Add model registry: schema + populate (kb#133, A2A-1)

Per DESIGN-a2a-agents.md v2.1 §2-3b: models are the scarce queued
resource, version-controlled here rather than hardcoded in callers.

- model-registry.yaml: kimi (main reasoning, quota-gated), local-small
  (ollama/gemma3:4b, always-on cheap tier), bge-m3 (embedder + routing
  classifier, never-evict), tei-reranker (never-evict, interactive-
  critical), paid-fallback (metered, opt-in only, unreachable by
  default via empty routing.metered_opt_in). GPU residency policy
  carries the never-evict set, co-residency groups, and measured
  baseline (bge-m3+gemma3:4b+tei-reranker ~6.2/8GB on the GTX 1070).

- model_registry.py: resolve(tier) picks an available model without
  the caller naming one, gated so a metered model is only reachable
  with both allow_metered=True and an opted-in virtual key;
  to_probe_config() bridges registry quota data into kb_worker.py's
  existing Probe classes (no duplicated probe logic); preload_check()
  expresses the §3b pre-load VRAM check purely from registry data.

Gap noted for follow-up: bge-m3 has no litellm-config.yaml model_list
entry yet (embedder there still points at ollama/nomic-embed-text on
a different port) — out of scope here, registry documents it as-is.
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# Model registry — models are the scarce queued resource.
#
# Per DESIGN-a2a-agents.md v2.1 §2-3b (commit df2071d5), kanboard task #133
# (A2A-1). Version-controlled here; the "model plane" (§3) and the fabric's
# workers/routers read this data — they do not duplicate it. Lifecycle a(t)
# *probe mechanics* (QuotaProbe, GPUResidencyProbe, ...) live in
# kanboard/bin/kb_worker.py; this registry supplies the *parameters* those
# probes consume (commands, fields, thresholds, VRAM footprints).
#
# Scope constraint (alvis, §3a): NO METERED API BY DEFAULT. The workflow is
# Claude Code (a flat-subscription runtime -> agent registry #134, not here)
# + the Kimi wrapper + a local GPU embedder + a small weak local model. The
# governor arbitrates quota and GPU, not money. Any metered model below is
# `metered: true, opt_in_required: true` and carries no default route to it
# (see routing.metered_opt_in: [] at the bottom — empty means unreachable).
#
# Read with model_registry.py (same directory): resolve(), preload_check().
schema_version: 1
models:
# ── kimi — main reasoning ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# Flat Moonshot/Kimi subscription via `kimi login`, wrapped by two
# independent Kimi-CLI containers (own OAuth creds volume each). Not
# behind LiteLLM today — callers hit the wrapper HTTP endpoints directly.
- id: kimi
role: "main reasoning (adolf-llm / hindsight-llm Kimi-CLI wrappers)"
litellm_model_name: null
endpoints:
- name: adolf-llm
purpose: "Adolf's conversational backbone"
url: "http://adolf-llm:8010"
usage_url: "http://localhost:8010/usage"
- name: hindsight-llm
purpose: "Hindsight's structured-extraction LLM (HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_MODEL)"
url: "http://hindsight-llm:8012/v1"
model_name: "openai/hindsight-llm"
tier: large
context_tokens: 200000 # Moonshot Kimi K2 context window; re-verify if the CLI's pinned model changes
tool_use_quality: high
lifecycle: quota-gated
quota:
probe_command: ["kimi-usage", "--compact"]
windows:
- name: 5h
field: "window_5h.pct" # adolf-llm server.js normalizeKimiUsage() field name
approx_limit: "~60 msgs/5h"
- name: weekly
field: "weekly.pct"
approx_limit: "~300 msgs/wk"
threshold_pct: 95
gpu_residency: null
cost_class: subscription # flat-rate, not metered — quota is the constraint, not spend
