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"""
Fine-tuning mode: "what can I TRAIN on this machine?" — the mirror of the
inference advisor. Running a model and fine-tuning it have wildly different
memory costs (a 7B chats in ~5 GB but QLoRA-trains in ~12 GB, LoRA in ~21 GB,
full fine-tune in ~130 GB), so the honest answer is a different one.

The memory model is deterministic and conservative, mirroring the inference
engine's philosophy. Per-parameter byte constants and the calibration are
sourced (see FINETUNE-RESEARCH below); FitCheck deliberately lands at or above
Unsloth's published VRAM minimums, because most users run the vanilla
PEFT/TRL/bitsandbytes stack, not Unsloth's memory-optimised kernels.

Sources:
  - Full FT = 16 bytes/trainable-param (fp16 weight+grad + fp32 master/mom/var):
    EleutherAI Transformer Math; Google Cloud GPU-memory guide.
  - QLoRA 4-bit NF4+double-quant base ~= 4.5 bits/param; paged-8bit optimiser on
    the <1% trainable adapter: Dettmers et al. 2023 (arXiv:2305.14314).
  - Activation term + gradient-checkpointing divisor calibrated so QLoRA totals
    sit above Unsloth's requirements table.
"""

from .hardware import HardwareSpec
from .real_advisor import (
    USE_CASES, _SAFETY_FILL, catalogue, _by_use_case, catalogue_date,
    _C_MODEL, _C_WORK, _VERDICT_WORD,
)

# Per-parameter core cost (weights + gradients + optimiser state), bytes/param.
# GPU-independent (set by the model + method, not the card). LoRA = 16-bit frozen
# base + tiny adapter; QLoRA = ~4.5-bit base + adapter; full = fp16 weight+grad +
# fp32 master/momentum/variance.
_CORE_BYTES = {"full": 16.0, "lora": 2.0 + 0.16, "qlora": 0.5625 + 0.16}
_METHOD_PLAIN = {
    "qlora": "QLoRA (4-bit base + adapters)",
    "lora": "LoRA (16-bit base + adapters)",
    "full": "Full fine-tune (all weights)",
}

# Activation-memory model, CALIBRATED on a first-party RTX 5090 sweep (57 unique
# Qwen2.5 configs; scripts/measure_finetune_vram.py) with LIMITED external spot
# checks against a few published anchors on other GPUs / one other family
# (scripts/fit_finetune_vram.py). This is NOT a fold-based cross-validation and
# is single-GPU/single-family calibration -- treat it as such, not as proven
# cross-hardware accuracy.
# Architecture-aware (NOT a flat GB/param), because the dominant activation is
# the cross-entropy logits tensor (batch*seq*VOCAB*4 bytes) which is
# param-INDEPENDENT and vocab-driven -- the exact term a per-param formula misses
# and the reason the old 0.6 GB/B constant under-predicted long-context/large-
# batch runs by up to ~21 GB. Basis: nvidia-smi peak, VANILLA HF stack (eager
# attention + standard fp32 cross-entropy) = the conservative HIGH end of the
# band. `efficient=True` (flash/SDPA + fused cross-entropy, e.g. Unsloth/Liger)
# drops the logits + eager-attention terms = the LOW end.
# Fit by scripts/fit_finetune_vram.py on 57 UNIQUE (model x method x seq x batch)
# RTX 5090 configs -- de-duplicated (repeated measurements collapsed to their
# median), so a config is weighted by information, not by how often it happened
# to be re-run. Re-run that script to refresh these if the sweep grows.
_ACT_COEF = {"logits": 4.054, "act": 1.474, "attn": 3.213, "perparam": 0.280,
             "fixed": 0.342}

