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---
name: grpo-rl-training
description: Expert guidance for GRPO/RL fine-tuning with TRL for reasoning and task-specific model training
version: 1.0.0
author: Orchestra Research
license: MIT
tags: [Post-Training, Reinforcement Learning, GRPO, TRL, RLHF, Reward Modeling, Reasoning, DPO, PPO, Structured Output]
dependencies: [transformers>=4.47.0, trl>=0.14.0, datasets>=3.2.0, peft>=0.14.0, torch]
---

# GRPO/RL Training with TRL

Expert-level guidance for implementing Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) using the Transformer Reinforcement Learning (TRL) library. This skill provides battle-tested patterns, critical insights, and production-ready workflows for fine-tuning language models with custom reward functions.

## When to Use This Skill

Use GRPO training when you need to:
- **Enforce specific output formats** (e.g., XML tags, JSON, structured reasoning)
- **Teach verifiable tasks** with objective correctness metrics (math, coding, fact-checking)
- **Improve reasoning capabilities** by rewarding chain-of-thought patterns
- **Align models to domain-specific behaviors** without labeled preference data
- **Optimize for multiple objectives** simultaneously (format + correctness + style)

**Do NOT use GRPO for:**
- Simple supervised fine-tuning tasks (use SFT instead)
- Tasks without clear reward signals
- When you already have high-quality preference pairs (use DPO/PPO instead)

---

## Core Concepts

### 1. GRPO Algorithm Fundamentals

**Key Mechanism:**
- Generates **multiple completions** for each prompt (group size: 4-16)
- Compares completions within each group using reward functions
- Updates policy to favor higher-rewarded responses relative to the group

**Critical Difference from PPO:**
- No separate reward model needed
- More sample-efficient (learns from within-group comparisons)
- Simpler to implement and debug

**Mathematical Intuition:**
```
For each prompt p:
  1. Generate N completions: {c₁, c₂, ..., cₙ}
  2. Compute rewards: {r₁, r₂, ..., rₙ}
  3. Learn to increase probability of high-reward completions
     relative to low-reward ones in the same group
```

### 2. Reward Function Design Philosophy

**Golden Rules:**
1. **Compose multiple reward functions** - Each handles one aspect (format, correctness, style)
2. **Scale rewards appropriately** - Higher weight = stronger signal
3. **Use incremental rewards** - Partial credit for partial compliance
4. **Test rewards independently** - Debug each reward function in isolation

**Reward Function Types:**

| Type | Use Case | Example Weight |
|------|----------|----------------|
| **Correctness** | Verifiable tasks (math, code) | 2.0 (highest) |
| **Format** | Strict structure enforcement | 0.5-1.0 |
| **Length** | Encourage verbosity/conciseness | 0.1-0.5 |
| **Style** | Penalize unwanted patterns | -0.5 to 0.5 |

---

## Implementation Workflow

### Step 1: Dataset Preparation

**Critical Requirements:**
- Prompts in chat format (list of dicts with 'role' and 'content')
- Include system prompts to set expectations
- For verifiable tasks, include ground truth answers as additional columns

**Example Structure:**
```python
from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset

SYSTEM_PROMPT = """
Respond in the following format:
<reasoning>
[Your step-by-step thinking]
</reasoning>
<answer>
[Final answer]
</answer>
"""

def prepare_dataset(raw_data):
    """
    Transform raw data into GRPO-compatible format.

    Returns: Dataset with columns:
    - 'prompt': List[Dict] with role/content (system + user messages)
    - 'answer': str (ground truth, optional but recommended)
    """
    return raw_data.map(lambda x: {
        'prompt': [
            {'role': 'system', 'content': SYSTEM_PROMPT},
            {'role': 'user', 'content': x['question']}
        ],
        'answer': extract_answer(x['raw_answer'])
    })
```

**Pro Tips:**
- Use one-shot or few-shot examples in system prompt for complex formats
- Keep prompts concise (max_prompt_length: 256-512 tokens)
- Validate data quality before training (garbage in = garbage out)

