---
title: "PUT /projects/{projectId}/eval-workbenches/{workbenchId}"
method: PUT
path: "/projects/{projectId}/eval-workbenches/{workbenchId}"
---

# PUT /projects/{projectId}/eval-workbenches/{workbenchId}

`PUT /projects/{projectId}/eval-workbenches/{workbenchId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.caveman.so/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.caveman.so/api/v1/projects/{projectId}/eval-workbenches/{workbenchId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/api/v1/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/api/v1/oauth/token` scopes: `eval:write`
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `cave_access`
  - API key in cookie `__Secure-cave_identity.session_token`

PUT /api/v1/projects/{projectId}/eval-workbenches/{workbenchId} on the Caveman Cloud control plane. Requires the eval:write scope. Exposed to autonomous agents as the update_workbench action of the caveman_evals_write tool (write access). Author versioned datasets, reusable evaluators and workbenches; create strict suites, ingest evidence, and run baselines. Evidence ingest supports dry_run — always dry-run first. Ask Caveman to draft quality criteria again within the drafting allowance, propose a criterion for a person to turn on, and hold the pull request that adds the Caveman check to CI. Track a criterion on a slice of traces in one step: from an agent it lands proposed, and a person turns it on. Queue units for review and label them (an agent's label is recorded as an agent's, never as human gold), and make a dataset from recorded traffic.

## Request body

- object
  - `revision` integer, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string
  - `document` object, required: Versioned dataset-target-evaluator document used by UI, REST, CI and agent tools.
    - `schema_version` unknown, required
    - `datasets` object[], required
      - `key` string, required
      - `dataset_id` string, uuid, required
      - `version` integer
      - `document_sha256` string
    - `active_dataset_key` string
    - `targets` union[], required
      - union
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'prompt', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `prompt_id` string, uuid, required
            - `prompt_version` integer, required
            - `provider` string, required
            - `model` string, required
            - `temperature` number
            - `max_tokens` integer
            - `response_format` 'text' | 'json'
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'agent', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `agent_id` string, uuid, required
            - `workflow_id` string, uuid
            - `endpoint` string, uri, required
            - `method` 'POST', required
            - `authentication` object, required
              - …
            - `output_path` string
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'workflow', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `workflow_id` string, uuid, required
            - `endpoint` string, uri, required
            - `method` 'POST', required
            - `authentication` object, required
              - …
            - `output_path` string
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'recorded', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `output_column` string, required
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'external', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required: The caller ran this step: a run of it carries each output (evals.run outputs). At most one per document.
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'http', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `endpoint` string, uri, required
            - `method` 'POST', required
            - `authentication` object, required
              - …
            - `output_path` string
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'model', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `provider` string, required
            - `model` string, required
            - `temperature` number
            - `max_tokens` integer
            - `response_format` 'text' | 'json'
            - `user_template` string, required
            - `system_template` string
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'evaluator', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `evaluator_id` string, uuid, required
            - `evaluator_version` integer, required
            - `config_sha256` string, required
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `kind` 'scenario', required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
          - `config` object, required
            - `dataset_id` string, uuid, required
            - `version` integer, required
            - `scenario_sha256` string, required
            - `repository_commit_sha` string, required
            - `recipe_id` string, required
            - `recipe_sha256` string, required
    - `evaluators` union[], required
      - union
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `source` 'saved', required
          - `target_keys` string[]
          - `evaluator_id` string, uuid, required
          - `evaluator_version` integer, required
          - `config_sha256` string, required
          - `input_mapping` object
            - `candidate` object, required
              - …
            - `reference` object
              - …
            - `baseline` object
              - …
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `source` 'inline', required
          - `target_keys` string[]
          - `grader_type` string, required
          - `options` object, required
          - `input_mapping` object, required
            - `candidate` object, required
              - …
            - `reference` object
              - …
            - `baseline` object
              - …
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
        - object
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `source` 'criterion', required
          - `target_keys` string[]
          - `criterion_id` string, uuid, required
          - `criterion_version` integer, required
          - `input_mapping` object
            - `candidate` object, required
              - …
            - `reference` object
              - …
            - `baseline` object
              - …
          - `dataset_input_mappings` object
    - `settings` object
      - `concurrency` integer, required
      - `row_height` 'compact' | 'comfortable', required
      - `trials` integer
      - `judge_order` 'randomized' | 'fixed'
      - `judge_seed` integer
    - `comparison` object
      - `primary_evaluator_key` string
      - `confidence_level` unknown
      - `minimum_samples` integer
      - `baseline_target_key` string

## Response `2XX`

Successful response. Exact status depends on synchronous or durable delivery outcome.

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Structured failure. `error.code` is stable; `error.request_id` is echoed in the x-cave-request-id header.
- `5XX`: Structured failure. `error.code` is stable; `error.request_id` is echoed in the x-cave-request-id header.

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