supports small llama and gemma models

Refactor inference

dedicated crates for llama and gemma inferencing, not integrated

crates/llama-runner/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "llama-runner"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+candle-core = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git" }
+candle-nn = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git" }  
+candle-transformers = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git" }
+hf-hub = "0.3"
+tokenizers = "0.20"
+anyhow = "1.0"
+clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "string"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
+candle-core = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", features = ["metal"] }
+candle-nn = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", features = ["metal"] }
+candle-transformers = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", features = ["metal"] }
+
+[features]
+default = []
+cuda = ["candle-core/cuda", "candle-nn/cuda", "candle-transformers/cuda"]
+metal = ["candle-core/metal", "candle-nn/metal", "candle-transformers/metal"]

crates/llama-runner/README.md

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+# Llama Runner
+
+A fast Rust implementation for running Llama and other language models using the Candle deep learning framework. Built on the official Candle examples with optimizations for speed and usability.
+
+## Features
+
+- 🚀 **High Performance**: Metal GPU acceleration on macOS, CUDA support on Linux/Windows
+- 🤖 **Multiple Models**: Supports Llama 3.2, SmolLM2, TinyLlama, and more
+- ⚡ **Fast Inference**: Optimized with F16 precision and KV caching
+- 🎯 **Advanced Sampling**: Top-k, top-p, temperature, and repeat penalty controls  
+- 📊 **Performance Metrics**: Real-time tokens/second reporting
+- 🔧 **Easy CLI**: Simple command-line interface with sensible defaults
+
+## Supported Models
+
+| Model | Size | Command | Description |
+|-------|------|---------|-------------|
+| SmolLM2-135M | 135M | `smollm2-135m` | Tiny, fast model for testing |
+| SmolLM2-360M | 360M | `smollm2-360m` | Small, efficient model |
+| SmolLM2-1.7B | 1.7B | `smollm2-1.7b` | Balanced performance/speed |
+| Llama-3.2-1B | 1B | `llama-3.2-1b` | Meta's compact model |
+| Llama-3.2-3B | 3B | `llama-3.2-3b` | Larger Llama model |
+| TinyLlama-1.1B | 1.1B | `tinyllama-1.1b-chat` | Chat-optimized small model |
+
+Add `-instruct` suffix for instruction-tuned variants (e.g., `smollm2-135m-instruct`).
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone <repository-url>
+cd llama-runner
+
+# Build with GPU acceleration (recommended)
+cargo build --release --features metal  # macOS
+cargo build --release --features cuda   # Linux/Windows with NVIDIA GPU
+
+# CPU-only build
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# Fast inference with GPU acceleration
+cargo run --features metal -- --prompt "What is quantum computing?"
+
+# Specify a model and parameters
+cargo run --features metal -- \
+  --prompt "Write a short story about space exploration" \
+  --model smollm2-360m \
+  --max-tokens 100 \
+  --temperature 0.8
+
+# Use CPU (slower but works everywhere)
+cargo run -- --prompt "Hello, world!" --model smollm2-135m --cpu
+```
+
+## Usage Examples
+
+### Basic Text Generation
+```bash
+# Simple completion
+cargo run --features metal -- --prompt "The capital of France is"
+
+# Creative writing with higher temperature
+cargo run --features metal -- \