### Step 2: Reward Function Implementation

**Template Structure:**
```python
def reward_function_name(
    prompts,        # List[List[Dict]]: Original prompts
    completions,    # List[List[Dict]]: Model generations
    answer=None,    # Optional: Ground truth from dataset
    **kwargs        # Additional dataset columns
) -> list[float]:
    """
    Evaluate completions and return rewards.

    Returns: List of floats (one per completion)
    """
    # Extract completion text
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]

    # Compute rewards
    rewards = []
    for response in responses:
        score = compute_score(response)
        rewards.append(score)

    return rewards
```

**Example 1: Correctness Reward (Math/Coding)**
```python
def correctness_reward(prompts, completions, answer, **kwargs):
    """Reward correct answers with high score."""
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    extracted = [extract_final_answer(r) for r in responses]
    return [2.0 if ans == gt else 0.0
            for ans, gt in zip(extracted, answer)]
```

**Example 2: Format Reward (Structured Output)**
```python
import re

def format_reward(completions, **kwargs):
    """Reward XML-like structured format."""
    pattern = r'<reasoning>.*?</reasoning>\s*<answer>.*?</answer>'
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    return [1.0 if re.search(pattern, r, re.DOTALL) else 0.0
            for r in responses]
```

**Example 3: Incremental Format Reward (Partial Credit)**
```python
def incremental_format_reward(completions, **kwargs):
    """Award partial credit for format compliance."""
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        score = 0.0
        if '<reasoning>' in r:
            score += 0.25
        if '</reasoning>' in r:
            score += 0.25
        if '<answer>' in r:
            score += 0.25
        if '</answer>' in r:
            score += 0.25
        # Penalize extra text after closing tag
        if r.count('</answer>') == 1:
            extra_text = r.split('</answer>')[-1].strip()
            score -= len(extra_text) * 0.001
        rewards.append(score)

    return rewards
```

**Critical Insight:**
Combine 3-5 reward functions for robust training. Order matters less than diversity of signals.

### Step 3: Training Configuration

**Memory-Optimized Config (Small GPU)**
```python
from trl import GRPOConfig

training_args = GRPOConfig(
    output_dir="outputs/grpo-model",

    # Learning rate
    learning_rate=5e-6,          # Lower = more stable
    adam_beta1=0.9,
    adam_beta2=0.99,
    weight_decay=0.1,
    warmup_ratio=0.1,
    lr_scheduler_type='cosine',

    # Batch settings
    per_device_train_batch_size=1,
    gradient_accumulation_steps=4,  # Effective batch = 4

    # GRPO-specific
    num_generations=8,            # Group size: 8-16 recommended
    max_prompt_length=256,
    max_completion_length=512,

    # Training duration
    num_train_epochs=1,
    max_steps=None,               # Or set fixed steps (e.g., 500)

    # Optimization
    bf16=True,                    # Faster on A100/H100
    optim="adamw_8bit",          # Memory-efficient optimizer
    max_grad_norm=0.1,

    # Logging
    logging_steps=1,
    save_steps=100,
    report_to="wandb",            # Or "none" for no logging
)
```

**High-Performance Config (Large GPU)**
```python
training_args = GRPOConfig(
    output_dir="outputs/grpo-model",
    learning_rate=1e-5,
    per_device_train_batch_size=4,
    gradient_accumulation_steps=2,
    num_generations=16,           # Larger groups = better signal
    max_prompt_length=512,
    max_completion_length=1024,
    num_train_epochs=1,
    bf16=True,
    use_vllm=True,                # Fast generation with vLLM
    logging_steps=10,
)
```

**Critical Hyperparameters:**

| Parameter | Impact | Tuning Advice |
|-----------|--------|---------------|
| `num_generations` | Group size for comparison | Start with 8, increase to 16 if GPU allows |
| `learning_rate` | Convergence speed/stability | 5e-6 (safe), 1e-5 (faster, riskier) |
| `max_completion_length` | Output verbosity | Match your task (512 for reasoning, 256 for short answers) |
| `gradient_accumulation_steps` | Effective batch size | Increase if GPU memory limited |

