diff --git a/lang_agent/eval/evaluator.py b/lang_agent/eval/evaluator.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Type, Literal
+import tyro
+from loguru import logger
+
+from lang_agent.config import InstantiateConfig
+from lang_agent.pipeline import Pipeline, PipelineConfig
+from lang_agent.eval.validator import ValidatorConfig, Validator
+
+from langsmith import Client
+
+@tyro.conf.configure(tyro.conf.SuppressFixed)
+@dataclass
+class EvaluatorConfig(InstantiateConfig):
+    _target: Type = field(default_factory=lambda:Evaluator)
+
+    experiment_prefix:str = "simple test"
+    """name of experiment"""
+
+    experiment_desc:str = "testing if this works or not"
+    """describe the experiment"""
+
+    dataset_name:Literal["Toxic Queries"] = "Toxic Queries"
+    """name of the dataset to evaluate"""
+
+    pipe_config: PipelineConfig = field(default_factory=PipelineConfig)
+
+    validator_config: ValidatorConfig = field(default_factory=ValidatorConfig)
+
+
+class Evaluator:
+    def __init__(self, config: EvaluatorConfig):
+        self.config = config
+
+        self.populate_modules()
+    
+    def populate_modules(self):
+        logger.info("preparing to run experiment")
+        self.pipeline:Pipeline = self.config.pipe_config.setup()
+        self.cli = Client()
+        self.validator:ValidatorConfig = self.config.validator_config.setup(
+                                                dataset_name=self.config.dataset_name
+                                            )
+        self.dataset = self.cli.read_dataset(dataset_name=self.config.dataset_name)
+
+
+    def evaluate(self):
+        logger.info("running experiment")
+        self.result = self.cli.evaluate(
+            self.pipeline.chat,
+            data=self.dataset.name,
+            evaluators=[self.validator.get_val_fnc(self.config.dataset_name)],
+            experiment_prefix=self.config.experiment_prefix,
+            description=self.config.experiment_desc
+        )
+    
+
+        
+
+