zou-group/textgrad

• highreadme#1

  Reposition the README's H1 and opening paragraph to clarify LLM optimization focus

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  ## TextGrad: Automatic ''Differentiation'' via Text
  An autograd engine -- for textual gradients!

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  ## TextGrad: Automatic ''Differentiation'' via Text for LLM Optimization
  TextGrad is a novel autograd engine that applies the concept of 'differentiation' to text, enabling gradient-like optimization of Large Language Models (LLMs) purely through textual feedback.

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• mediumreadme#2

  Add a 'How TextGrad is Different' section to clarify its unique approach

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  ### How TextGrad is Different
  TextGrad's core differentiator is its **gradient-based, black-box optimization of Large Language Models (LLMs) purely through iterative text refinement, without requiring access to model weights or code.** This contrasts with:
  *   **Traditional fine-tuning or RLHF** which require model weight access and extensive data.
  *   **Prompt engineering** which is often manual and heuristic-based.
  *   **General ML frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow** which provide low-level tensor operations but do not offer text-based gradient computation for LLMs.

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• lowtopics#3

  Refine repository topics for better AI categorization

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  ai-optimization, compound-systems, large-language-models, prompt-optimization, textual-gradients

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  ai-optimization, large-language-models, llm-optimization, prompt-optimization, textual-gradients, text-feedback

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Category GEO backends resolved for this scan: google/gemini-2.5-flash, deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

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  How to optimize LLM prompts using textual feedback and gradient-like methods?

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  2. TensorFlow (tensorflow/tensorflow)
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  Seeking a framework for automatic textual gradient computation using large language models.

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  1. Hugging Face Transformers
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  3. autograd
  4. TensorFlow
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  9. GPT-4
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  13. Hugging Face Accelerate

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