### Step 4: Model Setup and Training

**Standard Setup (Transformers)**
```python
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
from peft import LoraConfig
from trl import GRPOTrainer

# Load model
model_name = "Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct"
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    model_name,
    torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
    attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",  # 2-3x faster
    device_map="auto"
)

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token

# Optional: LoRA for parameter-efficient training
peft_config = LoraConfig(
    r=16,                         # Rank (higher = more capacity)
    lora_alpha=32,               # Scaling factor (typically 2*r)
    target_modules=[
        "q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj",
        "gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj"
    ],
    task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
    lora_dropout=0.05,
)

# Initialize trainer
trainer = GRPOTrainer(
    model=model,
    processing_class=tokenizer,
    reward_funcs=[
        incremental_format_reward,
        format_reward,
        correctness_reward,
    ],
    args=training_args,
    train_dataset=dataset,
    peft_config=peft_config,      # Remove for full fine-tuning
)

# Train
trainer.train()

# Save
trainer.save_model("final_model")
```

**Unsloth Setup (2-3x Faster)**
```python
from unsloth import FastLanguageModel

model, tokenizer = FastLanguageModel.from_pretrained(
    model_name="google/gemma-3-1b-it",
    max_seq_length=1024,
    load_in_4bit=True,
    fast_inference=True,
    max_lora_rank=32,
)

model = FastLanguageModel.get_peft_model(
    model,
    r=32,
    target_modules=["q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj",
                    "gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj"],
    lora_alpha=32,
    use_gradient_checkpointing="unsloth",
)

# Rest is identical to standard setup
trainer = GRPOTrainer(model=model, ...)
trainer.train()
```

---

## Critical Training Insights

### 1. Loss Behavior (EXPECTED PATTERN)
- **Loss starts near 0 and INCREASES during training**
- This is CORRECT - loss measures KL divergence from initial policy
- Model is learning (diverging from original behavior to optimize rewards)
- Monitor reward metrics instead of loss for progress

### 2. Reward Tracking
Key metrics to watch:
- `reward`: Average across all completions
- `reward_std`: Diversity within groups (should remain > 0)
- `kl`: KL divergence from reference (should grow moderately)

**Healthy Training Pattern:**
```
Step   Reward    Reward_Std   KL
100    0.5       0.3          0.02
200    0.8       0.25         0.05
300    1.2       0.2          0.08  ← Good progression
400    1.5       0.15         0.12
```

**Warning Signs:**
- Reward std → 0 (model collapsing to single response)
- KL exploding (> 0.5) (diverging too much, reduce LR)
- Reward stuck (reward functions too harsh or model capacity issue)

### 3. Common Pitfalls and Solutions

| Problem | Symptom | Solution |
|---------|---------|----------|
| **Mode collapse** | All completions identical | Increase `num_generations`, add diversity penalty |
| **No learning** | Flat rewards | Check reward function logic, increase LR |
| **OOM errors** | GPU memory exceeded | Reduce `num_generations`, enable gradient checkpointing |
| **Slow training** | < 1 it/s | Enable `use_vllm=True`, use Unsloth, reduce seq length |
| **Format ignored** | Model doesn't follow structure | Increase format reward weight, add incremental rewards |

---

## Advanced Patterns

### 1. Multi-Stage Training
For complex tasks, train in stages:

```python
# Stage 1: Format compliance (epochs=1)
trainer_stage1 = GRPOTrainer(
    model=model,
    reward_funcs=[incremental_format_reward, format_reward],
    ...
)
trainer_stage1.train()

# Stage 2: Correctness (epochs=1)
trainer_stage2 = GRPOTrainer(
    model=model,
    reward_funcs=[format_reward, correctness_reward],
    ...
)
trainer_stage2.train()
```