metered: false
opt_in_required: false
# ── local-small — the cheap tier ───────────────────────────────────────
# ollama/gemma3:4b on the GPU ollama instance. Already the live model for
# Hindsight consolidation/reflect (HINDSIGHT_API_CONSOLIDATION_LLM_MODEL /
# HINDSIGHT_API_REFLECT_LLM_MODEL, kb#88) and exposed via LiteLLM.
- id: local-small
role: "cheap tier — ollama small/weak local model (background extraction, consolidation, reflect)"
litellm_model_name: "ollama/gemma3:4b" # openai/litellm-config.yaml model_list entry
endpoints:
- name: ollama-direct
url: "http://host.docker.internal:11436"
- name: via-litellm
url: "http://litellm:4000/v1"
tier: small
context_tokens: 8192 # gemma3:4b default ctx; re-verify with `ollama show gemma3:4b` if raised
tool_use_quality: low
lifecycle: always-on
quota: null
gpu_residency:
vram_mb: 4000 # approx measured footprint, within the shared 8GB card (see gpu_residency_policy below)
never_evict: false # evictable — a bigger model may push it out; that's a silent regression to catch, not prevent here
co_residency_group: interactive-local
cost_class: free
metered: false
opt_in_required: false
# ── bge-m3 — embedder + routing classifier ─────────────────────────────
# Never-evict: it's both Hindsight's recall embedder AND (design §3a) the
# embedding model LiteLLM Auto Router's semantic-router classifier will
# use for tier/complexity routing — losing it degrades both recall AND
# routing at once.
- id: bge-m3
role: "embedder — also the routing classifier (§3a, LiteLLM Auto Router / semantic-router)"
litellm_model_name: null # NOT YET wired into litellm-config.yaml — gap, see model_registry.py module docstring
endpoints:
- name: ollama-direct
url: "http://host.docker.internal:11436"
openai_compatible_path: "/v1/embeddings"
tier: small
context_tokens: 8192
tool_use_quality: "n/a" # embedder, not a chat/tool-use model
lifecycle: always-on
quota: null
gpu_residency:
vram_mb: 1200
never_evict: true
co_residency_group: interactive-local
cost_class: free
metered: false
opt_in_required: false
# ── tei-reranker — interactive-critical, never-evict ───────────────────
# Not an LLM (cross-encoder rerank sidecar for Hindsight recall, kb#87)
# but carries the same GPU-residency stakes as bge-m3, so it's tracked
# here rather than invented as a separate registry class.
- id: tei-reranker
role: "cross-encoder reranker sidecar for Hindsight recall (interactive-critical)"
litellm_model_name: null # TEI-compatible /rerank API; not routed through LiteLLM
endpoints:
- name: tei-reranker
url: "http://tei-reranker:80" # host-published :8014
tier: small
context_tokens: null
tool_use_quality: "n/a"
lifecycle: always-on
quota: null
gpu_residency:
vram_mb: 1000
never_evict: true
co_residency_group: interactive-local
cost_class: free
metered: false
opt_in_required: false
# ── paid-fallback — optional, opt-in only ──────────────────────────────
# §3a: "Any paid deployment in the LiteLLM config must be explicitly
# enabled per agent via its virtual key; nothing routes to a metered
# model implicitly." routing.metered_opt_in below is the enforcement
# point: empty list = no caller has opted in = unreachable by resolve().
- id: paid-fallback
role: "optional metered fallback (e.g. Haiku) — disabled by default"
litellm_model_name: "judge" # litellm-config.yaml's existing entry (anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001)
endpoints: []
tier: large
context_tokens: 200000
tool_use_quality: high
lifecycle: cost-gated
quota:
probe_command: null # wire to a LiteLLM virtual-key budget probe (kb_worker.py BudgetProbe) once a caller opts in
windows: []
threshold_pct: null
gpu_residency: null
cost_class: metered
metered: true
opt_in_required: true
# ── GPU residency policy (§3b) ──────────────────────────────────────────
# "a local model's a(t) is not 1": a(t) = f(VRAM headroom). Never-evict
# models are excluded from eviction math entirely — their VRAM is a fixed
# reservation. Everything else in a co-residency group must fit in what's
# left. preload_check semantics documented here; implemented generically
# in model_registry.py so it reads this data instead of hardcoding numbers.
gpu_residency_policy:
card: "GTX 1070, 8192 MB (single GPU today; §8 — more GPUs become a placement problem, same policy, more slots)"
total_vram_mb: 8192
# Measured 2026-07-21: bge-m3 + gemma3:4b + tei-reranker ~= 6.2/8 GB.
# Loading something bigger than local-small's footprint on top evicts
# tei-reranker (LRU-ish ollama/torch behavior) -> silent recall-latency
# regression. This is the regression the pre-load check exists to catch.
measured_baseline_mb: 6200
never_evict_ids: [bge-m3, tei-reranker]
co_residency_groups:
interactive-local: [bge-m3, tei-reranker, local-small]
preload_check:
description: >
Before a worker pulls a candidate model onto the GPU it must pass
this check (see model_registry.py:preload_check): reserve every
never_evict model's vram_mb unconditionally, subtract whatever else
is currently resident, and require the candidate's own vram_mb to
fit in what's left of total_vram_mb. A failing check means "park,
don't load" — never silently evict a never-evict model.
