Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM
Imp is a new library that ports the DSPy framework to the Elixir BEAM virtual machine, allowing developers to build self-improving language model programs. It enables typed, measurable AI workflows with the concurrency benefits of the Erlang/Elixir ecosystem.
Why it matters
It represents the expansion of sophisticated AI optimization tools into functional programming environments, improving reliability for production systems.
Declarative, self-improving language-model programs for Elixir.
Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM. You describe what each language-model step takes and returns, choose how it thinks, and let an optimizer improve it against examples of what good looks like. You get signatures, modules, optimizers, agent loops and retrieval, running with the reliability and concurrency of OTP.
DSPy makes each call to a model a declared, typed function that you can measure and improve. On the BEAM, an agent is a process: it keeps its own state, receives messages, and runs under a supervisor alongside the rest of your application. With both, you can build anything from one typed call to many long-running agents, and improve each part by measuring it.
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