### 2. Adaptive Reward Scaling
```python
class AdaptiveReward:
    def __init__(self, base_reward_func, initial_weight=1.0):
        self.func = base_reward_func
        self.weight = initial_weight

    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        rewards = self.func(*args, **kwargs)
        return [r * self.weight for r in rewards]

    def adjust_weight(self, success_rate):
        """Increase weight if model struggling, decrease if succeeding."""
        if success_rate < 0.3:
            self.weight *= 1.2
        elif success_rate > 0.8:
            self.weight *= 0.9
```

### 3. Custom Dataset Integration
```python
def load_custom_knowledge_base(csv_path):
    """Example: School communication platform docs."""
    import pandas as pd
    df = pd.read_csv(csv_path)

    dataset = Dataset.from_pandas(df).map(lambda x: {
        'prompt': [
            {'role': 'system', 'content': CUSTOM_SYSTEM_PROMPT},
            {'role': 'user', 'content': x['question']}
        ],
        'answer': x['expert_answer']
    })
    return dataset
```

---

## Deployment and Inference

### Save and Merge LoRA
```python
# Merge LoRA adapters into base model
if hasattr(trainer.model, 'merge_and_unload'):
    merged_model = trainer.model.merge_and_unload()
    merged_model.save_pretrained("production_model")
    tokenizer.save_pretrained("production_model")
```

### Inference Example
```python
from transformers import pipeline

generator = pipeline(
    "text-generation",
    model="production_model",
    tokenizer=tokenizer
)

result = generator(
    [
        {'role': 'system', 'content': SYSTEM_PROMPT},
        {'role': 'user', 'content': "What is 15 + 27?"}
    ],
    max_new_tokens=256,
    do_sample=True,
    temperature=0.7,
    top_p=0.9
)
print(result[0]['generated_text'])
```

---

## Best Practices Checklist

**Before Training:**
- [ ] Validate dataset format (prompts as List[Dict])
- [ ] Test reward functions on sample data
- [ ] Calculate expected max_prompt_length from data
- [ ] Choose appropriate num_generations based on GPU memory
- [ ] Set up logging (wandb recommended)

**During Training:**
- [ ] Monitor reward progression (should increase)
- [ ] Check reward_std (should stay > 0.1)
- [ ] Watch for OOM errors (reduce batch size if needed)
- [ ] Sample generations every 50-100 steps
- [ ] Validate format compliance on holdout set

**After Training:**
- [ ] Merge LoRA weights if using PEFT
- [ ] Test on diverse prompts
- [ ] Compare to baseline model
- [ ] Document reward weights and hyperparameters
- [ ] Save reproducibility config

---

## Troubleshooting Guide

### Debugging Workflow
1. **Isolate reward functions** - Test each independently
2. **Check data distribution** - Ensure diversity in prompts
3. **Reduce complexity** - Start with single reward, add gradually
4. **Monitor generations** - Print samples every N steps
5. **Validate extraction logic** - Ensure answer parsing works

### Quick Fixes
```python
# Debug reward function
def debug_reward(completions, **kwargs):
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    for i, r in enumerate(responses[:2]):  # Print first 2
        print(f"Response {i}: {r[:200]}...")
    return [1.0] * len(responses)  # Dummy rewards

# Test without training
trainer = GRPOTrainer(..., reward_funcs=[debug_reward])
trainer.generate_completions(dataset[:1])  # Generate without updating
```

---

## References and Resources

**Official Documentation:**
- TRL GRPO Trainer: https://huggingface.co/docs/trl/grpo_trainer
- DeepSeek R1 Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12948
- Unsloth Docs: https://docs.unsloth.ai/

**Example Repositories:**
- Open R1 Implementation: https://github.com/huggingface/open-r1
- TRL Examples: https://github.com/huggingface/trl/tree/main/examples

**Recommended Reading:**
- Progressive Disclosure Pattern for agent instructions
- Reward shaping in RL (Ng et al.)
- LoRA paper (Hu et al., 2021)

---

## Usage Instructions for Agents

When this skill is loaded:

1. **Read this entire file** before implementing GRPO training
2. **Start with the simplest reward function** (e.g., length-based) to validate setup
3. **Use the templates** in `templates/` directory as starting points
4. **Reference examples** in `examples/` for task-specific implementations
5. **Follow the workflow** sequentially (don't skip steps)
6. **Debug incrementally** - add one reward function at a time

**Critical Reminders:**
- Always use multiple reward functions (3-5 is optimal)
- Monitor reward metrics, not loss
- Test reward functions before training
- Start small (num_generations=4), scale up gradually
- Save checkpoints frequently (every 100 steps)

This skill is designed for **expert-level implementation**. Beginners should start with supervised fine-tuning before attempting GRPO.



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examples/reward_functions_library.pyShow
"""
GRPO Reward Functions Library
===============================

A collection of battle-tested reward functions for common GRPO training scenarios.
Copy and adapt these for your specific use case.

Categories:
- Correctness rewards (verifiable tasks)
- Format rewards (structured output)
- Length rewards (verbosity control)
- Style rewards (quality and tone)
- Combined rewards (multi-objective)
"""

import re
from typing import List, Any

# ==================== CORRECTNESS REWARDS ====================

def exact_match_reward(prompts, completions, answer, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Binary reward for exact answer match.
    Use for: Math problems, factual Q&A, code output

    Weight: 2.0 (highest priority)
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    extracted = [extract_answer(r) for r in responses]
    return [2.0 if ans.strip() == gt.strip() else 0.0
            for ans, gt in zip(extracted, answer)]

def fuzzy_match_reward(prompts, completions, answer, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Partial credit for similar answers.
    Use for: Open-ended answers, summaries

    Weight: 1.0
    """
    from difflib import SequenceMatcher

    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    extracted = [extract_answer(r) for r in responses]

    rewards = []
    for ans, gt in zip(extracted, answer):
        similarity = SequenceMatcher(None, ans.lower(), gt.lower()).ratio()
        rewards.append(similarity)

    return rewards

def numeric_correctness_reward(prompts, completions, answer, tolerance=0.01, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Reward numeric answers within tolerance.
    Use for: Math, physics, engineering problems

    Weight: 2.0
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    extracted = [extract_answer(r) for r in responses]

    rewards = []
    for ans, gt in zip(extracted, answer):
        try:
            ans_num = float(ans.replace(',', ''))
            gt_num = float(gt.replace(',', ''))
            if abs(ans_num - gt_num) / max(abs(gt_num), 1e-8) <= tolerance:
                rewards.append(2.0)
            else:
                rewards.append(0.0)
        except:
            rewards.append(0.0)

    return rewards

def code_execution_reward(prompts, completions, test_cases, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Execute code and verify against test cases.
    Use for: Code generation tasks

    Weight: 2.0
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    extracted_code = [extract_code_block(r) for r in responses]

    rewards = []
    for code in extracted_code:
        try:
            # Execute code (sandboxed!)
            passed = run_test_cases(code, test_cases)
            rewards.append(2.0 if passed else 0.0)
        except:
            rewards.append(0.0)

    return rewards

# ==================== FORMAT REWARDS ====================

def strict_xml_format_reward(completions, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Strict XML format: exact newlines and spacing.
    Use for: When format must be EXACTLY specified

    Weight: 0.5
    """
    pattern = r'^<reasoning>\n.*?\n</reasoning>\n<answer>\n.*?\n</answer>\n$'
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    matches = [re.match(pattern, r, re.DOTALL) for r in responses]
    return [0.5 if match else 0.0 for match in matches]

def soft_xml_format_reward(completions, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Relaxed XML format: allows whitespace variations.
    Use for: When structure matters more than exact spacing

    Weight: 0.5
    """
    pattern = r'<reasoning>.*?</reasoning>\s*<answer>.*?</answer>'
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    matches = [re.search(pattern, r, re.DOTALL) for r in responses]
    return [0.5 if match else 0.0 for match in matches]

def json_format_reward(completions, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Reward valid JSON output.
    Use for: Structured data extraction, API responses

