Part 2 — For the Developer
Ch. 17 — Testing, Validation, and Ongoing Monitoring
Evals, regression testing, and production monitoring — building the discipline that compliance requires over time.
You cannot unit-test your way to compliance with a non-deterministic system. But non-determinism is not an excuse for skipping validation — it is a reason to use different methods.
17.1 Key Takeaways
A unit test passes or fails based on whether the output matches the expected value. Run it again: same result. Agents don't work that way. Three properties of LLM-based agents make standard testing methods break down:
Platform Agentic
Compliance, governance, and accountability for teams building agentic AI systems.