Birfy/agentdescent

Prompt Engineering

Gradient descent, but the parameters are agents — a parallel, asynchronous framework for self-evolving agents (skills, prompts, harnesses). Diffs are the gradients; the aggregator is the optimizer.

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5.2

GitHub Metrics

Stars

191

Forks

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Language

Python

License

MIT

Last Commit

Aug 28, 2026

Created

Jul 24, 2026

Latest Release

v0.4.2

Release Date

Aug 10, 2026

Synced: Aug 28, 2026

Quality Scores

Documentation Qualityw: 20%

5.2

Has docs site (https://birfy.github.io/agentdescent/). Description: 197 chars. Stars signal: 191. Contributors: 3. Score: 5.2/10

Community Healthw: 20%

2.4

Stars: 191. Contributors: 3. Watchers: 10. Forks: 17. Issue ratio: 2.1%. Score: 2.4/10

Maintenance Velocityw: 15%

9.7

Last commit: 0d ago. Weekly commits: 32. Latest release: v0.4.2. Score: 9.7/10

API Design & DXw: 20%

6.1

Stars/issues ratio: 48. Dynamic language: Python. Has documentation site. Permissive license: MIT. Popularity signal: 191 stars. Score: 6.1/10

Production Readinessw: 15%

3.5

Battle-tested: 191 stars. Peer review: 3 contributors. Versioned: v0.4.2. Licensed: MIT. Age: 0.1 years. Maintenance: last commit 0d ago. Score: 3.5/10

Ecosystem Integrationw: 10%

4.4

Fork interest: 17. Major ecosystem: Python. Integration-friendly: MIT. Adoption: 191 stars. Has web presence. Score: 4.4/10