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Second of three evaluators for skills that ship in the product but have no eval coverage. Sibling PRs: #1798 (forecasting), anomaly detection to follow.

Why now

Probed live against micdiagnose-dev: the skill is enabled and reachable — a what-if question activates set_skills(["what_if_analysis", "visualization"]). Nothing evaluates it.

The most checkable of the three

The scenario spec carries adjustments shaped {metric_id, metric_type, scenario_maql}, and scenario_maql is the adjusted expression. From the tool's own description: a 10% uplift on a revenue metric defined as SELECT SUM({fact/price} * {fact/quantity}) becomes SELECT SUM({fact/price} * 1.10 * {fact/quantity}).

That is MAQL, and MAQL already has a comparator in this package — evaluators._maql.normalize_maql, used by metric_skill. So "did it apply the right adjustment" is answerable exactly, without a judge.

Check Source
triggered / executed / success the create/execute pair
metric_correct adjustments[].metric_id
maql_correct adjustments[].scenario_maql, normalized
scenario_count_correct len(scenarios)
baseline_correct include_baseline

What the adjustment produced is deliberately not checked — that is the platform's arithmetic, not the agent's. Only that the agent asked for the right thing and the execution succeeded.

Three details worth review

A candidate list for MAQL. * 1.1 and * 1.10 are the same uplift, and a rewrite can reach the same value, so scenario_maql accepts a string or a list — the same shape metric_skill uses for its accepted MAQLs.

include_baseline defaults to true in the tool, so an absent argument means the agent did ask for a baseline. Treating absent as false would fail correct behaviour; the check treats None as the default.

An unstated expectation passes, with detail["asserted"] recording which checks the fixture pinned — otherwise a run that verified nothing is indistinguishable from one where everything matched.

The loop

Follows kda_skill. The agent asks which measure to adjust before building anything — observed live: "I need to confirm which 'Spend' calculation you want to adjust (there are multiple in your data)." A simulated user answers from the fixture's hints; absent hints are dropped rather than asserted as None.

Not included, on purpose

LoopExit / exit_reason — lands with #1789, still open.

Tests

22, including: extraction pairing an execute with the spec it followed, adjustments flattening across scenarios, MAQL compared normalized rather than literally, a candidate list accepting either uplift spelling, an absent include_baseline counting as the tool's default, and a malformed scenario list not raising.

802 passed, lint and format clean.

Merge note

Touches the same three files as the sibling PRs — cli/agentic_runner.py plus the _ALL_AGENTIC_KIND_CASES and _EVALUATE_FUNCS staleness guards. Whichever merges first, the others need a trivial rebase on those lists.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for agentic what-if analysis evaluations.
    • Evaluations can simulate clarification responses, assess scenario execution, and report pass-at-K results.
    • Added detailed validation for metrics, scenarios, MAQL, baselines, and completed conversations.
    • Integrated what-if evaluations with trace reporting.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for what-if execution, scoring, error handling, iteration limits, and evaluation dispatch.

The what-if skill is enabled on the eval org and reachable today (confirmed live:
set_skills activates "what_if_analysis"), but nothing evaluates it.

This is the most checkable of the three analysis skills. The scenario spec carries
adjustments of the form {metric_id, metric_type, scenario_maql}, where
scenario_maql is the adjusted expression -- a 10% uplift on a revenue metric
defined as SELECT SUM({fact/price} * {fact/quantity}) becomes
SELECT SUM({fact/price} * 1.10 * {fact/quantity}). That is MAQL, and MAQL already
has a comparator here (evaluators._maql.normalize_maql, used by metric_skill), so
"did it apply the right adjustment" is answerable without a judge.

Checked: the tool chain triggered and executed successfully, the right measure was
adjusted, the adjustment matches (normalized, against a candidate list since
* 1.1 and * 1.10 are the same uplift), the scenario count, and whether a baseline
was requested. What the adjustment produced is deliberately not checked -- that is
the platform's arithmetic, not the agent's.

expected_output pins whatever it wants:

  {"metric_id": "revenue", "scenario_maql": "SELECT SUM({fact/price} * 1.10 * ...)"}

An unstated expectation passes, and detail["asserted"] records which checks the
fixture pinned, so a run that verified nothing does not read as a full pass.

include_baseline needs care: the tool defaults it to true, so an absent argument
means the agent did ask for a baseline. Treating absent as false would fail
correct behaviour.

