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Kermt Add Cmim Pretrain

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Convert a grover_base checkpoint (encoder-only or encoder + vocab heads) into a hybrid checkpoint by adding a randomly-initialized cMIM decoder + latent_dist, then continue pretraining on the user's corpus as hybrid (vocab + contrast). Effectively kermt-continue-pretrain with a one-time ckpt-conversion step prepended.
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This workflow converts an existing grover_base checkpoint (encoder-only or with vocab heads) into a hybrid model by adding a randomly-initialized cMIM decoder and latent distribution. It then proceeds to continue pretraining on the user's provided corpus. This process allows users to incorporate contrastive objectives into their models without the computational cost of restarting pretraining from scratch.

What it does

  • Validates the input checkpoint to ensure it is suitable for hybrid conversion.
  • Prepares the training data and builds a fresh vocabulary from the user's corpus.
  • Upgrades the checkpoint by adding a cMIM decoder and latent distribution.
  • Launches a detached pretraining run using the newly created hybrid checkpoint.
  • Provides audit logs and provenance for the upgraded checkpoint.

When to use it

  • When you have a grover_base checkpoint and want to add SMILES-reconstruction contrastive objectives.
  • When you want to extend an existing model's capabilities without performing a full from-scratch pretraining run.
  • When you need to adapt a pretrained encoder to a new corpus while maintaining hybrid training objectives.

Advantages

  • Saves significant time compared to restarting pretraining from scratch.
  • Enables the use of contrastive learning objectives on existing encoder-only models.
  • Maintains provenance by capturing upgrade summaries and input manifests.
  • Ensures data integrity through automated validation of checkpoints and corpora.

Usage examples

“Upgrade my grover_base checkpoint at ./models/base.pt to a hybrid model using my new dataset at ./data/corpus.csv.”
The agent validates the checkpoint, prepares the data, creates an upgraded hybrid checkpoint, and initiates the continue-pretraining process.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/nvidia/kermt-add-cmim-pretrain/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip kermt-add-cmim-pretrain.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by NVIDIA

kermt-add-cmim-pretrain

Convert a grover_base checkpoint (legacy original-GROVER grover.encoders.* or modern kermt.encoders.*, with or without vocab heads) into a fully-formed hybrid (cMIM + vocab) checkpoint, then continue pretraining on the user's corpus as hybrid.

This is a thin wrapper: upgrade_to_hybrid.py produces a new ckpt that classifies as model_type: hybrid via check_checkpoint.py, and the rest of the workflow is identical to kermt-continue-pretrain.

Status: experimental. This workflow is functional end-to-end but has not been benchmarked against the manuscript's from-scratch hybrid training (which produces the released checkpoint). Use as an experimental alternative to kermt-pretrain-scratch when you want to extend an existing grover_base checkpoint rather than restart from random init. Validate downstream performance on your own benchmark before relying on the upgraded ckpt for production work.

Skill and runtime paths

Set SKILL_DIR to the absolute path of this installed skill directory. Export KERMT_REPO as the absolute path to the KERMT checkout used for model execution. The bundled container helper mounts that checkout at /workspace and this skill at /skill (read-only). Commands inside the container use /skill/scripts/; defaults are bundled in config/.

Hardware requirements

Same as kermt-continue-pretrain (the cMIM decoder adds parameters but not substantially; VRAM headroom should be fine). The upgrade step itself is fast (~5 s) and CPU-only — only the subsequent continue-pretrain consumes GPU.

When to invoke

  • User has a grover_base checkpoint (encoder-only or with vocab heads) and wants to extend it into a hybrid (vocab + cMIM contrastive) pretrain.

  • Useful for adding the SMILES-reconstruction contrastive objective to a pretrained encoder without restarting pretraining from scratch (which kermt-pretrain-scratch would do at days-scale).

For continuing an existing hybrid or cmim ckpt: use kermt-continue-pretrain directly. For training a fresh model on a custom corpus: use kermt-pretrain-scratch.

Inputs

Required:

  • --ckpt <path> — grover_base ckpt to upgrade. Validated via check_checkpoint.py --mode upgrade_to_hybrid; rejected if the ckpt already has a contrast head or task FFN.