# Typical dense-LLM architecture by parameter count, for when an entry has no
# captured arch (interpolated; vocab defaults to a modern ~150k, conservative).
_ARCH_ANCHORS = [  # (params_b, hidden, layers, heads)
    (0.5, 896, 24, 14), (1.5, 1536, 28, 12), (3.0, 2048, 36, 16),
    (7.0, 3584, 28, 28), (13.0, 5120, 40, 40), (32.0, 6656, 64, 52),
    (70.0, 8192, 80, 64), (120.0, 12288, 96, 96),
]
_DEFAULT_VOCAB = 150000


def _approx_arch(params_b: float) -> dict:
    """Interpolate a representative architecture for a bare parameter count."""
    a = _ARCH_ANCHORS
    p = max(params_b, a[0][0])
    for (p0, h0, l0, hd0), (p1, h1, l1, hd1) in zip(a, a[1:]):
        if p <= p1:
            t = (p - p0) / (p1 - p0) if p1 > p0 else 0.0
            return {"hidden": h0 + t * (h1 - h0), "n_layers": l0 + t * (l1 - l0),
                    "n_heads": hd0 + t * (hd1 - hd0), "vocab": _DEFAULT_VOCAB}
    _, h, l, hd = a[-1]
    return {"hidden": h, "n_layers": l, "n_heads": hd, "vocab": _DEFAULT_VOCAB}


def _activation_gb(arch: dict, seq_len: int, batch_size: int, params_b: float,
                   grad_checkpointing: bool = True, efficient: bool = False) -> float:
    """Calibrated activation + overhead memory (GB) for one fine-tune step."""
    hidden = float(arch.get("hidden") or 0)
    layers = float(arch.get("n_layers") or 0)
    heads = float(arch.get("n_heads") or 0)
    vocab = float(arch.get("vocab") or _DEFAULT_VOCAB)
    bs = batch_size * seq_len
    c = _ACT_COEF
    logits = 0.0 if efficient else c["logits"] * bs * vocab * 4 / 1e9
    act = c["act"] * bs * hidden * layers * 2 / 1e9
    if not grad_checkpointing:
        act *= 5.0                       # without checkpointing, all layers stay live
    attn = 0.0 if efficient else c["attn"] * batch_size * heads * seq_len * seq_len * 2 / 1e9
    return logits + act + attn + c["perparam"] * params_b + c["fixed"]


# Slight conservatism on the headline number: cross-validation showed the
# vanilla fit lands a touch UNDER some external anchors (the OOM-risk direction),
# so we nudge up. The band's low end keeps the efficient-stack figure honest.
_FT_SAFETY = 1.08


def estimate_finetune_vram(params_b: float, method: str = "qlora",
                           seq_len: int = 2048, batch_size: int = 1,
                           grad_checkpointing: bool = True,
                           arch: dict | None = None, efficient: bool = False) -> float:
    """Conservative PEAK fine-tuning VRAM in GB (the vanilla-stack HIGH end by
    default). Architecture-aware when `arch` (hidden, n_layers, n_heads, vocab)
    is supplied; otherwise a representative arch is interpolated from params_b.
    See `estimate_finetune_vram_band` for the efficient-stack low end."""
    p = max(params_b, 0.0)
    if not (arch and arch.get("hidden") and arch.get("vocab")):
        arch = _approx_arch(p)
    total = _CORE_BYTES[method] * p + _activation_gb(
        arch, seq_len, batch_size, p, grad_checkpointing, efficient)
    return round(total * _FT_SAFETY, 1)


def estimate_finetune_vram_band(params_b: float, method: str = "qlora",
                                seq_len: int = 2048, batch_size: int = 1,
                                grad_checkpointing: bool = True,
                                arch: dict | None = None) -> dict:
    """(low, high) VRAM band in GB: low = memory-optimised stack (flash-attention
    + fused cross-entropy, e.g. Unsloth/Liger); high = vanilla PEFT/bnb (eager
    attention + standard cross-entropy). The honest range a real setup lands in."""
    high = estimate_finetune_vram(params_b, method, seq_len, batch_size,
                                  grad_checkpointing, arch, efficient=False)
    low = estimate_finetune_vram(params_b, method, seq_len, batch_size,
                                 grad_checkpointing, arch, efficient=True)
    return {"low": low, "high": high}


