diff --git a/explainability-api/microservice/checklist.py b/explainability-api/microservice/checklist.py
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+# add functionality to process json to be injected into the db
+import json
+import logging
+import requests
+import itertools
+
+from typing import List
+
+
+def create_query(skill, test_cases: List):
+    """
+    Creates a query and make it suitable for sending to for prediction
+
+    Args:
+        skill: input skill for which the checklist tests are run
+        test_cases (list) : Test cases as a list
+
+    Returns:
+        json_object (json object) : A json object containing the test case and its prediction
+        answer (str) : Prediction for test case made by the skill
+
+    """
+    skill_type = skill["skill_type"]
+    base_model = skill["default_skill_args"].get("base_model")
+    adapter = skill["default_skill_args"].get("adapter")
+    # extract all tests
+    all_tests = [tests["test_cases"] for tests in test_cases]
+    # all_tests = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable([tests["test_cases"] for tests in test_cases]))
+    questions, contexts, answers = list(), list(), list()
+
+    test_type = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable([[test["test_type"]] * len(test["test_cases"])
+                                                    for test in test_cases]))
+    capability = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable([[test["capability"]] * len(test["test_cases"])
+                                                    for test in test_cases]))
+    test_name = list(itertools.chain.from_iterable([[test["test_name"]] * len(test["test_cases"])
+                                                    for test in test_cases]))
+
+    for tests in all_tests:
+        questions.append([query["question"] for query in tests])
+        # list of list for mcq else list
+        contexts.append([query["context"] if skill_type != "multiple-choice"
+                         else query["context"] + "\n" + "\n".join(query["options"])
+                         for query in tests])
+        answers.extend([query.get("answer") if "answer" in query.keys() else query.get("prediction_before_change")
+                        for query in tests])
+
+        # TODO
+        # send batch to the skill query endpoint
+
+    prediction_requests = list()
+    # create the prediction request
+    for idx in range(len(questions)):
+        for question, context in zip(questions[idx], contexts[idx]):
+            request = dict()
+            request["num_results"] = 1
+            request["user_id"] = "ukp"
+            request["skill_args"] = {"base_model": base_model, "adapter": adapter, "context": context}
+            request["query"] = question
+            prediction_requests.append(request)
+
+    model_inputs = dict()
+    model_inputs["request"] = prediction_requests
+    model_inputs["answers"] = answers
+    model_inputs["test_type"] = test_type
+    model_inputs["capability"] = capability
+    model_inputs["test_name"] = test_name
+    # logger.info("inputs:", model_inputs)
+
+    return model_inputs
+
+
+def predict(model_inputs: dict, skill_id: str) -> list:
+    """
+    Predicts a given query
+
+    Args:
+        model_inputs (dict) : input for the model inference
+        skill_id (str) : id of skill for which the predictions need to be run
+
+    Returns:
+        Returns the model predictions and success rate
+    """
+    model_outputs = list()
+    try:
+        headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json'}
+        skill_query_url = f"https://square.ukp-lab.de/api/skill-manager/skill/{skill_id}/query" #note I hardcoded square URL here
+        model_predictions = list()
+        # i = 0
+        for request in model_inputs["request"]:
+            response = requests.post(skill_query_url, data=json.dumps(request), headers=headers)
+            predictions = response.json()
+            model_predictions.append(predictions["predictions"][0]["prediction_output"]["output"])
+            # i += 1
+            # if i == 10:
+            #     break
+
+        # calculate success rate
+        success_rate = [pred == gold for pred, gold in zip(model_predictions, model_inputs["answers"])]
+        # overall_success_rate = sum(success_rate) / len(success_rate)
+
+        for test_type, capability, test_name, request, answer, prediction, success in zip(
+            model_inputs["test_type"],
+            model_inputs["capability"],
+            model_inputs["test_name"],
+            model_inputs["request"],
+            model_inputs["answers"],
+            model_predictions,
+            success_rate
+        ):
+            model_outputs.append(
+                {
+                    "skill_id": skill_id,
+                    "test_type": test_type,
+                    "capability": capability,
+                    "test_name": test_name,
+                    "question": request["query"],
+                    "context": request["skill_args"]["context"],
+                    "answer": answer,
+                    "prediction": prediction,
+                    "success": success
+                }
+            )
+        # print(model_outputs)
+    except Exception as ex:
+        logging.info(ex)
+    return model_outputs
+
+
+def test_name_analysis(model_outputs):
+    types_of_tests = {}
+    for element in list(set([result["test_type"] for result in model_outputs])):
+        types_of_tests[element] = dict()
+    for test in types_of_tests.keys():
+        test_names = list(set([result["test_name"] for result in model_outputs if result["test_type"] == test]))
+        for name in test_names:
+            successful = 0
+            failure = 0
+            for result in model_outputs:
+                if result["test_name"] == name:
+                    if result["success"]:
+                        successful += 1
+                    else:
+                        failure += 1
+            types_of_tests[test][name] = dict({"successful": successful, "failure": failure})
+    return [types_of_tests]
