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Cog architecture and cross-cutting review guidelines

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Cog architecture review guidelines

Cog packages ML models into production-ready containers. Use this skill for changes that cross language boundaries or touch core architecture.

Component overview

  • CLI (Go): cmd/cog/ and pkg/ -- builds, runs, and deploys models
  • Python SDK: python/cog/ -- predictor interface, types, HTTP/queue server
  • Coglet (Rust): crates/ -- prediction server inside containers (HTTP, worker management, IPC)

Key design patterns

Wheel resolution: The CLI discovers SDK and coglet wheels from dist/ at Docker build time. Wheels are NOT embedded in the binary. Changes to build artifacts need to account for this.

Dockerfile generation: pkg/dockerfile/ generates Dockerfiles from cog.yaml config. Template injection and escaping matter here.

Config parsing: pkg/config/config.go parses cog.yaml. Schema is at pkg/config/data/config_schema_v1.0.json. Changes must keep schema and Go code in sync.

Two-process coglet: Parent process (HTTP server + orchestrator) and child worker process (Python predictor execution) communicate via IPC. Changes to the IPC protocol affect both Rust and Python code.

Compatibility matrix: CUDA/PyTorch/TensorFlow compatibility is managed in tools/compatgen/. Framework version changes have wide blast radius.

Cross-cutting concerns

  • VERSION.txt is the single source of truth for versioning. Cargo.toml must match.
  • Changes to python/cog/base_predictor.py affect all downstream model authors.
  • Changes to docs/ require running mise run docs:llm to regenerate docs/llms.txt.
  • CLI reference docs are auto-generated -- changes to cmd/ or pkg/cli/ require mise run docs:cli.
  • Integration tests in integration-tests/ use Go's testscript and need a built cog binary.

What to watch for

  • Breaking changes to the predictor interface or cog.yaml schema
  • Docker build changes that affect layer caching or build time
  • IPC protocol changes without updating both Rust and Python sides
  • Version bumps that miss one of the places VERSION.txt needs to match
  • New ML framework versions without compatibility testing