> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usekindred.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Expectations

> Define and review behavioral requirements for agent traces.

Expectations are behavioral requirements that Kindred evaluates against an agent's traces.

## How to use it

1. Open **Expectations**.
2. Click **New Expectation**.
3. Choose an **Agent**.
4. Write the expected behavior in **Expectation**.
5. Click **Save and Run**.
6. Use **Run**, **Edit**, **Disable**, **Enable**, or **Delete** to manage existing expectations.
7. Use **Filter expectations...** and the sort menu to find expectations by result or recency.

## How to interpret the results

The page summarizes **Total expectations**, **Expectations with violations**, and **Sessions evaluated**.

Each expectation shows one of the statuses used in the product:

* **Passing:** no violations are currently shown.
* **Violating:** at least one evaluated trace failed the expectation.
* **Disabled:** the expectation is turned off and will not run.

Open a violating expectation to review the related **Trace**, **Why it failed**, and **Evidence**. Trace links open the relevant session or turn in **Behavior Search**.

Enabled expectations run when created, edited, manually run, and when newly ingested non-replay traces are evaluated. Disabled expectations do not run.

## Next steps

* Inspect evidence in [Behavior Search](/features/behavior-search).
* Rerun a failing turn with [Replay](/features/replay).
* Use [Clustering](/features/clustering) to find recurring patterns that may need expectations.