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Optimize DSPy programs with dspy.GEPA — a reflective/evolutionary optimizer to consider against task-specific baselines within an authorized evaluation budget. Use when the user says optimize, compile, GEPA, reflective optimization, or "make this program better" and a DSPy program + metric + trainset exist.

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DSPy GEPA Optimizer (3.2.x)

GEPA (Genetic-Pareto) is a reflective optimizer: it mutates a program's instructions and few-shots using an LM that reads your metric's textual feedback and proposes improvements. It maintains a Pareto frontier across validation tasks and is the default recommendation for complex DSPy workloads in 2026.

The expansion "Genetic-Evolutionary Prompt Adaptation" that appears in some AI-generated summaries is an LLM-hallucinated backronym. The paper defines GEPA as Genetic-Pareto; the "Pareto" is load-bearing (GEPA keeps a frontier of candidates rather than collapsing to one).

Prerequisites — do these first or GEPA wastes rollouts

A dspy.Module that runs end-to-end (see dspy-fundamentals).
A rich-feedback metric returning dspy.Prediction(score=float, feedback=str) (see dspy-evaluation-harness). Informative feedback can support reflection; evaluate optimizer benefit on the task rather than assuming superiority. A dict with the same fields still crashes dspy.Evaluate under DSPy 3.2.1 — use dspy.Prediction.
trainset and a separate valset. For GEPA, maximize training examples and keep validation just large enough to represent the downstream distribution; do not reuse the same examples for both.
A reflection_lm — a strong LM (often the same or stronger than the task LM) set to temperature=1.0 for creative proposals. Current DSPy docs use a GPT-5-class reflection model with a large output budget.

Canonical call

import dspy

dspy.configure(lm=dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5-mini"))
reflection_lm = dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5", temperature=1.0, max_tokens=32000)

optimizer = dspy.GEPA(
    metric=rich_metric,
    auto="medium",                       # "light" / "medium" / "heavy"
    reflection_lm=reflection_lm,
    reflection_minibatch_size=3,
    candidate_selection_strategy="pareto",  # or "current_best"
    skip_perfect_score=True,
    use_merge=True,
    num_threads=8,
    track_stats=True,
    track_best_outputs=True,             # enables inference-time best-of selection
    log_dir="./gepa_logs",               # resume/checkpoint
    seed=0,
)

optimized = optimizer.compile(
    student=program,
    trainset=trainset,
    valset=valset,
)

# Pareto inspection
pareto = optimized.detailed_results.val_aggregate_scores
print("Pareto frontier:", sorted(pareto, reverse=True)[:5])

optimized.save("optimized_program.json", save_program=False)

Import paths

Either works; use the top-level in new code:

import dspy
dspy.GEPA(...)                              # preferred
# equivalently:
from dspy.teleprompt import GEPA

Metric contract (precise)

import dspy

def rich_metric(gold, pred, trace=None, pred_name=None, pred_trace=None):
    score = ...      # 0.0..1.0
    feedback = ...   # detailed natural-language critique
    return dspy.Prediction(score=score, feedback=feedback)

Return dspy.Prediction, not a dict. Some upstream GEPA prose describes score/feedback as a dict-like shape, but dspy.Evaluate in DSPy 3.2.1 still crashes on a literal dict metric (TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'dict'). GEPA uses dspy.Evaluate internally for candidate scoring, so a dict return can fail inside GEPA too, not just in your explicit Evaluate(...) calls.

pred_name / pred_trace are set during reflection on a specific predictor inside your module — write per-predictor feedback when possible (credit assignment). If you cannot localize feedback, return program-level feedback rather than a vague score-only critique.
Feedback quality is the load-bearing part: specifics about why it failed and what good looks like are what the reflection LM acts on.

Budget knobs

Use either auto=... or explicit budget — not both.

