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 "repo": "mozilla-ai/llamafile",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/mozilla-ai/llamafile",
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 "title": "Hand a model to a colleague as one file",
 "page_title": "How to hand a model to a colleague as one file with Llamafile",
 "summary": "Package a model as a Llamafile so anyone can run it without setting up a runtime.",
 "who": "A developer who wants a non-technical teammate or a client to try a specific open model.",
 "problem": "Sharing a local model usually comes with a page of setup steps that most people never finish.",
 "outcome": "One executable that runs the model locally on most operating systems.",
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  "Read the Creating llamafiles guide in the docs",
  "Pick an open model your colleague's hardware can handle",
  "Build the Llamafile as the guide describes and test it on each target OS",
  "Remind Windows users to add .exe and keep the file under 4GB, or use the separate Llamafile binary with external weights"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Following the mozilla-ai/llamafile Creating llamafiles docs, package <model> as a llamafile for my teammate. Test that it starts on <OS> and write them a two line note on how to run it.",
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "1 hour",
 "basis": "readme",
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 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "c++",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux, BSD or Windows on most CPU architectures",
  "Disk space and RAM for the model you download",
  "On Windows, only executables under 4GB run directly"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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   "tag": "platform-limit",
   "notice": "Windows cannot run executables over 4GB, so larger models need the separate binary with external weights."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 0.9,
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