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To verify agent behavior, evaluate claims about whether a pinned system will perform or avoid a defined action by separating intended behavior, tool attempts, external readback, and environment state to reach an evidence-backed verdict.

Agent evaluation assesses whether a pinned agent system reliably performs or avoids specific actions. You need evidence discipline when conclusions about tool use, permissions, and recovery decisions cannot rely on traces alone.

Safely test agent reliability by using least-privileged, reversible tests with defined budgets, stop rules, rollback, and cleanup procedures to gather live evidence without permanently altering external state.

Yes, you can assess agent recovery by evaluating claims about whether the pinned system will recover from a failure or stop safely, applying verdict labeling and independent readback to verify the recovery mechanism.

Agent behavior evaluation requires independent readback because traces alone do not prove external state changes; separating tool attempts from independent verification ensures conclusions about reliability and delivery are evidence-backed.

Traces show intended behavior but do not confirm external state or successful delivery; evaluating agent actions requires separating tool attempts from environment state and applying verdict labeling to avoid false conclusions.