feat: LLM-guided spec search building blocks (split-aware sampling, external corpora, agent-trace adapter) (#332)

docs/user-guide/llm-guided-spec-search.md

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+# LLM-Guided Spec Search
+
+LLM-guided spec search is a local–cloud collaboration that uses each side
+for what it does best: a frontier cloud model (the *teacher*) reads traces
+from a deployed local agent and proposes typed edits across the agent's
+configuration; the local hardware runs the resulting configuration with
+zero marginal API cost at inference time. A held-out gate accepts only
+edits that improve a target failure mode without unacceptable regression
+on others.
+
+The configuration the teacher edits is called the **spec**: a typed object
+with five primitives (Intelligence, Engine, Agents, Tools & Memory,
+Learning). The Learning primitive is where the search lives — it specifies
+which edits are considered, how candidate specs are evaluated, and when
+optimization stops.
+
+## How it works
+
+A search session repeats four phases:
+
+| Phase | What happens |
+|---|---|
+| **Diagnose** | The teacher reads eligible traces and groups failures into clusters, each annotated with a natural-language characterization of the skill gap. |
+| **Plan** | The teacher proposes typed edits across the editable primitives (Intelligence, Engine, Agents, Tools & Memory). A single proposal can edit multiple slots at once. |
+| **Execute** | The candidate spec is evaluated on a held-out gate: the targeted cluster must improve, and every other cluster must regress by no more than a per-cluster tolerance. |
+| **Record** | Accepted edits are committed; rejected edits are rolled back. |
+
+The four-phase loop is implemented by the existing `jarvis learning`
+command — see [Learning & Distillation](learning-distillation.md) for the
+end-to-end runnable workflow, edit applier registry, and configuration
+schema. This document covers the new building blocks added on top.
+
+### Alignment with the paper
+
+The paper's Algorithm 1 specifies a **multi-session loop** that runs
+diagnose → plan → execute → record repeatedly until gate-score stagnation
+(default *k* = 5 sessions) or budget exhaustion, with default per-cluster
+tolerance ε = 1 %. The current `DistillationOrchestrator` runs
+**one session per `jarvis learning run` invocation** (one diagnose, one
+plan, one round of edits + gate decisions, one record); the per-cluster
+regression check uses a default `max_regression = 0.05` (5 %).
+
+To match the paper's defaults today:
+
+- pass `max_regression=0.01` when constructing the orchestrator or the
+  `BenchmarkGate` directly, and
+- run `jarvis learning run` from a wrapper that re-invokes it until
+  per-session gate-score deltas stagnate for *k* sessions.
+
+Wiring the multi-session stagnation loop into the orchestrator natively,
+plus changing the default `max_regression` to 1 %, are tracked as
+follow-ups — they're not part of this PR.
+
+## What this PR adds
+
+### `splits.py` — deterministic train / test splits
+
+`src/openjarvis/evals/core/splits.py` adds a small helper that takes a
+list of records and a benchmark name and returns a deterministic
+train / test partition. The split is keyed off a stable hash of each
+record's id, so the same `(records, train_frac, seed)` always yields the
+same partition. This is the substrate that makes "evaluate on
+`split=test`" and "search over `split=train`" reproducible.
+
+```python
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
+
+train = apply_split(records, split="train", train_frac=0.2, seed=42)
+test  = apply_split(records, split="test",  train_frac=0.2, seed=42)
+all_  = apply_split(records, split="all",   train_frac=0.2, seed=42)  # passthrough
+```
+
+The `split` kwarg is now wired through every dataset provider in
+`openjarvis.evals.datasets` (gaia, livecodebench, liveresearch,
+liveresearchbench, pinchbench, taubench, toolcall15) so any caller that
+constructs a `BenchmarkConfig` can request a particular split.
+
+### External-corpus dataset providers
+
+When the diagnose phase wants the teacher to reason over a broader
+agent-trace corpus instead of just the local student's own traces, it
+can ingest records from a HuggingFace-backed external corpus. Three
+providers are included:
+
+| Corpus | HuggingFace dataset | What it surfaces |
+|---|---|---|
+| `adp` | `neulab/agent-data-collection` | Multi-turn agent trajectories from AgentTuning, CodeAct, OpenHands, and others |
+| `toolorchestra` | `nvidia/ToolScale` | Tool-use trajectories (the dataset underlying the ToolOrchestra paper) |
+| `generalthoughts` | `natolambert/GeneralThought-430K-filtered` | A filtered reasoning-trace pool |
+
+Each provider implements the standard `DatasetProvider.load(...)`
+interface so corpus records can be loaded the same way benchmark records
+are. They're labeled "NOT USED FOR EVALUATION" in their docstrings —
+they exist purely to feed the proposer's diagnose phase.
+
+### `external_adapter.py` — corpus records as synthetic traces
+
+`src/openjarvis/learning/distillation/external_adapter.py` adapts records
+from any external corpus into rows the proposer's existing trace tools
+understand. The proposer reads from the SQLite TraceStore via search /
+get tools; this adapter writes each `EvalRecord` as a synthetic `Trace`
+with `feedback=0.5` (no ground truth) and a `source_name` tag in
+metadata so multi-source diagnose runs can filter downstream.
+
+```python
+from openjarvis.evals.datasets.adp import ADPDataset
+from openjarvis.learning.distillation.external_adapter import (
+    write_external_records_as_traces,
+)
+from openjarvis.traces.store import TraceStore
+
+records = ADPDataset().load(max_samples=200, seed=42, split="all")
+store = TraceStore("~/.openjarvis/traces.db")
+n = write_external_records_as_traces(store, records, source_name="adp")
+# proposer's diagnose phase can now search/filter these traces by source="adp"
+```
+
+### Bug fix: agent-backend trace toggle
+
+`src/openjarvis/evals/backends/jarvis_agent.py` previously hardcoded
+`builder.telemetry(telemetry).traces(True).build()`, ignoring the
+`telemetry` parameter. This silently caused every agent-backend
+evaluation to write to `~/.openjarvis/traces.db` regardless of caller
+intent. A corrupt traces.db then turned every agent eval into "database
+disk image is malformed" errors that the eval scorer dropped, producing
+fake high accuracies from a handful of successful samples.
+
+The fix is one line — match the `JarvisDirectBackend` pattern:
+
+```python
+self._system = builder.telemetry(telemetry).traces(telemetry).build()
+```
+
+Callers that previously expected traces to always be written should pass
+`telemetry=True` explicitly.
+
+## Configuration
+
+`jarvis learning` reads its configuration from `~/.openjarvis/config.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[learning.distillation]
+enabled = true                          # gate the entire subsystem
+autonomy_mode = "tiered"                # auto | tiered | manual
+teacher_model = "claude-opus-4-6"       # any CloudEngine-supported model
+max_cost_per_session_usd = 5.0          # per-session teacher API budget
+max_tool_calls_per_diagnosis = 30       # max teacher tool calls in diagnosis
+```
+
+Gate / acceptance knobs (constructor arguments to `BenchmarkGate` and
+`DistillationOrchestrator`):
+
+| Argument | Meaning | Current default | Paper default |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `max_regression` | Maximum per-cluster score drop tolerated before rejecting an edit (the ε in the paper's `GateOK`). | `0.05` (5 %) | `0.01` (1 %) |
+| `min_improvement` | Minimum overall score improvement required to accept an edit. | `0.0` | (paper does not specify; uses `> 0` per `Gc(S') > Gc(S)`) |
+| `n_tasks` | Number of tasks scored per gate run. | `50` | n/a (gate is per-cluster) |
+
+Pass `max_regression=0.01` explicitly to match the paper's default. See
+the *Alignment with the paper* note above for the gap between the
+single-session `DistillationOrchestrator` and the paper's multi-session
+loop with stagnation criterion.
+
+Each `EditApplier` registers an autonomy tier (`auto`, `review`,
+`manual`); see the
+[Learning & Distillation](learning-distillation.md) doc for the per-edit
+configuration schema and the registered appliers.
+
+## What runs where
+
+At inference time, the resulting spec runs entirely on-device — model
+inference, agent execution, and tool invocation. Teacher API calls are
+made only at search time, for diagnosis and edit proposal. The local
+spec makes zero teacher calls at inference time.
+
+When a frontier teacher is used, only **eligible** scrubbed traces are
+transmitted (per the trace-eligibility rules in the configuration).
+Users requiring strict local-only operation can swap a larger local
+model in as the teacher; this trades some search quality for zero cloud
+exposure.
+
+## Why decouple primitives at all
+
+Existing personal AI frameworks bundle agent prompts, tool descriptions,
+memory configuration, and runtime settings around a specific cloud
+model. Naive substitution of a local model for the cloud model collapses
+accuracy because none of the surrounding configuration was tuned for the
+new model. Optimizing across primitives jointly — instead of
+single-primitive optimization (LoRA-only, prompt-only) — is what allows
+LLM-guided spec search to recover that lost accuracy. The decomposition
+into Intelligence / Engine / Agents / Tools & Memory / Learning, with
+the spec as the typed configuration object, is what makes the search
+space well-defined.
+
+## Adding a new external corpus
+
+1. Create `src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/<corpus>.py` implementing
+   `DatasetProvider` (look at `adp.py` for a small reference). The
+   provider's `load(max_samples, seed, split)` should respect the
+   `split` kwarg via `apply_split` from `openjarvis.evals.core.splits`.
+2. Register the new dataset in your local `DatasetRegistry` (typically
+   via `@DatasetRegistry.register("<corpus>")` decorator on the class).
+3. Use it the same way as the bundled corpora: load records, then call
+   `write_external_records_as_traces(store, records, source_name="<corpus>")`
+   to make them visible to the proposer's diagnose phase.
+
+The proposer can then filter on `metadata["source"] == "<corpus>"` if
+you're feeding multiple corpora into the same search session.