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Non-LLM categories: family-level fine-tune feasibility (researched).
# These families don't share the LLM QLoRA formula; each has its own tooling
# and memory floor. Numbers are conservative consumer-hardware minimums.
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
_CATEGORY_FT = {
    "vision": {
        "method": "Transfer learning (no LoRA — freeze the backbone)",
        "min_vram": 8.0,
        "tools": [
            {"name": "Ultralytics YOLO", "what": "Fine-tune a pretrained checkpoint on your own images. Use freeze=N to cut memory.",
             "install": "pip install ultralytics", "tag": "Start here"},
            {"name": "PyTorch / timm", "what": "Full control for custom vision training.",
             "install": "pytorch.org", "tag": "Advanced"},
        ],
        "commands": [{"label": "Fine-tune YOLO on your dataset",
                      "code": "yolo detect train model=yolo11n.pt data=mydata.yaml epochs=100 imgsz=640"}],
        "note": ("Vision models fine-tune by transfer learning from a pretrained checkpoint — "
                 "there is no LoRA here. The memory lever is <b>freeze=N</b> (freeze the backbone) "
                 "and a smaller <b>batch</b>. The n/s sizes train on ~8 GB; m/l want 12-16 GB."),
        "pointer": "https://docs.ultralytics.com/modes/train",
    },
    "imagegen": {
        "method": "LoRA / DreamBooth (the dominant method for diffusion)",
        "min_vram": 8.0,
        "tools": [
            {"name": "kohya_ss", "what": "The community standard GUI/scripts for SD, SDXL and Flux LoRA training.",
             "install": "github.com/bmaltais/kohya_ss", "tag": "Start here"},
            {"name": "diffusers", "what": "Hugging Face's training scripts (train_dreambooth_lora_*).",
             "install": "pip install diffusers", "tag": "Scriptable"},
            {"name": "OneTrainer", "what": "All-in-one desktop trainer for diffusion models.",
             "install": "github.com/Nerogar/OneTrainer", "tag": "GUI"},
        ],
        "commands": [],
        "note": ("Diffusion fine-tuning is LoRA-first. <b>SD 1.5</b> LoRA trains from ~6-8 GB, "
                 "<b>SDXL</b> LoRA wants ~10-12 GB (16-24 comfortable), and <b>Flux</b> needs "
                 "QLoRA/NF4 to fit ~9-16 GB (full FP16 wants 24 GB). A <i>full</i> fine-tune of "
                 "SDXL/Flux is datacentre-only (40 GB+)."),
        "pointer": "https://huggingface.co/docs/diffusers/en/training/lora",
    },
    "audio": {
        "method": "LoRA / PEFT (STT) or full fine-tune (small TTS)",
        "min_vram": 8.0,
        "tools": [
            {"name": "HF Transformers", "what": "Fine-tune Whisper with Seq2SeqTrainer + PEFT (int8 + LoRA).",
             "install": "pip install transformers peft bitsandbytes", "tag": "Start here"},
            {"name": "Coqui XTTS", "what": "Voice-cloning / TTS fine-tuning with a Gradio pipeline.",
             "install": "github.com/idiap/coqui-ai-TTS", "tag": "TTS"},
        ],
        "commands": [],
        "note": ("Whisper fine-tunes with int8 + LoRA in under 8 GB (even large-v2 on a free "
                 "Colab T4); tiny/base/small train comfortably on consumer GPUs. TTS "
                 "(SpeechT5, XTTS v2) wants ~12-16 GB."),
        "pointer": "https://huggingface.co/blog/fine-tune-whisper",
    },
    "embed": {
        "method": "Full fine-tune (these models are small)",
        "min_vram": 6.0,
        "tools": [
            {"name": "sentence-transformers", "what": "Fine-tune embeddings with a few lines (MultipleNegativesRankingLoss).",
             "install": "pip install sentence-transformers", "tag": "Start here"},
        ],
        "commands": [],
        "note": ("Embedding models are small — most fine-tune fully on ~6 GB. No quantisation "
                 "or LoRA needed for typical sizes."),
        "pointer": "https://www.sbert.net/docs/training/overview.html",
    },
    "data": {
        "method": "Full fine-tune / retrain (small models)",
        "min_vram": 4.0,
        "tools": [
            {"name": "Python + the model's library", "what": "Forecasting/tabular models retrain from a small script.",
             "install": "pip install (see the model card)", "tag": "Start here"},
        ],
        "commands": [],
        "note": "Time-series and tabular models are small and retrain on a CPU or a modest GPU.",
        "pointer": "",
    },
}