    Weight: 0.5
    """
    import json

    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        try:
            json.loads(r)
            rewards.append(0.5)
        except:
            rewards.append(0.0)

    return rewards

def incremental_format_reward(completions, tags=['reasoning', 'answer'], **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Partial credit for each required tag.
    Use for: Training models to gradually learn format

    Weight: sum(0.125 * num_tags * 2) = up to 0.5 for 2 tags
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        score = 0.0
        for tag in tags:
            if f'<{tag}>' in r:
                score += 0.125
            if f'</{tag}>' in r:
                score += 0.125

        # Penalize extra content after final closing tag
        if f'</{tags[-1]}>' in r:
            extra = r.split(f'</{tags[-1]}>')[-1].strip()
            score -= len(extra) * 0.001

        rewards.append(score)

    return rewards

# ==================== LENGTH REWARDS ====================

def ideal_length_reward(completions, ideal_tokens=100, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Reward responses near ideal length.
    Use for: Controlling verbosity

    Weight: 0.3
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        length = len(r.split())
        distance = abs(length - ideal_tokens)
        # Gaussian-like reward peaking at ideal length
        reward = 0.3 * max(0, 1 - distance / ideal_tokens)
        rewards.append(reward)

    return rewards

def min_length_reward(completions, min_tokens=50, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Penalize responses that are too short.
    Use for: Ensuring detailed explanations

    Weight: 0.2
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        length = len(r.split())
        reward = 0.2 if length >= min_tokens else -0.2
        rewards.append(reward)

    return rewards

def max_length_penalty(completions, max_tokens=500, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Penalize excessively long responses.
    Use for: Preventing rambling

    Weight: -0.3 when violated
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        length = len(r.split())
        reward = -0.3 if length > max_tokens else 0.0
        rewards.append(reward)

    return rewards

# ==================== STYLE REWARDS ====================

def reasoning_quality_reward(completions, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Reward detailed reasoning with logical connectors.
    Use for: Improving chain-of-thought quality

    Weight: 0.3
    """
    logical_words = ['therefore', 'thus', 'because', 'since', 'consequently',
                     'first', 'second', 'next', 'finally', 'however']

    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        reasoning = extract_xml_tag(r, 'reasoning').lower()
        # Count logical connectors
        count = sum(1 for word in logical_words if word in reasoning)
        # Normalize by length
        score = min(0.3, count * 0.05)
        rewards.append(score)

    return rewards

def citation_reward(completions, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Reward responses with citations or references.
    Use for: Research tasks, fact-checking

    Weight: 0.2
    """
    citation_patterns = [
        r'\[\d+\]',           # [1], [2]
        r'\([A-Z][a-z]+,?\s+\d{4}\)',  # (Smith, 2020)
        r'according to',
        r'as stated in',
    ]

    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        has_citation = any(re.search(pattern, r) for pattern in citation_patterns)
        rewards.append(0.2 if has_citation else 0.0)

    return rewards

def no_repetition_penalty(completions, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Penalize repetitive text (same phrase repeated).
    Use for: Improving output diversity

    Weight: -0.3 when repetitive
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        words = r.lower().split()
        # Check for repeated trigrams
        trigrams = [' '.join(words[i:i+3]) for i in range(len(words)-2)]
        unique_ratio = len(set(trigrams)) / max(len(trigrams), 1)

        reward = -0.3 if unique_ratio < 0.7 else 0.0
        rewards.append(reward)

    return rewards

# ==================== COMBINED REWARDS ====================

def math_problem_reward(prompts, completions, answer, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Combined reward for math problems: format + correctness.
    Automatically balances multiple objectives.

    Weight: 2.5 total
    """
    format_rewards = soft_xml_format_reward(completions)
    correctness_rewards = exact_match_reward(prompts, completions, answer)

    return [f + c for f, c in zip(format_rewards, correctness_rewards)]

def code_generation_reward(prompts, completions, test_cases, **kwargs) -> List[float]:
    """
    Combined reward for code: format + execution + style.