Mode	Rough rollouts	When to use
`auto="light"`	~20–40 full evals	Sanity-check GEPA works on your metric
`auto="medium"`	~80–150 full evals	Everyday optimization
`auto="heavy"`	~300–600 full evals	Final run before ship
`max_full_evals=N`	Explicit	Deterministic budget
`max_metric_calls=N`	Explicit	Hard cap on metric invocations (more predictable cost)

Each "full eval" ≈ len(valset) metric calls. Budget accordingly for cost.

Constructor parameters (every one, DSPy 3.2.x)

dspy.GEPA(
    metric,                                  # required
    auto=None,                               # Literal["light","medium","heavy"] | None
    max_full_evals=None,
    max_metric_calls=None,
    reflection_minibatch_size=3,
    candidate_selection_strategy="pareto",   # or "current_best"
    reflection_lm=None,                      # required in practice
    skip_perfect_score=True,
    add_format_failure_as_feedback=False,
    instruction_proposer=None,               # custom ProposalFn
    component_selector="round_robin",        # or a callable
    use_merge=True,
    max_merge_invocations=5,
    num_threads=None,
    failure_score=0.0,
    perfect_score=1.0,
    log_dir=None,
    track_stats=False,
    use_wandb=False,
    wandb_api_key=None,                      # overrides WANDB_API_KEY env var
    wandb_init_kwargs=None,                  # dict forwarded to wandb.init(...)
    track_best_outputs=False,
    warn_on_score_mismatch=True,
    use_mlflow=False,
    seed=0,
    gepa_kwargs=None,                        # e.g. {"use_cloudpickle": True} for dynamic signatures
)

.compile(student, *, trainset, valset=None, teacher=None) — teacher is not currently used.

Data split guidance

DSPy's general prompt-optimizer docs often recommend a validation-heavy split, such as 20% train / 80% validation, because small prompt optimizers can overfit tiny trainsets. GEPA is different: maximize the training set and reserve only enough validation examples to represent downstream behavior. The Pareto frontier still needs a real valset, but GEPA learns from traces and textual feedback on training examples, so starving trainset hurts.

BetterTogether in DSPy 3.2.x

If you want a multi-stage optimizer loop, DSPy 3.2.0's BetterTogether now accepts arbitrary named optimizers instead of the older fixed prompt_optimizer / weight_optimizer pair:

optimizer = dspy.BetterTogether(
    metric=rich_metric,
    bootstrap=dspy.BootstrapFewShotWithRandomSearch(metric=rich_metric),
    gepa=dspy.GEPA(metric=rich_metric, auto="light", reflection_lm=reflection_lm),
)

optimized = optimizer.compile(
    student=program,
    trainset=trainset,
    valset=valset,
    strategy="bootstrap -> gepa",
)

Pass strategy= explicitly when you use named stages like bootstrap=... and gepa=.... DSPy 3.2.0's default strategy is still "p -> w -> p", which only works if your optimizer keys are literally p and w.

Keep plain GEPA as the default first pass. Reach for BetterTogether only when you have a specific reason to chain optimizers and want the valset to pick the best intermediate program.

When GEPA > MIPROv2

Your metric can produce specific, teachable critiques (GEPA's superpower).
The program has multiple predictors that need targeted improvements (GEPA gives per-predictor feedback; MIPRO doesn't).
Rollout budget is small (GEPA converges faster with rich feedback).

When MIPROv2 > GEPA

Metric is scalar-only (no signal to reflect on) — use dspy.MIPROv2.
You want pure few-shot bootstrapping with no instruction mutation.
Very large trainset (500+) where Bayesian search over demos pays off.

When SIMBA is worth trying

dspy.SIMBA is a lighter reflective optimizer. Try it when you want a cheaper reflective pass than GEPA, your program is simple, or you need quick exploration before committing to a full GEPA run. Keep GEPA as the default for multi-predictor programs where per-predictor feedback and Pareto candidate selection matter.

Resume & checkpointing

log_dir writes candidate programs + scores per round. To resume an interrupted run, point log_dir at the same directory — GEPA picks up from the last checkpoint. Inspect <log_dir>/candidates/ to see every proposed program.