src/openjarvis/evals/backends/jarvis_agent.py

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class JarvisAgentBackend(InferenceBackend):
         builder._config.skills.enabled = skills_enabled
         if overlay_dir is not None:
             builder._config.learning.skills.overlay_dir = str(overlay_dir)
-        self._system = builder.telemetry(telemetry).traces(True).build()
+        self._system = builder.telemetry(telemetry).traces(telemetry).build()
 
     @property
     def framework_commit_value(self) -> str:

src/openjarvis/evals/core/splits.py

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+"""Deterministic train/test split helper used by dataset providers."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import random
+from typing import List, Literal, TypeVar
+
+SplitName = Literal["train", "test", "all"]
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+def apply_split(
+    items: List[T],
+    *,
+    split: SplitName,
+    seed: int,
+    train_frac: float,
+) -> List[T]:
+    """Return a deterministic slice of ``items`` according to ``split``.
+
+    The underlying permutation is ``random.Random(seed).shuffle(items_copy)``.
+    ``train`` is the first ``int(len(items) * train_frac)`` entries of the
+    shuffle, ``test`` is the remainder, ``all`` is the whole shuffle.
+    """
+    if split not in ("train", "test", "all"):
+        raise ValueError(f"split must be one of train/test/all, got {split!r}")
+    if not 0.0 < train_frac < 1.0:
+        raise ValueError(f"train_frac must be in (0, 1), got {train_frac}")
+    shuffled = list(items)
+    random.Random(seed).shuffle(shuffled)
+    if split == "all":
+        return shuffled
+    cut = int(len(shuffled) * train_frac)
+    if split == "train":
+        return shuffled[:cut]
+    return shuffled[cut:]
+
+
+__all__ = ["apply_split", "SplitName"]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/adp.py

