* refactor: Update type annotations and remove unused class in evolving modules
* refactor: Simplify evolving agent and feedback handling in CoSTEER module
* lint & CI
* mypy
* ruff for core
* mypy
* refactor: remove unnecessary comments and update feedback handling logic
* refactor: Add prev_task_feedback parameter to evolving strategies
* feat: Clear folder before extracting zip file in DockerEnv
* fix: Correct retrieval of last experiment from history
* allow the LLM in the ensemble to focus on the significance of metrics
* fix a bug in feedback
* prun spec
* fix a bug in ensemble
* delete unnecessary prompts
* fix the logic in spec
* generalize dataset split
* File structure for supporting litellm
* more litellm support
* feat: Add CachedAPIBackend class and dynamic API backend retrieval function
* fix: update benchmark folder path and add default values for architecture and hyperparameters
* feat: add LiteLLMAPIBackend and DeprecBackend ; changed structure of the project ; with bus
* fix : deprec_backend
* feat: Add LiteLLMAPIBackend class and related features; update configuration and test cases.
* feat: Enhance LiteLLMAPIBackend with encoder support and dynamic argument handling;Enhance log Colors
* lint
* fix lint...
* fix: Lint
* fix:make auto-lint
* fix:test oai
* fix:redundant _abckend.py
* fix: Optimize LiteLLMAPIBackend on token counting functiona, and clean up unused code;add test on this function
* feat: Add LiteLLMSettings class and update model settings usage
* fix: Update LiteLLMSettings environment variable prefix and model configurations
* fix : gitignore
* test: Consolidate and relocate test files for litellm backend and oai
* fix : lint
* fix: lint
* auto lint
* lint
* LINT
* lint
* chore: remove deprecated backend configuration comments
* refactor: Remove unused functions and imports from deprec.py and llm_utils.py
* refactor: Move md5_hash function from deprec.py to llm_utils.py
* chore: Remove extra newline and add missing import in deprec.py
* lint
* refactor: Move md5_hash function to utils module
* lint
* lint
* lint
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Co-authored-by: Young <afe.young@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Yihua Chen <v-yihuachen@microsoft.com>
* refactor: Simplify exp_gen and enhance workflow with init_kwargs_update_func
* fix: Correct type hint for init_kwargs_udpate_func parameter
* lint
* lint
* lint
* lint