+  --prompt "Once upon a time" \
+  --temperature 1.0 \
+  --max-tokens 200
+```
+
+### Advanced Sampling
+```bash
+# Top-k and top-p sampling
+cargo run --features metal -- \
+  --prompt "Explain artificial intelligence" \
+  --top-k 40 \
+  --top-p 0.9 \
+  --temperature 0.7
+
+# Reduce repetition
+cargo run --features metal -- \
+  --prompt "List the benefits of renewable energy" \
+  --repeat-penalty 1.2 \
+  --repeat-last-n 64
+```
+
+### Different Models
+```bash
+# Ultra-fast with tiny model
+cargo run --features metal -- \
+  --prompt "Quick test" \
+  --model smollm2-135m
+
+# Better quality with larger model
+cargo run --features metal -- \
+  --prompt "Explain quantum physics" \
+  --model llama-3.2-1b \
+  --max-tokens 150
+```
+
+## Command-Line Options
+
+| Option | Short | Default | Description |
+|--------|-------|---------|-------------|
+| `--prompt` | `-p` | "The capital of France is" | Input prompt |
+| `--model` | `-m` | `smollm2-135m` | Model to use |
+| `--max-tokens` | `-n` | 100 | Maximum tokens to generate |
+| `--temperature` | `-t` | 0.8 | Sampling temperature (0.0 = deterministic) |
+| `--top-k` | | None | Top-k sampling |
+| `--top-p` | | None | Top-p (nucleus) sampling |
+| `--seed` | | 299792458 | Random seed for reproducibility |
+| `--repeat-penalty` | | 1.1 | Repetition penalty (1.0 = no penalty) |
+| `--repeat-last-n` | | 128 | Context window for repeat penalty |
+| `--cpu` | | false | Force CPU usage |
+| `--dtype` | | f16 | Data type: f16, bf16, f32 |
+| `--no-kv-cache` | | false | Disable key-value caching |
+
+## Performance
+
+Typical performance on Apple M2 with Metal acceleration:
+
+| Model | Size | Speed | Memory |
+|-------|------|-------|--------|
+| SmolLM2-135M | 135M | ~100 tok/s | ~500MB |
+| SmolLM2-360M | 360M | ~80 tok/s | ~1GB |
+| SmolLM2-1.7B | 1.7B | ~50 tok/s | ~3GB |
+| Llama-3.2-1B | 1B | ~40 tok/s | ~2GB |
+
+## Requirements
+
+- **Rust**: 1.70+ (latest stable recommended)
+- **Memory**: 2-8GB RAM depending on model size
+- **Storage**: 1-10GB for model weights
+- **Network**: Internet connection for first-time model download
+- **GPU** (optional): Metal on macOS, CUDA on Linux/Windows
+
+## GPU Support
+
+### macOS (Metal)
+```bash
+cargo run --features metal -- [options]
+```
+
+### Linux/Windows (CUDA)
+```bash
+cargo run --features cuda -- [options]  
+```
+
+### CPU Only
+```bash
+cargo run -- --cpu [options]
+```
+
+## Model Downloads
+
+Models are automatically downloaded from HuggingFace Hub on first use and cached locally. Download times:
+
+- SmolLM2-135M: ~1 minute
+- SmolLM2-360M: ~2 minutes  
+- Llama-3.2-1B: ~5 minutes
+- Larger models: 10+ minutes
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Slow Performance
+- Use `--features metal` on macOS or `--features cuda` on Linux/Windows
+- Try smaller models like `smollm2-135m` for faster inference
+- Ensure sufficient RAM for your chosen model
+
+### Out of Memory
+- Use `--cpu` to use system RAM instead of GPU memory
+- Try smaller models or reduce `--max-tokens`
+- Use `--dtype f32` if f16 causes issues
+
+### Model Download Issues
+- Check internet connection
+- Some models may require HuggingFace Hub authentication
+- Verify sufficient disk space in `~/.cache/huggingface/`
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions welcome! This project is based on the [Candle](https://github.com/huggingface/candle) framework by HuggingFace.
+
+## License
+
+MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

