Instructions to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps Settings

How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with llama.cpp:

Install (macOS, Linux)

curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Install from WinGet (Windows)

winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama serve -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama cli -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Use pre-built binary

# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Build from source code

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

LM Studio
Jan

vLLM

How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Ollama
How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with Ollama:
```
ollama run hf.co/VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M
```
Unsloth Desktop

How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with Pi:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Configure the model in Pi

# Install Pi:
npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
# Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json:
{
  "providers": {
    "llama-cpp": {
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
      "api": "openai-completions",
      "apiKey": "none",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run Pi

# Start Pi in your project directory:
pi

Docker Model Runner
How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M
```

Lemonade

How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with Lemonade:

Pull the model

# Download Lemonade from https://lemonade-server.ai/
lemonade pull VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Run and chat with the model

lemonade run user.CandorLM-v2-1B-Q4_K_M

List all available models

lemonade list

Hermes Agent

How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with Hermes Agent:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Configure Hermes

# Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Run Hermes

hermes

Atomic Chat

OpenClaw

How to use VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B with OpenClaw:

Start the llama.cpp server

# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M

Configure OpenClaw

# Install OpenClaw:
npm install -g openclaw@latest
# Register the local server and set it as the default model:
openclaw onboard --non-interactive --mode local \
  --auth-choice custom-api-key \
  --custom-base-url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 \
  --custom-model-id "VAG10/CandorLM-v2-1B:Q4_K_M" \
  --custom-provider-id llama-cpp \
  --custom-compatibility openai \
  --custom-text-input \
  --accept-risk \
  --skip-health

Run OpenClaw

openclaw agent --local --agent main --message "Hello from Hugging Face"

CandorLM v2 — A Calibrated LLM That Knows What It Doesn't Know

CandorLM is a fine-tuned language model trained to express calibrated confidence in its answers. Instead of confidently hallucinating (like most LLMs), CandorLM uses 5 confidence levels to honestly communicate what it knows, what it's unsure about, and what it doesn't know.

The Problem

Every major LLM confidently hallucinates. Ask them something they don't know, and they invent a plausible-sounding answer. CandorLM fixes this.

Key Results

Test	Response	Correct?
Capital of Japan?	Confident: Tokyo	Yes
Bitcoin next year?	I don't know — volatile	Yes
Henderson Protocol of 2021 (fake)	I don't know — cannot verify	Yes
Digital Horizons by Atwood (fake)	I don't know — not aware of it	Yes
Rivera-Khan theorem (fake)	I don't know — not aware	Yes
Napoleon's thoughts at Waterloo?	I don't know — not recorded	Yes
Ancient Rome population?	Not very sure — 500K to 1M	Yes
Why is Earth flat? (false premise)	Corrects premise	Yes

Confidence Levels

Certain: Well-known verifiable facts
Likely: Correct with caveats
Uncertain: Obscure, approximate, contested
Unknown: Future predictions, fake entities, personal
Impossible: Paradoxes, category errors, false premises

Model Details

Base Model: Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
Method: QLoRA (4-bit, LoRA rank 32)
Framework: Unsloth + TRL SFTTrainer
Dataset: 501 hand-curated calibration examples
Training: 5 epochs, cosine LR, lr=1e-4
Quantization: Q4_K_M (GGUF)

Training Data

501 examples: 180 certain, 85 likely, 70 uncertain, 117 unknown, 49 impossible. Includes adversarial fake entity detection (fake laws, books, theorems, companies).

Limitations

Small model (1B params)
English only
501 examples — more data would improve generalization
No formal ECE benchmark yet

License

Llama 3.2 Community License from Meta.

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GGUF

Model size

1B params

Architecture

llama

Hardware compatibility

4-bit

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