# ── routing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Tier pools a caller can ask for without naming a model (design §2: "target
# = constraint-set"). metered_opt_in lists the virtual keys that have
# explicitly opted into paid-fallback; empty = no metered model is reachable
# by anyone, satisfying the "no metered API by default" acceptance bar.
routing:
tiers:
small: [local-small]
# paid-fallback listed as a large-tier candidate AFTER kimi so resolve()
# can fail over to it when kimi's a(t)=0 (quota parked) — but only for a
# caller that both passes allow_metered=True AND appears in
# metered_opt_in below. With metered_opt_in empty (the shipped default)
# resolve() skips it unconditionally, so it stays unreachable.
large: [kimi, paid-fallback]
metered_opt_in: [] # e.g. ["agent:torgash"] once a human explicitly opts a specific virtual key in

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""model_registry — reads model-registry.yaml (kb#133, A2A-1).
Per DESIGN-a2a-agents.md v2.1 §2-3b: the model registry is data, not logic.
a(t) probe *mechanics* (QuotaProbe, GPUResidencyProbe, ...) already live in
kanboard/bin/kb_worker.py — this module does not reimplement them. It gives
callers two things instead:
* resolve(tier) — "an available model for tier X" without the
caller naming a model. Structural availability
(lifecycle, metered opt-in) is decided here from
registry data; live a(t) truth (is the quota
window open right now, is the GPU actually free)
is decided by an optional `probe_check` callback
the caller supplies (e.g. wired to kb_worker's
Probe classes via to_probe_config()).
* preload_check(...) — the §3b GPU pre-load check, expressed purely from
registry numbers (never-evict reservations +
candidate footprint) plus a headroom figure the
caller supplies. It does not shell nvidia-smi
itself — kb_worker.GPUResidencyProbe (or
`nvidia-smi` directly) is the live-read path;
this stays pure/testable.
Usage (library):
from model_registry import load_registry, resolve, to_probe_config, preload_check
reg = load_registry()
model = resolve(reg, tier="large") # -> the "kimi" entry
cfg = to_probe_config(reg, "kimi") # -> kb_worker probe config dict
ok, reason = preload_check(reg, "local-small", headroom_mb=1900)
Usage (CLI, for manual verification):
./model_registry.py resolve --tier large
./model_registry.py resolve --tier large --allow-metered --opted-in agent:torgash
./model_registry.py probe-config --id kimi
./model_registry.py preload-check --id local-small --headroom-mb 1900
./model_registry.py preload-check --id local-small --live # shells nvidia-smi
./model_registry.py list
"""
import argparse
import json
import os
import subprocess
import sys
import yaml
HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
DEFAULT_REGISTRY_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, "model-registry.yaml")
class RegistryError(Exception):
pass
def load_registry(path=None):
"""Load and lightly validate model-registry.yaml."""
path = path or DEFAULT_REGISTRY_PATH
with open(path) as f:
reg = yaml.safe_load(f)
if not reg or "models" not in reg:
raise RegistryError(f"{path}: missing top-level 'models' list")
ids = [m["id"] for m in reg["models"]]
if len(ids) != len(set(ids)):
raise RegistryError(f"{path}: duplicate model ids in {ids}")
return reg
def get_model(registry, model_id):
for m in registry["models"]:
if m["id"] == model_id:
return m
raise RegistryError(f"unknown model id: {model_id!r}")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# resolve — "an available model for tier X" without the caller naming one.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def resolve(registry, tier, allow_metered=False, opted_in_key=None, probe_check=None):
"""Return the first model in `tier`'s pool that is structurally usable,
and (if probe_check is given) currently available.
Structural filter (from registry data alone):
- candidate must be listed under routing.tiers[tier]
- a metered model is only a candidate at all when the CALLER passes
allow_metered=True AND opted_in_key appears in routing.metered_opt_in
(§3a: "no metered API by default" — an empty metered_opt_in list, the
shipped default, makes every metered model structurally unreachable
regardless of allow_metered).