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+"""Agent Data Collection (neulab) — external agent-trajectory corpus.
+
+NOT USED FOR EVALUATION. Surfaces multi-turn agent trajectories to the
+LLM-guided spec search proposer via
+``openjarvis.learning.distillation.external_adapter`` so the diagnose
+phase can reason over a broad pool of agent traces without depending on
+the per-cell student's own trace history.
+
+HF dataset: neulab/agent-data-collection — a multi-config collection of
+agent trajectory datasets (AgentTuning subsets, CodeAct, OpenHands, etc.).
+Each config shares the same ``std`` split schema:
+  - ``id``: trajectory identifier
+  - ``content``: list-of-dicts with keys ``class_``, ``source``, ``content``
+  - ``details``: per-config metadata dict
+
+Conversion to EvalRecord:
+  - ``problem``  : content of the first turn whose ``source == "user"``
+  - ``reference``: content of the last turn whose ``class_ == "message_action"``
+    (the agent's final response/action), truncated to 2000 chars
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+import random
+from typing import Iterable, List, MutableMapping, Optional
+
+from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
+from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
+
+HF_DATASET_ID = "neulab/agent-data-collection"
+# Use 'std' split — the normalised, model-agnostic format present in every config.
+HF_SPLIT = "std"
+
+# All sub-configs available in the dataset. We concatenate them so the
+# corpus is as diverse as possible for the proposer's diagnose phase.
+_CONFIGS = [
+    "agenttuning_alfworld",
+    "agenttuning_db",
+    "agenttuning_kg",
+    "agenttuning_mind2web",
+    "agenttuning_os",
+    "agenttuning_webshop",
+    "code_feedback",
+    "codeactinstruct",
+    "go-browse-wa",
+    "mind2web",
+    "nebius_SWE-agent-trajectories",
+    "nnetnav-live",
+    "nnetnav-wa",
+    "openhands",
+    "orca_agentinstruct",
+    "swe-gym_openhands_sampled_trajectories",
+    "swe-smith",
+    "synatra",
+]
+
+
+def _parse_content(raw: object) -> List[MutableMapping[str, object]]:
+    """Parse the ``content`` field, which may be a list or a string repr of one."""
+    if isinstance(raw, list):
+        return raw  # type: ignore[return-value]
+    if isinstance(raw, str):
+        try:
+            parsed = ast.literal_eval(raw)
+            if isinstance(parsed, list):
+                return parsed  # type: ignore[return-value]
+        except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+            pass
+    return []
+
+
+def _extract_problem_reference(
+    turns: List[MutableMapping[str, object]],
+) -> tuple[Optional[str], str]:
+    """Return (problem, reference) from a list of trajectory turns.
+
+    problem   = content of the first user-sourced turn
+    reference = content of the last message_action turn (agent's final output),
+                truncated to 2000 chars; falls back to the last non-user turn
+    """
+    problem: Optional[str] = None
+    for turn in turns:
+        if turn.get("source") == "user":
+            text = str(turn.get("content") or "").strip()
+            if text:
+                problem = text
+                break
+
+    reference = ""
+    # Prefer the last message_action (the agent's final response/finish action)
+    for turn in reversed(turns):
+        if turn.get("class_") == "message_action":
+            text = str(turn.get("content") or "").strip()
+            if text:
+                reference = text[:2000]
+                break
+    if not reference:
+        # Fallback: last non-user turn of any class
+        for turn in reversed(turns):
+            if turn.get("source") != "user":
+                text = str(turn.get("content") or "").strip()
+                if text:
+                    reference = text[:2000]
+                    break
+
+    return problem, reference
+
+
+class ADPDataset(DatasetProvider):
+    """Agent Data Collection (neulab) external corpus for LLM-guided spec search."""
+
+    dataset_id = "adp"
+    dataset_name = "Agent Data Collection (neulab)"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._records: List[EvalRecord] = []
+
+    def load(
+        self,
+        *,
+        max_samples: Optional[int] = None,
+        split: Optional[str] = None,
+        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        from datasets import load_dataset
+
+        # We use streaming to avoid pulling entire datasets into Arrow memory
+        # for each config — the GC of large Arrow tables causes intermittent
+        # segfaults in this environment.
+        #
+        # Row collection cap:
+        #  - When only max_samples is given (no split, no explicit seed) we stop
+        #    after collecting max_samples rows from the configs.
+        #  - When a split or shuffle is requested we need enough rows to make
+        #    apply_split meaningful: collect at most max(max_samples * 50, 2000)
+        #    rows so that even the test-split has sufficient samples, but we
+        #    don't load the entire corpus.
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all") or seed is not None:
+            row_cap = max(max_samples * 50, 2000) if max_samples is not None else 5000
+        else:
+            row_cap = max_samples
+
+        rows: List[MutableMapping[str, object]] = []
+        for cfg in _CONFIGS:
+            if row_cap is not None and len(rows) >= row_cap:
+                break
+            try:
+                ds_stream = load_dataset(
+                    HF_DATASET_ID, cfg, split=HF_SPLIT, streaming=True
+                )
+                for row in ds_stream:
+                    rows.append(dict(row))  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    if row_cap is not None and len(rows) >= row_cap:
+                        break
+            except Exception:
+                # Skip configs that fail to load (gated, missing, etc.)
+                continue
+
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            rows = apply_split(
+                rows,
+                split=split,
+                seed=effective_seed,
+                train_frac=0.2,
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
+            rng = random.Random(seed)
+            rng.shuffle(rows)
+
+        if max_samples is not None:
+            rows = rows[:max_samples]
+
+        records: List[EvalRecord] = []
+        for i, r in enumerate(rows):
+            turns = _parse_content(r.get("content"))
+            problem, reference = _extract_problem_reference(turns)
+            if not problem:
+                continue
+            row_id = r.get("id")
+            record_id = str(row_id) if row_id is not None else f"adp-{i}"
+            metadata: dict[str, object] = {"source": "adp"}
+            details = r.get("details")
+            if isinstance(details, dict):
+                metadata["details"] = details
+            records.append(
+                EvalRecord(
+                    record_id=record_id,
+                    problem=problem,
+                    reference=reference,
+                    category="",
+                    subject="",
+                    metadata=metadata,
+                )
+            )
+        self._records = records
+
+    def iter_records(self) -> Iterable[EvalRecord]:
+        return iter(self._records)
+
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._records)
+
+
+__all__ = ["ADPDataset"]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/gaia.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Iterable, List, MutableMapping, Optional, Sequence
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 _DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR = Path.home() / ".cache" / "gaia_benchmark"
@@ -54,7 +55,11 @@ class GAIADataset(DatasetProvider):
         from datasets import load_dataset
         from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
 
