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A pipeline stage that fails the build when an eval fails; the mechanism that turns an evaluation into an enforced control rather than a report.

Developed in
ch. 05, Pattern: Eval Gate in CI
Chapters
ch. 04, The Stack · ch. 05, Patterns
In the open reference
Evaluation environment control profile
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Eval gate: mentions per chapter97 mentions of the term across 23 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter00 Preface: 1 mention00 Preface101 Definition: 4 mentions01 Definition402 Why Now: 2 mentions02 Why Now203 Values & Principles: 4 mentions03 Values & Principles404 The Stack: 4 mentions04 The Stack405 Patterns: 1 mention05 Patterns106 The Role: 7 mentions06 The Role707 Maturity Model: 5 mentions07 Maturity Model508 Regulatory Map: 8 mentions08 Regulatory Map810 Reading List: 2 mentions10 Reading List211 AI Defined: 7 mentions11 AI Defined712 Governance Program: 3 mentions12 Governance Program313 Risk Management: 10 mentions13 Risk Management1014 Development: 6 mentions14 Development615 Deployment: 7 mentions15 Deployment716 Fairness & XAI: 3 mentions16 Fairness & XAI317 Incidents: 4 mentions17 Incidents418 EU AI Act: 4 mentions18 EU AI Act419 Privacy & AI: 2 mentions19 Privacy & AI220 Existing Law: 2 mentions20 Existing Law221 AI Laws Worldwide: 2 mentions21 AI Laws Worldwide222 Principles & Standards: 7 mentions22 Principles & Standards723 AI Agents: 2 mentions23 AI Agents2Source: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Eval gate: mentions per chapter97 mentions of the term across 23 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter00 Preface: 1 mention10001 Definition: 4 mentions40102 Why Now: 2 mentions20203 Values & Principles: 4 mentions40304 The Stack: 4 mentions40405 Patterns: 1 mention10506 The Role: 7 mentions70607 Maturity Model: 5 mentions50708 Regulatory Map: 8 mentions80810 Reading List: 2 mentions21011 AI Defined: 7 mentions71112 Governance Program: 3 mentions31213 Risk Management: 10 mentions101314 Development: 6 mentions61415 Deployment: 7 mentions71516 Fairness & XAI: 3 mentions31617 Incidents: 4 mentions41718 EU AI Act: 4 mentions41819 Privacy & AI: 2 mentions21920 Existing Law: 2 mentions22021 AI Laws Worldwide: 2 mentions22122 Principles & Standards: 7 mentions72223 AI Agents: 2 mentions223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Eval gate per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface1No
01 Definition4No
02 Why Now2No
03 Values & Principles4No
04 The Stack4Yes
05 Patterns1Yes
06 The Role7No
07 Maturity Model5No
08 Regulatory Map8No
10 Reading List2No
11 AI Defined7No
12 Governance Program3No
13 Risk Management10No
14 Development6No
15 Deployment7No
16 Fairness & XAI3No
17 Incidents4No
18 EU AI Act4No
19 Privacy & AI2No
20 Existing Law2No
21 AI Laws Worldwide2No
22 Principles & Standards7No
23 AI Agents2No

Patterns that use this term

17 pattern pages use the term; the 10 that use it most:

Eval gate: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern02 Inventory03 Evals05 AssuranceEval gateRelated terms (4)Calibration · RelatedCalibrationDecision threshold · RelatedDecision thresholdJailbreak · RelatedJailbreakSupervised learning · RelatedSupervised learningPatterns using it most (6)Adversarial Red-Team Suite, 5 mentions · Uses the termAdversarial Red-Team SuiteEval Gate in CI, 2 mentions · Uses the termEval Gate in CIFairness Eval Suite, 3 mentions · Uses the termFairness Eval SuiteIncident Pipeline, 2 mentions · Uses the termIncident PipelineModel Artefact Integrity, 3 mentions · Uses the termModel Artefact IntegrityModel Card as Control Evidence, 2 mentions · Uses the termModel Card as Control Evidence
Eval gate: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern02 Inventory03 Evals05 AssuranceRelated terms (4)Calibration · RelatedCalibrationDecision threshold · RelatedDecision thresholdJailbreak · RelatedJailbreakSupervised learning · RelatedSupervised learningPatterns using it most (6)Adversarial Red-Team Suite, 5 mentions · Uses the termAdversarial Red-Team SuiteEval Gate in CI, 2 mentions · Uses the termEval Gate in CIFairness Eval Suite, 3 mentions · Uses the termFairness Eval SuiteIncident Pipeline, 2 mentions · Uses the termIncident PipelineModel Artefact Integrity, 3 mentions · Uses the termModel Artefact IntegrityModel Card as Control Evidence, 2 mentions · Uses the termModel Card as Control EvidenceEval gate
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Eval gate
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsCalibrationRelated
Related termsDecision thresholdRelated
Related termsJailbreakRelated
Related termsSupervised learningRelated
Patterns using it mostAdversarial Red-Team Suite, 5 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostEval Gate in CI, 2 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostFairness Eval Suite, 3 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostIncident Pipeline, 2 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostModel Artefact Integrity, 3 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostModel Card as Control Evidence, 2 mentionsUses the term
  • Supervised learning

    Learning from labelled examples.

  • Decision threshold

    The score above or below which an AI output triggers an action.

  • Calibration

    The property that a model's confidence matches its accuracy: of the cases scored 0.9, about nine in ten are right.

  • Jailbreak

    A prompt crafted to make a model disregard its safety instructions entirely.

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Eval gate. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/eval-gate. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026evalgate,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Eval gate}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/eval-gate}
}