Install & Configure

Install the Python package

Giskard Checks requires Python 3.12 or higher. Install using pip:

pip install giskard-checks

Configure the default LLM judge model

Some checks require calling an LLM (LLMJudge, Groundedness, Conformity). To use them, you’ll need configure an LLM provider. Giskard Checks supports any LiteLLM-compatible provider (Azure, Anthropic, etc.). See the LiteLLM documentation for details. For example, to use OpenAI, you can set the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable:

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Preferrably, you should set these environment variables in your .env file. Then you can set your preferred LLM judge model like this:

from giskard.agents.generators import Generator
from giskard.checks import set_default_generator

# Create a generator with giskard.agents
llm_judge = Generator(model="openai/gpt-5-mini")

# Configure the checks to use this judge model by default
set_default_generator(llm_judge)

We use the giskard-agents library to handle LLM generations.

Next Steps

Head to the Quickstart to write your first test!