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Extract per-molecule embeddings from any encoder-bearing KERMT checkpoint. Use a local checkpoint or optionally download a pinned Hugging Face model bundle using HF_TOKEN if configured. Run containerized embedding extraction and write model bundles, per-readout .npy embeddings, canonical SMILES, and validity arrays to user-selected host directories.
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The kermt-embed skill provides a structured, containerized workflow for generating per-molecule embeddings from KERMT model checkpoints. It manages the entire pipeline, including system validation, data preparation, checkpoint verification, and execution. The skill supports both custom checkpoints and the automatic, consent-based download of pretrained NVIDIA KERMT models. It outputs standardized .npy embedding files for four distinct readouts, along with canonical SMILES and validity metadata, ensuring consistent results for downstream chemical analysis.

What it does

  • Validates system requirements and container environment for embedding extraction.
  • Automates the download and verification of pretrained KERMT model bundles.
  • Cleans and prepares input SMILES data from CSV files for model processing.
  • Executes embedding extraction on a single GPU using specified or default checkpoints.
  • Generates standardized .npy embedding arrays and metadata for molecular analysis.
  • Provides replayable run manifests for reproducibility.

When to use it

  • When you need to generate numerical vector representations for a set of molecules.
  • When you want to use a pretrained KERMT model to featurize chemical data.
  • When you have a custom encoder-bearing KERMT checkpoint and need to extract embeddings from it.
  • When you require a reproducible, containerized pipeline for molecular embedding tasks.

Advantages

  • Ensures consistent environment configuration via containerization.
  • Automates complex multi-step validation of checkpoints and input data.
  • Provides clear, standardized output formats for downstream integration.
  • Includes built-in safety checks for model downloads and hardware compatibility.

Usage examples

“Extract embeddings for the molecules in my_molecules.csv using the default pretrained model.”
The agent will prompt for consent to download the NV-KERMT-70M-v2 model, validate the CSV, and generate embedding files in a new run directory.
“Run embedding extraction on molecules.csv using my local checkpoint at /path/to/model.pt.”
The agent validates the local checkpoint and input CSV, then executes the extraction workflow using the provided model file.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

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

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip kermt-embed.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by NVIDIA

kermt-embed

Extract per-molecule embeddings from any encoder-bearing KERMT checkpoint. The skill is the workflow orchestrator: validate ckpt, validate CSV, clean SMILES, launch the runner blocking, return the per-readout .npy files.

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/. See Released models for checkpoint bundle requirements.

Downloads and local outputs

The optional released-model branch reads config/released_model.json for the Hugging Face repository, pinned revision, and filenames. The bundled scripts/fetch_released_model.py downloads the model bundle over HTTPS into the host directory the user selects. Public models work without credentials; if HF_TOKEN is set, the container helper forwards it for Hugging Face authentication. Prepared data, logs, and workflow results go into the chosen run directory.

Hardware requirements

  • GPUs: 1 (single-GPU).

  • VRAM: ≥ 4 GB for the default batch_size 64.

  • Disk: depends on output size — roughly a few MB per 1k molecules at hidden 800 per readout, so ~10–20 MB per 1k molecules across the 4 readouts. Plus a small canonical_smiles.npy + validity.npy per run.

  • Driver / CUDA: any host supporting CUDA 12.6.

Inputs

Required:

  • --csv <path> — SMILES CSV. First column is smiles; other columns are ignored (no targets needed).

Checkpoint (optional — defaults to the released model if omitted):

  • --ckpt <path> — any encoder-bearing checkpoint. Grover_base, cmim, hybrid, and finetuned ckpts are all accepted. The validator only refuses ckpts with no encoder. If omitted, the skill offers to download the released pretrained hybrid model nvidia/NV-KERMT-70M-v2 and embed with it — see "Resolve & validate the checkpoint" (workflow step 3).

  • --pretrained-release — explicit opt-in to use the released model without the interactive prompt (for non-interactive / agent runs). Mutually exclusive with --ckpt.

  • --model-dir <dir> — where to save the downloaded bundle (default $KERMT_REPO/models/NV-KERMT-70M-v2/). An already-complete bundle there is reused, not re-downloaded.