    Weight: 2.7 total
    """
    code_format_rewards = code_block_format_reward(completions)
    execution_rewards = code_execution_reward(prompts, completions, test_cases)
    no_error_rewards = no_syntax_error_reward(completions)

    return [f + e + s for f, e, s in zip(code_format_rewards, execution_rewards, no_error_rewards)]

# ==================== HELPER FUNCTIONS ====================

def extract_answer(text: str) -> str:
    """Extract content from <answer> tags."""
    return extract_xml_tag(text, 'answer')

def extract_xml_tag(text: str, tag: str) -> str:
    """Generic XML tag extraction."""
    pattern = f'<{tag}>(.*?)</{tag}>'
    match = re.search(pattern, text, re.DOTALL)
    return match.group(1).strip() if match else ""

def extract_code_block(text: str) -> str:
    """Extract code from markdown code blocks."""
    pattern = r'```(?:python)?\n(.*?)\n```'
    match = re.search(pattern, text, re.DOTALL)
    return match.group(1) if match else ""

def run_test_cases(code: str, test_cases: List[tuple]) -> bool:
    """
    Execute code with test cases (MUST be sandboxed in production!).

    Args:
        code: Python code string
        test_cases: List of (input, expected_output) tuples

    Returns:
        True if all tests pass
    """
    # WARNING: This is a simplified example
    # In production, use proper sandboxing (e.g., docker, pypy sandbox)
    try:
        exec_globals = {}
        exec(code, exec_globals)

        for input_val, expected in test_cases:
            result = exec_globals['solution'](input_val)
            if result != expected:
                return False
        return True
    except:
        return False

# ==================== REWARD FUNCTION PRESETS ====================

# Preset for math/reasoning tasks
MATH_REASONING_REWARDS = [
    incremental_format_reward,
    soft_xml_format_reward,
    exact_match_reward,
    reasoning_quality_reward,
]

# Preset for code generation
CODE_GENERATION_REWARDS = [
    code_block_format_reward,
    code_execution_reward,
    no_syntax_error_reward,
]

# Preset for summarization
SUMMARIZATION_REWARDS = [
    ideal_length_reward,
    fuzzy_match_reward,
    no_repetition_penalty,
]

# Preset for Q&A
QA_REWARDS = [
    exact_match_reward,
    min_length_reward,
    citation_reward,
]
templates/basic_grpo_training.pyShow
"""
Basic GRPO Training Template
=============================

A minimal, production-ready template for GRPO training with TRL.
Adapt this for your specific task by modifying:
1. Dataset loading (get_dataset function)
2. Reward functions (reward_*_func)
3. System prompt (SYSTEM_PROMPT)
4. Hyperparameters (GRPOConfig)
"""

import torch
import re
from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
from peft import LoraConfig
from trl import GRPOTrainer, GRPOConfig

# ==================== CONFIGURATION ====================

MODEL_NAME = "Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct"
OUTPUT_DIR = "outputs/grpo-model"
MAX_PROMPT_LENGTH = 256
MAX_COMPLETION_LENGTH = 512

SYSTEM_PROMPT = """
Respond in the following format:
<reasoning>
[Your step-by-step thinking]
</reasoning>
<answer>
[Final answer]
</answer>
"""

# ==================== DATASET ====================

def get_dataset(split="train"):
    """
    Load and prepare your dataset.

    Returns: Dataset with columns:
    - 'prompt': List[Dict] with role/content
    - 'answer': str (ground truth, optional)
    """
    # Example: GSM8K math dataset
    data = load_dataset('openai/gsm8k', 'main')[split]

    def process_example(x):
        # Extract ground truth answer
        answer = x['answer'].split('####')[1].strip() if '####' in x['answer'] else None

        return {
            'prompt': [
                {'role': 'system', 'content': SYSTEM_PROMPT},
                {'role': 'user', 'content': x['question']}
            ],
            'answer': answer
        }

    return data.map(process_example)

