Sources & method

how this monorepo stays honest

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Rules

1. Primary sources only for numbers — Hub config, official model cards, blogs, platform docs, papers.
2. derived/ is generated from reference/ — re-run make check, do not invent SPECs.
3. Unknown stays unknown — e.g. K3 active params marked undisclosed until the tech report.
4. Secondary blogs may appear as background, never as sole authority for architecture claims.

Inkling primaries (vendored)

• Hub: thinkingmachines/Inkling — config.json, model card, chat template
• transformers: src/transformers/models/inkling/* (modular + modeling)
• Local path: studies/models/inkling/reference/

Kimi K3 primaries (vendored)

• Blog: kimi.com/blog/kimi-k3
• API docs: platform.kimi.ai
• KDA lineage: arXiv:2510.26692 (Kimi Linear)
• Prior gen: moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 Hub config
• Curated: studies/models/kimi-k3/reference/facts.json

Tooling contract

python3 studies/run.py test
# → validate each package against summary/facts
# → rebuild monorepo dashboard
# → enforce package layout contract

Full handbooks live in the dataset and private GitHub monorepo.