-        use_split = split or self._default_split
+        use_split = (
+            self._default_split
+            if split in ("train", "test", "all") or split is None
+            else split
+        )
 
         # Ensure dataset is downloaded
         dataset_location = self._cache_dir / "GAIA"
@@ -82,7 +87,11 @@ class GAIADataset(DatasetProvider):
         else:
             rows = list(dataset)
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            rows = list(rows)
+            rows = apply_split(rows, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2)
+        elif seed is not None:
             rng = random.Random(seed)
             rows = list(rows)
             rng.shuffle(rows)

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/generalthoughts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+"""GeneralThought-430K (filtered) — external reasoning corpus.
+
+NOT USED FOR EVALUATION. Provides the LLM-guided spec search proposer
+with a large pool of reasoning trajectories to reason over (via
+`openjarvis.learning.distillation.external_adapter`) when the diagnose
+phase wants signal from a broad reasoning corpus rather than the
+per-cell student's own trace history.
+
+HF dataset: natolambert/GeneralThought-430K-filtered (filtered variant of
+GeneralReasoning/GeneralThought-430K — community/verifier-score filtered).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import random
+from typing import Iterable, List, MutableMapping, Optional, Sequence
+
+from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
+from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
+
+HF_DATASET_ID = "natolambert/GeneralThought-430K-filtered"
+HF_SPLIT = "train"
+# Schema (observed from load_dataset_builder + sample row):
+#   question_id, question_url, question, reference_answer, prev_messages,
+#   model_name, model_answer, model_reasoning, task, question_license,
+#   question_source, community_answer_score, community_question_score,
+#   verifier_score
+PROBLEM_COLS = ("question",)
+SOLUTION_COLS = ("model_answer", "reference_answer")
+
+
+def _first_present(
+    row: MutableMapping[str, object], keys: Sequence[str]
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    for k in keys:
+        v = row.get(k)
+        if isinstance(v, str) and v.strip():
+            return v
+    return None
+
+
+class GeneralThoughtsDataset(DatasetProvider):
+    """GeneralThought-430K (filtered) external reasoning corpus for LLM-guided spec search."""
+
+    dataset_id = "generalthoughts"
+    dataset_name = "GeneralThought-430K-filtered (natolambert)"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._records: List[EvalRecord] = []
+
+    def load(
+        self,
+        *,
+        max_samples: Optional[int] = None,
+        split: Optional[str] = None,
+        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        from datasets import load_dataset
+
+        ds = load_dataset(HF_DATASET_ID, split=HF_SPLIT)
+        rows: List[MutableMapping[str, object]]
+        if hasattr(ds, "to_list"):
+            rows = ds.to_list()
+        else:
+            rows = list(ds)
+
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            rows = apply_split(
+                rows,
+                split=split,
+                seed=effective_seed,
+                train_frac=0.2,
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
+            rng = random.Random(seed)
+            rng.shuffle(rows)
+
+        if max_samples is not None:
+            rows = rows[:max_samples]
+
+        records: List[EvalRecord] = []
+        for i, r in enumerate(rows):
+            problem = _first_present(r, PROBLEM_COLS)
+            if not problem:
+                continue
+            reference = _first_present(r, SOLUTION_COLS) or ""
+            question_id = r.get("question_id")
+            record_id = (
+                str(question_id) if question_id is not None else f"generalthoughts-{i}"
+            )
+            # Gather lightweight metadata — skip large text fields to keep records lean
+            metadata: dict[str, object] = {"source": "generalthoughts"}
+            for key in ("task", "question_source", "model_name", "question_license"):
+                val = r.get(key)
+                if val is not None:
+                    metadata[key] = val
+            records.append(
+                EvalRecord(
+                    record_id=record_id,
+                    problem=problem,
+                    reference=reference,
+                    category="reasoning",
+                    subject=str(r.get("task") or "General"),
+                    metadata=metadata,
+                )
+            )
+        self._records = records
+
+    def iter_records(self) -> Iterable[EvalRecord]:
+        return iter(self._records)
+
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._records)
+
+
+__all__ = ["GeneralThoughtsDataset"]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/livecodebench.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import random
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, MutableMapping, Optional, Sequence
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -89,7 +90,11 @@ class LiveCodeBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
     ) -> None:
         from datasets import load_dataset
 
-        use_split = split or _DEFAULT_SPLIT
+        use_split = (
+            _DEFAULT_SPLIT
+            if split in ("train", "test", "all") or split is None
+            else split
+        )
 
         # Try lite version first (smaller, faster download), fall back to full
         dataset = None
@@ -114,7 +119,11 @@ class LiveCodeBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
         else:
             rows = list(dataset)
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            rows = list(rows)
+            rows = apply_split(rows, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2)
+        elif seed is not None:
             rng = random.Random(seed)
             rows = list(rows)
             rng.shuffle(rows)

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/liveresearch.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -132,7 +133,12 @@ class LiveResearchBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
         if split and split in ("en", "zh"):
             queries = [q for q in queries if q.get("language") == split]
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            queries = apply_split(
+                queries, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
             random.Random(seed).shuffle(queries)
         if max_samples is not None:
             queries = queries[:max_samples]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/liveresearchbench.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import random
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -88,7 +89,11 @@ class LiveResearchBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
     ) -> None:
         from datasets import load_dataset
 