# ==================== HELPER FUNCTIONS ====================

def extract_xml_tag(text: str, tag: str) -> str:
    """Extract content between XML tags."""
    pattern = f'<{tag}>(.*?)</{tag}>'
    match = re.search(pattern, text, re.DOTALL)
    return match.group(1).strip() if match else ""

def extract_answer(text: str) -> str:
    """Extract the final answer from structured output."""
    return extract_xml_tag(text, 'answer')

# ==================== REWARD FUNCTIONS ====================

def correctness_reward_func(prompts, completions, answer, **kwargs):
    """
    Reward correct answers.
    Weight: 2.0 (highest priority)
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    extracted = [extract_answer(r) for r in responses]
    return [2.0 if ans == gt else 0.0 for ans, gt in zip(extracted, answer)]

def format_reward_func(completions, **kwargs):
    """
    Reward proper XML format.
    Weight: 0.5
    """
    pattern = r'<reasoning>.*?</reasoning>\s*<answer>.*?</answer>'
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    return [0.5 if re.search(pattern, r, re.DOTALL) else 0.0 for r in responses]

def incremental_format_reward_func(completions, **kwargs):
    """
    Incremental reward for partial format compliance.
    Weight: up to 0.5
    """
    responses = [comp[0]['content'] for comp in completions]
    rewards = []

    for r in responses:
        score = 0.0
        if '<reasoning>' in r:
            score += 0.125
        if '</reasoning>' in r:
            score += 0.125
        if '<answer>' in r:
            score += 0.125
        if '</answer>' in r:
            score += 0.125

        # Penalize extra content after closing tag
        if '</answer>' in r:
            extra = r.split('</answer>')[-1].strip()
            score -= len(extra) * 0.001

        rewards.append(score)

    return rewards

# ==================== MODEL SETUP ====================

def setup_model_and_tokenizer():
    """Load model and tokenizer with optimizations."""
    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
        MODEL_NAME,
        torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
        attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
        device_map="auto"
    )

    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(MODEL_NAME)
    tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token

    return model, tokenizer

def get_peft_config():
    """LoRA configuration for parameter-efficient training."""
    return LoraConfig(
        r=16,
        lora_alpha=32,
        target_modules=[
            "q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj",
            "gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj"
        ],
        task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
        lora_dropout=0.05,
    )

# ==================== TRAINING ====================

def main():
    """Main training function."""

    # Load data
    print("Loading dataset...")
    dataset = get_dataset()
    print(f"Dataset size: {len(dataset)}")

    # Setup model
    print("Loading model...")
    model, tokenizer = setup_model_and_tokenizer()

    # Training configuration
    training_args = GRPOConfig(
        output_dir=OUTPUT_DIR,
        run_name="grpo-training",

        # Learning rate
        learning_rate=5e-6,
        adam_beta1=0.9,
        adam_beta2=0.99,
        weight_decay=0.1,
        warmup_ratio=0.1,
        lr_scheduler_type='cosine',

        # Batch settings
        per_device_train_batch_size=1,
        gradient_accumulation_steps=4,

        # GRPO specific
        num_generations=8,
        max_prompt_length=MAX_PROMPT_LENGTH,
        max_completion_length=MAX_COMPLETION_LENGTH,

        # Training duration
        num_train_epochs=1,

        # Optimization
        bf16=True,
        optim="adamw_8bit",
        max_grad_norm=0.1,

        # Logging
        logging_steps=1,
        save_steps=100,
        report_to="wandb",  # Change to "none" to disable logging
    )

    # Initialize trainer
    trainer = GRPOTrainer(
        model=model,
        processing_class=tokenizer,
        reward_funcs=[
            incremental_format_reward_func,
            format_reward_func,
            correctness_reward_func,
        ],
        args=training_args,
        train_dataset=dataset,
        peft_config=get_peft_config(),
    )

    # Train
    print("Starting training...")
    trainer.train()

    # Save final model
    print(f"Saving model to {OUTPUT_DIR}/final")
    trainer.save_model(f"{OUTPUT_DIR}/final")

    print("Training complete!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()