# ARC-AGI Optimization Tutorial

This guide introduces ARC-AGI, why it is a strong fit for optimizer-driven prompt iteration, and where to find the full, runnable implementation in the SDK.

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Codebase entry point: [`sdks/opik_optimizer/scripts/arc_agi/tasks_optimizer.py`](https://github.com/comet-ml/opik/blob/main/sdks/opik_optimizer/scripts/arc_agi/tasks_optimizer.py) and the ARC-AGI utilities in [`sdks/opik_optimizer/scripts/arc_agi/`](https://github.com/comet-ml/opik/tree/main/sdks/opik_optimizer/scripts/arc_agi).
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## What is ARC-AGI?

ARC-AGI tasks are grid-based reasoning puzzles that test an agent’s ability to infer transformation rules from a few examples. They are a natural fit for optimization because small prompt changes can dramatically improve generalization across tasks.

## Why use optimizers here?

ARC-AGI evaluation is deterministic and repeatable, which makes it ideal for iterative optimization. HRPO is especially useful because it captures failure modes and proposes targeted fixes.

## How the SDK implementation works

The SDK ships a full ARC-AGI workflow you can run locally:

1. **Dataset loader**: [`sdks/opik_optimizer/src/opik_optimizer/datasets/arc_agi2.py`](https://github.com/comet-ml/opik/blob/main/sdks/opik_optimizer/src/opik_optimizer/datasets/arc_agi2.py) loads ARC-AGI-2 tasks and embeds optional grid images.
2. **Prompt templates**: `sdks/opik_optimizer/scripts/arc_agi/prompts/` contains system and HRPO prompt templates.
3. **Evaluator + metrics**: `sdks/opik_optimizer/scripts/arc_agi/utils/code_evaluator.py` executes candidate solvers and scores ARC-AGI metrics via `utils/metrics.py`.
4. **Optimizer wiring**: `tasks_optimizer.py` connects dataset, HRPO, metrics, and logging into a repeatable run.

If you want to run the code as-is, start with the `tasks_optimizer.py` entry point and follow the CLI flags listed at the top of that file.

## Next steps

- Explore the ARC-AGI scripts in the repo and swap in your own datasets or prompt templates.
- Review the run summaries under `scripts/arc_agi/` to compare optimizer iterations.

## Related pages

- [Synthetic Data Optimizer Cookbook](./development-optimization-runs-cookbooks-synthetic-data-optimizer-cookbook.md)
- [Multimodal Agent Optimization Tutorial](./development-optimization-runs-cookbooks-multimodal-agent-optimizer-cookbook.md)

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