Definition
DSPy is a framework for algorithmically optimizing LM prompts and weights, replacing manual 'prompt engineering' with declarative modules and 'teleprompter' optimizers. It offers the trade-off of significantly higher pipeline robustness and portability at the cost of a steeper learning curve and the requirement for a rigorous evaluation dataset.
A programming model for optimizing LMs, not a standard orchestration library like LangChain or a vector database.
"A software compiler that translates high-level code into optimized machine instructions, rather than a developer manually writing binary."
- Signature(Component)
- Teleprompter(Component)
- Programmatic Prompting(Prerequisite)
- BootstrapFewShot(Component)
Conceptual Overview
DSPy is a framework for algorithmically optimizing LM prompts and weights, replacing manual 'prompt engineering' with declarative modules and 'teleprompter' optimizers. It offers the trade-off of significantly higher pipeline robustness and portability at the cost of a steeper learning curve and the requirement for a rigorous evaluation dataset.
Disambiguation
A programming model for optimizing LMs, not a standard orchestration library like LangChain or a vector database.
Visual Analog
A software compiler that translates high-level code into optimized machine instructions, rather than a developer manually writing binary.