  • --csv <path> — pretrain corpus CSV. Same shape as kermt-continue-pretrain's --csv input.

Optional (same as kermt-continue-pretrain):

  • --val-csv <path> — separate validation CSV. Without it, prepare_data auto-splits by --val-frac 0.1.

  • Training-hyperparameter overrides (--epochs N, --batch-size N, lr triple, --warmup-epochs F, etc.).

  • --vocab-loss-weight F / --latent-dim N / --contrastive-temperature F.

  • --wandb-project NAME / --wandb-run-name NAME — optional Weights & Biases logging (run name honored only alongside a project). Off by default.

  • --gpus 0,2.

Workflow

Let $KERMT_REPO be the path to your kermt repo checkout.

  1. Pre-flight: check_system (same as kermt-continue-pretrain step 1).

  2. Compute run directory:

    RUN_DIR=$KERMT_REPO/runs/add-cmim-pretrain_$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ)
  3. Validate the input ckpt with check_checkpoint --mode upgrade_to_hybrid. Abort on ok: false. The validator rejects ckpts that already have contrast head (suggest kermt-continue-pretrain) or task FFN heads (the ckpt has been finetuned; suggest using the original pretrain checkpoint).

  4. Validate the corpus via check_data --mode pretrain. Abort on ok: false.

  5. Prepare the data with --mode pretrain — without --vocab-dir. The upgrade builds fresh vocab heads sized to the corpus's vocab, so we want prepare_data to produce a new vocab from the corpus rather than passing through the ckpt's old vocab (which may not even exist for encoder-only legacy grover_base ckpts):

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run --data <user-csv> --run-dir $RUN_DIR -- \
        "python /skill/scripts/prepare_data.py --mode pretrain \\
             --csv /data/<basename> --out /runs/data \\
             [--val-csv /data/<val-basename>] [--val-frac 0.1] [--seed 0]"

    The output manifest has vocab_source: "built_fresh" and includes a smiles_vocab (built from the corpus, needed for the new decoder).

  6. Upgrade the ckpt.

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run --ckpt <user-ckpt> --run-dir $RUN_DIR -- \
        "python /skill/scripts/upgrade_to_hybrid.py \\
             --ckpt /ckpt \\
             --prepare-manifest /runs/data/prepare_data.json \\
             --out /runs/upgraded.pt"

    Surface the JSON summary to the user — especially warnings[], which includes any encoder-arch drift notes (e.g. legacy GROVER had two extra act_func_* keys that modern KERMTEmbedding doesn't) and the pretrain_ddp.py --backbone argparse-restriction note if the upgraded ckpt's backbone is anything other than gtrans.

  7. Estimate runtime + confirm with the user. Same heuristic as kermt-continue-pretrain (corpus size × epochs × GPU count → wall time).

  8. Launch the runner detached.

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run_detached \\
        --name kermt-add-cmim-pretrain-<ts> \\
        --run-dir $RUN_DIR -- \\
        "python /skill/scripts/run_pretrain_local.py \\
             --ckpt /runs/upgraded.pt \\
             --prepare-manifest /runs/data/prepare_data.json \\
             --out /runs \\
             [--epochs N --batch-size N ...]"

    The runner sees the upgraded ckpt as model_type: hybrid, so it auto-dispatches --pretrain_mode hybrid --vocab_loss_weight 1.0 with smiles_vocab plumbed through.

  9. Report to the user with the upgraded ckpt path + the same run.json pointer / log path / tensorboard URL pattern as kermt-continue-pretrain.

Hard rules

  • Never modify the user's input ckpt. The upgrade writes a new file at <run_dir>/upgraded.pt; the source ckpt stays untouched.

  • Vocab heads are always fresh. Even if the input grover_base has vocab heads, they're discarded and rebuilt sized to the new corpus's vocab. Continue-pretraining the upgraded ckpt will train those new heads alongside the decoder.

  • Don't auto-relax --backbone choices. If the upgrade warning fires because the input ckpt's backbone isn't gtrans (e.g. legacy dualtrans), surface the warning and ask the user. Do NOT silently modify parsing.py to add the legacy backbone to the choices list.

