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site_name: DSPy site_description: The framework for programming—rather than prompting—language models. site_url: https://dspy.ai/
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nav: - Get Started: index.md - Learn DSPy: - Learning DSPy: learn/index.md - DSPy Programming: - Programming Overview: learn/programming/overview.md - Language Models: learn/programming/language_models.md - Signatures: learn/programming/signatures.md - Modules: learn/programming/modules.md - Adapters: learn/programming/adapters.md - Tools: learn/programming/tools.md - MCP: learn/programming/mcp.md - DSPy Evaluation: - Evaluation Overview: learn/evaluation/overview.md - Data Handling: learn/evaluation/data.md - Metrics: learn/evaluation/metrics.md - DSPy Optimization: - Optimization Overview: learn/optimization/overview.md - Optimizers: learn/optimization/optimizers.md - Tutorials: - Tutorials Overview: tutorials/index.md - Build AI Programs with DSPy: - Overview: tutorials/build_ai_program/index.md - Managing Conversation History: tutorials/conversation_history/index.md - Building AI Agents with DSPy: tutorials/customer_service_agent/index.ipynb - Building AI Applications by Customizing DSPy Modules: tutorials/custom_module/index.ipynb - Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): tutorials/rag/index.ipynb - Building RAG as Agent: tutorials/agents/index.ipynb - Entity Extraction: tutorials/entity_extraction/index.ipynb - Classification: tutorials/classification/index.md - Multi-Hop RAG: tutorials/multihop_search/index.ipynb - Privacy-Conscious Delegation: tutorials/papillon/index.md - Program Of Thought: tutorials/program_of_thought/index.ipynb - Image Generation Prompt iteration: tutorials/image_generation_prompting/index.ipynb - Audio: tutorials/audio/index.ipynb - Optimize AI Programs with DSPy: - Overview: tutorials/optimize_ai_program/index.md - Math Reasoning: tutorials/math/index.ipynb - Classification Finetuning: tutorials/classification_finetuning/index.ipynb - Advanced Tool Use: tutorials/tool_use/index.ipynb - Finetuning Agents: tutorials/games/index.ipynb - Reflective Prompt Evolution with dspy.GEPA: - Overview: tutorials/gepa_ai_program/index.md - GEPA for AIME (Math): tutorials/gepa_aime/index.ipynb - GEPA for Structured Information Extraction for Enterprise Tasks: tutorials/gepa_facilitysupportanalyzer/index.ipynb - GEPA for Privacy-Conscious Delegation: tutorials/gepa_papillon/index.ipynb - GEPA for Code Backdoor Classification (AI control): tutorials/gepa_trusted_monitor/index.ipynb - Experimental RL Optimization for DSPy: - Overview: tutorials/rl_ai_program/index.md - RL for Privacy-Conscious Delegation: tutorials/rl_papillon/index.ipynb - RL for Multi-Hop Research: tutorials/rl_multihop/index.ipynb - Tools, Development, and Deployment: - Overview: tutorials/core_development/index.md - Use MCP in DSPy: tutorials/mcp/index.md - Output Refinement: tutorials/output_refinement/best-of-n-and-refine.md - Saving and Loading: tutorials/saving/index.md - Cache: tutorials/cache/index.md - Deployment: tutorials/deployment/index.md - Debugging & Observability: tutorials/observability/index.md - Tracking DSPy Optimizers: tutorials/optimizer_tracking/index.md - Streaming: tutorials/streaming/index.md - Async: tutorials/async/index.md - Real-World Examples: - Overview: tutorials/real_world_examples/index.md - Generating llms.txt: tutorials/llms_txt_generation/index.md - Memory-Enabled ReAct Agents: tutorials/mem0_react_agent/index.md - Financial Analysis with Yahoo Finance: tutorials/yahoo_finance_react/index.md - Email Information Extraction: tutorials/email_extraction/index.md - Code Generation for Unfamiliar Libraries: tutorials/sample_code_generation/index.md - Building a Creative Text-Based AI Game: tutorials/ai_text_game/index.md - DSPy in Production: production/index.md - Community: - Community Resources: community/community-resources.md - Use Cases: community/use-cases.md - Community Ports: community/community-ports.md - Contributing: community/how-to-contribute.md - FAQ: - FAQ: faqs.md - Cheatsheet: cheatsheet.md