-        hf_split = split or self._hf_split
+        hf_split = (
+            self._hf_split
+            if split in ("train", "test", "all") or split is None
+            else split
+        )
         LOGGER.info(
             "Loading %s (config=%s, split=%s) from HuggingFace ...",
             HF_DATASET_ID,
@@ -125,7 +130,12 @@ class LiveResearchBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
                 f"(config={self._hf_config}, split={hf_split})"
             )
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            records = apply_split(
+                records, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
             random.Random(seed).shuffle(records)
         if max_samples is not None:
             records = records[:max_samples]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/pinchbench.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional
 import yaml
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -158,7 +159,10 @@ class PinchBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
             except Exception as exc:
                 LOGGER.warning("Skipping %s: %s", tf.name, exc)
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            tasks = apply_split(tasks, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2)
+        elif seed is not None:
             random.Random(seed).shuffle(tasks)
         if max_samples is not None:
             tasks = tasks[:max_samples]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/taubench.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Iterable, List, Optional
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -51,7 +52,15 @@ def _ensure_tau2() -> None:
             )
         except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
             subprocess.run(
-                ["uv", "pip", "install", "--python", sys.executable, "-e", str(CACHE_DIR)],
+                [
+                    "uv",
+                    "pip",
+                    "install",
+                    "--python",
+                    sys.executable,
+                    "-e",
+                    str(CACHE_DIR),
+                ],
                 check=True,
                 capture_output=True,
             )
@@ -128,8 +137,9 @@ class TauBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
         from tau2.runner import get_tasks
 
         # split overrides domains if provided (e.g. "airline,retail")
+        # "train", "test", "all" are reserved for the apply_split path below.
         domains = self._domains
-        if split:
+        if split and split not in ("train", "test", "all"):
             domains = [d.strip() for d in split.split(",") if d.strip()]
 
         all_records: List[EvalRecord] = []
@@ -219,7 +229,12 @@ class TauBenchDataset(DatasetProvider):
                 )
                 all_records.append(record)
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            all_records = apply_split(
+                all_records, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
             import random
 
             random.Random(seed).shuffle(all_records)

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/toolcall15.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import random
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional
 
 from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
 from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ class ToolCall15Dataset(DatasetProvider):
         scenarios = list(SCENARIOS)
 
         # Optional category filter via split (e.g. "A", "A,B", "D-RestraintRefusal")
-        if split:
+        if split and split not in ("train", "test", "all"):
             filter_cats = [c.strip().upper() for c in split.split(",")]
             scenarios = [
                 s
@@ -661,7 +662,12 @@ class ToolCall15Dataset(DatasetProvider):
                 if any(s["category"].upper().startswith(fc) for fc in filter_cats)
             ]
 
-        if seed is not None:
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            scenarios = apply_split(
+                scenarios, split=split, seed=effective_seed, train_frac=0.2
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
             random.Random(seed).shuffle(scenarios)
         if max_samples is not None:
             scenarios = scenarios[:max_samples]

