Max tokens

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Definition

The max tokens test ensures that the maximum number of tokens in the data is within a given range.

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Taxonomy

• Category: Performance.
• Task types: LLM.
• Availability: development and monitoring.

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Why it matters

• Depending on the application you are building, you might want to limit the number of tokens generated by the LLM.
• LLMs have a limited context window, so it is important to ensure that the number of tokens in the data is within the context window capacity.

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Test configuration examples

If you are writing a tests.json, here are a few valid configurations for the character length test:

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Related

• Mean tokens test.
• Total tokens test.