Inference-time best-of with `track_best_outputs`

With track_best_outputs=True, GEPA records, per task, the best prediction seen across all candidates. At inference time on held-out data, you can ensemble or select among the top-Pareto programs for robustness. Access via optimized.detailed_results.best_outputs_valset.

Anti-patterns

Float-only metric ("score is 0.7") with no feedback — GEPA collapses to random search.
Same set used for train and val — Pareto selection overfits.
reflection_lm = small model — it can't critique; use the strongest LM you can afford for this role.
Running auto="heavy" on an untested metric — burn money to learn the metric was bugged. Run auto="light" first.
Ignoring log_dir — losing a 4-hour run to a disconnect is very painful.

Gotcha: `reflection_lm` is required at construction, not compile

dspy.GEPA(...) asserts reflection_lm is not None (or a custom instruction_proposer) at init time — you cannot defer it to .compile(). If you see

AssertionError: GEPA requires a reflection language model...

add reflection_lm=dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5", temperature=1.0, max_tokens=32000) to the constructor, or substitute the strongest instruction-following model available on your provider. dspy.LM(...) is a cheap stub until you actually call it, so constructing one doesn't hit the network.

Build the metric → dspy-evaluation-harness.
End-to-end pipeline → dspy-advanced-workflow.
Parameter reference → reference.md.
Runnable example → example_gepa.py.
BetterTogether chaining example → example_bettertogether.py.

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description: Optimize DSPy programs with dspy.GEPA — a reflective/evolutionary optimizer to consider against task-specific baselines within an authorized evaluation budget. Use when the user says optimize, compile, GEPA, reflective optimization, or "make this program better" and a DSPy program + metric + trainset exist.
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name: dspy-gepa-optimizer
description: Optimize DSPy programs with dspy.GEPA — a reflective/evolutionary optimizer to consider against task-specific baselines within an authorized evaluation budget. Use when the user says optimize, compile, GEPA, reflective optimization, or "make this program better" and a DSPy program + metric + trainset exist.
when_to_use: User asks to optimize/compile/tune a DSPy program, mentions GEPA or reflective optimization, or has a working program with a non-trivial metric and wants to improve it.
---

# DSPy GEPA Optimizer (3.2.x)

GEPA (Genetic-Pareto) is a reflective optimizer: it mutates a program's instructions and few-shots using an LM that reads your metric's **textual feedback** and proposes improvements. It maintains a Pareto frontier across validation tasks and is the default recommendation for complex DSPy workloads in 2026.

> The expansion "Genetic-Evolutionary Prompt Adaptation" that appears in some AI-generated summaries is an LLM-hallucinated backronym. The [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19457) defines GEPA as Genetic-Pareto; the "Pareto" is load-bearing (GEPA keeps a frontier of candidates rather than collapsing to one).

## Prerequisites — do these first or GEPA wastes rollouts

1. A `dspy.Module` that runs end-to-end (see `dspy-fundamentals`).
2. A rich-feedback metric returning `dspy.Prediction(score=float, feedback=str)` (see `dspy-evaluation-harness`). Informative feedback can support reflection; evaluate optimizer benefit on the task rather than assuming superiority. A dict with the same fields still crashes `dspy.Evaluate` under DSPy 3.2.1 — use `dspy.Prediction`.
3. `trainset` and a **separate** `valset`. For GEPA, maximize training examples and keep validation just large enough to represent the downstream distribution; do not reuse the same examples for both.
4. A `reflection_lm` — a strong LM (often the same or stronger than the task LM) set to `temperature=1.0` for creative proposals. Current DSPy docs use a GPT-5-class reflection model with a large output budget.

