darwinian-evolver

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

  • evolution
  • optimization
  • prompt-engineering
  • research

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"""Template: a custom darwinian-evolver problem. Copy this file, fill in the THREE marked spots (Organism, Evaluator, Mutator),then run it as a driver script. The skeleton handles all the wiring so you onlywrite the domain-specific logic. To run:    cd ~/.hermes/cache/darwinian-evolver/darwinian_evolver    OPENROUTER_API_KEY=... uv run --with openai python /path/to/this_file.py \        --num_iterations 3 --num_parents_per_iteration 2 \        --output_dir /tmp/my_problem The pattern mirrors `scripts/parrot_openrouter.py` (the working reference)."""from __future__ import annotations import argparseimport osimport sysfrom pathlib import Path from openai import OpenAI # Upstream types (AGPL — invoked via subprocess in production; importing here# is fine for skill-side driver scripts the user owns).from darwinian_evolver.cli_common import (    build_hyperparameter_config_from_args,    parse_learning_log_view_type,    register_hyperparameter_args,)from darwinian_evolver.evolve_problem_loop import EvolveProblemLoopfrom darwinian_evolver.learning_log import LearningLogEntryfrom darwinian_evolver.problem import (    EvaluationFailureCase,    EvaluationResult,    Evaluator,    Mutator,    Organism,    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, max_tokens: int = 1024) -> str:    try:        r = _client().chat.completions.create(            model=DEFAULT_MODEL,            max_tokens=max_tokens,            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],        )        return r.choices[0].message.content or ""    except Exception as e:        # Never let one bad LLM response kill the run.        return f"<LLM_ERROR: {type(e).__name__}: {e}>"  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------# 1. ORGANISM — what you are evolving.# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------class MyOrganism(Organism):    # TODO: replace with your artifact field. Common shapes:    #   prompt_template: str    #   regex_pattern: str    #   sql_query: str    #   code_block: str    artifact: str     def run(self, *inputs) -> str:        """Exercise the organism on a test input. Return whatever your        evaluator wants to score."""        # TODO: implement. For prompt evolution this typically calls _prompt_llm        # with the artifact rendered against the input. For regex/SQL it would        # call `re.findall(self.artifact, input)` / execute SQL / etc.        raise NotImplementedError  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------# 2. EVALUATOR — score organisms and surface failures the mutator can learn from.# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------class MyFailureCase(EvaluationFailureCase):    # TODO: include enough context for the LLM to diagnose the failure.    input: str    expected: str    actual: str  class MyEvaluator(Evaluator[MyOrganism, EvaluationResult, MyFailureCase]):    # Split your dataset. Mutator only sees trainable; holdout detects overfitting.    TRAINABLE = [        # TODO: list of (input, expected) tuples        # ("input1", "expected1"),    ]    HOLDOUT = [        # TODO: separate set the mutator never sees    ]     def evaluate(self, organism: MyOrganism) -> EvaluationResult:        train_fails: list[MyFailureCase] = []        hold_fails: list[MyFailureCase] = []        for i, (inp, expected) in enumerate(self.TRAINABLE):            actual = organism.run(inp)            if actual != expected:                train_fails.append(MyFailureCase(                    input=inp, expected=expected, actual=actual,                    data_point_id=f"trainable_{i}",                ))        for i, (inp, expected) in enumerate(self.HOLDOUT):            actual = organism.run(inp)            if actual != expected:                hold_fails.append(MyFailureCase(                    input=inp, expected=expected, actual=actual,                    data_point_id=f"holdout_{i}",                ))        n_total = len(self.TRAINABLE) + len(self.HOLDOUT)        n_ok = n_total - len(train_fails) - len(hold_fails)        return EvaluationResult(            score=n_ok / n_total if n_total else 0.0,            trainable_failure_cases=train_fails,            holdout_failure_cases=hold_fails,            # Always-viable. The evolver only blocks completely-broken organisms;            # a 0-score organism is fine and will simply be sampled less often.            is_viable=True,        )  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------# 3. MUTATOR — LLM proposes an improved organism from a failure case.# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------class MyMutator(Mutator[MyOrganism, MyFailureCase]):    PROMPT = """The current artifact is:```{artifact}``` On this input:```{input}```it produced:```{actual}```but we wanted:```{expected}``` Diagnose what went wrong, then propose an improved version of the artifact.Put the new version in the LAST triple-backtick block of your response.""".strip()     def mutate(        self,        organism: MyOrganism,        failure_cases: list[MyFailureCase],        learning_log_entries: list[LearningLogEntry],    ) -> list[MyOrganism]:        fc = failure_cases[0]        prompt = self.PROMPT.format(            artifact=organism.artifact,            input=fc.input,            actual=fc.actual,            expected=fc.expected,        )        resp = _prompt_llm(prompt)        parts = resp.split("```")        if len(parts) < 3:            return []        new_artifact = parts[-2].strip()        # Strip an opening language tag like "python\n" or "sql\n"        if "\n" in new_artifact:            first_line, rest = new_artifact.split("\n", 1)            if first_line and not first_line.startswith(" ") and len(first_line) < 20:                new_artifact = rest        return [MyOrganism(artifact=new_artifact)]  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------# Driver — fills in the EvolveProblemLoop boilerplate. You shouldn't need to# touch anything below this line for a typical run.# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------def make_problem() -> Problem:    initial = MyOrganism(artifact="TODO: starting artifact here")  # TODO    return Problem[MyOrganism, EvaluationResult, MyFailureCase](        evaluator=MyEvaluator(),        mutators=[MyMutator()],        initial_organism=initial,    )  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=2)    ap.add_argument("--evaluator_concurrency", type=int, default=2)    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)    (out / "snapshots").mkdir(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,    )     print("Evaluating initial organism...")    for snap in loop.run(num_iterations=args.num_iterations):        (out / "snapshots" / f"iteration_{snap.iteration}.pkl").write_bytes(snap.snapshot)        _, best = snap.best_organism_result        print(f"iter={snap.iteration} pop={snap.population_size} best_score={best.score:.3f}")     print(f"\nDone. Results in: {out}")    return 0  if __name__ == "__main__":    sys.exit(main()) 
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