gepa_ex

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# GEPA for Elixir

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GEPA for Elixir is a library for optimizing text-based system components with LLM-backed reflection, Pareto search, and evaluator-driven workflows.

## Installation

Add `gepa_ex` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:

```elixir
def deps do
  [
    {:gepa_ex, "~> 0.2.0"}
  ]
end
```

## Start Here

- [Getting Started](guides/getting_started.md)
- [Core API](guides/core_api.md)
- [LLM and Adapters](guides/llm_and_adapters.md)
- [Optimization Workflow](guides/optimization_workflow.md)
- [Optimize Anything](guides/optimize_anything.md)
- [Observability](guides/observability.md)
- [Examples and Livebooks](guides/examples_and_livebooks.md)

## Quick Start

```elixir
llm = GEPA.LLM.req_llm(:openai)
adapter = GEPA.Adapters.Basic.new(llm: llm)

{:ok, result} =
  GEPA.optimize(
    seed_candidate: %{"instruction" => "Answer exactly."},
    trainset: [%{input: "What is 2+2?", answer: "4"}],
    valset: [%{input: "What is 5+5?", answer: "10"}],
    adapter: adapter,
    max_metric_calls: 20
  )

IO.puts("Best score: #{GEPA.Result.best_score(result)}")
```

For evaluator-driven tasks, use `GEPA.OptimizeAnything.optimize_anything/1` and provide a candidate, evaluator, dataset, and objective text.

## What Ships

- Core optimization engine with Pareto fronts, state persistence, stop conditions, merge scheduling, and acceptance criteria
- Adapter contract plus shipped adapters for Q&A, default chat-style tasks, ReqLLM, Agent Session Manager, and testing
- LLM facade with structured output support, streaming, and provider normalization
- Candidate proposal, batch sampling, and selection strategies including epsilon-greedy
- Telemetry, callbacks, tracking, and terminal progress output
- Result serialization and utility modules for code execution and evaluation caching

## Examples and Livebooks

- Live scripts: `examples/README.md`
- Batch runner: `examples/run_all.sh`
- Notebooks: `livebooks/README.md`

The scripts and notebooks are tied to the current codebase and should be read alongside the guide set above.

## HexDocs

The full API reference is generated from `mix.exs` and the module docs in `lib/`. The guide menu now lives under `guides/*.md`.

## Changelog

See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for release notes.