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funsearch from optima-cityu/llm4ad_next is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add optima-cityu/llm4ad_next/funsearch@git:20260825.2005c66Pins git:20260825.2005c66 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- optima-cityu/llm4ad_next
- Path
skills/algo-design/funsearch/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260825.2005c66, committed Aug 25, 2026
- Size
- 2,422 bytes
- Repository stars
- 674
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
FunSearch (Program Search) method skill. USE WHEN the user explicitly requests FunSearch / Program Search, or wants search with a programs database that stores and samples from high-scoring programs.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# FunSearch Skill > **Paper**: Romera-Paredes et al., "Mathematical discoveries from program search with large language models", Nature 625 (2024). ## 1. Method Essence FunSearch organizes search using a **ProgramsDatabase**: programs are stored and indexed by evaluation score, with sampling prioritizing high-score buckets for mutation. New programs are evaluated and stored by score, forming a "high-score priority, low-score elimination" evolution. It also uses an **islands mechanism** for diversity: multiple independent sub-populations evolve separately, with periodic exchange. Core components: - **Database**: Archive of programs + scores, stratified by score (higher score = higher probability of being sampled as parent) - **Sampler**: Generates mutation prompts from high-score programs (not from empty prompts) - **Evaluator**: Independent evaluation, results written back to database ## 2. Recommended Parameters See `params.yaml` in this directory for the recommended parameter configuration. ### What Happens During Evolution 1. Database initialized with seed programs (or random generation) 2. Each generation: - Sample parent from high-score bucket …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add optima-cityu/llm4ad_next/funsearch@sha256:4a58a7e80c12b7fcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260825.2005c66, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 25, 2026.
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- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
optima-cityu/llm4ad_next · 674 stars · license BSD-3-Clause · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nt6ttu6zkaajyjke GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=optima-cityu/llm4ad_next/funsearch GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4a58a7e80c12b7fc87ee6f9afc1d35f1c92293e2d048cf517136fed1e393571d
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