crates/llama-runner/src/lib.rs

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+pub mod llama_api;
+
+use clap::ValueEnum;
+pub use llama_api::{run_llama_inference, LlamaInferenceConfig, WhichModel};
+
+// Re-export constants and types that might be needed
+pub const EOS_TOKEN: &str = "</s>";
+

crates/llama-runner/src/llama_api.rs

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+use anyhow::{bail, Error as E};
+use candle_core::{utils, DType, Device, Tensor};
+use candle_nn::VarBuilder;
+use candle_transformers::generation::{LogitsProcessor, Sampling};
+use candle_transformers::models::llama::{Llama, LlamaConfig};
+use candle_transformers::models::llama as model;
+use hf_hub::api::sync::Api;
+use hf_hub::{Repo, RepoType};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver};
+use clap::ValueEnum;
+use crate::{EOS_TOKEN};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, ValueEnum, Default)]
+pub enum WhichModel {
+    #[value(name = "llama-3.2-1b")]
+    #[default]
+    Llama32_1B,
+    #[value(name = "llama-3.2-1b-instruct")]
+    Llama32_1BInstruct,
+    #[value(name = "llama-3.2-3b")]
+    Llama32_3B,
+    #[value(name = "llama-3.2-3b-instruct")]
+    Llama32_3BInstruct,
+    #[value(name = "smollm2-135m")]
+    SmolLM2_135M,
+    #[value(name = "smollm2-135m-instruct")]
+    SmolLM2_135MInstruct,
+    #[value(name = "smollm2-360m")]
+    SmolLM2_360M,
+    #[value(name = "smollm2-360m-instruct")]
+    SmolLM2_360MInstruct,
+    #[value(name = "smollm2-1.7b")]
+    SmolLM2_1_7B,
+    #[value(name = "smollm2-1.7b-instruct")]
+    SmolLM2_1_7BInstruct,
+    #[value(name = "tinyllama-1.1b-chat")]
+    TinyLlama1_1BChat,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct LlamaInferenceConfig {
+    pub prompt: String,
+
+    pub model: WhichModel,
+    pub cpu: bool,
+    pub temperature: f64,
+    pub top_p: Option<f64>,
+    pub top_k: Option<usize>,
+    pub seed: u64,
+    pub max_tokens: usize,
+    pub no_kv_cache: bool,
+    pub dtype: Option<String>,
+    pub model_id: Option<String>,
+    pub revision: Option<String>,
+    pub use_flash_attn: bool,
+    pub repeat_penalty: f32,
+    pub repeat_last_n: usize,
+}
+
+impl Default for LlamaInferenceConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            // Leave prompt empty by default; let call sites set it.
+            prompt: String::new(),
+
+            // Keep your existing model choice; swap at call-site if needed.
+            model: WhichModel::Llama32_1BInstruct,
+
+            // Prefer GPU if available.
+            cpu: false,
+
+            // Sampling: balanced + stable
+            temperature: 0.7,
+            top_p: Some(0.95),
+            top_k: Some(50),
+
+            // Reproducible by default; override for variability.
+            seed: 42,
+
+            // Don’t run unbounded generations.
+            max_tokens: 512,
+
+            // Performance flags
+            no_kv_cache: false,          // keep cache ON for speed
+            use_flash_attn: true,        // great speed boost if supported
+
+            // Precision: bf16 is a good default on Ampere+; fallback to fp16 if needed.
+            dtype: Some("bf16".to_string()),
+
+            // Optional model source pinning (None = app defaults)
+            model_id: None,
+            revision: None,
+
+            // Anti-repeat heuristics
+            repeat_penalty: 1.15,
+            repeat_last_n: 128,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+fn device(cpu: bool) -> anyhow::Result<Device> {
+    if cpu {
+        Ok(Device::Cpu)
+    } else if utils::cuda_is_available() {
+        Ok(Device::new_cuda(0)?)
+    } else if utils::metal_is_available() {
+        Ok(Device::new_metal(0)?)
+    } else {
+        Ok(Device::Cpu)
+    }
+}
+
+
+fn hub_load_safetensors(
+    api: &hf_hub::api::sync::ApiRepo,
+    json_file: &str,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<std::path::PathBuf>> {
+    let json_file = api.get(json_file)?;
+    let json_file = std::fs::File::open(json_file)?;
+    let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_reader(&json_file)?;
+    let weight_map = match json.get("weight_map") {
+        None => bail!("no weight map in {json_file:?}"),
+        Some(serde_json::Value::Object(map)) => map,
+        Some(_) => bail!("weight map in {json_file:?} is not a map"),
+    };
+    let mut safetensors_files = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+    for value in weight_map.values() {
+        if let Some(file) = value.as_str() {
+            safetensors_files.insert(file.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+    let safetensors_files = safetensors_files
+        .iter()
+        .map(|v| api.get(v))
+        .collect::<anyhow::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+    Ok(safetensors_files)
+}
+
+pub fn run_llama_inference(
+    cfg: LlamaInferenceConfig,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Receiver<anyhow::Result<String>>, anyhow::Error> {
+    // ---- Device & dtype -----------------------------------------------------
+    let device = device(cfg.cpu)?;
+    println!("Device: {:?}", device);
+
+    let dtype = match cfg.dtype.as_deref() {
+        Some("f16") => DType::F16,
+        Some("bf16") => DType::BF16,
+        Some("f32") => DType::F32,
+        Some(dtype) => bail!("Unsupported dtype {dtype}"),
+        None => DType::F16,
+    };
+    println!("Using dtype: {:?}", dtype);
+
+    // ---- Load model & tokenizer --------------------------------------------
+    let (llama, tokenizer, mut cache) = {
+        let api = Api::new()?;
+        let model_id = cfg.model_id.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            match cfg.model {
+                WhichModel::Llama32_1B => "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
+                WhichModel::Llama32_1BInstruct => "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct",
+                WhichModel::Llama32_3B => "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B",
+                WhichModel::Llama32_3BInstruct => "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
+                WhichModel::SmolLM2_135M => "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M",
+                WhichModel::SmolLM2_135MInstruct => "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M-Instruct",
