mipro-incremental-module-prompt-optimization

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Created 2026-08-24T17:11:12+00:00

MIPRO proposes small incremental changes to module prompts in multi-stage LM programs, retaining only changes that improve a downstream metric.

Summary

Instead of rewriting prompts from scratch, this approach treats prompt tuning like a careful experiment: nudge one instruction at a time in a multi-step LLM pipeline, and only keep the nudge if the final output measurably gets better. This matters because it makes prompt optimization incremental and verifiable, reducing the risk of a small edit silently breaking downstream stages.