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+# Pull a model from HuggingFace into ana-ml2's shared HF cache
+# (`/tank/aimodels/huggingface/`). Model-format-agnostic — handles GGUFs,
+# safetensors, or anything else HF hosts.
+#
+# Consumers (llama-swap, vLLM, others) read from the same cache:
+#   - llama-swap's config.yaml references entries via `-hf <user>/<repo>`
+#   - vLLM stacks reference via `--model <user>/<repo>` with HF_HOME mounted
+#
+# This playbook does NOT edit any consumer config. Run it for the download,
+# then hand-edit the relevant `stacks/<consumer>/conf/*.yaml` and deploy
+# that consumer separately. Keeps the download mechanical and the
+# per-model params (ctx-size, quant choice, sampler defaults, etc.) where
+# they belong — in human-curated config.
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+#   # Full repo (e.g. safetensors for later AWQ quant + vLLM serving):
+#   scripts/elway ana-ml2 --playbook playbooks/pull-hf-model.yaml \
+#       --var hf_repo=Skywork/Skywork-Reward-V2-Llama-3.1-8B
+#
+#   # Single quant pattern (e.g. one GGUF for llama-swap):
+#   scripts/elway ana-ml2 --playbook playbooks/pull-hf-model.yaml \
+#       --var hf_repo=mradermacher/Selene-1-Mini-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF \
+#       --var allow_patterns='*Q6_K*'
+#
+# allow_patterns is forwarded to `hf download --include` — set it to filter
+# down to specific files (e.g. `*UD-Q6_K_XL*` or `*Q6_K*.gguf`). Omit to
+# pull every file in the repo.
+
+vars:
+  hf_repo: ""             # REQUIRED, e.g. unsloth/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-GGUF
+  allow_patterns: ""      # OPTIONAL, e.g. "*Q6_K*"
+  hf_cache_dir: /tank/aimodels/huggingface
+
+steps:
+  # ── Sanity: refuse to run with an empty hf_repo. ──────────────────────
+  - name: Check hf_repo is set
+    shell: |
+      [ -n "{{ hf_repo }}" ] || {
+        echo "elway: --var hf_repo=<user>/<repo> is required" >&2
+        exit 2
+      }
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  # ── Tooling: install `hf` CLI via pipx once, inject hf_transfer for
+  #            the fast multi-connection download path. Both no-ops if
+  #            already installed. ──────────────────────────────────────
+  - name: Install huggingface_hub via pipx (one-time)
+    shell: pipx install --quiet huggingface_hub
+    creates: ~/.local/bin/hf
+
+  - name: Inject hf_transfer for faster downloads
+    # pipx inject is idempotent — if hf_transfer is already in the
+    # huggingface_hub venv, this is a fast no-op. Cheaper to run
+    # unconditionally than to glob-check the venv path (elway's
+    # creates: doesn't expand shell globs).
+    shell: pipx inject --quiet huggingface_hub hf_transfer
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  # ── Pull. hf CLI is itself idempotent — re-runs only fetch missing
+  #         blobs, so safe to invoke unconditionally. ─────────────────
+  - name: Pull {{ hf_repo }} into {{ hf_cache_dir }}
+    shell: |
+      export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+      pat="{{ allow_patterns }}"
+      args=""
+      if [ -n "$pat" ]; then
+        args="--include $pat"
+      fi
+      HF_HOME={{ hf_cache_dir }} \
+      HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1 \
+      hf download {{ hf_repo }} $args
+    # changed_when:false — hf CLI doesn't expose pulled-vs-cached cheaply,
+    # and a `du` diff would itself take seconds on a multi-GB repo. Accept
+    # always-reporting-ok here; the verify step below confirms presence.
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  - name: Verify cache hit for {{ hf_repo }}
+    shell: |
+      # hf normalizes user/repo to models--user--repo in the hub cache.
+      slug=$(printf '%s' "{{ hf_repo }}" | tr '/' '~')
+      slug=${slug//\~/--}
+      d="{{ hf_cache_dir }}/hub/models--${slug}"
+      [ -d "$d" ] || { echo "elway: cache dir not found for {{ hf_repo }} at $d" >&2; exit 1; }
+      n=$(find "$d/snapshots/" -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 \( -type f -o -type l \) 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      [ "$n" -gt 0 ] || { echo "elway: snapshot dir exists but is empty under $d" >&2; exit 1; }
+      echo "elway: $n files present under $d/snapshots/"
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+verify:
+  - name: hf CLI installed
+    shell: test -x ~/.local/bin/hf
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  - name: HF cache dir writable by SSH user
+    shell: test -w {{ hf_cache_dir }}
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  - name: Model present in cache (post-pull)
+    shell: |
+      slug=$(printf '%s' "{{ hf_repo }}" | tr '/' '~')
+      slug=${slug//\~/--}
+      d="{{ hf_cache_dir }}/hub/models--${slug}"
+      test -d "$d" && [ -n "$(find $d/snapshots/ -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 \( -type f -o -type l \) 2>/dev/null | head -1)" ]
+    changed_when: "false"