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Cloud fallback: when local hardware can't train the model they want.
# (Prices/limits drift — labelled as guidance, confirmed live at the links.)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
_CLOUD = [
    {"name": "Google Colab (free)", "what": "Free T4 (16 GB). Comfortable for 7-9B QLoRA. Open an Unsloth notebook and Run all.",
     "cost": "Free", "link": "https://unsloth.ai/docs/get-started/unsloth-notebooks"},
    {"name": "Kaggle (free)", "what": "Free 2x T4 (32 GB total), ~30 GPU-hours/week — more VRAM than Colab free.",
     "cost": "Free", "link": "https://www.kaggle.com/code"},
    {"name": "Modal", "what": "Serverless GPUs from a Python script (gpu=\"A100-80GB\"). Per-second billing.",
     "cost": "~$30/mo free credit", "link": "https://modal.com/docs/examples"},
    {"name": "RunPod", "what": "Cheapest raw GPU-hours: rent an A100/H100 for a few dollars for a one-off run.",
     "cost": "From ~$0.34/hr", "link": "https://www.runpod.io/pricing"},
]


def _qlora_command(repo_id: str) -> list[dict]:
    """The minimal real Unsloth QLoRA recipe + the GGUF export step, so the
    fine-tuned model can then be run in Ollama / LM Studio."""
    model = repo_id or "unsloth/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"
    code = (
        "from unsloth import FastLanguageModel\n"
        "from trl import SFTTrainer, SFTConfig\n"
        "from datasets import load_dataset\n\n"
        f'model, tok = FastLanguageModel.from_pretrained(\n'
        f'    "{model}", max_seq_length=2048, load_in_4bit=True)   # 4-bit = QLoRA\n'
        "model = FastLanguageModel.get_peft_model(\n"
        '    model, r=16, lora_alpha=16, use_gradient_checkpointing="unsloth",\n'
        '    target_modules=["q_proj","k_proj","v_proj","o_proj",\n'
        '                    "gate_proj","up_proj","down_proj"])\n'
        'ds = load_dataset("your/dataset", split="train")   # chat/messages JSONL\n'
        "SFTTrainer(model=model, tokenizer=tok, train_dataset=ds,\n"
        "    args=SFTConfig(per_device_train_batch_size=2, gradient_accumulation_steps=8,\n"
        '        num_train_epochs=1, learning_rate=2e-4, optim="adamw_8bit",\n'
        '        bf16=True, output_dir="out")).train()'
    )
    export = ('model.save_pretrained_gguf("model", tok, quantization_method="q4_k_m")\n'
              "# then:  ollama create my-model -f Modelfile   (FROM ./model-Q4_K_M.gguf)")
    return [
        {"label": "QLoRA fine-tune with Unsloth (lowest VRAM)", "code": code},
        {"label": "Export to GGUF to run it in Ollama / LM Studio", "code": export},
    ]