src/openjarvis/evals/datasets/toolorchestra.py

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+"""ToolScale (nvidia) — external tool-use corpus.
+
+NOT USED FOR EVALUATION. Surfaces tool-use trajectories from
+``nvidia/ToolScale`` (the dataset underlying the ToolOrchestra paper) to
+the LLM-guided spec search proposer via
+``openjarvis.learning.distillation.external_adapter`` so the diagnose
+phase can reason over a broad pool of tool-use traces.
+
+The ``dataset_id`` is kept as ``"toolorchestra"`` (matching the published
+paper name) even though the HuggingFace dataset is published as
+``nvidia/ToolScale``.
+
+HF dataset: nvidia/ToolScale — single ``train`` split.
+Schema:
+  - ``id``: record identifier (string)
+  - ``description``: task/policy metadata dict (or string repr)
+  - ``user_scenario``: dict with ``persona`` and ``instructions``
+    - ``instructions.task_instructions``: the user's tool-use request (problem)
+    - ``instructions.reason_for_call``:   optional context / motivation
+  - ``initial_state``: environment state at task start (may be None/empty)
+  - ``evaluation_criteria``: dict with ``actions`` list — the expected
+    sequence of tool calls (used as reference)
+
+Conversion to EvalRecord:
+  - ``problem``  : ``user_scenario.instructions.task_instructions``
+  - ``reference``: string representation of ``evaluation_criteria.actions``,
+                   truncated to 2000 chars
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+import random
+from typing import Any, Iterable, List, MutableMapping, Optional
+
+from openjarvis.evals.core.dataset import DatasetProvider
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
+from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
+
+HF_DATASET_ID = "nvidia/ToolScale"
+HF_SPLIT = "train"
+
+
+def _parse_field(raw: object) -> Any:
+    """Parse a field that may be a dict, a string repr of a dict, or None."""
+    if raw is None or (isinstance(raw, str) and raw.strip().lower() in ("none", "")):
+        return None
+    if isinstance(raw, dict):
+        return raw
+    if isinstance(raw, str):
+        try:
+            return ast.literal_eval(raw)
+        except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+            pass
+    return raw
+
+
+def _extract_problem_reference(
+    row: MutableMapping[str, object],
+) -> tuple[Optional[str], str]:
+    """Return (problem, reference) from a ToolScale row.
+
+    problem   = user_scenario.instructions.task_instructions
+    reference = str(evaluation_criteria.actions) truncated to 2000 chars
+    """
+    problem: Optional[str] = None
+    user_scenario = _parse_field(row.get("user_scenario"))
+    if isinstance(user_scenario, dict):
+        instructions = user_scenario.get("instructions")
+        if isinstance(instructions, dict):
+            task_inst = instructions.get("task_instructions")
+            if isinstance(task_inst, str) and task_inst.strip():
+                problem = task_inst.strip()
+        # Fallback: top-level string in user_scenario
+        if not problem:
+            for key in ("task_instructions", "task", "query", "request"):
+                v = user_scenario.get(key)
+                if isinstance(v, str) and v.strip():
+                    problem = v.strip()
+                    break
+
+    reference = ""
+    eval_criteria = _parse_field(row.get("evaluation_criteria"))
+    if isinstance(eval_criteria, dict):
+        actions = eval_criteria.get("actions")
+        if actions is not None:
+            reference = str(actions)[:2000]
+    if not reference and eval_criteria is not None:
+        reference = str(eval_criteria)[:2000]
+
+    return problem, reference
+
+
+class ToolOrchestraDataset(DatasetProvider):
+    """ToolScale (nvidia/ToolScale) external corpus for LLM-guided spec search.
+
+    Published as part of the ToolOrchestra paper. ``dataset_id`` is kept
+    as ``"toolorchestra"`` (the paper's name).
+    """
+
+    dataset_id = "toolorchestra"
+    dataset_name = "ToolScale (nvidia) — ToolOrchestra paper"
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._records: List[EvalRecord] = []
+
+    def load(
+        self,
+        *,
+        max_samples: Optional[int] = None,
+        split: Optional[str] = None,
+        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        from datasets import load_dataset
+
+        ds = load_dataset(HF_DATASET_ID, split=HF_SPLIT)
+        rows: List[MutableMapping[str, object]]
+        if hasattr(ds, "to_list"):
+            rows = ds.to_list()
+        else:
+            rows = list(ds)
+
+        effective_seed = 42 if seed is None else seed
+        if split in ("train", "test", "all"):
+            rows = apply_split(
+                rows,
+                split=split,
+                seed=effective_seed,
+                train_frac=0.2,
+            )
+        elif seed is not None:
+            rng = random.Random(seed)
+            rng.shuffle(rows)
+
+        if max_samples is not None:
+            rows = rows[:max_samples]
+
+        records: List[EvalRecord] = []
+        for i, r in enumerate(rows):
+            problem, reference = _extract_problem_reference(r)
+            if not problem:
+                continue
+            row_id = r.get("id")
+            record_id = str(row_id) if row_id is not None else f"toolorchestra-{i}"
+            metadata: dict[str, object] = {"source": "toolorchestra"}
+            desc = _parse_field(r.get("description"))
+            if isinstance(desc, dict):
+                for key in ("purpose", "notes"):
+                    val = desc.get(key)
+                    if val is not None:
+                        metadata[key] = val
+            records.append(
+                EvalRecord(
+                    record_id=record_id,
+                    problem=problem,
+                    reference=reference,
+                    category="",
+                    subject="",
+                    metadata=metadata,
+                )
+            )
+        self._records = records
+
+    def iter_records(self) -> Iterable[EvalRecord]:
+        return iter(self._records)
+
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._records)
+
+
+__all__ = ["ToolOrchestraDataset"]

src/openjarvis/learning/distillation/external_adapter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"""Adapt external agent-dataset records into TraceStore rows.
+
+LLM-guided spec search reads student traces from a SQLite TraceStore via
+its search/get tools. This adapter reuses that pipeline for external
+agent corpora (e.g. ADP, ToolOrchestra, GeneralThoughts): each EvalRecord
+from a provider becomes a synthetic Trace so the teacher proposer can
+reason over it without a live student run on the corpus task.
+
+These synthetic traces carry feedback=0.5 by default (no ground truth).
+Tool calls are empty. The `source_name` tag in each trace's metadata is
+how multi-source corpora are filtered downstream.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+from openjarvis.core.types import Trace
+from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
+from openjarvis.traces.store import TraceStore
+
+
+def write_external_records_as_traces(
+    store: TraceStore,
+    records: Iterable[EvalRecord],
+    *,
+    source_name: str,
+    feedback_score: float = 0.5,
+) -> int:
+    """Write each EvalRecord to `store` as a synthetic Trace.
+
+    The LLM-guided spec search proposer reads from the TraceStore via
+    its search/get tools; this lets the diagnose phase substitute live
+    student traces with records from pre-existing agent-task corpora
+    (ADP / ToolOrchestra / GeneralThoughts).
+
+    Args:
+        store: Destination TraceStore.
+        records: Iterable of EvalRecord (e.g. from a dataset provider).
+        source_name: Label recorded in each trace's metadata["source"]
+            so multi-source setups can filter later.
+        feedback_score: Value for Trace.feedback (0..1). Defaults to 0.5
+            because external records carry no ground-truth outcome.
+
+    Returns:
+        Number of traces written.
+    """
+    written = 0
+    for rec in records:
+        meta = {"source": source_name, "record_id": rec.record_id}
+        if rec.metadata:
+            meta.update(rec.metadata)
+        trace = Trace(
+            trace_id=f"ext-{source_name}-{rec.record_id}",
+            query=rec.problem,
+            agent="external",
+            model="external",
+            engine="external",
+            steps=[],
+            result=rec.reference or "",
+            outcome=None,
+            feedback=feedback_score,
+            metadata=meta,
+        )
+        store.save(trace)
+        written += 1
+    return written
+
+
+__all__ = ["write_external_records_as_traces"]

