minicpm5-finetune

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Pick the right fine-tuning framework for a MiniCPM5-1B base checkpoint and route to a framework-specific cookbook skill. Use when the user wants to SFT / LoRA / DPO / continue-pretrain MiniCPM5 and has not yet committed to a specific framework, or when they say "fine-tune MiniCPM5", "train MiniCPM5", "MiniCPM5 微调", "LoRA MiniCPM5", "继续训练 MiniCPM5".

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Fine-tune MiniCPM5-1B — framework router

You're being asked to fine-tune MiniCPM5-1B. Pick exactly one framework skill below and invoke that skill rather than improvising — every framework has at least one MiniCPM5-specific gotcha that the dedicated skill knows about.

1. Required input from the user

Variable	Example	Notes
`BASE_MODEL`	HF id `openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B` (post-release) or a local path	see cluster paths below
`DATA`	path to JSONL in messages format	`[{"messages": [{"role":"user","content":"..."}, {"role":"assistant","content":"..."}]}]`
`OUTPUT_DIR`	where to write checkpoints	mkdir if missing
Goal	"LoRA SFT" / "full SFT" / "DPO" / "QLoRA on consumer GPU" / "continue-pretrain at scale"	drives skill choice
Hardware	1× GPU / multi-node	drives skill choice

Default base model

If BASE_MODEL is not pinned, default to the Hugging Face fp16 release:

openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B

Any local directory containing config.json + model.safetensors + tokenizer.json also works.

2. Decision matrix — pick exactly one

User says / wants	Best fit	→ Skill to invoke
YAML / WebUI driven SFT, broad community support	LLaMA-Factory	`minicpm5-finetune-llamafactory`
ChatML template + ModelScope-native SFT/DPO/KTO/ORPO	ms-swift	`minicpm5-finetune-ms-swift`
Bare-metal Python, assistant-only loss, minimal abstractions	TRL + PEFT	`minicpm5-finetune-trl`
Single-GPU LoRA / QLoRA, tight VRAM (24 GB or less)	unsloth	`minicpm5-finetune-unsloth`
mmengine config-driven SFT, OpenMMLab stack	xtuner	`minicpm5-finetune-xtuner`

Decision shortcuts

First time fine-tuning MiniCPM5: pick minicpm5-finetune-llamafactory — most documented, fewest surprises.
Need DPO / KTO / ORPO: pick minicpm5-finetune-ms-swift (best out-of-the-box) or minicpm5-finetune-trl (most control).
Single 24 GB consumer GPU: pick minicpm5-finetune-unsloth with load_in_4bit=True.
Target is llama.cpp / Ollama / LM Studio / MiniCPM Desk Pet (GGUF): train with any skill above, then convert the adapter with minicpm5-finetune-gguf-lora (PEFT adapter → GGUF LoRA).

3. Invocation contract

Each sub-skill expects BASE_MODEL, DATA, OUTPUT_DIR and outputs an LoRA adapter (or full checkpoint) at OUTPUT_DIR/. Read the picked sub-skill in full before running — every framework has at least one MiniCPM5-specific gotcha:

Framework	Gotcha (skill handles it for you)
LLaMA-Factory	`template: empty` (delegate to model's own jinja, NOT `template: llama3`)
ms-swift	mandatory `--model_type llama --template chatml` flags
TRL	training-only chat template patch for `assistant_only_loss=True`
unsloth	`transformers==4.57.3` pin if vLLM is in the same env
xtuner	`prompt_template=PROMPT_TEMPLATE.qwen_chat` (ChatML), use `openai_map_fn` for messages-format data, `start_factor` ≥ 1e-2

4. Universal sanity check after training

Regardless of framework:

# 1. Verify adapter (or full ckpt) was saved
ls "$OUTPUT_DIR"        # adapter_model.safetensors + adapter_config.json (LoRA) OR a full HF directory

# 2. Quick inference check (HF-side, works for both LoRA and full)
python -c "
import torch
from peft import PeftModel
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
base = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained('$BASE_MODEL', torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16, device_map='auto').eval()
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(base, '$OUTPUT_DIR').eval()    # skip this line for full SFT
tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained('$BASE_MODEL')
inputs = tok.apply_chat_template([{'role':'user','content':'1+1=?'}], add_generation_prompt=True, enable_thinking=False, return_tensors='pt').to(model.device)
out = model.generate(inputs, max_new_tokens=32, do_sample=False)
print(tok.decode(out[0][inputs.shape[-1]:], skip_special_tokens=True))
"

Expected: a coherent answer (e.g. "2"). If it's gibberish or empty, training broke (most likely chat template misalignment — ⮕ check the framework's gotcha row above).

5. Don't reinvent: link to the cookbook

Each sub-skill is paired with a one-page cookbook in docs/finetune/. The skill is the machine-readable shortcut; the cookbook is the human-readable reference.

6. Next step — deploying the adapter

The adapter at OUTPUT_DIR/ is a PEFT adapter (adapter_model.safetensors). How you ship it depends on the runtime:

vLLM / transformers / SGLang (fp16 HF base): load the PEFT adapter directly — no conversion.
llama.cpp / Ollama / LM Studio / MiniCPM Desk Pet (GGUF base): convert it to a GGUF LoRA first with minicpm5-finetune-gguf-lora, then --lora adapter.gguf (or upload it in the Desk Pet app).