+
+
+def capability_analysis(model_outputs):
+    types_of_tests = {}
+    for element in list(set([result["test_type"] for result in model_outputs])):
+        types_of_tests[element] = dict()
+    for test in types_of_tests.keys():
+        test_capabilities = list(set([result["capability"] for result in model_outputs if result["test_type"] == test]))
+        for cap in test_capabilities:
+            successful = 0
+            failure = 0
+            for result in model_outputs:
+                if result["capability"] == cap:
+                    if result["success"]:
+                        successful += 1
+                    else:
+                        failure += 1
+            types_of_tests[test][cap] = dict({"successful": successful, "failure": failure})
+    return [types_of_tests]
+
+
+def test_type_analysis(model_outputs):
+    types_of_tests = {}
+    for element in list(set([result["test_type"] for result in model_outputs])):
+        successful = 0
+        failure = 0
+        for result in model_outputs:
+            if result['test_type'] == element:
+                if result['success']:
+                    successful += 1
+                else:
+                    failure += 1
+        types_of_tests[element] = dict({"successful": successful, "failure": failure})
+    return [types_of_tests]
diff --git a/explainability-api/microservice/checklist_api.py b/explainability-api/microservice/checklist_api.py
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+import logging
+
+import requests
+import json
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+import checklist
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get('/')
+def read_root():
+    return {"Hello": "World"}
+
+
+@router.get('/checklist/{skill_id}', name="run checklist")
+def run_checklist(skill_id: str, checklist_name: str, n_tests: int = None, test_analysis: str = None) -> list:
+    """
+
+    :param skill_id: skill id
+    :param checklist_name: name of checklist
+    :param n_tests: show how many test from the first onwards
+    :param test_analysis: how to return the result of CheckList
+    :return: output
+    """
+    # tested with this skill_id: 63cdbd06a8b0d566ef20cb54 - although performance is poor
+    assert checklist_name is not None
+
+    checklist_path_dict = {
+        'extractive': '../checklists/extractive_model_tests.json',
+        'boolean': '../checklists/boolean_model_tests.json',
+        'abstractive': '../checklists/abstractive_models_tests.json',
+        'multiple_choice': '../checklists/multiple_choice_model_tests.json',
+        'open_domain': '../checklists/open_domain_models_tests.json',
+        'open_domain_bioasq': '../checklists/open_domain_models_bioasq_tests.json'
+    }
+
+    checklist_path = checklist_path_dict[checklist_name]
+    with open(checklist_path) as f:
+        checklist_tests = json.load(f)
+
+    try:
+        skill_response = requests.get(f'https://square.ukp-lab.de/api/skill-manager/skill/{skill_id}')
+        skill = skill_response.json()
+        skill_id = skill["id"]
+        # skill_type = skill["skill_type"]
+
+        test_cases = checklist_tests['tests']
+        model_inputs = checklist.create_query(skill, test_cases)
+
+        if n_tests is not None:
+            model_inputs['request'] = model_inputs["request"][:n_tests]  # if all would be too much
+        else:
+            model_inputs['request'] = model_inputs["request"]  # if all would be too much
+        model_outputs = checklist.predict(model_inputs, skill_id)
+
+        if test_analysis is None:
+            output_return = model_outputs
+        # Analysis result
+        else:
+            if test_analysis == 'test_type':
+                output_return = checklist.test_type_analysis(model_outputs)
+            elif test_analysis == 'capability':
+                output_return = checklist.capability_analysis(model_outputs)
+            elif test_analysis == 'test_name':
+                output_return = checklist.test_name_analysis(model_outputs)
+
+        # assert output_return is not list
+
+        # saves output as json
+        with open('temp_result/temp_result.json', 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(output_return, f, indent=4)
+
+        return output_return
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
diff --git a/explainability-api/microservice/main.py b/explainability-api/microservice/main.py
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+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+import checklist_api
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+app.include_router(checklist_api.router)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import uvicorn
+    uvicorn.run("main:app", reload=True, timeout_keep_alive=200)  # for dev purposes
diff --git a/explainability-api/microservice/temp_result/temp_result.json b/explainability-api/microservice/temp_result/temp_result.json
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+++ b/explainability-api/microservice/temp_result/temp_result.json
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+[
+    {
+        "MFT": {
+            "Temporal": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 30
+            },
+            "Coref": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 80
+            },
+            "Negation": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 40
+            },
+            "Fairness": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 10
+            },
+            "SRL": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 100
+            },
+            "Taxonomy": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 242
+            },
+            "Vocabulary": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 70
+            }
+        },
+        "INV": {
+            "Robustness": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 20
+            },
+            "NER": {
+                "successful": 0,
+                "failure": 100
+            }
+        }
+    }
+]
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