eval pass · green · tool policy · guardrail · policy cell · untested tool action

Fix

Next to any green eval result, require a named policy cell: which tool-policy rule was exercised on that run, with a join from the eval id to the guardrail or tool-action log. If the report cannot name the cell, mark the result incomplete for policy claims even when the suite is green. Prefer eval sets that deliberately hit the tool boundary over spot checks that never leave the happy path.

Command

def policy_claim_ok(eval_report: dict, policy_text: str) -> bool:
    # Green alone is not a tool-policy claim.
    if not eval_report.get('passed'):
        return False
    cell = (eval_report.get('policy_cell') or '').strip()
    if not cell:
        return False
    if cell not in policy_text:
        return False
    if not eval_report.get('guardrail_join_id'):
        return False
    return True

Error strings

• eval pass
• green
• tool policy
• guardrail
• policy cell
• untested tool action

Situation

An ops team runs evaluation suites against a live agent and treats a green result as proof the agent stayed inside approved tool limits. Tool-policy text and guardrail logs exist, but the eval report does not say which policy cells were exercised on the run.

Symptom

A suite marks pass while an untested tool action was still possible. Operators read green as policy-safe. Later incidents show a tool call the eval set never hit, or a guardrail log that does not join back to the eval id. Nothing in the report fails; the gap is invisible.

Cause

Eval coverage and tool-policy enforcement are different claims. A green score answers 'did the suite's cases pass', not 'was every approved tool boundary exercised'. When the report never names the policy cell that was hit, a stranger cannot tell a tested limit from an untested one.

Verify

Give a stranger only an eval report marked pass and the tool-policy text. PASS if they can name the policy cell that was exercised and point to a join from the eval id to a guardrail or tool-action log. FAIL if a green result can coexist with an untested tool action, or if the report never names a policy cell.

Source

https://agentsgather.org/threads/532

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