diff --git a/contributing/samples/gepa/experiment.py b/contributing/samples/gepa/experiment.py
index e8868909..2f5d03a7 100644
--- a/contributing/samples/gepa/experiment.py
+++ b/contributing/samples/gepa/experiment.py
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ import os
 import random
 import traceback
 from typing import Any
-from typing import Callable
 from typing import TypedDict
 
 import gepa
 from gepa.core.adapter import EvaluationBatch
 from gepa.core.adapter import GEPAAdapter
-from google.genai import types
 from litellm import provider_list
 import rater_lib
 from retry import retry
@@ -46,20 +44,7 @@ from tau_bench.types import EnvRunResult
 from tau_bench.types import RunConfig
 import tau_bench_agent as tau_bench_agent_lib
 
-from google import genai
-
-
-class FilterInferenceWarnings(logging.Filter):
-  """Filters out Vertex inference warning about non-text parts in response."""
-
-  def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
-    """Filters out Vertex inference warning about non-text parts in response."""
-    if record.levelname != 'WARNING':
-      return True
-    message_identifier = record.getMessage()
-    return not message_identifier.startswith(
-        'Warning: there are non-text parts in the response:'
-    )
+import utils
 
 
 def run_tau_bench_rollouts(
@@ -494,26 +479,6 @@ def _get_datasets(
   )
 
 
-def reflection_inference_fn(model: str) -> Callable[[str], str]:
-  """Returns an inference function on VertexAI based on provided model."""
-  client = genai.Client()
-
-  @retry(tries=3, delay=10, backoff=2)
-  def _fn(prompt):
-    return client.models.generate_content(
-        model=model,
-        contents=prompt,
-        config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
-            candidate_count=1,
-            thinking_config=types.ThinkingConfig(
-                include_thoughts=True, thinking_budget=-1
-            ),
-        ),
-    ).text
-
-  return _fn
-
-
 SEED_SYSTEM_INSTRUCTION = (
     'you are a customer support agent helping customers resolve their '
     'issues by using the right tools'
@@ -618,7 +583,7 @@ def run_gepa(
       task_lm=None,  # this must be None when a custom adapter is used
       adapter=tau_bench_adapter,
       max_metric_calls=config.max_metric_calls,
-      reflection_lm=reflection_inference_fn(config.reflection_model),
+      reflection_lm=utils.reflection_inference_fn(config.reflection_model),
       reflection_minibatch_size=config.reflection_minibatch_size,
       run_dir=output_dir,
   )
diff --git a/contributing/samples/gepa/gepa_tau_bench.ipynb b/contributing/samples/gepa/gepa_tau_bench.ipynb
index 9617d3ae..9ca4f318 100644
--- a/contributing/samples/gepa/gepa_tau_bench.ipynb
+++ b/contributing/samples/gepa/gepa_tau_bench.ipynb
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
         "\n",
         "import experiment as experiment_lib\n",
         "from google.genai import types\n",
+        "import utils\n",
         "\n",
         "\n",
         "# @markdown ### ☁️ Configure Vertex AI Access\n",
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
         "\n",
         "# Set a logging verbosity suited for this experiment. See\n",
         "# https://github.com/google/adk-python/issues/1852 for context\n",
-        "types.logger.addFilter(experiment_lib.FilterInferenceWarnings())"
+        "types.logger.addFilter(utils.FilterInferenceWarnings())"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/contributing/samples/gepa/run_experiment.py b/contributing/samples/gepa/run_experiment.py
index 1da2efa1..cfd850b3 100644
--- a/contributing/samples/gepa/run_experiment.py
+++ b/contributing/samples/gepa/run_experiment.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ from absl import flags
 import experiment
 from google.genai import types
 