## Canonical call

```python
import dspy

dspy.configure(lm=dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5-mini"))
reflection_lm = dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5", temperature=1.0, max_tokens=32000)

optimizer = dspy.GEPA(
    metric=rich_metric,
    auto="medium",                       # "light" / "medium" / "heavy"
    reflection_lm=reflection_lm,
    reflection_minibatch_size=3,
    candidate_selection_strategy="pareto",  # or "current_best"
    skip_perfect_score=True,
    use_merge=True,
    num_threads=8,
    track_stats=True,
    track_best_outputs=True,             # enables inference-time best-of selection
    log_dir="./gepa_logs",               # resume/checkpoint
    seed=0,
)

optimized = optimizer.compile(
    student=program,
    trainset=trainset,
    valset=valset,
)

# Pareto inspection
pareto = optimized.detailed_results.val_aggregate_scores
print("Pareto frontier:", sorted(pareto, reverse=True)[:5])

optimized.save("optimized_program.json", save_program=False)
```

## Import paths

Either works; use the top-level in new code:

```python
import dspy
dspy.GEPA(...)                              # preferred
# equivalently:
from dspy.teleprompt import GEPA
```

## Metric contract (precise)

```python
import dspy

def rich_metric(gold, pred, trace=None, pred_name=None, pred_trace=None):
    score = ...      # 0.0..1.0
    feedback = ...   # detailed natural-language critique
    return dspy.Prediction(score=score, feedback=feedback)
```

**Return `dspy.Prediction`, not a dict.** Some upstream GEPA prose describes score/feedback as a dict-like shape, but `dspy.Evaluate` in DSPy 3.2.1 still crashes on a literal dict metric (`TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'dict'`). GEPA uses `dspy.Evaluate` internally for candidate scoring, so a dict return can fail inside GEPA too, not just in your explicit `Evaluate(...)` calls.

- `pred_name` / `pred_trace` are set during reflection on a specific predictor inside your module — write per-predictor feedback when possible (credit assignment). If you cannot localize feedback, return program-level feedback rather than a vague score-only critique.
- Feedback quality is the load-bearing part: specifics about *why* it failed and *what good looks like* are what the reflection LM acts on.

## Budget knobs

Use **either** `auto=...` **or** explicit budget — not both.

| Mode | Rough rollouts | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| `auto="light"` | ~20–40 full evals | Sanity-check GEPA works on your metric |
| `auto="medium"` | ~80–150 full evals | Everyday optimization |
| `auto="heavy"` | ~300–600 full evals | Final run before ship |
| `max_full_evals=N` | Explicit | Deterministic budget |
| `max_metric_calls=N` | Explicit | Hard cap on metric invocations (more predictable cost) |

Each "full eval" ≈ `len(valset)` metric calls. Budget accordingly for cost.

## Constructor parameters (every one, DSPy 3.2.x)

```python
dspy.GEPA(
    metric,                                  # required
    auto=None,                               # Literal["light","medium","heavy"] | None
    max_full_evals=None,
    max_metric_calls=None,
    reflection_minibatch_size=3,
    candidate_selection_strategy="pareto",   # or "current_best"
    reflection_lm=None,                      # required in practice
    skip_perfect_score=True,
    add_format_failure_as_feedback=False,
    instruction_proposer=None,               # custom ProposalFn
    component_selector="round_robin",        # or a callable
    use_merge=True,
    max_merge_invocations=5,
    num_threads=None,
    failure_score=0.0,
    perfect_score=1.0,
    log_dir=None,
    track_stats=False,
    use_wandb=False,
    wandb_api_key=None,                      # overrides WANDB_API_KEY env var
    wandb_init_kwargs=None,                  # dict forwarded to wandb.init(...)
    track_best_outputs=False,
    warn_on_score_mismatch=True,
    use_mlflow=False,
    seed=0,
    gepa_kwargs=None,                        # e.g. {"use_cloudpickle": True} for dynamic signatures
)
```

`.compile(student, *, trainset, valset=None, teacher=None)` — `teacher` is not currently used.

## Data split guidance

DSPy's general prompt-optimizer docs often recommend a validation-heavy split, such as 20% train / 80% validation, because small prompt optimizers can overfit tiny trainsets. GEPA is different: maximize the training set and reserve only enough validation examples to represent downstream behavior. The Pareto frontier still needs a real valset, but GEPA learns from traces and textual feedback on training examples, so starving trainset hurts.