The loop follows kda_skill. The agent asks which measure to adjust before building
anything (observed live: "I need to confirm which 'Spend' calculation you want to
adjust"), so a simulated user answers from the fixture's own hints.

LoopExit is deliberately not used -- it lands with #1789, which is still open.

22 tests. 802 passed, lint and format clean.

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Adds agentic_what_if evaluation support. The implementation runs conversations, answers clarifications, scores scenario tool calls, reports Langfuse results, raises detailed assertion errors, and integrates the evaluator with CLI dispatch and tests.

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What-if evaluation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scenario contracts and scoring
packages/gooddata-eval/src/gooddata_eval/core/agentic/what_if.py, packages/gooddata-eval/tests/test_agentic_what_if.py
Defines result dataclasses, extracts scenario tool calls, normalizes MAQL, evaluates process and content checks, and tests pinned and unpinned expectations.
Conversation execution loop
packages/gooddata-eval/src/gooddata_eval/core/agentic/what_if.py, packages/gooddata-eval/tests/test_agentic_what_if.py
Runs up to k conversations and max_iterations turns, generates simulated clarification replies, tracks events, and computes pass@K results.
Assertions and trace reporting
packages/gooddata-eval/src/gooddata_eval/core/agentic/what_if.py, packages/gooddata-eval/tests/test_agentic_what_if.py, packages/gooddata-eval/tests/test_trace_linker.py
Submits asserted scores and metadata, returns successful outcomes, and raises detailed WhatIfAssertionError instances for failed evaluations.
CLI test-kind integration
packages/gooddata-eval/src/gooddata_eval/cli/agentic_runner.py, packages/gooddata-eval/tests/test_agentic_runner.py
Registers agentic_what_if, dispatches it to evaluate_agentic_what_if, and covers the new evaluator route.
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) ~60 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant evaluate_agentic_what_if
  participant run_agentic_what_if
  participant ChatClient
  participant Langfuse
  CLI->>evaluate_agentic_what_if: dispatch question and expected output
  evaluate_agentic_what_if->>run_agentic_what_if: run k evaluations
  run_agentic_what_if->>ChatClient: send question and clarification replies
  ChatClient-->>run_agentic_what_if: tool calls and responses
  run_agentic_what_if-->>evaluate_agentic_what_if: run summary and scores
  evaluate_agentic_what_if->>Langfuse: submit asserted scores and metadata
  evaluate_agentic_what_if-->>CLI: return outcome or raise assertion error
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The new what-if evaluator can incorrectly mark a scenario as correct when the required metric and MAQL appear in different adjustments, reducing confidence in evaluation results. Its run-quality telemetry can also underreport multi-turn latency and failed-run cost; the matching issue should be resolved before merge.

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Two of the three findings on #1798 are structural and apply here unchanged.

Tool calls were extracted from the current turn only. The agent may build the
scenario spec on one turn and execute it on the next -- the common path, since it
asks which measure to adjust first -- and reading a single turn dropped the
scenario the execution actually ran, failing a correct run for having no
adjustments. Extraction now reads every turn accumulated so far.

Unasserted content checks were published to Langfuse as BOOLEAN 1. They are True
internally so they cannot fail a run, but reporting that as a score claims the
evaluator verified something it never looked at. Only checks named in ev.asserted
are now scored.

The third finding (unchecked confidence/seasonality) was forecasting-specific.

1 test added, verified to fail against the previous version. 803 passed, lint and
format clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review on the sibling PR #1798 surfaced two findings that are structural and applied here unchanged. Fixed in ``, before this PR was reviewed.

Tool calls were extracted from the current turn only. The agent asks a disambiguation question before building anything, so the create call and the execute call can land on different turns — reading a single turn dropped the object the execution actually ran on, and the evaluator then failed a correct run for having no content to check. Extraction now reads every turn accumulated so far. kda_skill does not have this bug despite the identical structure, because its create and execute always land in the same turn; I copied the shape without re-checking that assumption held for a skill that asks questions first.

Unasserted content checks were published to Langfuse as BOOLEAN 1. They are True internally so an unstated expectation cannot fail a run, but scoring that claims the evaluator verified something it never looked at. Only checks named in ev.asserted are scored now.

One test added, verified to fail against the previous version. Lint and format clean.

