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# Content Quality Metrics
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Metrics for evaluating content safety, quality, and compliance. These metrics detect issues like hallucinations, bias, toxicity, PII leakage, and ensure appropriate behavior for specific use cases.
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## Imports
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```python
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from deepeval.metrics import (
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    HallucinationMetric,
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    BiasMetric,
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    ToxicityMetric,
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    SummarizationMetric,
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    PIILeakageMetric,
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    NonAdviceMetric,
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    MisuseMetric,
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    RoleViolationMetric,
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    JsonCorrectnessMetric,
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    PromptAlignmentMetric,
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    ArgumentCorrectnessMetric,
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    KnowledgeRetentionMetric,
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    TopicAdherenceMetric
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)
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```
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## Capabilities
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### Hallucination Metric
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Detects hallucinations in the output by checking if claims contradict or are unsupported by the context.
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```python { .api }
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class HallucinationMetric:
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    """
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    Detects hallucinations in the output.
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    - threshold (float): Success threshold (0-1, default: 0.5)
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    - model (Union[str, DeepEvalBaseLLM], optional): Evaluation model
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    - include_reason (bool): Include reason in output (default: True)
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    - async_mode (bool): Async mode (default: True)
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    - strict_mode (bool): Strict mode (default: False)
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    - verbose_mode (bool): Verbose mode (default: False)
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    Required Test Case Parameters:
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    - ACTUAL_OUTPUT
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    - CONTEXT or RETRIEVAL_CONTEXT
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    - score (float): Non-hallucination score (0-1, higher is better)
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    - reason (str): Explanation identifying hallucinated content
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    - success (bool): Whether score meets threshold
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    """
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```
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Usage example:
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```python
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from deepeval.metrics import HallucinationMetric
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from deepeval.test_case import LLMTestCase
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metric = HallucinationMetric(threshold=0.7)
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test_case = LLMTestCase(
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    input="What's our company's founding year?",
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    actual_output="The company was founded in 1995 and has 500 employees.",
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    context=["Company founded in 1995", "Company headquartered in San Francisco"]
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metric.measure(test_case)
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if not metric.success:
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    print(f"Hallucination detected: {metric.reason}")
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    # Example: "Output claims '500 employees' which is not supported by context"
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```
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### Bias Metric
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Detects various forms of bias in the output including gender, racial, political, and socioeconomic bias.
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```python { .api }
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class BiasMetric:
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    """
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    Detects bias in the output.
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    - threshold (float): Success threshold (0-1, default: 0.5)
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    - model (Union[str, DeepEvalBaseLLM], optional): Evaluation model
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    - include_reason (bool): Include reason in output (default: True)
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    - async_mode (bool): Async mode (default: True)
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    - strict_mode (bool): Strict mode (default: False)
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    - verbose_mode (bool): Verbose mode (default: False)
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    Required Test Case Parameters:
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    - ACTUAL_OUTPUT
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    - score (float): Non-bias score (0-1, higher is better)
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    - reason (str): Explanation identifying biased content
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    - success (bool): Whether score meets threshold
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    """
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```python
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from deepeval.metrics import BiasMetric
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from deepeval.test_case import LLMTestCase
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metric = BiasMetric(threshold=0.8)
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test_case = LLMTestCase(
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    input="Describe a successful CEO",
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    actual_output="A successful CEO is typically a man who is assertive and decisive."
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    print(f"Bias detected: {metric.reason}")
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### Toxicity Metric
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Detects toxic, offensive, or harmful content in the output.
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class ToxicityMetric:
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    Detects toxic content in the output.
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    - threshold (float): Success threshold (0-1, default: 0.5)
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    - model (Union[str, DeepEvalBaseLLM], optional): Evaluation model
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    - include_reason (bool): Include reason in output (default: True)
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    - async_mode (bool): Async mode (default: True)
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    - strict_mode (bool): Strict mode (default: False)
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    Required Test Case Parameters:
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    - score (float): Non-toxicity score (0-1, higher is better)
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    - reason (str): Explanation identifying toxic content
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    - success (bool): Whether score meets threshold
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```python
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from deepeval.metrics import ToxicityMetric
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from deepeval.test_case import LLMTestCase
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metric = ToxicityMetric(threshold=0.9)
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test_case = LLMTestCase(
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    input="What do you think about that?",
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    actual_output="That's a terrible idea and you're stupid for suggesting it."
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    print(f"Toxic content: {metric.reason}")
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### Summarization Metric
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Evaluates the quality of summaries, checking for accuracy, coverage, coherence, and conciseness.
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class SummarizationMetric:
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    - threshold (float): Success threshold (0-1, default: 0.5)
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    - assessment_questions (List[str], optional): Questions to guide evaluation
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    - include_reason (bool): Include reason in output (default: True)
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    - async_mode (bool): Async mode (default: True)
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    - strict_mode (bool): Strict mode (default: False)
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    - verbose_mode (bool): Verbose mode (default: False)
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    - INPUT (original text)
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    - reason (str): Explanation of quality assessment
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from deepeval.metrics import SummarizationMetric
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from deepeval.test_case import LLMTestCase
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metric = SummarizationMetric(
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        "Is the summary factually consistent with the source text?",
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test_case = LLMTestCase(
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    input="""Long article about AI developments in 2024...""",
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    actual_output="AI saw major advances in 2024, particularly in multimodal models and reasoning capabilities."
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print(f"Summary quality: {metric.score:.2f}")
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### PII Leakage Metric
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Detects personally identifiable information (PII) leakage in the output.
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class PIILeakageMetric:
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    Detects personally identifiable information (PII) leakage.
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    - threshold (float): Success threshold (0-1, default: 0.5)
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    - model (Union[str, DeepEvalBaseLLM], optional): Evaluation model
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    - include_reason (bool): Include reason in output (default: True)
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    - score (float): Non-PII score (0-1, higher is better)
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    - reason (str): Explanation identifying leaked PII
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metric = PIILeakageMetric(threshold=0.95)
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### Non-Advice Metric
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Ensures the LLM doesn't provide advice in restricted domains (e.g., medical, legal, financial).
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class NonAdviceMetric:
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metric = NonAdviceMetric(
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    input="I have a headache, what should I do?",
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### Misuse Metric
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Detects potential misuse of the LLM for harmful purposes.
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class MisuseMetric:
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    - reason (str): Explanation identifying potential misuse
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metric = MisuseMetric(threshold=0.9)
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### Role Violation Metric
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Detects when the LLM violates its assigned role or goes beyond its intended scope.
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class RoleViolationMetric:
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metric = RoleViolationMetric(
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### JSON Correctness Metric
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Evaluates whether JSON output is valid and contains expected fields.
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class JsonCorrectnessMetric:
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metric = JsonCorrectnessMetric(
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### Prompt Alignment Metric
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Measures alignment with prompt instructions.
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class PromptAlignmentMetric:
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### Argument Correctness Metric
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Evaluates logical correctness of arguments.
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class ArgumentCorrectnessMetric:
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Measures knowledge retention across interactions.
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class KnowledgeRetentionMetric:
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Measures adherence to specified topics.
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class TopicAdherenceMetric:
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## Combined Safety Evaluation
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Evaluate multiple safety aspects together:
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```python
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from deepeval import evaluate
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from deepeval.metrics import (
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