Documentation (methodology, CLAUDE.md) ✅
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Phase 2: Planned (Next)
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Real Terminal-Bench integration:
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+ - Research Harbor framework API
+ - Implement HarborClient service
+ - Replace mocked scores with real benchmark runs
+ - Submit to Terminal-Bench leaderboard
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Backlog (Phase 3-5)
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+ - GitHub Actions automation (weekly runs)
+ - Scale to all 25 assessors
+ - Advanced analytics (synergy detection, trends)
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🎬 Quick Start
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# 1. Activate virtual environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
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+# 2. Establish baseline
+agentready eval-harness baseline . --iterations 3 --verbose
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+# 3. Test a single assessor
+agentready eval-harness test-assessor \
+ --assessor-id claude_md_file \
+ --iterations 3 \
+ --verbose
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+# 4. Aggregate results
+agentready eval-harness summarize --verbose
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+# 5. Generate dashboard
+agentready eval-harness dashboard --verbose
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+# 6. View results
+cat docs/_data/tbench/summary.json | python3 -m json.tool
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📚 Learn More
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Demo Date: 2025-12-07
+AgentReady Version: 2.14.1
+Eval Harness Phase: 1F (Complete MVP)
+Branch: feature/eval-harness-mvp
+Tests: 56/56 passing ✅
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