tests/evals/core/test_config_split_parsing.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# tests/evals/core/test_config_split_parsing.py
+"""Regression: the `split` key under [[benchmarks]] is parsed and plumbed."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from openjarvis.evals.core.config import load_eval_config
+
+
+def _write_config(tmp_path: Path, split_value: str | None) -> Path:
+    split_line = f'split = "{split_value}"' if split_value else ""
+    toml = f"""
+[meta]
+name = "split-parse-test"
+
+[run]
+output_dir = "{tmp_path / "out"}"
+seed = 42
+
+[[models]]
+name = "dummy-model"
+engine = "noop"
+
+[[benchmarks]]
+name = "gaia"
+backend = "jarvis-agent"
+{split_line}
+max_samples = 10
+"""
+    p = tmp_path / "eval.toml"
+    p.write_text(toml)
+    return p
+
+
+def test_split_parsed_when_present(tmp_path: Path):
+    p = _write_config(tmp_path, "test")
+    cfg = load_eval_config(p)
+    assert cfg.benchmarks[0].split == "test"
+
+
+def test_split_absent_becomes_none(tmp_path: Path):
+    p = _write_config(tmp_path, None)
+    cfg = load_eval_config(p)
+    assert cfg.benchmarks[0].split is None
+
+
+def test_split_train_value(tmp_path: Path):
+    p = _write_config(tmp_path, "train")
+    cfg = load_eval_config(p)
+    assert cfg.benchmarks[0].split == "train"
+
+
+def test_split_all_value(tmp_path: Path):
+    p = _write_config(tmp_path, "all")
+    cfg = load_eval_config(p)
+    assert cfg.benchmarks[0].split == "all"
+
+
+def test_split_plumbs_to_agent_eval_config(tmp_path: Path):
+    """End-to-end: parsed split flows into RunConfig.dataset_split
+    which is what runner.py passes to ds.load(split=...)."""
+    p = _write_config(tmp_path, "test")
+    cfg = load_eval_config(p)
+    # Pull out one expanded RunConfig (model x benchmark product)
+    from openjarvis.evals.core.config import expand_suite
+
+    run_cfgs = list(expand_suite(cfg))
+    assert len(run_cfgs) >= 1
+    assert run_cfgs[0].dataset_split == "test"

tests/evals/core/test_splits.py

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# tests/evals/core/test_splits.py
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from openjarvis.evals.core.splits import apply_split
+
+
+def test_train_is_first_20_percent():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    train = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert len(train) == 20
+
+
+def test_test_is_remaining_80_percent():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    test = apply_split(items, split="test", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert len(test) == 80
+
+
+def test_train_and_test_are_disjoint():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    train = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    test = apply_split(items, split="test", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert set(train).isdisjoint(set(test))
+
+
+def test_train_union_test_equals_all_shuffled():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    train = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    test = apply_split(items, split="test", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    allx = apply_split(items, split="all", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert sorted(train + test) == sorted(allx)
+
+
+def test_all_returns_shuffled_copy():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    allx = apply_split(items, split="all", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert len(allx) == 100
+    assert set(allx) == set(items)
+
+
+def test_deterministic_across_calls():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    a = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    b = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert a == b
+
+
+def test_different_seeds_give_different_order():
+    items = list(range(100))
+    a = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+    b = apply_split(items, split="train", seed=43, train_frac=0.2)
+    assert a != b
+
+
+def test_invalid_split_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"split must be one of train/test/all"):
+        apply_split([1, 2, 3], split="foo", seed=42, train_frac=0.2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("bad_frac", [0.0, 1.0, -0.5, 1.5])
+def test_rejects_train_frac_out_of_range(bad_frac):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"train_frac must be in \(0, 1\)"):
+        apply_split([1, 2, 3], split="train", seed=42, train_frac=bad_frac)
+
+
+def test_does_not_mutate_input():
+    items = list(range(10))
+    snapshot = items[:]
+    apply_split(items, split="train", seed=42, train_frac=0.8)
+    assert items == snapshot

tests/evals/datasets/test_external_agent_datasets.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+"""Smoke test: each external-corpus provider loads and iterates records.
+
+All three providers (ADP, ToolOrchestra, GeneralThoughts) are live and
+point at their confirmed HF ids:
+- adp            → neulab/agent-data-collection
+- toolorchestra  → nvidia/ToolScale
+- generalthoughts → natolambert/GeneralThought-430K-filtered
+
+These tests download each dataset once to ~/.cache/huggingface and
+verify the provider loads, iterates, and honours the split kwarg.
+The ModuleNotFoundError skip branch is defensive — currently
+unreachable since all three provider modules exist.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+
+import pytest
+
+PROVIDERS = [
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.adp", "ADPDataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.toolorchestra", "ToolOrchestraDataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.generalthoughts", "GeneralThoughtsDataset"),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mod_name,cls_name", PROVIDERS)
+def test_external_provider_loads_and_iterates(mod_name, cls_name):
+    """Download, load 5 records, assert they have record_id + non-empty problem."""
+    try:
+        mod = importlib.import_module(mod_name)
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        pytest.skip(f"{mod_name} not implemented (HF id not found)")
+    ds_cls = getattr(mod, cls_name)
+    ds = ds_cls()
+    ds.load(max_samples=5)
+    records = list(ds.iter_records())
+    assert 1 <= len(records) <= 5
+    for r in records:
+        assert r.record_id
+        assert r.problem
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mod_name,cls_name", PROVIDERS)
+def test_external_provider_respects_split(mod_name, cls_name):
+    """Train and test splits are disjoint when seed is held constant."""
+    try:
+        mod = importlib.import_module(mod_name)
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        pytest.skip(f"{mod_name} not implemented (HF id not found)")
+    ds_cls = getattr(mod, cls_name)
+    train = ds_cls()
+    train.load(split="train", seed=42, max_samples=20)
+    test = ds_cls()
+    test.load(split="test", seed=42, max_samples=20)
+    train_ids = {r.record_id for r in train.iter_records()}
+    test_ids = {r.record_id for r in test.iter_records()}
+    if len(train_ids) + len(test_ids) < 10:
+        pytest.skip("sample too small to verify disjointness meaningfully")
+    assert train_ids.isdisjoint(test_ids)