+                WhichModel::SmolLM2_360M => "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-360M",
+                WhichModel::SmolLM2_360MInstruct => "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-360M-Instruct",
+                WhichModel::SmolLM2_1_7B => "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B",
+                WhichModel::SmolLM2_1_7BInstruct => "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct",
+                WhichModel::TinyLlama1_1BChat => "TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0",
+            }
+                .to_string()
+        });
+        println!("Loading model: {}", model_id);
+        let revision = cfg.revision.clone().unwrap_or("main".to_string());
+        let api = api.repo(Repo::with_revision(model_id, RepoType::Model, revision));
+
+        let tokenizer_filename = api.get("tokenizer.json")?;
+        let config_filename = api.get("config.json")?;
+        let config: LlamaConfig = serde_json::from_slice(&std::fs::read(config_filename)?)?;
+        let config = config.into_config(cfg.use_flash_attn);
+
+        let filenames = match cfg.model {
+            WhichModel::Llama32_3B | WhichModel::Llama32_3BInstruct => {
+                hub_load_safetensors(&api, "model.safetensors.index.json")?
+            }
+            _ => vec![api.get("model.safetensors")?],
+        };
+
+        let cache = model::Cache::new(!cfg.no_kv_cache, dtype, &config, &device)?;
+        let vb = unsafe { VarBuilder::from_mmaped_safetensors(&filenames, dtype, &device)? };
+        let llama = Llama::load(vb, &config)?;
+        let tokenizer = tokenizers::Tokenizer::from_file(tokenizer_filename).map_err(E::msg)?;
+        (llama, tokenizer, cache)
+    };
+
+    // ---- Prepare prompt & sampler ------------------------------------------
+    let eos_token_id = tokenizer
+        .token_to_id(EOS_TOKEN)
+        .map(model::LlamaEosToks::Single);
+
+    let mut tokens = tokenizer
+        .encode(cfg.prompt.as_str(), true)
+        .map_err(E::msg)?
+        .get_ids()
+        .to_vec();
+
+    println!("Starting inference...");
+
+    let mut logits_processor = {
+        let temperature = cfg.temperature;
+        let sampling = if temperature <= 0. {
+            Sampling::ArgMax
+        } else {
+            match (cfg.top_k, cfg.top_p) {
+                (None, None) => Sampling::All { temperature },
+                (Some(k), None) => Sampling::TopK { k, temperature },
+                (None, Some(p)) => Sampling::TopP { p, temperature },
+                (Some(k), Some(p)) => Sampling::TopKThenTopP { k, p, temperature },
+            }
+        };
+        LogitsProcessor::from_sampling(cfg.seed, sampling)
+    };
+
+    // Channel for streaming decoded fragments to the caller.
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<anyhow::Result<String>>();
+
+    // ---- Spawn generation thread -------------------------------------------
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let start_gen = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut index_pos = 0usize;
+        let mut token_generated = 0usize;
+
+        for index in 0..cfg.max_tokens {
+            // Use KV-cache for single-token step after the first pass.
+            let (context_size, context_index) = if cache.use_kv_cache && index > 0 {
+                (1, index_pos)
+            } else {
+                (tokens.len(), 0)
+            };
+
+            let ctxt = &tokens[tokens.len().saturating_sub(context_size)..];
+            let input = match Tensor::new(ctxt, &device).and_then(|t| t.unsqueeze(0)) {
+                Ok(t) => t,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    let _ = tx.send(Err(e.into()));
+                    break;
+                }
+            };
+
+            let logits = match llama.forward(&input, context_index, &mut cache) {
+                Ok(l) => l,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    let _ = tx.send(Err(e.into()));
+                    break;
+                }
+            };
+            let logits = match logits.squeeze(0) {
+                Ok(l) => l,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    let _ = tx.send(Err(e.into()));
+                    break;
+                }
+            };
+
+            let logits = if cfg.repeat_penalty == 1. {
+                logits
+            } else {
+                let start_at = tokens.len().saturating_sub(cfg.repeat_last_n);
+                match candle_transformers::utils::apply_repeat_penalty(
+                    &logits,
+                    cfg.repeat_penalty,
+                    &tokens[start_at..],
+                ) {
+                    Ok(l) => l,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        let _ = tx.send(Err(e.into()));
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            index_pos += ctxt.len();
+
+            let next_token = match logits_processor.sample(&logits) {
+                Ok(t) => t,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    let _ = tx.send(Err(e.into()));
+                    break;
+                }
+            };
+
+            token_generated += 1;
+            tokens.push(next_token);
+
+            // Early stop on EOS.
+            let stop = match eos_token_id {
+                Some(model::LlamaEosToks::Single(eos_tok_id)) => next_token == eos_tok_id,
+                Some(model::LlamaEosToks::Multiple(ref eos_ids)) => eos_ids.contains(&next_token),
+                None => false,
+            };
+            if stop {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            // Decode this token's text and stream it out.
+            match tokenizer.decode(&[next_token], false) {
+                Ok(text) => {
+                    if !text.is_empty() {
+                        // Best-effort send; if receiver is gone, just stop.
+                        if tx.send(Ok(text)).is_err() {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    let _ = tx.send(Err(anyhow::anyhow!("{}", e)));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Optional: final stats as a debug line (not sent through the stream).
+        let dt = start_gen.elapsed();
+        eprintln!(
+            "[llama-runner] {} tokens generated ({:.2} tokens/s)",
+            token_generated,
+            token_generated as f64 / dt.as_secs_f64(),
+        );
+        // Dropping tx closes the stream.
+    });
+
+    Ok(rx)
+}
+