Common errors

  • check_checkpoint rejected the ckpt with model_type=hybrid or cmim → user's ckpt already has a contrast head. Redirect to kermt-continue-pretrain.

  • check_checkpoint rejected the ckpt with task_ffn=true → the ckpt has been finetuned. The upgrade workflow only supports pretrain checkpoints.

  • prepare manifest missing smiles_vocab → prepare_data was invoked with --skip-vocab or some equivalent that omitted the smiles vocab. Re-run prepare without those flags.

  • unexpected key(s) in encoder load warning → legacy GROVER architectures saved a couple of act_func_* weights that modern KERMTEmbedding doesn't use. Benign; the rest of the encoder loaded correctly.

What's in run.json after a successful run

Same reproducibility fields as kermt-continue-pretrain, plus the upgrade step's summary.json is captured under the inputs.upgrade_summary path so the provenance of the upgraded ckpt is auditable.

Replayability

Same as kermt-continue-pretrain: cmd_replay rebuilds the run_pretrain_local.py --ckpt <upgraded.pt> ... invocation. To redo the full add-cmim flow end-to-end, the user also needs the input grover_base ckpt and the corpus — both are captured in the prepare_data and upgrade manifests by absolute path.

Files

scripts/check_checkpoint.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

"""Validate a KERMT checkpoint for a given agent workflow.

Mode-dispatched. Emits a single JSON object to stdout that the calling skill
parses to decide whether to proceed (`ok: true`) or surface a structured error
back to the user (`ok: false` with `errors[]`). The JSON shape is stable
across modes; only the contract for what counts as `ok` differs per mode.

Modes
-----
continue_pretrain   Continuing pretraining from an existing pretrain ckpt.
                    Requires encoder + at least one pretrain head
                    (vocab_head for grover_base / cmim, or contrast_head for
                    cmim / hybrid). Rejects encoder-only or finetuned ckpts.

upgrade_to_hybrid   Adding a cMIM decoder onto a grover_base ckpt to convert
                    it to a hybrid pretrain. Requires encoder; rejects ckpts
                    that already carry a contrast_head or task_ffn (would be
                    workflow 4 instead).

finetune_init       Starting a finetune from a pretrained ckpt. Requires
                    encoder. Pretrain heads (vocab / contrast) are tolerated
                    but unused. Already-finetuned ckpts (task FFN heads
                    present) are REJECTED — finetune-on-finetune via the
                    agent skill isn't supported because saved-task
                    identity can't be machine-verified against the new
                    training data.

inference           Running predictions with a previously-finetuned ckpt.
                    Requires encoder + task_ffn. Reports task_output_dims
                    so the runner can compare against the user's task spec.

embed               Extracting embeddings. Requires encoder only. Anything
                    additional in the ckpt is ignored.

Output (stdout)
---------------
{
  "ok": true | false,
  "model_type": "grover_base" | "cmim" | "hybrid" | "finetuned" | "unknown",
  "has_encoder": bool,
  "has_vocab_head": bool,
  "has_contrast_head": bool,
  "has_task_ffn": bool,
  "task_output_dims": [int, ...],   // empty unless has_task_ffn
  "arch": {                          // ckpt-derived; runner uses these, ignores defaults_*.json arch
    "hidden_size": int | null,
    "depth": int | null,
    "num_attn_head": int | null,
    "latent_dim": int | null,
    "activation": str | null,
    "backbone": str | null,
    "embedding_output_type": str | null,
    "self_attention": bool | null
  },
  "saved_args": { ... } | null,      // raw args dict if present, else null
  "errors": [str, ...],              // mode-contract violations / load failures
  "warnings": [str, ...]             // non-fatal observations (e.g. arch fallback)
}

Exit code: 0 on `ok: true`, 1 on `ok: false`. Loader exceptions are caught and
surfaced into `errors[]` with `ok: false` (still exit 1), never raised.

