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Assessment

Also available in workflows

This specialist runs in chat and as a node you can add to a workflow for repeatable, scheduled runs. See the Agent Catalog for how the two relate.

Overview​

The Assessment specialist writes scenario-based, multiple-choice questions (MCQs) to test a skill or competency. Each question comes with four options, the correct answer, and a short explanation, so a set is ready to use in a quiz, a training checkpoint, or a certification.

It's built for learning and development (L&D) teams and trainers who need a fair, rigorous assessment without writing every question by hand. The questions span different levels of thinking — recall, application, and analysis — and use realistic wrong answers (distractors) that mirror the mistakes people actually make, so the set separates those who know the material from those who don't.

Reach for it when you're building onboarding checks, measuring the impact of a training program, or preparing a skills certification.

What you'll need​

  • The skill or topic to assess, described as specifically as you can (for example, "stakeholder management in agile projects" rather than "project management").
  • How many questions you want. The default is 10, and you can request up to 30 in one go.
  • A difficulty level (optional). Choose Easy, Medium, or Hard. Medium is the default. Easy has obvious answers, Hard uses options that are close together and require deep understanding.
  • Focus areas (optional). List the subtopics or scenarios you want emphasized, and the audience the assessment is for.

How to ask​

A quick set on one topic:

Create 10 medium-difficulty questions on cloud computing fundamentals.

Steer the subtopics and the audience:

Generate 15 hard questions on stakeholder management for senior project
managers. Focus on risk trade-offs, negotiation, and escalation.

An onboarding check at an easier level:

Write 8 easy questions for new customer service representatives on
handling difficult customers.

What you get​

Ellie replies with a short summary of what the assessment covers — the topic, the number of questions, the difficulty mix, and the main focus areas — followed by the full assessment as a formatted document.

The assessment lays out each question with its four options, the correct answer, and an explanation. You can preview it, save it to your workspace, or download it — including as a print- and PDF-friendly document for handing out. See Read, export & sync results for the export options.

In a workflow

Added to a workflow, the Assessment node can also compile structured assessment reports from participation data you feed it — scoring results, performance ratings, and improvement areas — rather than writing new questions. Use it that way when you're tracking outcomes across a program.

Tips​

  • Be specific about the topic and the audience — "financial ratio analysis for credit analysts" produces sharper questions than "finance."
  • If you ask for more than 30 questions, the specialist caps the set at 30 and tells you.
  • Name the subtopics you care about so questions cover the full skill instead of clustering on one area.
  • Match difficulty to purpose: Easy for onboarding, Hard for certification or advanced evaluation.
  • Ask for more questions on the same topic in a follow-up message, and note that they should be distinct from the first set.
  • Agent Catalog — every specialist and how chat and workflows relate
  • Training — build the material people study before the assessment
  • Skill Levels — define the proficiency levels an assessment measures against
  • Build a workflow — run assessments as part of a repeatable process