darwinian-evolver

Evolve prompts/regex/SQL/code with Imbue's evolution loop.

  • evolution
  • optimization
  • prompt-engineering
  • research

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"""parrot_openrouter: same as the upstream `parrot` example but the LLM call goesthrough OpenRouter (OpenAI SDK) instead of Anthropic native. Lets us run anend-to-end evolution with whatever model the user already has paid access to. Run with:    uv --project darwinian_evolver run python parrot_openrouter.py \        --num_iterations 3 --output_dir /tmp/parrot_out Reads `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` from the environment."""from __future__ import annotations import argparseimport osimport sysfrom pathlib import Path import jinja2from openai import OpenAI # Vendored problem types from upstream (AGPL — only run via subprocess in production)from darwinian_evolver.cli_common import build_hyperparameter_config_from_argsfrom darwinian_evolver.cli_common import register_hyperparameter_argsfrom darwinian_evolver.cli_common import parse_learning_log_view_typefrom darwinian_evolver.evolve_problem_loop import EvolveProblemLoopfrom darwinian_evolver.learning_log import LearningLogEntryfrom darwinian_evolver.problem import EvaluationFailureCasefrom darwinian_evolver.problem import EvaluationResultfrom darwinian_evolver.problem import Evaluatorfrom darwinian_evolver.problem import Mutatorfrom darwinian_evolver.problem import Organismfrom darwinian_evolver.problem import Problem DEFAULT_MODEL = os.environ.get("EVOLVER_MODEL", "openai/gpt-4o-mini")  def _client() -> OpenAI:    key = os.environ.get("OPENROUTER_API_KEY")    if not key:        sys.exit("OPENROUTER_API_KEY is not set")    return OpenAI(api_key=key, base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1")  def _prompt_llm(prompt: str) -> str:    try:        r = _client().chat.completions.create(            model=DEFAULT_MODEL,            max_tokens=1024,            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],        )        return r.choices[0].message.content or ""    except Exception as e:        # Treat any provider error (rate limit, content filter, schema reject)        # as a failed response. The evolver will simply see this as a low score        # on this organism and move on — much friendlier than killing the run.        return f"<LLM_ERROR: {type(e).__name__}: {e}>"  class ParrotOrganism(Organism):    prompt_template: str     def run(self, phrase: str) -> str:        try:            prompt = jinja2.Template(self.prompt_template).render(phrase=phrase)        except jinja2.exceptions.TemplateError as e:            return f"Error rendering prompt: {e}"        if not prompt:            return ""        return _prompt_llm(prompt)  class ParrotEvaluationFailureCase(EvaluationFailureCase):    phrase: str    response: str  class ImproveParrotMutator(Mutator[ParrotOrganism, ParrotEvaluationFailureCase]):    IMPROVEMENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE = """We want to build a prompt that causes an LLM to repeat back a given phrase verbatim. The current prompt template is:```{{ organism.prompt_template }}``` Unfortunately, on this phrase:```{{ failure_case.phrase }}```the LLM responded with:```{{ failure_case.response }}``` Diagnose what went wrong, then propose an improved prompt template. Put the newtemplate in the LAST triple-backtick block of your response.""".strip()     def mutate(        self,        organism: ParrotOrganism,        failure_cases: list[ParrotEvaluationFailureCase],        learning_log_entries: list[LearningLogEntry],    ) -> list[ParrotOrganism]:        fc = failure_cases[0]        prompt = jinja2.Template(self.IMPROVEMENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).render(            organism=organism, failure_case=fc        )        try:            resp = _prompt_llm(prompt)            parts = resp.split("```")            if len(parts) < 3:                return []            new_tpl = parts[-2].strip()            return [ParrotOrganism(prompt_template=new_tpl)]        except Exception as e:            print(f"mutate error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)            return []  class ParrotEvaluator(Evaluator[ParrotOrganism, EvaluationResult, ParrotEvaluationFailureCase]):    TRAINABLE_PHRASES = [        "Hello world.",        "bla",        "Bla",        "bla.",        '"bla bla".',        "Just say 'foo' once with no extra words.",    ]    HOLDOUT_PHRASES = [        "bla, but only once.",        "'bla'",    ]     def evaluate(self, organism: ParrotOrganism) -> EvaluationResult:        train_fails: list[ParrotEvaluationFailureCase] = []        hold_fails: list[ParrotEvaluationFailureCase] = []        for i, p in enumerate(self.TRAINABLE_PHRASES):            r = organism.run(p)            if r != p:                train_fails.append(ParrotEvaluationFailureCase(                    phrase=p, response=r, data_point_id=f"trainable_{i}"))        for i, p in enumerate(self.HOLDOUT_PHRASES):            r = organism.run(p)            if r != p:                hold_fails.append(ParrotEvaluationFailureCase(                    phrase=p, response=r, data_point_id=f"holdout_{i}"))        n_total = len(self.TRAINABLE_PHRASES) + len(self.HOLDOUT_PHRASES)        n_ok = n_total - len(train_fails) - len(hold_fails)        return EvaluationResult(            score=n_ok / n_total,            trainable_failure_cases=train_fails,            holdout_failure_cases=hold_fails,            # Always viable. Even a 0-score seed is a valid starting point; the            # mutator should still get a chance to fix it.            is_viable=True,        )  def make_problem() -> Problem:    return Problem[ParrotOrganism, EvaluationResult, ParrotEvaluationFailureCase](        evaluator=ParrotEvaluator(),        mutators=[ImproveParrotMutator()],        initial_organism=ParrotOrganism(prompt_template="Say {{ phrase }}"),    )  def main() -> int:    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()    register_hyperparameter_args(ap.add_argument_group("hyperparameters"))    ap.add_argument("--num_iterations", type=int, default=3)    ap.add_argument("--mutator_concurrency", type=int, default=4)    ap.add_argument("--evaluator_concurrency", type=int, default=4)    ap.add_argument("--output_dir", type=str, required=True)    args = ap.parse_args()     out = Path(args.output_dir)    out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)     hp = build_hyperparameter_config_from_args(args)    loop = EvolveProblemLoop(        problem=make_problem(),        learning_log_view_type=parse_learning_log_view_type(hp.learning_log_view_type),        num_parents_per_iteration=hp.num_parents_per_iteration,        mutator_concurrency=args.mutator_concurrency,        evaluator_concurrency=args.evaluator_concurrency,        fixed_midpoint_score=hp.fixed_midpoint_score,        midpoint_score_percentile=hp.midpoint_score_percentile,        sharpness=hp.sharpness,        novelty_weight=hp.novelty_weight,        batch_size=hp.batch_size,        should_verify_mutations=hp.verify_mutations,    )     import json    log_path = out / "results.jsonl"    snap_dir = out / "snapshots"    snap_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)    print("Evaluating initial organism...")    for snap in loop.run(num_iterations=args.num_iterations):        (snap_dir / f"iteration_{snap.iteration}.pkl").write_bytes(snap.snapshot)        _, best_eval = snap.best_organism_result        print(f"iter={snap.iteration} pop={snap.population_size} "              f"best_score={best_eval.score:.3f}")        with log_path.open("a") as f:            f.write(json.dumps({                "iteration": snap.iteration,                "best_score": best_eval.score,                "pop_size": snap.population_size,                "score_percentiles": {str(k): v for k, v in snap.score_percentiles.items()},            }) + "\n")    print(f"\nDone. Results in: {out}")    return 0  if __name__ == "__main__":    sys.exit(main()) 
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