def _llm_method_for(params_b: float, spec: HardwareSpec, arch: dict | None = None) -> dict:
    """Pick the lightest fine-tune method that fits, with a verdict."""
    fast = spec.fast_budget_gb
    total = spec.total_budget_gb
    qlora = estimate_finetune_vram(params_b, "qlora", arch=arch)
    lora = estimate_finetune_vram(params_b, "lora", arch=arch)
    full = estimate_finetune_vram(params_b, "full", arch=arch)
    if fast and qlora <= fast * _SAFETY_FILL:
        # On the GPU. If LoRA also fits, mention it as the higher-quality option.
        method = "lora" if lora <= fast * _SAFETY_FILL else "qlora"
        need = lora if method == "lora" else qlora   # report the SELECTED method's memory
        return {"verdict": "great", "method": method, "need": need,
                "qlora": qlora, "lora": lora, "full": full}
    # "Tight" = the QLoRA job spills GPU->system RAM via a paged optimiser. That
    # path NEEDS a CUDA GPU; a CPU-only machine cannot run the Unsloth/CUDA
    # commands we emit, so it must not be told it can train (route to cloud).
    if fast and qlora <= total * _SAFETY_FILL:
        return {"verdict": "tight", "method": "qlora", "need": qlora,
                "qlora": qlora, "lora": lora, "full": full}
    return {"verdict": "no", "method": "qlora", "need": qlora,
            "qlora": qlora, "lora": lora, "full": full}


def _ft_option(entry: dict, m: dict) -> dict:
    feel = {"great": "Fits your GPU", "tight": "Works via system RAM — slow",
            "no": "Too big locally — use the cloud"}[m["verdict"]]
    return {
        "verdict": m["verdict"],
        "model": entry["name"],
        "desc": entry.get("good_for", ""),
        "setting": _METHOD_PLAIN[m["method"]],
        "memory": "Too big" if m["verdict"] == "no" else f"{m['need']:g} GB",
        "feel": feel,
        "params_b": entry.get("params_b"),
        "active_params_b": entry.get("active_params_b"),
        "url": (entry.get("links") or {}).get("hf") or (entry.get("links") or {}).get("home", ""),
        "license": entry.get("license", ""),
        "license_note": entry.get("license_note", ""),
        "gated": entry.get("gated", False),
        "run": {}, "provenance": "estimated", "stale": entry.get("stale", False),
    }


def _llm_finetune(uc, candidates, spec, focus) -> dict:
    fast, total = spec.fast_budget_gb, spec.total_budget_gb
    evald = [(e, _llm_method_for(e.get("params_b", 1.0), spec, e.get("arch")))
             for e in candidates]

    # Headline = the LARGEST model you can QLoRA locally (great); else largest
    # that works tight; else the smallest (so we can show the cloud path).
    great = [(e, m) for e, m in evald if m["verdict"] == "great"]
    tight = [(e, m) for e, m in evald if m["verdict"] == "tight"]

    def by_params(pair):
        return pair[0].get("params_b", 0)

    if focus:
        hit = next((pair for pair in evald
                    if pair[0]["name"] == focus
                    or str(pair[0].get("repo_id", "")).lower() == focus.lower()), None)
        chosen = hit or (max(great, key=by_params) if great else None)
    else:
        chosen = (max(great, key=by_params) if great else
                  max(tight, key=by_params) if tight else
                  min(evald, key=lambda pr: pr[1]["need"]) if evald else None)

