LLM Benchmarking with lm-evaluation-harness
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs
Runs lm-evaluation-harness to benchmark language models on academic suites such as MMLU, GSM8K and HumanEval, compare models and track training checkpoints.
Eval-driven development (EDD) framework for AI coding sessions — define capability and regression evals before coding, grade with code-based, model-based, rule, or human graders, and track pass@k…
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC eval-harness --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eval-harness .claude/skills/eval-harness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "eval-harness" agent skill from https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harness into .claude/skills/eval-harness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eval-harness", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harnessType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC eval-harness --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eval-harness .agents/skills/eval-harness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "eval-harness" agent skill from https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harness into .agents/skills/eval-harness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eval-harness", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC eval-harness --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eval-harness .cursor/skills/eval-harness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "eval-harness" agent skill from https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harness into .cursor/skills/eval-harness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eval-harness", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git --path skills/eval-harness--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC eval-harness --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eval-harness .gemini/skills/eval-harness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "eval-harness" agent skill from https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harness into .gemini/skills/eval-harness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eval-harness", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC eval-harnessInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eval-harness .github/skills/eval-harness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "eval-harness" agent skill from https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harness into .github/skills/eval-harness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eval-harness", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC eval-harness --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eval-harness .opencode/skills/eval-harness && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "eval-harness" agent skill from https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/skills/eval-harness into .opencode/skills/eval-harness/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eval-harness", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
eval-harnessEval-driven development (EDD) framework for AI coding sessions — define capability and regression evals before coding, grade with code-based, model-based, rule, or human graders, and track pass@k…
Eval Harness is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Eval-driven development (EDD) framework for AI coding sessions — define capability and regression evals before coding, grade with code-based, model-based, rule, or human graders, and track pass@k and pass^k reliability. Use when defining pass/fail criteria for agent tasks, measuring agent reliability, building regression suites for prompt or agent changes, or benchmarking across model versions.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering LLM evaluation. The repository describes itself as: The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond. The licence is MIT.
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4eb71d9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
npmnodeFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Eval Harness loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 641 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from affaan-m/ECC at commit 4eb71d9, republished under its MIT licence (© affaan-m). 641 words, ~2,184 tokens.
.claude/skills/eval-harness/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).A formal evaluation framework for Claude Code sessions, implementing eval-driven development (EDD) principles.
Eval-Driven Development treats evals as the "unit tests of AI development":
Test if Claude can do something it couldn't before:
[CAPABILITY EVAL: feature-name]
Task: Description of what Claude should accomplish
Success Criteria:
- [ ] Criterion 1
- [ ] Criterion 2
- [ ] Criterion 3
Expected Output: Description of expected resultEnsure changes don't break existing functionality:
[REGRESSION EVAL: feature-name]
Baseline: SHA or checkpoint name
Tests:
- existing-test-1: PASS/FAIL
- existing-test-2: PASS/FAIL
- existing-test-3: PASS/FAIL
Result: X/Y passed (previously Y/Y)Deterministic checks using code:
# Check if file contains expected pattern
grep -q "export function handleAuth" src/auth.ts && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL"
# Check if tests pass
npm test -- --testPathPattern="auth" && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL"
# Check if build succeeds
npm run build && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL"Use Claude to evaluate open-ended outputs:
[MODEL GRADER PROMPT]
Evaluate the following code change:
1. Does it solve the stated problem?
2. Is it well-structured?
3. Are edge cases handled?
4. Is error handling appropriate?
Score: 1-5 (1=poor, 5=excellent)
Reasoning: [explanation]Flag for manual review:
[HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED]
Change: Description of what changed
Reason: Why human review is needed
Risk Level: LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH"At least one success in k attempts"
"All k trials succeed"
## EVAL DEFINITION: feature-xyz
### Capability Evals
1. Can create new user account
2. Can validate email format
3. Can hash password securely
### Regression Evals
1. Existing login still works
2. Session management unchanged
3. Logout flow intact
### Success Metrics
- pass@3 > 90% for capability evals
- pass^3 = 100% for regression evalsWrite code to pass the defined evals.
# Run capability evals
[Run each capability eval, record PASS/FAIL]
# Run regression evals
npm test -- --testPathPattern="existing"
# Generate reportEVAL REPORT: feature-xyz
========================
Capability Evals:
create-user: PASS (pass@1)
validate-email: PASS (pass@2)
hash-password: PASS (pass@1)
Overall: 3/3 passed
Regression Evals:
login-flow: PASS
session-mgmt: PASS
logout-flow: PASS
Overall: 3/3 passed
Metrics:
pass@1: 67% (2/3)
pass@3: 100% (3/3)
Status: READY FOR REVIEW/eval define feature-nameCreates eval definition file at .claude/evals/feature-name.md
/eval check feature-nameRuns current evals and reports status
/eval report feature-nameGenerates full eval report
Store evals in project:
.claude/
evals/
feature-xyz.md # Eval definition
feature-xyz.log # Eval run history
baseline.json # Regression baselines## EVAL: add-authentication
### Phase 1: Define (10 min)
Capability Evals:
- [ ] User can register with email/password
- [ ] User can login with valid credentials
- [ ] Invalid credentials rejected with proper error
- [ ] Sessions persist across page reloads
- [ ] Logout clears session
Regression Evals:
- [ ] Public routes still accessible
- [ ] API responses unchanged
- [ ] Database schema compatible
### Phase 2: Implement (varies)
[Write code]
### Phase 3: Evaluate
Run: /eval check add-authentication
### Phase 4: Report
EVAL REPORT: add-authentication
==============================
Capability: 5/5 passed (pass@3: 100%)
Regression: 3/3 passed (pass^3: 100%)
Status: SHIP ITThe mechanical utilities ship in scripts/lib/eval-harness/:
node scripts/eval-harness.js examplenode scripts/eval-harness.js capsule group <dir> [<dir> ...]