CLI
---
    check_checkpoint.py --mode <mode> --ckpt <path>
"""
from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import json
import sys
import traceback
from argparse import Namespace
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any

import torch

if str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent) not in sys.path:
    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
from _utils import load_checkpoint  # noqa: E402


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# State-dict key prefix conventions (kermt/model/models.py).
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Encoder weights appear under one of these prefixes depending on the ckpt's
# era and task class:
#   - `grover.*`           : legacy grover_base ckpts (predate the cMIM rename)
#   - `kermt.*`            : current grover_base / hybrid / finetune ckpts
#   - `latent_dist.kermt.*`: cmim ckpts (encoder lives only inside latent_dist)
ENCODER_PREFIXES = ("kermt.", "grover.", "latent_dist.kermt.")
VOCAB_HEAD_PREFIX = "vocab_module."
CONTRAST_DECODER_PREFIX = "decoder."  # SMILES transformer decoder, cmim/hybrid only
LATENT_DIST_PREFIX = "latent_dist."    # cmim/hybrid; encoder may share via latent_dist.kermt.*
TASK_FFN_PREFIXES = (
    "mol_atom_from_atom_ffn.",
    "mol_atom_from_bond_ffn.",
)
TASK_FFN_TASK_SPECIFIC_PREFIXES = (
    "mol_atom_from_atom_ffn_task_specific.",
    "mol_atom_from_bond_ffn_task_specific.",
)


ARCH_KEYS = (
    "hidden_size",
    "depth",
    "num_attn_head",
    "latent_dim",
    "activation",
    "backbone",
    "embedding_output_type",
    "self_attention",
)


def _strip_ddp_prefix(state_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """Strip `module.` prefix from every key if the dict is DDP-wrapped."""
    if state_dict and all(k.startswith("module.") for k in state_dict):
        return {k[len("module."):]: v for k, v in state_dict.items()}
    return state_dict


def _classify_model(state_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
    keys = list(state_dict.keys())
    has_encoder = any(k.startswith(ENCODER_PREFIXES) for k in keys)
    has_vocab_head = any(k.startswith(VOCAB_HEAD_PREFIX) for k in keys)
    has_contrast_head = any(k.startswith(CONTRAST_DECODER_PREFIX) for k in keys)
    has_task_ffn = any(k.startswith(TASK_FFN_PREFIXES) for k in keys)

    if has_encoder and has_task_ffn:
        model_type = "finetuned"
    elif has_encoder and has_contrast_head and has_vocab_head:
        model_type = "hybrid"
    elif has_encoder and has_contrast_head and not has_vocab_head:
        model_type = "cmim"
    elif has_encoder and not has_contrast_head:
        # Includes:
        #  - modern repo-trained Grover base (kermt.* + vocab_module.*)
        #  - legacy original-Grover base (grover.encoders.* with no heads saved)
        #  - any encoder-stripped ckpt extracted from a larger model
        # The `has_vocab_head` flag discriminates the sub-cases for skills that
        # need it. The continue_pretrain mode contract relies on this — a
        # grover_base with vocab heads can continue, an encoder-only one cannot.
        model_type = "grover_base"
    else:
        model_type = "unknown"

    return {
        "model_type": model_type,
        "has_encoder": has_encoder,
        "has_vocab_head": has_vocab_head,
        "has_contrast_head": has_contrast_head,
        "has_task_ffn": has_task_ffn,
    }


def _vocab_sizes(state_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """Extract vocab head sizes from state-dict weight shapes.

    The pretrain heads have the following layout per kermt/model/models.py:
      - Atom vocab predictors:  vocab_module.av_task_atom.*  + vocab_module.av_task_bond.*
        (two readout streams sharing the same vocab_size). Output dim of each
        final-Linear is the atom vocab size.
      - Bond vocab predictors:  vocab_module.bv_task_atom.*  + vocab_module.bv_task_bond.*
        Output dim is the bond vocab size.
      - SMILES vocab decoder:   decoder.output_projection.weight  (cmim / hybrid only).
        Output dim is the smiles vocab size.

