name: openevolve_world_knowledge
display_name: OpenEvolve + World Knowledge
organization: "default"
type: test_time_search
family: evolutionary_method
summary: "OpenEvolve with an open-world retrieval layer: a gate decides when to search the web, and the search query is itself evolved."
source: "Open Scientific Discovery — World Knowledge Layer over OpenEvolve (open AlphaEvolve)"
tags: [map-elites, islands, diff-evolution, retrieval, web-search, open-world, bi-level]
license: Apache-2.0
controller: galapagos.scaffolds.openevolve_world_knowledge.scaffold.OpenEvolveWorldKnowledgeScaffold
# Identical to openevolve's, deliberately: the World Knowledge Layer is orthogonal to the six
# components, not one of them. This method IS OpenEvolve's population, selection, prompt and
# proposer — with a layer attached, configured under the `world_knowledge` config section.
components:
  population: {kind: map_elites_islands}
  selection_policy: {kind: three_tier_explore_exploit}
  prompt_builder: {kind: openevolve_template}
  proposer: {kind: diff}
  evaluator: {kind: task}
  memory: {kind: none}