- API Reference: - API Reference: api/index.md - Adapters: - Adapter: api/adapters/Adapter.md - ChatAdapter: api/adapters/ChatAdapter.md - JSONAdapter: api/adapters/JSONAdapter.md - TwoStepAdapter: api/adapters/TwoStepAdapter.md - Evaluation: - CompleteAndGrounded: api/evaluation/CompleteAndGrounded.md - Evaluate: api/evaluation/Evaluate.md - EvaluationResult: api/evaluation/EvaluationResult.md - SemanticF1: api/evaluation/SemanticF1.md - answer_exact_match: api/evaluation/answer_exact_match.md - answer_passage_match: api/evaluation/answer_passage_match.md - Experimental: - Citations: api/experimental/Citations.md - Document: api/experimental/Document.md - Models: - Embedder: api/models/Embedder.md - LM: api/models/LM.md - Modules: - BestOfN: api/modules/BestOfN.md - ChainOfThought: api/modules/ChainOfThought.md - CodeAct: api/modules/CodeAct.md - Module: api/modules/Module.md - MultiChainComparison: api/modules/MultiChainComparison.md - Parallel: api/modules/Parallel.md - Predict: api/modules/Predict.md - ProgramOfThought: api/modules/ProgramOfThought.md - ReAct: api/modules/ReAct.md - Refine: api/modules/Refine.md - Optimizers: - GEPA: - 1. GEPA Overview: api/optimizers/GEPA/overview.md - 2. GEPA Advanced: api/optimizers/GEPA/GEPA_Advanced.md - BetterTogether: api/optimizers/BetterTogether.md - BootstrapFewShot: api/optimizers/BootstrapFewShot.md - BootstrapFewShotWithRandomSearch: api/optimizers/BootstrapFewShotWithRandomSearch.md - BootstrapFinetune: api/optimizers/BootstrapFinetune.md - BootstrapRS: api/optimizers/BootstrapRS.md - COPRO: api/optimizers/COPRO.md - Ensemble: api/optimizers/Ensemble.md - InferRules: api/optimizers/InferRules.md - KNN: api/optimizers/KNN.md - KNNFewShot: api/optimizers/KNNFewShot.md - LabeledFewShot: api/optimizers/LabeledFewShot.md - MIPROv2: api/optimizers/MIPROv2.md - SIMBA: api/optimizers/SIMBA.md - Primitives: - Audio: api/primitives/Audio.md - Code: api/primitives/Code.md - Example: api/primitives/Example.md - History: api/primitives/History.md - Image: api/primitives/Image.md - Prediction: api/primitives/Prediction.md - Tool: api/primitives/Tool.md - ToolCalls: api/primitives/ToolCalls.md - Signatures: - InputField: api/signatures/InputField.md - OutputField: api/signatures/OutputField.md - Signature: api/signatures/Signature.md - Tools: - ColBERTv2: api/tools/ColBERTv2.md - Embeddings: api/tools/Embeddings.md - PythonInterpreter: api/tools/PythonInterpreter.md - Utils: - StatusMessage: api/utils/StatusMessage.md - StatusMessageProvider: api/utils/StatusMessageProvider.md - StreamListener: api/utils/StreamListener.md - asyncify: api/utils/asyncify.md - configure_cache: api/utils/configure_cache.md - disable_litellm_logging: api/utils/disable_litellm_logging.md - disable_logging: api/utils/disable_logging.md - enable_litellm_logging: api/utils/enable_litellm_logging.md - enable_logging: api/utils/enable_logging.md - inspect_history: api/utils/inspect_history.md - load: api/utils/load.md - streamify: api/utils/streamify.md
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