---
title: "Start evaluation run"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/public/evaluation/runs"
tags: ["public"]
---

# Start evaluation run

`POST /api/v1/public/evaluation/runs`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.outcallerai.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.outcallerai.com/api/v1/public/evaluation/runs`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `Idempotency-Key`

Start a bounded evaluation matrix and return its initial running state idempotently.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, required

## Request body

- StartEvaluationRunRequest
  - `useCaseId` string, required
  - `agentId` string, nullable
  - `personaIds` string[], required
  - `scenarioIds` string[], required
  - `name` string, nullable
  - `callingMethod` 'plivo' | 'webrtc'

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- EvaluationRunResponse
  - `id` string, required
  - `workspaceId` string, required
  - `useCaseId` string, required
  - `useCaseName` string, nullable
  - `agentId` string, nullable
  - `name` string, nullable
  - `callingMethod` 'plivo' | 'webrtc'
  - `status` string, required
  - `startedAt` string, date-time, nullable
  - `completedAt` string, date-time, nullable
  - `results` EvaluationResultResponse[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `runId` string, required
    - `personaId` string, required
    - `scenarioId` string, required
    - `personaName` string, nullable
    - `scenarioName` string, nullable
    - `status` string, required
    - `leadId` string, nullable
    - `callId` string, nullable
    - `transcript` string, nullable
    - `score` number, nullable
    - `passed` boolean, nullable
    - `evaluationNotes` string, nullable
    - `suggestions` unknown
    - `criteriaResults` unknown
    - `startedAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `completedAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
  - `passCount` integer
  - `failCount` integer
  - `totalCount` integer
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-29** `75cf68016830`: 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `callingMethod`
  - added the optional property `callingMethod` to the response with the `201` status
- **2026-08-21** `2a1adc380310`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/outcallerai/apis/outcallerai-api/changes/api/v1/public/evaluation/runs/post.md)

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