Chapters

7 chapters covering everything from basics to production DSPy.

Chapter 1Free

Don't Panic

Stop prompt engineering. Start programming. Your first working DSPy program.

45 min read
Chapter 2

The Restaurant at the End of the Pipeline

Build a multi-step Lead Intelligence Engine. Module composition, Pydantic outputs, and why pipelines beat single prompts.

55 min read
Chapter 3

Life, the Universe, and Retrieval

RAG done right. Build a knowledge-grounded QA system with DSPy's retrieval modules.

50 min read
Chapter 4

The Babel Fish — Optimizers Demystified

Stop hand-writing prompts. Let DSPy's optimizers find better ones automatically.

60 min read
Chapter 5

So Long, and Thanks for All the Prompts

Build autonomous agents with tool use, ReAct loops, and multi-agent coordination.

55 min read
Chapter 6

Mostly Harmless (in Production)

Scaling, observability, caching, and battle scars from real production DSPy deployments.

60 min read
Chapter 7

The Answer Is 42 (Tokens)

Advanced patterns: multimodal, custom metrics, fine-tuning, and what comes next.

50 min read
Chapter 8

The Infinite Improbability Context

Context rot is real. RLMs let the LLM explore massive documents like a detective, not drown in them. Build a Contract Intelligence Engine.

55 min read