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name: model-repository-and-config description: "Create, validate, and troubleshoot Triton model repositories and config.pbtxt files." disable-model-invocation: true metadata: disco-role: operating license: NOASSERTION

Model Repository and Config

Use this sub-skill when the user needs to create, inspect, validate, or debug Triton model repositories, config.pbtxt, custom config files, labels, version directories, or model-control behavior.

Route Within This Sub-skill

• Repository layout, version directories, local vs cloud repository paths: read references/model-repository.md.
• config.pbtxt fields, shapes, datatypes, batching, ensembles, backend-specific config details: read references/config-reference.md.
• Model load/unload mode, polling, safe repository mutation, and update behavior: read references/model-management.md.
• Layout mistakes, config mistakes, model unload/load failure, and poll/explicit mode pitfalls: read references/troubleshooting.md.
• Static layout validation helper: run scripts/validate_model_repository.py.

If the user wants a server launch plan, route to ../server-runtime-and-deployment/SKILL.md. If the user wants to build a request payload, route to ../client-protocols/SKILL.md.

Safe Default Workflow

1. Confirm the model repository root path and whether the user wants a static preflight or a live load error investigation.
2. Check that each model directory has a version subdirectory with the files required by the backend.
3. Verify the config.pbtxt name, platform/backend, max_batch_size, input/output names, datatypes, and dims.
4. Distinguish CPU-loadable models from GPU-only models before the user tries to launch Triton on CPU.
5. Use the validator script against a local repository copy or fixture before any live server start.

Do Not Do Without Approval

• Pull model weights from the network, rewrite production repositories in place, or claim a static validation pass proves runtime load success.
• Treat POLL as a safe production mutation mode without warning about partial update observation.