surrogate-1 / bin /v2 /diffadapt-router.py
Ashira Pitchayapakayakul
feat(round7-tier1): 4 frontier-2026 techniques (low effort, high impact)
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"""Surrogate-1 v2 β€” DiffAdapt difficulty-adaptive routing.
Reference: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.19669 (Difficulty-Adaptive Thinking, 2025-10)
Detects U-shape entropy on prompt embeddings β†’ routes:
β€’ easy β†’ fast direct answer (≀256 tokens, no <think> block)
β€’ medium β†’ standard (1024 tokens)
β€’ hard β†’ deep deliberation (4096 tokens, force <think>...</think>)
Saves ~40% tokens at parity vs uniform-budget. No retrain needed β€”
routing happens at decode time.
Heuristic implementation (no logit access needed): difficulty proxied
by features the model can observe before generating β€”
β€’ prompt length (longer β†’ harder)
β€’ code-block density (more code β†’ harder)
β€’ math-keyword density (more math β†’ harder)
β€’ cite/verify keywords (verification ask β†’ harder)
β€’ simple Q&A patterns (definitional β†’ easier)
Use as preprocessor for any inference call. Plays well with our
zero-gpu-bridge.sh + free-LLM ladder.
CLI:
echo '{"prompt":"<task>"}' | python3 diffadapt-router.py
β†’ {"difficulty":"hard","max_tokens":4096,"force_thinking":true,...}
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
CODE_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r"```", re.MULTILINE)
MATH_KW = re.compile(
r"\b(?:integral|derivative|theorem|prove|equation|sum_|\\int|\\sum|"
r"limit|lemma|corollary|proof|polynomial|matrix|vector|tensor)\b",
re.IGNORECASE)
HARD_KW = re.compile(
r"\b(?:design|architect|optimize|debug|trace|root\s*cause|"
r"why\s+does|how\s+does|explain\s+the\s+algorithm|complexity|"
r"benchmark|profile|secure(?:ly)?|compliance|audit|incident|"
r"runbook|migrate|refactor)\b", re.IGNORECASE)
EASY_KW = re.compile(
r"\b(?:what\s+is|define|definition\s+of|list\s+(?:the|some)|"
r"name\s+(?:a|some)|capital\s+of|date\s+of|version\s+of|how\s+to\s+install|"
r"hello\s+world|simple\s+example)\b", re.IGNORECASE)
VERIFY_KW = re.compile(
r"\b(?:cite|verify|prove|check|validate|reference|source|"
r"according\s+to|cve-\d+|rfc-?\d+)\b", re.IGNORECASE)
def score_prompt(prompt: str) -> dict:
if not prompt:
return {"difficulty": "easy", "score": 0.0,
"max_tokens": 256, "force_thinking": False, "why": "empty"}
n = len(prompt)
code_blocks = len(CODE_BLOCK_RE.findall(prompt))
math_hits = len(MATH_KW.findall(prompt))
hard_hits = len(HARD_KW.findall(prompt))
easy_hits = len(EASY_KW.findall(prompt))
verify_hits = len(VERIFY_KW.findall(prompt))
score = 0.0
score += min(2.0, n / 800) # length
score += code_blocks * 0.7 # code blocks make harder
score += math_hits * 0.5
score += hard_hits * 0.6
score += verify_hits * 0.4
score -= easy_hits * 1.5 # easy keywords pull DOWN
if score < 0.5:
return {"difficulty": "easy", "score": round(score, 2),
"max_tokens": 256, "temperature": 0.2,
"force_thinking": False,
"why": f"len={n}, easy_kw={easy_hits}"}
if score < 1.8:
return {"difficulty": "medium", "score": round(score, 2),
"max_tokens": 1024, "temperature": 0.4,
"force_thinking": False,
"why": f"len={n}, code={code_blocks}, hard={hard_hits}"}
return {"difficulty": "hard", "score": round(score, 2),
"max_tokens": 4096, "temperature": 0.6,
"force_thinking": True,
"why": f"len={n}, math={math_hits}, hard={hard_hits}, "
f"verify={verify_hits}"}
def main() -> None:
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("--print-budget", action="store_true")
args = ap.parse_args()
if sys.stdin.isatty():
# demo
for sample in [
"What is the capital of Thailand?",
"Write a Terraform module for AWS S3 bucket with KMS encryption.",
"Explain the algorithm: design a distributed rate limiter handling "
"1M req/s across 5 regions with strong consistency on counter "
"increment, citing relevant papers and CAP tradeoffs."
]:
print(f"\n[{sample[:60]}...]")
print(json.dumps(score_prompt(sample), indent=2))
return
d = json.load(sys.stdin)
out = score_prompt(d.get("prompt", ""))
print(json.dumps(out, indent=2 if args.print_budget else None))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()