automl · Sohambasu07 · Aug 24, 2025 · Jun 9, 2025 · Jun 11, 2025 · Jun 24, 2025
diff --git a/.trace.lock b/.trace.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ neps.run(
     evaluate_pipeline=evaluate_pipeline,
     pipeline_space=pipeline_space,
     root_directory="path/to/save/results",  # Replace with the actual path.
-    max_evaluations_total=100,
+    evaluations_to_spend=100,
 )
 ```
 

diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ neps.run(
     evaluate_pipeline=evaluate_pipeline,
     pipeline_space=pipeline_space,
     root_directory="path/to/save/results",  # Replace with the actual path.
-    max_evaluations_total=100,
+    evaluations_to_spend=100,
 )
 ```
 

diff --git a/docs/reference/analyse.md b/docs/reference/analyse.md
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ Currently, this creates one plot that shows the best error value across the numb
 
 ## What's on disk?
 In the root directory, NePS maintains several files at all times that are human readable and can be useful
-If you pass the `post_run_summary=` argument to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run],
-NePS will also generate a summary CSV file for you.
+If you pass the `write_summary_to_disk=` argument to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run],
+NePS will generate a summary CSV and TXT files for you.  
 
-=== "`neps.run(..., post_run_summary=True)`"
+=== "`neps.run(..., write_summary_to_disk=True)`"
 
     ```
     ROOT_DIRECTORY
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ NePS will also generate a summary CSV file for you.
     │      └── report.yaml
     ├── summary
     │  ├── full.csv
-    │  └── short.csv
+    │  ├── short.csv
+    │  ├── best_config_trajectory.txt
+    │  └── best_config.txt
     ├── optimizer_info.yaml
     └── optimizer_state.pkl
     ```
 
 
-=== "`neps.run(..., post_run_summary=False)`"
+=== "`neps.run(..., write_summary_to_disk=False)`"
 
     ```
     ROOT_DIRECTORY
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ NePS will also generate a summary CSV file for you.
 The `full.csv` contains all configuration details in CSV format.
 Details include configuration hyperparameters and any returned result and cost from the `evaluate_pipeline` function.
 
-The `run_status.csv` provides general run details, such as the number of failed and successful configurations,
-and the best configuration with its corresponding objective value.
+The `best_config_trajectory.txt` contains logging of the incumbent trajectory.
+The `best_config.txt` records current incumbent.
 
 # TensorBoard Integration
 

diff --git a/docs/reference/evaluate_pipeline.md b/docs/reference/evaluate_pipeline.md
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ def evaluate_pipeline(
 
 #### Cost
 
-Along with the return of the `loss`, the `evaluate_pipeline=` function would optionally need to return a `cost` in certain cases. Specifically when the `max_cost_total` parameter is being utilized in the `neps.run` function.
+Along with the return of the `loss`, the `evaluate_pipeline=` function would optionally need to return a `cost` in certain cases. Specifically when the `cost_to_spend` parameter is being utilized in the `neps.run` function.
 
 
 !!! note
 
-    `max_cost_total` sums the cost from all returned configuration results and checks whether the maximum allowed cost has been reached (if so, the search will come to an end).
+    `cost_to_spend` sums the cost from all returned configuration results and checks whether the maximum allowed cost has been reached (if so, the search will come to an end).
 
 ```python
 import neps
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         evaluate_pipeline=evaluate_pipeline,
         pipeline_space=pipeline_space, # Assuming the pipeline space is defined
         root_directory="results/bo",
-        max_cost_total=10,
+        cost_to_spend=10,
         optimizer="bayesian_optimization",
     )
 ```

diff --git a/docs/reference/neps_run.md b/docs/reference/neps_run.md
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ See the following for more:
 * What goes in and what goes out of [`evaluate_pipeline()`](../reference/evaluate_pipeline.md)?
 
 ## Budget, how long to run?
-To define a budget, provide `max_evaluations_total=` to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run],
+To define a budget, provide `evaluations_to_spend=` to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run],
 to specify the total number of evaluations to conduct before halting the optimization process,
-or `max_cost_total=` to specify a cost threshold for your own custom cost metric, such as time, energy, or monetary, as returned by each evaluation of the pipeline .
+or `cost_to_spend=` to specify a cost threshold for your own custom cost metric, such as time, energy, or monetary, as returned by each evaluation of the pipeline .
 
 
 ```python
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def evaluate_pipeline(learning_rate: float, epochs: int) -> float:
     return {"objective_function_to_minimize": loss, "cost": duration}
 
 neps.run(
-    max_evaluations_total=10, # (1)!
-    max_cost_total=1000, # (2)!
+    evaluations_to_spend=10, # (1)!
+    cost_to_spend=1000, # (2)!
 )
 ```
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Please refer to Python's [logging documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/libra
 
 ## Continuing Runs
 To continue a run, all you need to do is provide the same `root_directory=` to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run] as before,
-with an increased `max_evaluations_total=` or `max_cost_total=`.
+with an increased `evaluations_to_spend=` or `cost_to_spend=`.
 
 ```python
 def run(learning_rate: float, epochs: int) -> float:
@@ -100,21 +100,21 @@ def run(learning_rate: float, epochs: int) -> float:
 
 neps.run(
     # Increase the total number of trials from 10 as set previously to 50
-    max_evaluations_total=50,
+    evaluations_to_spend=50,
 )
 ```
 
 If the run previously stopped due to reaching a budget and you specify the same budget, the worker will immediatly stop as it will remember the amount of budget it used previously.
 