## BetterTogether in DSPy 3.2.x

If you want a multi-stage optimizer loop, DSPy 3.2.0's `BetterTogether` now accepts arbitrary named optimizers instead of the older fixed `prompt_optimizer` / `weight_optimizer` pair:

```python
optimizer = dspy.BetterTogether(
    metric=rich_metric,
    bootstrap=dspy.BootstrapFewShotWithRandomSearch(metric=rich_metric),
    gepa=dspy.GEPA(metric=rich_metric, auto="light", reflection_lm=reflection_lm),
)

optimized = optimizer.compile(
    student=program,
    trainset=trainset,
    valset=valset,
    strategy="bootstrap -> gepa",
)
```

Pass `strategy=` explicitly when you use named stages like `bootstrap=...` and `gepa=...`. DSPy 3.2.0's default strategy is still `"p -> w -> p"`, which only works if your optimizer keys are literally `p` and `w`.

Keep plain GEPA as the default first pass. Reach for `BetterTogether` only when you have a specific reason to chain optimizers and want the valset to pick the best intermediate program.

## When GEPA > MIPROv2

- Your metric can produce specific, teachable critiques (GEPA's superpower).
- The program has multiple predictors that need targeted improvements (GEPA gives per-predictor feedback; MIPRO doesn't).
- Rollout budget is small (GEPA converges faster with rich feedback).

## When MIPROv2 > GEPA

- Metric is scalar-only (no signal to reflect on) — use `dspy.MIPROv2`.
- You want pure few-shot bootstrapping with no instruction mutation.
- Very large trainset (500+) where Bayesian search over demos pays off.

## When SIMBA is worth trying

`dspy.SIMBA` is a lighter reflective optimizer. Try it when you want a cheaper reflective pass than GEPA, your program is simple, or you need quick exploration before committing to a full GEPA run. Keep GEPA as the default for multi-predictor programs where per-predictor feedback and Pareto candidate selection matter.

## Resume & checkpointing

`log_dir` writes candidate programs + scores per round. To resume an interrupted run, point `log_dir` at the same directory — GEPA picks up from the last checkpoint. Inspect `<log_dir>/candidates/` to see every proposed program.

## Inference-time best-of with `track_best_outputs`

With `track_best_outputs=True`, GEPA records, per task, the best prediction seen across all candidates. At inference time on held-out data, you can ensemble or select among the top-Pareto programs for robustness. Access via `optimized.detailed_results.best_outputs_valset`.

## Anti-patterns

- Float-only metric ("score is 0.7") with no feedback — GEPA collapses to random search.
- Same set used for train and val — Pareto selection overfits.
- `reflection_lm` = small model — it can't critique; use the strongest LM you can afford for this role.
- Running `auto="heavy"` on an untested metric — burn money to learn the metric was bugged. Run `auto="light"` first.
- Ignoring `log_dir` — losing a 4-hour run to a disconnect is very painful.

## Gotcha: `reflection_lm` is required at construction, not compile

`dspy.GEPA(...)` asserts `reflection_lm is not None` (or a custom `instruction_proposer`) *at init time* — you cannot defer it to `.compile()`. If you see

```
AssertionError: GEPA requires a reflection language model...
```

add `reflection_lm=dspy.LM("openai/gpt-5", temperature=1.0, max_tokens=32000)` to the constructor, or substitute the strongest instruction-following model available on your provider. `dspy.LM(...)` is a cheap stub until you actually call it, so constructing one doesn't hit the network.

## Next

- Build the metric → `dspy-evaluation-harness`.
- End-to-end pipeline → `dspy-advanced-workflow`.
- Parameter reference → [reference.md](reference.md).
- Runnable example → [example_gepa.py](example_gepa.py).
- BetterTogether chaining example → [example_bettertogether.py](example_bettertogether.py).

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