+import utils
+
 _OUTPUT_DIR = flags.DEFINE_string(
     'output_dir',
     None,
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
   for logger in loggers:
     logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-  types.logger.addFilter(experiment.FilterInferenceWarnings())
+  types.logger.addFilter(utils.FilterInferenceWarnings())
   output_dir = os.path.join(
       _OUTPUT_DIR.value, datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f')
   )
diff --git a/contributing/samples/gepa/utils.py b/contributing/samples/gepa/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0763d280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributing/samples/gepa/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Defines utility for GEPA experiments."""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Callable
+
+from google.genai import types
+from retry import retry
+
+from google import genai
+
+
+class FilterInferenceWarnings(logging.Filter):
+  """Filters out Vertex inference warning about non-text parts in response."""
+
+  def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
+    """Filters out Vertex inference warning about non-text parts in response."""
+    if record.levelname != 'WARNING':
+      return True
+    message_identifier = record.getMessage()
+    return not message_identifier.startswith(
+        'Warning: there are non-text parts in the response:'
+    )
+
+
+def reflection_inference_fn(model: str) -> Callable[[str], str]:
+  """Returns an inference function on VertexAI based on provided model."""
+  client = genai.Client()
+
+  @retry(tries=3, delay=10, backoff=2)
+  def _fn(prompt):
+    return client.models.generate_content(
+        model=model,
+        contents=prompt,
+        config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
+            candidate_count=1,
+            thinking_config=types.ThinkingConfig(
+                include_thoughts=True, thinking_budget=-1
+            ),
+        ),
+    ).text
+
+  return _fn
diff --git a/contributing/samples/gepa/voter_agent/gepa.ipynb b/contributing/samples/gepa/voter_agent/gepa.ipynb
index 9c9868f5..d664de8f 100644
--- a/contributing/samples/gepa/voter_agent/gepa.ipynb
+++ b/contributing/samples/gepa/voter_agent/gepa.ipynb
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
         "#@title Install GEPA\n",
         "!git clone https://github.com/google/adk-python.git\n",
         "!pip install gepa --quiet\n",
+        "!pip install litellm --quiet\n",
         "!pip install retry --quiet"
       ]
     },
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@
         "import os\n",
         "\n",
         "from google.genai import types\n",
-        "import experiment as experiment_lib\n",
+        "import utils\n",
         "\n",
         "\n",
         "# @markdown ### ☁️ Configure Vertex AI Access\n",
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
         "for logger in loggers:\n",
         "  logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)\n",
         "\n",
-        "types.logger.addFilter(experiment_lib.FilterInferenceWarnings())"
+        "types.logger.addFilter(utils.FilterInferenceWarnings())"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@
         "from google.adk.agents import base_agent\n",
         "from google.adk.agents import llm_agent\n",
         "\n",
-        "import tools\n",
+        "from voter_agent import tools\n",
         "\n",
         "\n",
         "# @markdown ### 🧠 Configure our ADK LLM Agent\n",
@@ -368,7 +369,10 @@
         "  return [line.strip() for line in open(filename) if line.strip()]\n",
         "\n",
         "\n",
-        "voter_data = _read_prompts('prompts.txt')\n",
+        "_AGENT_DIR = 'adk-python/contributing/samples/gepa/voter_agent'\n",
+        "\n",
+        "\n",
+        "voter_data = _read_prompts(f'{_AGENT_DIR}/prompts.txt')\n",
         "voter_data"
       ]
     },
@@ -392,7 +396,8 @@
       "execution_count": null,
       "metadata": {
         "id": "9bHh93RuKVMu",
-        "outputId": "489761d4-da39-43ca-cd08-225c44bb3027"
+        "outputId": "489761d4-da39-43ca-cd08-225c44bb3027",
+        "cellView": "form"
       },
       "outputs": [
         {
@@ -714,7 +719,7 @@
         "    tool_declarations=TOOLS_DESCRIPTION,\n",
         "    developer_instructions='',\n",
         "    rubric=FILTER_RUBRIC,\n",
-        "\n",
+        "    validation_template_path=f'{_AGENT_DIR}/rubric_validation_template.txt',\n",
         ")\n",
         "\n",
         "print(rater(EXAMPLE_TRACE))"
@@ -813,7 +818,7 @@
       "source": [
         "#@title Let's define an evaluation dataset from sample prompts\n",
         "\n",
-        "eval_dataset = _read_prompts('eval_prompts.txt')\n",
+        "eval_dataset = _read_prompts(f'{_AGENT_DIR}/eval_prompts.txt')\n",
         "eval_dataset"
       ]
     },
@@ -2723,7 +2728,7 @@
         "    task_lm=None, # this must be None when a custom adapter is used\n",
         "    adapter=adapter,\n",
         "    max_metric_calls=MAX_METRIC_CALLS,\n",
-        "    reflection_lm=experiment_lib.reflection_inference_fn(REFLECTION_MODEL_NAME),\n",
+        "    reflection_lm=utils.reflection_inference_fn(REFLECTION_MODEL_NAME),\n",
         "    reflection_minibatch_size=MINI_BATCH_SIZE,\n",
         ")\n",
         "list(enumerate(gepa_results.val_aggregate_scores))"
@@ -2955,9 +2960,6 @@
   ],
   "metadata": {
     "colab": {
-      "collapsed_sections": [
-        "rIFFNqYoXp6v"
-      ],
       "last_runtime": {
         "build_target": "//learning/language/tunelab/tunekit/colab:colab_notebook",
         "kind": "private"