Optional:

  • --batch-size N — override the configured default (64).

  • --gpus 0 — single GPU id (default 0).

  • --from-prepare <dir> — skip the prepare step and reuse an existing prepare_data.json in <dir>.

Workflow

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

  1. Pre-flight: container + system probe.

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" check_system
  2. Compute run directory.

    RUN_DIR=$KERMT_REPO/runs/embed_$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ)
  3. Resolve & validate the checkpoint.

    Resolve — only if --ckpt was omitted. Default to the released pretrained hybrid model nvidia/NV-KERMT-70M-v2:

    • Consent gate. Unless --pretrained-release was passed, ask the user: "No checkpoint given — download the released model nvidia/NV-KERMT-70M-v2 (NVIDIA Open Model License, https://huggingface.co/nvidia/NV-KERMT-70M-v2) and embed with it? [y/N]". Never download without an explicit yes (or --pretrained-release). If both --ckpt and --pretrained-release are given, abort — they conflict.

    • Save location. Default $KERMT_REPO/models/NV-KERMT-70M-v2/; honor --model-dir <dir> if given. An already-complete bundle is reused.

    • Download (foreground; ~282 MB on first fetch):

      "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run --model-dir <save-dir> -- \
          "python /skill/scripts/fetch_released_model.py --out /model"

      Parse the JSON; abort on ok: false (surface errors). On success set <user-ckpt> = <save-dir>/kermt_contrastive_v2.0.pt.

    Validate the resolved (or user-provided) ckpt:

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run --ckpt <user-ckpt> -- \
        "python /skill/scripts/check_checkpoint.py --mode embed --ckpt /ckpt"

    Parse JSON. Abort on ok: false. The validator only refuses encoder-less ckpts (rare).

  4. Validate the data.

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run --data <user-csv> -- \
        "python /skill/scripts/check_data.py --mode embed --csv /data/<basename>"
  5. Prepare the data (clean-only — no features step).

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run --data <user-csv> --run-dir $RUN_DIR -- \
        "python /skill/scripts/prepare_data.py --mode embed \\
             --csv /data/<basename> --out /runs/data"

    Outputs land at $RUN_DIR/data/prepare_data.json with a single clean_csv path. task/extract_embeddings.py featurizes from SMILES on the fly.

  6. Launch the runner (blocking).

    "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/kermt_container.sh" run \\
        --ckpt <user-ckpt> --run-dir $RUN_DIR -- \\
        "python /skill/scripts/run_extract_embeddings.py \\
             --ckpt /ckpt \\
             --prepare-manifest /runs/data/prepare_data.json \\
             --out /runs \\
             [--gpus 0 --batch-size N]"
  7. Report to the user.

    • Embeddings directory: $RUN_DIR/out/

      • atom_from_atom.npy, bond_from_atom.npy, atom_from_bond.npy, bond_from_bond.npy (the 4 standard readouts; each shape (N_rows, hidden_size))

      • metadata.pkl — pickle of a dict containing canonical_smiles (RDKit-canonicalized SMILES per row), valid (boolean per-row: did RDKit parse it), plus other run metadata.

    • Manifest: $RUN_DIR/run.json

    • Log: $RUN_DIR/logs/embed.log

Hard rules

  • Never download the released model without consent. When --ckpt is omitted, download nvidia/NV-KERMT-70M-v2 only after an explicit user "yes" or an explicit --pretrained-release flag. --ckpt and --pretrained-release are mutually exclusive.

  • Never modify the user's ckpt. The runner reads-only via task/extract_embeddings.py's --checkpoint <path> flag.

  • Arch comes from the ckpt. No --hidden-size flag etc. on this runner; task/extract_embeddings.py reads arch from the ckpt's saved_args.

Common errors

  • prepare_data manifest is missing required output 'clean_csv' → prepare ran with --skip-clean but no source CSV given. Re-run prepare without it.

  • --gpus '0,1' is single-GPU only → pass a single id.

Replayability

$(jq -r .cmd_replay $RUN_DIR/run.json)

If ok_to_replay: false (dirty kermt repo worktree at launch time), pin the commit via repo.commit and git checkout it first.

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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