# Grapevine — multimodal fleet extension

Grapevine is **not** a fifth core text model. The core fleet remains Scout · Growth · Flagship · Ascension (all text-only). Grapevine is the local **Omni multimodal extension**.

Long-form benchmark narrative (root): [`../../grapevine.md`](../../grapevine.md). HF paper draft: [`../papers/grapevine-hf.md`](../papers/grapevine-hf.md).

## Identity

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Ollama | `arriella-grapevine` |
| Company | Infinidev Corp |
| Leads | Beelzebub4888, Tcoder |
| Foundation | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-Omni-3B` |
| Capability target | `thinkingmachines/Inkling` (**target only** — no Inkling weights) |
| Work dir | `fleet/inkling/` |

## What it is

- Q8_0 Omni base + Arriella runtime LoRA + multimodal projector
- Ollama capabilities advertised today: **completion, vision, audio** (not video, not speech-out)
- Pre-export Transformers path also validated video-frame understanding
- ~6.3 GB installed; much slower than Flagship (~6× on local smoke)

## Training / repair path

```powershell
# Local Omni adapter (see scripts for full flags)
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\train_arriella_inkling_local.py --help

# Release / deployment repair datasets → data/grapevine_*
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\prepare_grapevine_release_repair.py --help
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\prepare_grapevine_deployment_repair.py --help

# Merge / verify / Ollama smoke
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\merge_grapevine_release.py --help
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\verify_grapevine_release.py --help
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\test_grapevine_ollama.py --help

# vs Flagship smoke
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe scripts\benchmark_grapevine_vs_flagship.py
```

Build notes that still say “Inkling” as product name: `fleet/inkling/INKLING_BUILD_SPEC.md` (historical; product is Grapevine).

## Business / field use

Prefer Grapevine when the workflow needs **real image or audio input** (inspections, screenshots, voice notes → structured text). Prefer Flagship when you need **fast text-only** ops or Ollama tools. Do not treat Grapevine as a blanket quality upgrade over Flagship.

## Honest limitations (Jul 2026)

- Treat current Ollama build as a **multimodal technical preview**
- Identity/provenance under Ollama runtime-adapter can still drift vs Transformers acceptance
- Never claim modalities that the installed Ollama manifest does not advertise
- Prove modalities with payloads, not self-description

## Chat

```powershell
ollama run arriella-grapevine
```