groups 1 to 100 explicitly selected, verified local capsule snapshots from one
task family by declared harness version. Repeated snapshots count once;
conflicting identities or invalid capsules reject the whole report. This is
read-only record counting, with no new rollouts, scores or promotion. Use small,
quiescent capsules. Payloads, directory arguments and raw run/capsule IDs are
omitted, but task-family/version labels are verbatim and digest references are
linkable; review them before sharing. Operational validation remains pending.Candidate execution is disabled on every OS because no verified OS containment
backend is implemented. gate run, runGate, runVariant, direct child launch,
and the retired effect preload refuse with gate.isolation_required. No trust
flag or caller-supplied executor can bypass the refusal. The example records
that refusal and inspects source without executing or scoring it.
Do not present static warnings, a capsule receipt, or successful utility tests
as candidate containment or promotion evidence. A future gate requires an
independently reviewed OS boundary, protected checker and audit channels, and
fatal baseline rejection. See docs/architecture/eval-harness-frameworks.md.
Use product evals when behavior quality cannot be captured by unit tests alone.
pass@1: direct reliabilitypass@3: practical reliability under controlled retriespass^3: stability test (all 3 runs must pass)Recommended thresholds:
.claude/evals/<feature>.md definition.claude/evals/<feature>.log run historydocs/releases/<version>/eval-summary.md release snapshot© affaan-m, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in skills/eval-harness of affaan-m/ECC.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4eb71d9
Eval Harness next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eval Harness this skillaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| LLM Benchmarking with lm-evaluation-harnessOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs | 13k | 8 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Hugging Face Local Model Evalshuggingface/skills | 11k | 2 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Looperksimback/looper | 710 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Agent Eval Engineeringlangchain-ai/langchain-skills | 1.3k | — | ~4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Quality FlywheelGoogleCloudPlatform/vertex-ai-samples | 792 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs
Runs lm-evaluation-harness to benchmark language models on academic suites such as MMLU, GSM8K and HumanEval, compare models and track training checkpoints.
huggingface/skills
Runs evaluations of Hugging Face Hub models on local hardware with inspect-ai or lighteval, and helps choose between vLLM, Transformers and accelerate backends.
ksimback/looper
Scaffold a well-designed agent loop with best-practice coaching and a cross-model review council.
langchain-ai/langchain-skills
Builds agent evaluations in stages: inspect the repository and traces, agree a Task Spec with you, then build, audit and run a Harbor task with an independent verifier.
GoogleCloudPlatform/vertex-ai-samples
Evaluate and improve GenAI models and agents using the Google GenAI Evaluation SDK.
cloudnative-co/claude-code-starter-kit
Formal evaluation framework for Claude Code sessions implementing eval-driven development (EDD) principles.
affaan-m/ECC
Audits your installed Claude skills and commands for quality, with a quick mode for recently changed skills and a full mode that evaluates all of them through subagents.
affaan-m/ECC
Ingests, indexes, searches, edits and monitors video, audio and live streams through the VideoDB Python SDK, returning stream links, clips and timestamps.
affaan-m/ECC
Route broad documentation-governance requests to existing ECC skills and run an opt-in, read-only audit of mapped documentation roles, links, ADR indexes, and evidence references.
affaan-m/ECC
Scans installed skills for principles that recur across them and proposes rule-file changes: append, revise, add a section, create a file or leave as covered.
affaan-m/ECC
Builds DRAFT counterparty agreements from one markdown template and a small JSON spec per party, with clauses picked by the party's role.
affaan-m/ECC
Set an ECC-specific frontend design direction for production UI work.
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Eval-driven development (EDD) framework for AI coding sessions — define capability and regression evals before coding, grade with code-based, model-based, rule, or human graders, and track pass@k…. Eval Harness is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Eval-driven development (EDD) framework for AI coding sessions — define capability and regression evals before coding, grade with code-based, model-based, rule, or human graders, and track pass@k and pass^k reliability.
Eval Harness fits situations like: defining pass/fail criteria for agent tasks; measuring agent reliability; building regression suites for prompt; benchmarking across model versions.
Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/eval-harness in affaan-m/ECC) into .claude/skills/eval-harness in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/eval-harness in affaan-m/ECC) into .agents/skills/eval-harness in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill eval-harness -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/eval-harness, .gemini/skills/eval-harness, .github/skills/eval-harness and .opencode/skills/eval-harness in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Eval Harness needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm and node).
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Eval Harness is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Eval Harness: LLM Benchmarking with lm-evaluation-harness (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars), Hugging Face Local Model Evals (huggingface/skills, 11k stars), Looper (ksimback/looper, 710 stars) and Agent Eval Engineering (langchain-ai/langchain-skills, 1.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
affaan-m (a GitHub user) maintains it in affaan-m/ECC, which has 276,111 GitHub stars. The repository holds 683 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: affaan-m/ECC on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.