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VeOmni-specific checklist for feature development and refactoring. Covers impact analysis across modalities, trainer hierarchy, data pipeline, and distributed code. Use before implementing any non-trivial change. For model-specific or ops-specific work, use veomni-new-model or veomni-new-op instead. Trigger: 'add feature', 'implement', 'refactor', 'reorganize', 'new capability'.

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Impact Analysis

Before implementing, check which areas your change affects:

AreaWhat to checkWhy it matters
veomni/trainer/All trainer subclasses (TextTrainer, VLMTrainer, DitTrainer, RL trainers)Changing BaseTrainer method signatures breaks all subclasses
veomni/data/data_collator.pyAll modalities (text, VLM, DiT)Collators are tightly coupled to model-specific preprocessing
veomni/distributed/FSDP2 + ExtraParallel/MoE/SP pathsShared distributed code is used by many downstream modalities
veomni/models/auto.py, loader.pyModel registry, import-time side effectsMODELING_REGISTRY is populated at import time; moving registrations breaks loading
configs/YAML config keysRenaming config keys breaks existing training configs silently
veomni/models/transformers/*/__init__.py registration entry pointsAll models ship a patchgen-generated v5 path under generated/; never import or call legacy modeling_<m>.py or apply_veomni_<m>_patch() (these no longer exist)

Refactoring Safety Rules

When restructuring code (same behavior, better structure):

  1. Baseline first: run pytest tests/ before any change, record results.
  2. One change per commit: ONE structural change → update ALL callers → verify tests match baseline → commit.
  3. Never batch multiple refactoring steps into one commit.
  4. Check baseline again at the end — results must be identical.

Common Traps

  • veomni.models.auto registration depends on import-time side effects — moving registrations into functions or delaying them breaks model loading.
  • Renaming config keys silently breaks existing YAML configs in configs/ — grep all YAML files first.
  • veomni.distributed modules feed into ExtraParallel/MoE/SP — touching shared code may affect every modality, so run the cross-cutting parallel tests.
  • Data collators in veomni/data/data_collator.py are coupled to DEFAULT_DATA_COLLATE_INFO — adding new tensor keys requires updating the collate info table.
  • MainCollator has strict SP ordering (pad → slice → FA kwargs → slice position_ids) — reordering breaks SP correctness.
  • position_ids == 0 marks segment boundaries for FA varlen — any transform that produces position_ids must preserve this convention.

Documentation

Before committing, check if the change requires documentation updates:

  • New/changed API → update or create docs in docs/.
  • New/changed config fields → update config examples in configs/ and relevant docs.
  • Architecture change → update .agents/knowledge/architecture.md.
  • New constraint discovered → add to .agents/knowledge/constraints.md.

When to Use Other Skills

  • New model → /veomni-new-model
  • New op/kernel → /veomni-new-op
  • Bug fix or debugging → /veomni-debug
  • Dependency update → /veomni-uv-update