    Returns {atom: int|None, bond: int|None, smiles: int|None}. Each is None
    when the corresponding head isn't present in the ckpt (e.g. legacy
    encoder-only grover_base has none; cmim has smiles but not atom/bond).
    """
    sizes: dict[str, Any] = {"atom": None, "bond": None, "smiles": None}

    def _head_out_dim(prefix: str) -> int | None:
        # Pick the highest-numbered 2-D Linear weight under `prefix.*` — that's
        # the final output layer.
        candidates = [
            k for k in state_dict
            if k.startswith(prefix) and k.endswith(".weight")
            and hasattr(state_dict[k], "ndim") and state_dict[k].ndim == 2
        ]
        if not candidates:
            return None
        def _layer_index(k: str) -> int:
            # ".weight" -> ".<idx>.weight"; pick the rightmost numeric component.
            parts = k.split(".")
            for tok in reversed(parts[:-1]):
                if tok.isdigit():
                    return int(tok)
            return -1
        final = max(candidates, key=_layer_index)
        return int(state_dict[final].shape[0])

    sizes["atom"] = _head_out_dim("vocab_module.av_task_atom.")
    sizes["bond"] = _head_out_dim("vocab_module.bv_task_atom.")
    sizes["smiles"] = _head_out_dim("decoder.output_projection.")
    # If the decoder's output_projection isn't a Linear (e.g. some saves wrap
    # it differently), fall back to a search over decoder.* heads.
    if sizes["smiles"] is None:
        sizes["smiles"] = _head_out_dim("decoder.token_embedding.")
    return sizes


def _task_output_dims(state_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> list[int]:
    """Return one entry per (logical task × readout) head's final-Linear out-dim.

    Two layouts:
      - **MTL** (`mol_atom_from_atom_ffn_task_specific.<i>.*`): one entry per
        task-specific head's final-Linear out-dim. Typically `[1, 1, ..., 1]`
        for regression with N tasks across 2 readouts.
      - **Non-MTL** (`mol_atom_from_atom_ffn.*` only): one entry per shared FFN's
        final-Linear out-dim. Typically `[num_tasks, num_tasks]` (one per readout).

    When both layouts coexist in the same ckpt (MTL configuration: shared FFN
    feeds task-specific heads), only the task-specific dims are reported — the
    shared FFN there is an intermediate layer, not the model output.
    """
    has_task_specific = any(k.startswith(TASK_FFN_TASK_SPECIFIC_PREFIXES) for k in state_dict)

    heads: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
    for k in state_dict:
        if k.startswith(TASK_FFN_TASK_SPECIFIC_PREFIXES):
            parts = k.split(".")
            root = ".".join(parts[:2])  # e.g. "mol_atom_from_atom_ffn_task_specific.0"
            heads.setdefault(root, []).append(k)
        elif k.startswith(TASK_FFN_PREFIXES) and not k.startswith(TASK_FFN_TASK_SPECIFIC_PREFIXES):
            if has_task_specific:
                continue  # shared FFN is intermediate when task-specific heads exist
            root = k.split(".")[0]  # e.g. "mol_atom_from_atom_ffn"
            heads.setdefault(root, []).append(k)

    dims: list[int] = []
    for root in sorted(heads):
        weight_keys = sorted(
            (k for k in heads[root] if k.endswith(".weight")
             and hasattr(state_dict[k], "ndim") and state_dict[k].ndim == 2),
            key=lambda k: int(k.split(".")[-2]) if k.split(".")[-2].isdigit() else -1,
        )
        if weight_keys:
            dims.append(int(state_dict[weight_keys[-1]].shape[0]))
    return dims


def _arch_from_args(args_obj: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """Pull arch params from the saved args Namespace / dict, leaving missing keys as None."""
    arch: dict[str, Any] = {k: None for k in ARCH_KEYS}
    if args_obj is None:
        return arch
    # args_obj is typically argparse.Namespace; tolerate dict form too.
    args_dict = vars(args_obj) if isinstance(args_obj, Namespace) else dict(args_obj) if isinstance(args_obj, dict) else {}
    for k in ARCH_KEYS:
        if k in args_dict:
            arch[k] = args_dict[k]
    return arch


def _arch_from_shapes(state_dict: dict[str, Any], arch: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], list[str]]:
    """Fill in still-missing arch params by introspecting state-dict tensor shapes.