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In `@packages/gooddata-eval/src/gooddata_eval/core/agentic/what_if.py`:
- Around line 521-522: Update the metadata construction around latency_sec and
cost_usd to use trace-wide latency and cost for the complete run, following the
existing agentic evaluator pattern. Replace run.turn_wall_clock_sec and the
ev.triggered-gated pt.total_cost expression with the established trace-level
metrics, while preserving the surrounding metadata behavior.
- Around line 242-245: Update the MAQL validation near metric_correct and
maql_correct so maql_correct only evaluates adjustments whose metric matches
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Third structural finding from #1799's review, applied here.

latency_sec used run.turn_wall_clock_sec, which is the goal turn alone and
excludes the clarification turns that got there -- understating the item's real
elapsed cost on exactly the runs where it matters. It now prefers pt.latency and
falls back to the goal turn, which is what 7 of the 8 existing kinds already do;
kda_skill is the outlier and documents its own reason, and this copied it without
re-checking.

cost_usd was gated on ev.triggered, so a run that answered without ever reaching
the tool reported no cost despite having spent tokens. The gate is gone.

806 passed, lint and format clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two findings from review.

metric_correct and maql_correct searched every adjustment independently, so a
wrong adjustment on the right measure and a right adjustment on the wrong measure
satisfied one check each and the run passed -- two failures scoring as a success.
The MAQL check is now scoped to adjustments on the expected measure.

This also corrects the semantics when the wrong measure is adjusted: maql_correct
is now False there too, because the expected measure was not adjusted at all,
correctly or otherwise. A test asserting the old behaviour was documenting the
independence that was the bug, and is updated to say why.

Separately, latency_sec used run.turn_wall_clock_sec, the goal turn alone,
excluding the clarification turns that got there -- understating the item's
elapsed cost on exactly the runs where it matters. It now prefers pt.latency, as
7 of the 8 existing kinds do; kda_skill is the outlier and documents its reason.
cost_usd is no longer gated on ev.triggered: a run that answered without ever
reaching the tool still spent tokens.

2 tests added, one verified to fail against the previous version. 805 passed,
lint and format clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Both fixed in 097d1912, and the first one was the most valuable finding across this whole set.

MAQL and metric matched independently. Correct, and it was a false PASS, not a false FAIL: a wrong adjustment on the right measure plus a right adjustment on the wrong measure satisfied one check each, and the run passed with two actual failures. The MAQL check is now scoped to adjustments on the expected measure.

That also corrected a semantic I had wrong. test_adjusting_the_wrong_measure_fails_on_metric_alone asserted maql_correct is True when the wrong measure was adjusted — which was documenting the very independence that was the bug. With the pairing, maql_correct is now False there too, and that is the honest reading: the expected measure was not adjusted at all, correctly or otherwise. Test renamed and its docstring says why.

Latency and cost. Also right, and I checked the claim rather than taking it: 7 of the 8 existing kinds use pt.latency if pt else None, and kda_skill is the lone outlier with its own documented reason ("pt can be any trace of the conversation, not necessarily the KDA turn"). I had copied kda_skill without re-checking whether its reasoning transferred, and it doesn't — these kinds routinely spend clarification turns, so reporting only the goal turn understates the item's elapsed cost on exactly the runs where it matters most. Now pt.latency if pt else run.turn_wall_clock_sec, keeping the goal turn as a fallback rather than the majority's None.

The ev.triggered gate on cost was my own invention, also copied from kda_skill, and it's plainly wrong: a run that answered without ever reaching the tool still spent tokens, and reporting no cost understates the item. Gate removed.

Both latency/cost fixes applied to the siblings too — #1798 in c7bef360, #1801 in 36247ea4. The MAQL pairing is what-if-specific.

2 tests added, the pairing one verified to fail against the previous version. 805 passed, lint and format clean.

Tomkess and others added 3 commits September 10, 2026 12:43
The ev.asserted gating and the latency/cost change made in response to review
were behavioural fixes shipped with no test. Covered now by capturing the
deferred callable and running it against a fake context: only pinned checks are
scored, every pinned check is scored, and cost is reported even when the tool
was never reached.

808 passed, lint and format clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merges master, which added a guard requiring every kind to hand the scored
item's question to the linker -- a score is otherwise readable only by resolving
its conversation back to the item. This kind predates the guard and did not.

945 passed, lint and format clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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