LLM-as-a-judge: a complete guide to using LLMs for evaluations

LLM-as-a-judge is a common technique to evaluate LLM-powered products. In this guide, we’ll cover how it works, how to build an LLM evaluator and craft good prompts, and what are the alternatives to LLM evaluations.

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