    Only fills entries that are currently None — does not override anything pulled
    from saved_args. Returns the updated arch + a list of warnings for any key that
    could not be inferred.
    """
    warnings: list[str] = []

    if arch["hidden_size"] is None:
        # First 2-D linear weight under any encoder prefix.
        candidates = [
            k for k in state_dict
            if k.startswith(ENCODER_PREFIXES)
            and k.endswith(".weight")
            and hasattr(state_dict[k], "ndim")
            and state_dict[k].ndim == 2
        ]
        if candidates:
            arch["hidden_size"] = int(state_dict[candidates[0]].shape[0])
        else:
            warnings.append("hidden_size could not be inferred from state_dict shapes")

    if arch["latent_dim"] is None:
        # Look for a Linear inside latent_dist that's not the shared encoder.
        candidates = [
            k for k in state_dict
            if k.startswith(LATENT_DIST_PREFIX)
            and not k.startswith("latent_dist.kermt.")
            and k.endswith(".weight")
            and state_dict[k].ndim == 2
        ]
        if candidates:
            arch["latent_dim"] = int(state_dict[candidates[0]].shape[0])
        # Encoder-only models have no latent distribution; latent_dim remains None.

    # depth, num_attn_head, activation, backbone, embedding_output_type, self_attention
    # are not robustly inferable from shapes alone; report a warning for each that's
    # still None so the caller can prompt the user or refuse to proceed.
    for k in ("depth", "num_attn_head", "activation", "backbone", "embedding_output_type", "self_attention"):
        if arch[k] is None:
            warnings.append(f"{k} not present in saved_args and cannot be inferred from state_dict shapes")

    return arch, warnings


def _apply_mode_contract(mode: str, classification: dict[str, Any]) -> list[str]:
    """Return a list of error messages if `classification` violates the mode contract."""
    errors: list[str] = []
    mt = classification["model_type"]
    has_enc = classification["has_encoder"]
    has_vocab = classification["has_vocab_head"]
    has_contrast = classification["has_contrast_head"]
    has_ffn = classification["has_task_ffn"]

    if not has_enc:
        errors.append("checkpoint has no encoder weights — cannot use it for any KERMT workflow")
        return errors

    if mode == "continue_pretrain":
        if not (has_vocab or has_contrast):
            errors.append(
                f"continue_pretrain requires the ckpt to still carry pretrain heads (vocab "
                f"and/or contrast), but this ckpt has neither (model_type='{mt}', "
                f"has_vocab_head=False, has_contrast_head=False). Either provide a ckpt with "
                f"its pretrain heads attached, or convert this encoder-only ckpt to a hybrid "
                f"via mode 'upgrade_to_hybrid'."
            )
        if has_ffn:
            errors.append(
                "continue_pretrain expects a pretrain ckpt; this ckpt has task FFN heads "
                "(it has been finetuned). Use a pretrain checkpoint — finetune+continue is "
                "not a supported workflow."
            )
    elif mode == "upgrade_to_hybrid":
        if has_contrast:
            errors.append(
                f"upgrade_to_hybrid converts grover_base -> hybrid by adding a cMIM decoder. "
                f"This ckpt already has a contrast head (classified as '{mt}'). "
                f"To continue pretraining it, use mode 'continue_pretrain'."
            )
        if has_ffn:
            errors.append("upgrade_to_hybrid does not support finetuned checkpoints.")
    elif mode == "finetune_init":
        # Requires an encoder. Pretrain heads (vocab / contrast) are unused
        # at finetune time but harmless. Task FFN heads (i.e. an already-
        # finetuned ckpt) are NOT accepted — finetune-on-finetune isn't
        # supported by the kermt-finetune skill because the saved-task
        # identity can't be machine-verified against the new training data
        # (dimension match doesn't prove target identity, dataset identity,
        # or absence of train/test contamination).
        if has_ffn:
            errors.append(
                f"finetune_init requires a pretrain ckpt (grover_base / cmim / hybrid); "
                f"this ckpt is classified as '{mt}' with task FFN heads attached. "
                f"To resume a finetune on the SAME dataset, call "
                f"`python main.py finetune --checkpoint_path <ckpt> ...` directly — the "
                f"kermt-finetune skill doesn't support resume."
            )
    elif mode == "inference":
        if not has_ffn:
            errors.append(
                "inference requires a finetuned ckpt with task FFN heads. "
                f"This ckpt is classified as '{mt}' with no task heads. "
                "Run finetune (mode 'finetune_init') first."
            )
    elif mode == "embed":
        # Encoder is sufficient.
        pass
    else:
        errors.append(f"unknown mode '{mode}'")

