Nemotron Add 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