 ## Overwriting a Run
 
-To overwrite a run, simply provide the same `root_directory=` to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run] as before, with the `overwrite_working_directory=True` argument.
+To overwrite a run, simply provide the same `root_directory=` to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run] as before, with the `overwrite_root_directory=True` argument.
 
 ```python
 neps.run(
     ...,
     root_directory="path/to/previous_result_dir",
-    overwrite_working_directory=True,
+    overwrite_root_directory=True,
 )
 ```
 
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ neps.run(
 ## Getting the results
 The results of the optimization process are stored in the `root_directory=`
 provided to [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run].
-To obtain a summary of the optimization process, you can enable the
-`post_run_summary=True` argument in [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run],
-while will generate a summary csv after the run has finished.
 
 === "Result Directory"
 
@@ -143,17 +140,19 @@ while will generate a summary csv after the run has finished.
     │   └── config_2
     │       ├── config.yaml
     │       └── metadata.json
-    ├── summary                 # Only if post_run_summary=True
+    ├── summary                 
     │  ├── full.csv
     │  └── short.csv
+    │  ├── best_config_trajectory.txt
+    │  └── best_config.txt
     ├── optimizer_info.yaml     # The optimizer's configuration
     └── optimizer_state.pkl     # The optimizer's state, shared between workers
     ```
 
 === "python"
 
     ```python
-    neps.run(..., post_run_summary=True)
+    neps.run(..., write_summary_to_disk=True)
     ```
 
 To capture the results of the optimization process, you can use tensorbaord logging with various utilities to integrate
@@ -174,20 +173,20 @@ Any new workers that come online will automatically pick up work and work togeth
         evaluate_pipeline=...,
         pipeline_space=...,
         root_directory="some/path",
-        max_evaluations_total=100,
+        evaluations_to_spend=100,
         max_evaluations_per_run=10, # (1)!
         continue_until_max_evaluation_completed=True, # (2)!
-        overwrite_working_directory=False, #!!!
+        overwrite_root_directory=False, #!!!
     )
     ```
 
     1.  Limits the number of evaluations for this specific call of [`neps.run()`][neps.api.run].
-    2.  Evaluations in-progress count towards max_evaluations_total, halting new ones when this limit is reached.
-        Setting this to `True` enables continuous sampling of new evaluations until the total of completed ones meets max_evaluations_total, optimizing resource use in time-sensitive scenarios.
+    2.  Evaluations in-progress count towards evaluations_to_spend, halting new ones when this limit is reached.
+        Setting this to `True` enables continuous sampling of new evaluations until the total of completed ones meets evaluations_to_spend, optimizing resource use in time-sensitive scenarios.
 
     !!! warning
 
-        Ensure `overwrite_working_directory=False` to prevent newly spawned workers from deleting the shared directory!
+        Ensure `overwrite_root_directory=False` to prevent newly spawned workers from deleting the shared directory!
 
 
 === "Shell"
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ neps.run(
 
 !!! note
 
-    Any runs that error will still count towards the total `max_evaluations_total` or `max_evaluations_per_run`.
+    Any runs that error will still count towards the total `evaluations_to_spend` or `max_evaluations_per_run`.
 
 ### Re-running Failed Configurations
 

diff --git a/docs/reference/optimizers.md b/docs/reference/optimizers.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ neps.run(
     evaluate_pipeline=run_function,
     pipeline_space=pipeline_space,
     root_directory="results/",
-    max_evaluations_total=25,
+    evaluations_to_spend=25,
     # no optimizer specified
 )
 ```
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ neps.run(
     evaluate_pipeline=run_function,
     pipeline_space=pipeline_space,
     root_directory="results/",
-    max_evaluations_total=25,
+    evaluations_to_spend=25,
     # optimizer specified, along with an argument
     optimizer=neps.algorithms.bayesian_optimization, # or as string: "bayesian_optimization"
 )
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ neps.run(
     evaluate_pipeline=run_function,
     pipeline_space=pipeline_space,
     root_directory="results/",
-    max_evaluations_total=25,
+    evaluations_to_spend=25,
     optimizer=("bayesian_optimization", {"initial_design_size": 5})
 )
 ```
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ neps.run(
     evaluate_pipeline=run_function,
     pipeline_space=pipeline_space,
     root_directory="results/",
-    max_evaluations_total=25,
+    evaluations_to_spend=25,
     optimizer=MyOptimizer,
 )
 ```