crates/llama-runner/src/llama_cli.rs

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+use crate::llama_api::{run_llama_inference, LlamaInferenceConfig, WhichModel};
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug, Default)]
+#[command(author, version, about = "Fast Llama inference with Candle", long_about = None)]
+struct Args {
+    /// The prompt to generate text from
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value = "The capital of France is")]
+    prompt: String,
+
+    /// The model to use
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value = "llama-3.2-1b-instruct")]
+    model: WhichModel,
+
+    /// Run on CPU rather than GPU
+    #[arg(long)]
+    cpu: bool,
+
+    /// The temperature used to generate samples
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = 0.8)]
+    temperature: f64,
+
+    /// Nucleus sampling probability cutoff
+    #[arg(long)]
+    top_p: Option<f64>,
+
+    /// Only sample among the top K samples
+    #[arg(long)]
+    top_k: Option<usize>,
+
+    /// The seed to use when generating random samples
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 299792458)]
+    seed: u64,
+
+    /// The length of the sample to generate (in tokens)
+    #[arg(short = 'n', long, default_value_t = 100)]
+    max_tokens: usize,
+
+    /// Disable the key-value cache
+    #[arg(long)]
+    no_kv_cache: bool,
+
+    /// Use different dtype than f16
+    #[arg(long)]
+    dtype: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Custom model ID from HuggingFace Hub
+    #[arg(long)]
+    model_id: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Model revision
+    #[arg(long)]
+    revision: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Use flash attention
+    #[arg(long)]
+    use_flash_attn: bool,
+
+    /// Penalty to be applied for repeating tokens, 1. means no penalty
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1.1)]
+    repeat_penalty: f32,
+
+    /// The context size to consider for the repeat penalty
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 128)]
+    repeat_last_n: usize,
+}
+
+impl Into<LlamaInferenceConfig> for Args {
+    fn into(self) -> LlamaInferenceConfig {
+        LlamaInferenceConfig {
+            prompt: self.prompt,
+            model: self.model,
+            cpu: self.cpu,
+            temperature: self.temperature,
+            top_p: self.top_p,
+            top_k: self.top_k,
+            seed: self.seed,
+            max_tokens: self.max_tokens,
+            no_kv_cache: self.no_kv_cache,
+            dtype: self.dtype,
+            model_id: self.model_id,
+            revision: self.revision,
+            use_flash_attn: self.use_flash_attn,
+            repeat_penalty: self.repeat_penalty,
+            repeat_last_n: self.repeat_last_n,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+pub fn run_cli() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let cfg = args.into();
+    let rx = run_llama_inference(cfg)?;
+    for msg in rx {
+        match msg {
+            Ok(tok) => {
+                print!("{tok}");
+                let _ = std::io::stdout().flush(); // <- force it out now
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("generation error: {e}");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/llama-runner/src/main.rs

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+#[cfg(feature = "accelerate")]
+extern crate accelerate_src;
+#[cfg(feature = "mkl")]
+extern crate intel_mkl_src;
+mod llama_cli;
+mod llama_api;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use crate::llama_cli::run_cli;
+
+const EOS_TOKEN: &str = "</s>";
+
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    run_cli()
+}