    options = [_ft_option(e, m) for e, m in evald]
    repo = ""
    if chosen:
        e, m = chosen
        repo = e.get("repo_id", "")
        hv, need = m["verdict"], m["need"]
        if hv == "great":
            head = f"Yes — you can fine-tune {e['name']} on your machine."
            detail = (
                f"The honest pick for training is <b>{e['name']}</b> with "
                f"<b>{_METHOD_PLAIN[m['method']]}</b>. It needs about <b>{need:g} GB</b> of GPU "
                f"memory (you have ~<b>{fast:g} GB</b> on the fast path). For reference the same "
                f"model is ~{m['lora']:g} GB with 16-bit LoRA and ~{m['full']:g} GB for a full "
                f"fine-tune — which is why QLoRA is the consumer answer."
            )
        elif hv == "tight":
            head = f"Sort of — {e['name']} will fine-tune, but it spills into system RAM."
            detail = (
                f"<b>{e['name']}</b> needs about <b>{need:g} GB</b> for QLoRA, more than your "
                f"~<b>{fast:g} GB</b> of GPU memory. A paged optimiser can borrow ordinary RAM "
                f"(you have ~{total:g} GB total) so it runs, but slowly. A bigger GPU — or a free "
                f"cloud notebook — would make this comfortable."
            )
        else:
            head = f"Training is a stretch on this machine — here's the honest path."
            biggest_local = max((p for p in evald if p[1]["verdict"] != "no"),
                                key=by_params, default=None)
            local_line = (f"Locally you can comfortably QLoRA up to <b>{biggest_local[0]['name']}</b>. "
                          if biggest_local else "This machine has no GPU fast path for training. ")
            detail = (
                f"{e['name']} needs about <b>{need:g} GB</b> to QLoRA, beyond what this machine "
                f"offers. {local_line}For anything bigger, a rented or free cloud GPU is the cheapest "
                f"path — see the options below."
            )
        scale = max(fast or total, need, 1) * 1.05
        has_fast = spec.has_fast_path
        if spec.is_apple_silicon:
            fast_label, total_label = "GPU can use", "Unified memory"
        elif has_fast:
            fast_label, total_label = "On the GPU (VRAM)", "GPU + system RAM"
        else:
            fast_label, total_label = "", "System RAM (no GPU)"
        gauge = {
            "need_gb": f"{need:g} GB needed to train",
            "fast_gb": f"{fast:g} GB", "total_gb": f"{total:g} GB",
            "fast_label": fast_label, "total_label": total_label, "has_fast": has_fast,
            "fill_pct": round(min(need / scale, 1.0) * 100, 1),
            "mark_pct": round(min((fast or total) / scale, 1.0) * 100, 1),
            "total_pct": round(min(total / scale, 1.0) * 100, 1),
            "breakdown": [
                {"label": f"4-bit base {round(e.get('params_b',1)*0.5625,1):g} GB", "color": _C_MODEL},
                {"label": f"Adapters, optimiser & activations {round(need - e.get('params_b',1)*0.5625,1):g} GB", "color": _C_WORK},
            ],
        }
        commands = {"intro": "A real QLoRA recipe for the pick above, then the step to run your "
                             "fine-tuned model locally.",
                    "items": _qlora_command(repo)}
        provenance = ("Training memory is a conservative estimate (16 bytes/parameter for full "
                      "fine-tuning; ~4.5-bit base for QLoRA) sized to land at or above Unsloth's "
                      "published minimums — most setups use the vanilla PEFT/bitsandbytes stack.")
    else:
        hv = "no"
        head = "Nothing in the catalogue fits training on this machine yet."
        detail = "Try a smaller model, or use one of the free cloud notebooks below."
        gauge, commands, provenance = {}, {"intro": "", "items": []}, ""

    tools = [
        {"name": "Unsloth", "what": "Fastest single-GPU QLoRA, lowest VRAM, built-in GGUF export. Beginner default.",
         "install": "pip install unsloth", "tag": "Start here"},
        {"name": "Hugging Face TRL + PEFT", "what": "The reference stack: SFTTrainer + LoRA/QLoRA, maximum compatibility.",
         "install": "pip install trl peft bitsandbytes", "tag": "Reference"},
        {"name": "Axolotl", "what": "One YAML config; best when you move to multi-GPU or long context.",
         "install": "github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl", "tag": "Scale up"},
    ]
    return {
        "verdict": hv, "verdict_word": _FT_VERDICT_WORD.get(hv, _VERDICT_WORD[hv]),
        "headline": head, "detail": detail, "gauge": gauge, "options": options,
        "tools": tools, "commands": commands, "provenance": provenance,
        "cloud": _CLOUD, "speed": None,
        "headline_model": chosen[0]["name"] if chosen else "",
        "focus": focus or "",
    }


