--- title: "Evals in Laravel: How to Prove Your AI Output Is Actually Good" url: https://daily.dev/posts/evals-in-laravel-how-to-prove-your-ai-output-is-actually-good-v8xwwmodq source_url: https://freek.dev/3132-evals-in-laravel-how-to-prove-your-ai-output-is-actually-good type: article source: "FREEK.DEV" published: 2026-06-08T12:26:23.843Z updated: 2026-06-08T12:26:41.013Z tags: ["testing", "llm", "php", "laravel"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Evals in Laravel: How to Prove Your AI Output Is Actually Good **[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Standard Laravel AI tests using Agent::fake() only verify that code runs, not that AI output quality is acceptable. This post covers building a proper evaluation pipeline for a ticket classifier using the Laravel AI SDK: a golden dataset for deterministic fields, an LLM-as-judge approach for free-text outputs, and a regression gate to catch prompt regressions before they reach production. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ship AI with Laravel: Smart Ticket Triage with Structured Output](https://daily.dev/posts/ship-ai-with-laravel-smart-ticket-triage-with-structured-output-ex8biah25) · Laravel News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI Evals for Solo Developers 2026: A Practical Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-evals-for-solo-developers-2026-a-practical-guide-ms6ijzdsf) · Alex CloudStar · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/evals-in-laravel-how-to-prove-your-ai-output-is-actually-good-v8xwwmodq)