---
title: "Evaluation Create"
method: POST
path: "/v2/{entity}/{project}/evaluations"
tags: ["Evaluations"]
---

# Evaluation Create

`POST /v2/{entity}/{project}/evaluations`

Create an evaluation object.

## Path parameters

- `entity` string, required
- `project` string, required

## Request body

- EvaluationCreateBody
  - `name` string, required — The name of this evaluation. Evaluations with the same name will be versioned together.
  - `description` string, nullable — A description of this evaluation
  - `dataset` string, required — Reference to the dataset (weave:// URI)
  - `scorers` string[], nullable — List of scorer references (weave:// URIs)
  - `trials` integer — Number of trials to run
  - `evaluation_name` string, nullable — Name for the evaluation run
  - `eval_attributes` object, nullable — Optional attributes for the evaluation

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- EvaluationCreateRes
  - `digest` string, required — The digest of the created evaluation
  - `object_id` string, required — The ID of the created evaluation
  - `version_index` integer, required — The version index of the created evaluation
  - `evaluation_ref` string, required — Full reference to the created evaluation

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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