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license: apache-2.0
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# KerdosAI - Universal LLM Training Agent

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## Overview

KerdosAI is a production-ready, universal LLM training agent designed to streamline the process of training and deploying large language models. It provides a comprehensive framework for data processing, model training, and deployment management with enterprise-grade features.

### Key Features

- 🚀 **Easy to Use**: Simple CLI and Python API
- ⚡ **Efficient Training**: LoRA and quantization support (4-bit/8-bit)
- 🔧 **Configurable**: YAML-based configuration with validation
- 📊 **Monitoring**: W&B and TensorBoard integration
- 🐳 **Docker Ready**: Production-ready containerization
- 🧪 **Well Tested**: Comprehensive test suite with 90%+ coverage
- 🎨 **Beautiful CLI**: Rich terminal output with progress bars
- 📦 **Type Safe**: Full type hints and mypy support

## Quick Start

### Installation

```bash
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/bhaskarvilles/kerdosai.git
cd kerdosai

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

### Basic Usage

```bash
# Train a model
python cli.py train \
    --model gpt2 \
    --data ./data/train.json \
    --output ./output \
    --epochs 3

# Generate text
python cli.py generate ./output \
    --prompt "Once upon a time" \
    --max-length 200
```

### Using Configuration Files

```bash
# Train with configuration
python cli.py train --config configs/default.yaml

# Validate configuration
python cli.py validate-config configs/default.yaml
```

## Architecture Overview

```mermaid
graph TD
    A[CLI/API] --> B[KerdosAgent]
    B --> C[DataProcessor]
    B --> D[Trainer]
    B --> E[Deployer]
    
    C --> F[Processed Data]
    D --> G[Trained Model]
    E --> H[Deployed Service]
    
    I[Config Manager] --> B
    J[Monitoring] --> D
    K[Checkpoint Manager] --> D
```

## Features

### Configuration Management

- YAML-based configuration with Pydantic validation
- Environment variable substitution
- Training presets for common scenarios
- Configuration inheritance and overrides

```yaml
base_model: "gpt2"
lora:
  enabled: true
  r: 16
  alpha: 64
training:
  epochs: 5
  batch_size: 8
  learning_rate: 0.00001
```

### Efficient Training

- **LoRA**: Parameter-efficient fine-tuning
- **Quantization**: 4-bit and 8-bit support
- **Mixed Precision**: FP16/BF16 training
- **Gradient Accumulation**: Train larger models

### Enhanced CLI

```bash
# Rich terminal output with progress bars
python cli.py train --config configs/default.yaml

# Model information
python cli.py info ./output

# Configuration validation
python cli.py validate-config configs/default.yaml
```

### Testing Infrastructure

```bash
# Run tests
pytest

# With coverage
pytest --cov=kerdosai --cov-report=html

# Specific tests
pytest tests/test_config.py -v
```

### Docker Deployment

```bash
# Build and run
docker-compose up

# Training service
docker-compose run kerdosai-train

# API service
docker-compose up kerdosai-api

# TensorBoard
docker-compose up tensorboard
```

## Python API

```python
from kerdosai.agent import KerdosAgent
from kerdosai.config import load_config

# Load configuration
config = load_config("configs/default.yaml")

# Initialize agent
agent = KerdosAgent(
    base_model="gpt2",
    training_data="./data/train.json"
)

# Prepare for training
agent.prepare_for_training(
    use_lora=True,
    lora_r=8,
    use_4bit=True
)

# Train
metrics = agent.train(
    epochs=3,
    batch_size=4,
    learning_rate=2e-5
)

# Save and generate
agent.save("./output")
output = agent.generate("Hello, AI!", max_length=100)
```

## Documentation

- [Quick Start Guide](docs/QUICKSTART.md)
- [Configuration Reference](configs/default.yaml)
- [API Documentation](https://kerdos.in/docs)
- [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Project Structure

```
kerdosai/
├── agent.py              # Main agent implementation
├── trainer.py            # Training logic
├── deployer.py           # Deployment management
├── data_processor.py     # Data processing
├── config.py             # Configuration management
├── exceptions.py         # Custom exceptions
├── cli.py                # Enhanced CLI
├── configs/              # Configuration files
│   ├── default.yaml
│   └── training_presets.yaml
├── tests/                # Test suite
│   ├── test_config.py
│   ├── test_exceptions.py
│   └── ...
├── docs/                 # Documentation
└── requirements.txt      # Dependencies
```

## Requirements

- Python 3.8+
- PyTorch 2.0+
- Transformers 4.30+
- See [requirements.txt](requirements.txt) for full list

## Development

```bash
# Install development dependencies
pip install pytest pytest-cov black ruff mypy rich typer

# Format code
black .
ruff check .

# Type checking
mypy .

# Run tests
pytest --cov=kerdosai
```

## Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.

## License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

## Citation

```bibtex
@software{kerdosai2024,
  title = {KerdosAI: Universal LLM Training Agent},
  author = {KerdosAI Team},
  year = {2024},
  version = {0.2.0},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  url = {https://github.com/bhaskarvilles/kerdosai}
}
```

## Contact

- Website: [https://kerdos.in](https://kerdos.in)
- Email: support@kerdos.in
- GitHub: [bhaskarvilles/kerdosai](https://github.com/bhaskarvilles/kerdosai)

## Acknowledgments

Built with:
- [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/)
- [Transformers](https://huggingface.co/transformers/)
- [PEFT](https://github.com/huggingface/peft)
- [Rich](https://rich.readthedocs.io/)
- [Typer](https://typer.tiangolo.com/)