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Magnus Hedemark 95046675bc feat: add dspy — expert skill for compiled prompt programs
Greenfield SkillOpt: 3 epochs for a Stanford DSPy compiler skill.
DSPy is a fundamentally different paradigm from chain/RAG frameworks.

Epoch 1 — Prominence:
- Hard-gate blockquote: 'DSPy is NOT a chain framework'
- Core Paradigm section with runnable code example early

Epoch 2 — Decision Guidance:
- Framework Routing Guide (DSPy vs LlamaIndex vs LangChain vs LangGraph)
- Where to Start table mapping entry points
- Troubleshooting table with reference links

Epoch 3 — Pattern Expansion:
- Optimizer selection cheat sheet from official docs
- Caching, compilation cost management, save/load
- FAQ covering paradigm confusion, errors, deployment

12 files: SKILL.md, 7 references, 3 templates, 1 script.
v1.0.0 -> v1.0.3 across 3 epochs.

All API surfaces validated against dspy.ai official docs —
optimizer selection guide, caching, core modules, FAQ.
Signed-off-by: Jasper <jasper@montcastle.bitches>
2026-07-09 14:51:32 -04:00

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DSPy Evaluation

Defining Metrics

Metrics are Python functions. They can return bool, int, or float.

def exact_match(example, pred, trace=None):
    return example.answer == pred.answer

def f1_score(example, pred, trace=None):
    pred_tokens = set(pred.answer.split())
    gold_tokens = set(example.answer.split())
    if not pred_tokens or not gold_tokens:
        return 0.0
    precision = len(pred_tokens & gold_tokens) / len(pred_tokens)
    recall = len(pred_tokens & gold_tokens) / len(gold_tokens)
    return 2 * precision * recall / (precision + recall) if (precision + recall) else 0.0

dspy.Evaluate

from dspy.evaluate import Evaluate

evaluator = Evaluate(devset=devset, metric=exact_match, num_threads=8)
score = evaluator(compiled_program)
print(f"Accuracy: {score}")

Metrics with Feedback (for GEPA)

GEPA is the only optimizer that reads Prediction(score, feedback):

def metric_with_feedback(example, pred, trace=None):
    score = 1.0 if pred.answer == example.answer else 0.0
    feedback = "Correct" if score else f"Expected: {example.answer}, Got: {pred.answer}"
    return dspy.Prediction(score=score, feedback=feedback)

Creating Datasets

from dspy.datasets import DataLoader

# From list of dicts
trainset = [dspy.Example(question="Q1", answer="A1").with_inputs("question")]
devset = [dspy.Example(question="Q2", answer="A2").with_inputs("question")]

# Or use DataLoader for common formats
dl = DataLoader()
dataset = dl.from_json("data.json")

Best Practices

  • Split trainset and devset/valet — never optimize on your evaluation set
  • Use float metrics for fine-grained optimization signal
  • For GEPA, always provide feedback in the metric
  • Start with exact_match, graduate to semantic similarity for subjective tasks
  • Parallelize evaluation with num_threads