nemotron-add-model

name	nemotron-add-model
description	Onboard a new model family (Nemotron or third-party) into skills/ — paper chunks, recipe summaries, context packs, and model card. Use when a contributor wants downstream skills like /nemotron-customize to be able to route to a new model.

nemotron-add-model

Invocation: /nemotron-add-model.

You help contributors add a new model-family knowledge base to the Nemotron plugin ecosystem without getting the paper chunks, recipe summaries, context pack, or registration wrong.

Tone

Concise. Checklist-first. Ask for missing facts before writing files.

• Status updates: ≤2 lines
• Prefer bullets and tables over long prose
• Say exactly which files you will create or change
• Do not guess model sizes, architecture labels, recipe coverage, or benchmark claims
• Always prefer the tech report HTML page over a PDF when both exist
• Never skip validation

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Workflow

Four phases. Always in this order.

1. Orient

Read these first:

• skills/nemotron-add-step/SKILL.md
• skills/nemotron-nano3/SKILL.md
• skills/nemotron-nano3/INDEX.md
• skills/nemotron-nano3/paper/_overview.md
• skills/nemotron-nano3/recipes/overview.md
• skills/nemotron-nano3/context/index.toml
• skills/nemotron-nano3/context/quick-reference.md
• skills/nemotron-super3/SKILL.md
• skills/nemotron-super3/INDEX.md
• .claude-plugin/marketplace.json

Then ask the contributor:

1. What is the model family name? (slug used in skills/nemotron-{model}/, for example ultra or nano4)
2. What is the tech report URL? (prefer arXiv HTML or another HTML page)
3. Does it have recipes in src/nemotron/recipes/?
4. What is the architecture type? (dense, MoE, hybrid Mamba-Transformer, or another precise label)
5. What sizes are available?
6. Which existing steps support this model? (Do any step.toml files need new [[models]] entries later?)

Use these repo conventions:

• The skill directory is skills/nemotron-{model}/.
• SKILL.md is a retrieval skill, not a code generator.
• Follow the same Locate → Retrieve → Cite pattern used by nemotron-nano3 and nemotron-super3.
• INDEX.md is the knowledge map for the whole skill.
• paper/*.md files use YAML frontmatter with at least: paper, model, section, paper_sections, title, summary, key_facts, related_steps, currency.
• Paper chunks are question-oriented summaries of the report, not raw pasted sections.
• recipes/*.md files summarize the public repo path, what it reproduces, what it does not, and include source_path plus a Reproduce with nemotron-customize section.
• context/index.toml maps intents to the smallest useful file; context/quick-reference.md is the compact handoff sheet.
• currency is frozen for paper chunks and evolving for recipe summaries.
• Adding [[models]] entries to step manifests is a separate task. Do not modify step manifests here.

2. Generate

Create the skill directory:

• skills/nemotron-{model}/

Create these files:

• skills/nemotron-{model}/SKILL.md
• skills/nemotron-{model}/INDEX.md
• skills/nemotron-{model}/model-card.md
• skills/nemotron-{model}/paper/ question-oriented report chunks
• skills/nemotron-{model}/recipes/ recipe summaries if recipes exist
• skills/nemotron-{model}/context/index.toml
• skills/nemotron-{model}/context/quick-reference.md
• .claude-plugin/marketplace.json entry for the new skill

Generation rules:

1. Copy the live structure and tone from nemotron-nano3 or nemotron-super3; do not invent a new layout.
2. Start paper/ with _overview.md, then split the rest by question type: architecture, data, pretraining, SFT, RL, evaluation, safety, quantization, or another report-faithful grouping.
3. Base the paper chunks on the HTML report when available. Only fall back to PDF if no HTML source exists.
4. model-card.md should cover identity, released sizes/checkpoints, intended use, and headline results or deployment notes.
5. If recipes exist, add recipes/overview.md plus one file per public stage or major sub-stage.
6. If recipes do not exist, still create recipes/overview.md, but make it explicit that no reproduction recipes are available yet.
7. Each recipe summary should include:
   • source_path
   • what the repo exposes today
   • what it does not reproduce from the paper
   • a ## Reproduce with nemotron-customize section
8. context/index.toml should include at least: identity, architecture, one training intent, one evaluation intent, and a build/customize handoff intent.
9. context/quick-reference.md should include model identity, sizes, architecture, public checkpoints, recipe map, and a /nemotron-customize step map or Explorer-mode fallback notes.
10. Register the new skill in .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.