tests/evals/test_dataset_splits_integration.py

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""Integration test: each provider's split kwarg produces disjoint train/test slices."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+
+import pytest
+
+PROVIDERS = [
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.pinchbench", "PinchBenchDataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.liveresearch", "LiveResearchBenchDataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.gaia", "GAIADataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.liveresearchbench", "LiveResearchBenchDataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.taubench", "TauBenchDataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.toolcall15", "ToolCall15Dataset"),
+    ("openjarvis.evals.datasets.livecodebench", "LiveCodeBenchDataset"),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mod_name,cls_name", PROVIDERS)
+def test_train_and_test_are_disjoint_per_provider(mod_name, cls_name):
+    mod = importlib.import_module(mod_name)
+    ds_cls = getattr(mod, cls_name)
+
+    train_ds = ds_cls()
+    train_ds.load(split="train", seed=42)
+    test_ds = ds_cls()
+    test_ds.load(split="test", seed=42)
+
+    train_ids = {r.record_id for r in train_ds.iter_records()}
+    test_ids = {r.record_id for r in test_ds.iter_records()}
+    total = len(train_ids) + len(test_ids)
+
+    # A dataset with fewer than ~10 items can't produce a meaningful 20/80
+    # split where both sides are non-empty. In that regime we skip the
+    # disjointness check. But always reject a silent zero: if apply_split
+    # or an upstream filter produced an empty slice, fail loudly.
+    if total == 0:
+        pytest.fail(
+            f"{cls_name} returned 0 records for both train and test — "
+            f"likely a gate regression"
+        )
+    if total < 10:
+        pytest.skip("dataset too small for a 20/80 split")
+
+    assert train_ids.isdisjoint(test_ids)
+    assert total == train_ds.size() + test_ds.size()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_toolcall15_split_is_nonempty():
+    """Regression: toolcall15 must not silently return 0 records for split=train."""
+    from openjarvis.evals.datasets.toolcall15 import ToolCall15Dataset
+
+    ds = ToolCall15Dataset()
+    ds.load(split="train", seed=42)
+    assert ds.size() > 0, "toolcall15 train split should have >0 records"
+
+    ds_test = ToolCall15Dataset()
+    ds_test.load(split="test", seed=42)
+    assert ds_test.size() > 0, "toolcall15 test split should have >0 records"
+
+    train_ids = {r.record_id for r in ds.iter_records()}
+    test_ids = {r.record_id for r in ds_test.iter_records()}
+    assert train_ids.isdisjoint(test_ids)

tests/learning/distillation/test_external_adapter.py

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+"""Tests for openjarvis.learning.distillation.external_adapter."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from openjarvis.evals.core.types import EvalRecord
+from openjarvis.learning.distillation.external_adapter import (
+    write_external_records_as_traces,
+)
+from openjarvis.traces.store import TraceStore
+
+
+def _fake_records(n: int) -> list[EvalRecord]:
+    return [
+        EvalRecord(
+            record_id=f"rec-{i}",
+            problem=f"question {i}",
+            reference=f"answer {i}",
+            category="test-category",
+            metadata={"difficulty": "hard"} if i % 2 else None,
+        )
+        for i in range(n)
+    ]
+
+
+def test_writes_one_trace_per_record(tmp_path: Path):
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    records = _fake_records(5)
+    count = write_external_records_as_traces(
+        store,
+        records,
+        source_name="testcorpus",
+    )
+    assert count == 5
+
+
+def test_synthetic_trace_fields(tmp_path: Path):
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    write_external_records_as_traces(
+        store,
+        _fake_records(1),
+        source_name="test",
+    )
+    # Use store.get() with known trace_id to retrieve the trace directly.
+    t = store.get("ext-test-rec-0")
+    assert t is not None
+    assert t.trace_id == "ext-test-rec-0"
+    assert t.query == "question 0"
+    assert t.result == "answer 0"
+    assert t.agent == "external"
+    assert t.model == "external"
+    assert t.engine == "external"
+    assert t.steps == []
+    assert t.outcome is None
+    assert t.feedback == 0.5
+    assert t.metadata["source"] == "test"
+    assert t.metadata["record_id"] == "rec-0"
+
+
+def test_custom_feedback_score(tmp_path: Path):
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    write_external_records_as_traces(
+        store,
+        _fake_records(1),
+        source_name="src",
+        feedback_score=0.9,
+    )
+    trace = store.get("ext-src-rec-0")
+    assert trace is not None
+    assert trace.feedback == 0.9
+
+
+def test_metadata_merges_record_metadata(tmp_path: Path):
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    records = [
+        EvalRecord(
+            record_id="A",
+            problem="q",
+            reference="r",
+            category="cat",
+            metadata={"k1": "v1", "k2": "v2"},
+        ),
+    ]
+    write_external_records_as_traces(store, records, source_name="src")
+    trace = store.get("ext-src-A")
+    assert trace is not None
+    assert trace.metadata == {
+        "source": "src",
+        "record_id": "A",
+        "k1": "v1",
+        "k2": "v2",
+    }
+
+
+def test_written_traces_are_fts_searchable(tmp_path: Path):
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    records = [
+        EvalRecord(
+            record_id="alpha",
+            problem="question about databases",
+            reference="answer",
+            category="cat",
+        ),
+        EvalRecord(
+            record_id="beta",
+            problem="question about networking",
+            reference="answer",
+            category="cat",
+        ),
+    ]
+    write_external_records_as_traces(store, records, source_name="src")
+    hits = store.search("databases", limit=10)
+    assert any(h["query"] == "question about databases" for h in hits)
+
+
+def test_returns_zero_for_empty_input(tmp_path: Path):
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    count = write_external_records_as_traces(
+        store,
+        [],
+        source_name="empty",
+    )
+    assert count == 0
+
+
+def test_duplicate_record_ids_raise(tmp_path: Path):
+    import sqlite3
+
+    store = TraceStore(tmp_path / "traces.db")
+    records = [
+        EvalRecord(record_id="dup", problem="p1", reference="r", category="cat"),
+        EvalRecord(record_id="dup", problem="p2", reference="r", category="cat"),
+    ]
+    with pytest.raises(sqlite3.IntegrityError):
+        write_external_records_as_traces(store, records, source_name="src")