    return errors


def validate(mode: str, ckpt_path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
    result: dict[str, Any] = {
        "ok": False,
        "model_type": "unknown",
        "has_encoder": False,
        "has_vocab_head": False,
        "has_contrast_head": False,
        "has_task_ffn": False,
        "task_output_dims": [],
        "vocab_sizes": {"atom": None, "bond": None, "smiles": None},
        "arch": {k: None for k in ARCH_KEYS},
        "saved_args": None,
        "errors": [],
        "warnings": [],
    }

    # 1. Load the checkpoint.
    try:
        ckpt = load_checkpoint(ckpt_path)
    except FileNotFoundError:
        result["errors"].append(f"checkpoint not found: {ckpt_path}")
        return result
    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
        result["errors"].append(f"failed to load checkpoint {ckpt_path}: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}")
        return result

    if not isinstance(ckpt, dict) or "state_dict" not in ckpt:
        result["errors"].append(
            "checkpoint is not in the expected save_model_for_restart format "
            "(expected a dict with a 'state_dict' key)."
        )
        return result

    state_dict = _strip_ddp_prefix(ckpt["state_dict"])
    args_obj = ckpt.get("args")

    # 2. Classify and check mode contract.
    classification = _classify_model(state_dict)
    result.update(classification)

    contract_errors = _apply_mode_contract(mode, classification)
    result["errors"].extend(contract_errors)

    # 3. Task output dims (for inference / informational).
    if classification["has_task_ffn"]:
        result["task_output_dims"] = _task_output_dims(state_dict)

    # 3b. Vocab head sizes (for continue-pretrain vocab-size verification).
    result["vocab_sizes"] = _vocab_sizes(state_dict)

    # 4. Arch derivation: args first, shape introspection for what's still missing.
    arch = _arch_from_args(args_obj)
    arch, shape_warnings = _arch_from_shapes(state_dict, arch)
    result["arch"] = arch
    result["warnings"].extend(shape_warnings)

    # 5. Saved args as serializable dict (best-effort).
    if args_obj is not None:
        try:
            result["saved_args"] = vars(args_obj) if isinstance(args_obj, Namespace) else dict(args_obj)
            # Drop non-JSON-serializable values; agent skill only needs human-readable scalars.
            result["saved_args"] = {
                k: v for k, v in result["saved_args"].items()
                if isinstance(v, (str, int, float, bool, type(None), list, dict))
            }
        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
            result["warnings"].append(f"could not serialize saved_args: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}")

    result["ok"] = not result["errors"]
    return result


def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Validate a KERMT checkpoint for a given workflow.")
    parser.add_argument("--mode", required=True,
                        choices=["continue_pretrain", "upgrade_to_hybrid", "finetune_init", "inference", "embed"])
    parser.add_argument("--ckpt", required=True, help="Path to the .pt checkpoint")
    args = parser.parse_args(argv)

    try:
        result = validate(args.mode, args.ckpt)
    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
        # Last-resort safety net: keep stdout JSON-clean, dump trace to stderr.
        print(traceback.format_exc(), file=sys.stderr)
        print(json.dumps({
            "ok": False,
            "model_type": "unknown",
            "errors": [f"unhandled exception in validator: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"],
            "warnings": [],
            "arch": {k: None for k in ARCH_KEYS},
            "has_encoder": False,
            "has_vocab_head": False,
            "has_contrast_head": False,
            "has_task_ffn": False,
            "task_output_dims": [],
            "vocab_sizes": {"atom": None, "bond": None, "smiles": None},
            "saved_args": None,
        }, indent=2))
        return 1

    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
    return 0 if result["ok"] else 1


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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Needs: Needs Python

The author says: Requires docker, nvidia-container-toolkit, and a CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPU. Designed for Claude Code, Codex, and Nemotron.

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