def _category_finetune(uc, candidates, spec) -> dict:
    fam = uc.family
    info = _CATEGORY_FT.get(fam)
    fast = spec.fast_budget_gb
    if not info:
        return {"verdict": "tight", "verdict_word": "Depends on the model",
                "headline": f"Fine-tuning {uc.plain_name.lower()} depends on the specific model.",
                "detail": "Paste a specific model id in the box above to check it.",
                "gauge": {}, "options": [], "tools": [], "commands": {"intro": "", "items": []},
                "provenance": "", "cloud": _CLOUD, "speed": None, "headline_model": "", "focus": ""}
    min_vram = info["min_vram"]
    fits = fast >= min_vram
    hv = "great" if fits else "no"
    head = (f"Yes — you can fine-tune {uc.plain_name.lower()} on this machine."
            if fits else
            f"Fine-tuning {uc.plain_name.lower()} needs about {min_vram:g} GB of GPU memory — more than this machine has.")
    detail = info["note"] + (f' <a href="{info["pointer"]}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to start.</a>'
                             if info.get("pointer") else "")
    options = []
    for e in candidates[:12]:
        options.append({
            "verdict": "great" if fits else "no",
            "model": e["name"], "desc": e.get("good_for", ""),
            "setting": info["method"],
            "memory": f"~{min_vram:g} GB to train" if fits else "Use the cloud",
            "feel": "Fits your GPU" if fits else "Too big locally",
            "params_b": e.get("params_b"), "active_params_b": e.get("active_params_b"),
            "url": (e.get("links") or {}).get("hf") or (e.get("links") or {}).get("home", ""),
            "license": e.get("license", ""), "license_note": e.get("license_note", ""),
            "gated": e.get("gated", False), "run": {}, "provenance": "estimated",
            "stale": e.get("stale", False),
        })
    return {
        "verdict": hv, "verdict_word": _FT_VERDICT_WORD.get(hv, _VERDICT_WORD[hv]),
        "headline": head, "detail": detail, "gauge": {}, "options": options,
        "tools": info["tools"], "commands": {"intro": "", "items": info.get("commands", [])},
        "provenance": ("These are conservative family-level minimums; the exact figure varies "
                       "with model size, resolution and batch."),
        "cloud": _CLOUD, "speed": None, "headline_model": "", "focus": "",
    }


_FT_VERDICT_WORD = {"great": "You can train this", "tight": "Trainable, but tight",
                    "no": "Train in the cloud"}


def advise_finetune(payload: dict, spec: HardwareSpec, extra_entries: list | None = None) -> dict:
    """Mirror of advise_real for fine-tuning. Same result shape so the same
    renderer draws it; adds a `cloud` section and omits the speed chart.
    extra_entries injects a live-looked-up model as a synthetic candidate."""
    uc = USE_CASES.get(payload.get("usecase", "chat"), USE_CASES["chat"])
    candidates = list(_by_use_case().get(uc.key, []))
    if extra_entries:
        candidates = list(extra_entries) + candidates
    focus = (payload.get("focus") or "").strip()

    if not candidates:
        base = {"verdict": "tight", "verdict_word": "Not covered yet",
                "headline": "Our catalogue doesn't cover this goal yet.",
                "detail": "Paste a specific Hugging Face model id above to check it for training.",
                "gauge": {}, "options": [], "tools": [], "commands": {"intro": "", "items": []},
                "provenance": "", "cloud": _CLOUD, "speed": None, "headline_model": "", "focus": ""}
    elif uc.family in ("llm", "vlm"):
        base = _llm_finetune(uc, candidates, spec, focus)
    else:
        base = _category_finetune(uc, candidates, spec)

    base.update({
        "mode": "finetune",
        "catalogue_version": catalogue_date(),
        "use_case": uc.plain_name, "usecase": uc.key,
        "meets_goal": base["verdict"] in ("great", "tight"),
        "note": "",
    })
    return base