Item detail
github.com

CyrusNuevoDia/gepa-research

CyrusNuevoDia/gepa-research is a coding agent plugin that RepoRadar is tracking in its Coding Agents section, currently rated Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.5 out of 10.

Score8.0
Popularity1.0
Risknone
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty9.0
Momentum7.0
Maturity6.3
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.5
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for AI coding-agent users and research engineers who want to optimize a real codebase against a measurable signal (latency, accuracy, test coverage, eval score) without hand-tuning a custom evolutionary loop, because gepa-research wraps the upstream GEPA optimizer behind a per-host plugin (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes) and a discover-then-optimize flow that drops candidates into per

Who should use it

AI coding-agent users and research engineers who want to optimize a real codebase against a measurable signal (latency, accuracy, test coverage, eval score) without hand-tuning a custom evolutionary loopTooling authors studying the per-host plugin / marketplace contract for Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, and Hermes as a reference implementationBenchmark and eval authors who want their harness to be the gate that GEPA candidates have to passOpen-source maintainers who want a safe, audit-trailed way to let an agent propose code changes that auto-rollback on regression

Who should skip it

Skip CyrusNuevoDia/gepa-research if the source link, documentation, or setup requirements do not align with your current workflow or stack.

About this signal

CyrusNuevoDia/gepa-research is tracked by RepoRadar as a coding agent plugin in the Coding Agents section. It was first seen on 2026-07-02 and last updated on 2026-07-02. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. Across RepoRadar's eight signals, CyrusNuevoDia/gepa-research is strongest on workflow potential (9.5) and novelty (9.0) and weakest on maturity (6.3) — a profile worth weighing against your own priorities. This page summarizes the evidence RepoRadar has captured from captured source metadata. The score, tier, risk label, and verdict on this page are never influenced by sponsorship, ads, or tips — they reflect only the usefulness, popularity, novelty, momentum, maturity, and evidence signals described in the RepoRadar methodology.

How this item is evaluated

RepoRadar assigned CyrusNuevoDia/gepa-research a composite score of 8.0 out of 10, placing it in the Gold tier. This score combines weighted sub-signals: usefulness (35%), novelty (18%), momentum (14%), maturity (10%), open-source/build quality (7%), evidence quality (6%), workflow potential (6%), and setup ease (4%). Popularity is tracked separately at 1.0 and never affects the composite score or tier. The risk label of 'none' reflects inherent user-impacting hazards, not generic novelty. Items with no risk flag may still require normal code review before production use.

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Each GEPA candidate is applied in an isolated git worktree and gate-checked, but the gate is whatever the user wires up — confirm the regression tests / safety checks are exhaustive enough for the codebase you point it at before you trust the loop to run unattended; The inner loop calls the underlying LLM repeatedly with rich side-info; budget accordingly — the documented default `max-metric-calls=50` is a starting point, not a guarantee, and per-candidate side-info can be large for code-heavy repos.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
claude-codecodexopenclawhermesgepaevolutionarypluginoptimization