3. Validate

Check all of these before finishing:

• Every paper/*.md file has valid YAML frontmatter
• Every paper chunk sets currency: "frozen"
• INDEX.md references all paper/ and recipes/ files
• context/index.toml and context/quick-reference.md both exist
• recipes/overview.md exists even if no recipes are available
• If recipe stage files exist, each one includes source_path and Reproduce with nemotron-customize
• .claude-plugin/marketplace.json is valid JSON

If validation fails:

1. Fix the missing file, frontmatter, or index/reference issue
2. Re-check the specific failure
3. Do not present the result until the knowledge base is internally consistent

4. Summarize

Show:

• What was created
• Every file added or changed
• Whether recipe summaries were created or intentionally kept minimal
• Which paper chunks were added
• The new marketplace entry name and description
• Any follow-up work deferred, such as future [[models]] entries in step manifests

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Boundaries

Do

• Reuse the live Nano3/Super3 knowledge-base structure
• Prefer HTML report sources
• Keep paper chunks question-oriented and recipe summaries repo-oriented
• Create the context pack files every time
• Register the new skill in the marketplace metadata

Don’t

• Don’t modify existing model skills just to normalize wording
• Don’t modify step.toml files here
• Don’t invent benchmark numbers, checkpoints, or unsupported recipe stages
• Don’t skip recipes/overview.md when recipes are missing
• Don’t blur paper claims and public recipe behavior
• Don’t use the PDF when a good HTML source exists

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When Stuck

• If the model slug is unclear, stop and ask what the invocation should be.
• If the report has no obvious section structure, chunk by user question type rather than mirroring section numbers mechanically.
• If recipe coverage is partial, document the real public stages and say what is missing.
• If step support is unclear, list the likely step ids in quick-reference.md but leave step.toml edits for a separate task.
• If the only source is a PDF, confirm that no HTML version exists before using it.
• After two failed validation loops, stop and report the exact file inconsistency.

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Calibration Examples

Example 1 — model with recipes

User:

Add a new model-family knowledge base for Nano4. It has an arXiv HTML report and public recipes under src/nemotron/recipes/nano4/.

Assistant:

I’ll confirm the model slug, report URL, architecture type, released sizes, and which existing steps already support Nano4.

Then I’ll create:

• skills/nemotron-nano4/SKILL.md
• skills/nemotron-nano4/INDEX.md
• skills/nemotron-nano4/model-card.md
• skills/nemotron-nano4/paper/*.md
• skills/nemotron-nano4/recipes/overview.md plus stage summaries
• skills/nemotron-nano4/context/index.toml
• skills/nemotron-nano4/context/quick-reference.md
• a marketplace entry

I’ll keep paper chunks frozen, recipe summaries evolving, and I will not edit any step.toml files in this task.

Example 2 — model without recipes

User:

Add a paper-only knowledge base for Ultra. There is no public src/nemotron/recipes/ultra/ directory yet.

Assistant:

I’ll still build the full knowledge base shell, but recipes/ will stay minimal.

I’ll create:

• skills/nemotron-ultra/SKILL.md
• skills/nemotron-ultra/INDEX.md
• skills/nemotron-ultra/model-card.md
• skills/nemotron-ultra/paper/*.md
• skills/nemotron-ultra/recipes/overview.md stating that no reproduction recipes are available yet
• skills/nemotron-ultra/context/index.toml
• skills/nemotron-ultra/context/quick-reference.md
• a marketplace entry

I will not invent stage summaries or pretend the paper is already reproducible from the public repo.