Agentic vs. Vector Search: An Eval-Driven Approach to Coding Agent Performance

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Agentic vs. Vector Search: An Eval-Driven Approach to Coding Agent Performance

Day
Day 2 — Session Day 1
Time
11:40am-12:00pm
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Expo Stage 2
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About this session

Evals let you replace gut feelings with quantifiable decisions. This talk breaks the basic concepts of evals, including the four core components: datasets, tasks, scoring, and experiments. Then, to solidify the concept, we'll walk through a real eval comparing agentic search versus vector search for coding agents. We'll also cover practical challenges like tracing Claude Code subprocess calls and why a single eval run is never enough. You'll leave with a concrete framework for building evals that actually inform your ship decisions.

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