Live filter (optional): probe_check(model_dict) -> bool. Wire this to
kb_worker's Probe.available() (via to_probe_config below) when the
caller wants real a(t) truth instead of just structural eligibility.
"""
pools = registry.get("routing", {}).get("tiers", {})
if tier not in pools:
raise RegistryError(f"unknown tier: {tier!r} (have: {sorted(pools)})")
opted_in = set(registry.get("routing", {}).get("metered_opt_in", []) or [])
candidates = []
for model_id in pools[tier]:
m = get_model(registry, model_id)
if m.get("metered"):
if not allow_metered:
continue
if not m.get("opt_in_required", True):
# Registry says this metered model doesn't need opt-in — treat
# as a data error rather than silently routing to it.
raise RegistryError(
f"model {model_id!r} is metered but opt_in_required=false; "
"fix the registry entry, this helper will not assume implicit access"
)
if opted_in_key is None or opted_in_key not in opted_in:
continue
candidates.append(m)
for m in candidates:
if probe_check is None or probe_check(m):
return m
raise RegistryError(
f"no available model for tier={tier!r} "
f"(allow_metered={allow_metered}, opted_in_key={opted_in_key!r}); "
f"checked candidates: {[m['id'] for m in candidates] or pools[tier]}"
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# to_probe_config — bridges registry quota data into kb_worker's probe cfg
# shape (kanboard/bin/kb_worker.py PROBE_BUILDERS), so probes read registry
# numbers instead of the registry re-implementing probe logic.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def to_probe_config(registry, model_id):
"""Return a dict matching kb_worker.py's `build_probe(cfg)` input shape
for `model_id`'s lifecycle. Raises if the model has no probe-relevant
lifecycle (e.g. cost-gated with no probe_command wired yet)."""
m = get_model(registry, model_id)
lifecycle = m["lifecycle"]
if lifecycle == "always-on":
return {"type": "always_on"}
if lifecycle == "quota-gated":
q = m.get("quota") or {}
windows = q.get("windows") or []
if not windows:
raise RegistryError(f"{model_id}: quota-gated but no quota.windows configured")
# kb_worker's QuotaProbe checks one field; the tightest (first-to-hit)
# window in practice is the short one — default to the first entry,
# callers needing multi-window gating build one probe per window.
window = windows[0]
return {
"type": "quota",
"command": q["probe_command"],
"field": window["field"],
"threshold_pct": q.get("threshold_pct", 95),
}
if lifecycle == "cost-gated":
q = m.get("quota") or {}
if not q.get("probe_command"):
raise RegistryError(
f"{model_id}: cost-gated but no budget probe wired yet "
"(opt-in path incomplete — see registry comment)"
)
return {
"type": "budget",
"command": q["probe_command"],
"field": q["field"],
"limit": q["limit"],
}
if lifecycle == "on-demand":
ep = (m.get("endpoints") or [{}])[0]
if not ep.get("health_url"):
raise RegistryError(f"{model_id}: on-demand but no endpoint.health_url configured")
return {"type": "on_demand", "url": ep["health_url"]}
raise RegistryError(f"{model_id}: unknown lifecycle {lifecycle!r}")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# preload_check — §3b GPU pre-load check, pure registry-data math. The live
# VRAM headroom READ is the caller's job (kb_worker.GPUResidencyProbe or
# nvidia-smi directly) — see live_headroom_mb() below for a thin convenience
# wrapper used only by this module's own CLI, not by the check itself.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def preload_check(registry, candidate_id, headroom_mb, resident_ids=None):
"""Would loading `candidate_id` fit, given `headroom_mb` free VRAM right
now (as reported by a live probe) and `resident_ids` already loaded?
Never-evict models are never subtracted from headroom by a caller in the
first place (their footprint is a standing reservation baked into any
correct live headroom read) — this function just re-asserts that policy
from registry data: if `candidate_id` itself is never-evict, it always
passes (it's not something a worker "loads speculatively" and might be
told to skip); anything else must fit in the reported headroom.
"""
policy = registry.get("gpu_residency_policy") or {}
m = get_model(registry, candidate_id)
gr = m.get("gpu_residency")
if not gr:
return True, f"{candidate_id} has no gpu_residency entry (not a GPU-resident model)"
if gr.get("never_evict"):
return True, f"{candidate_id} is in the never-evict set — always resident by policy"
required_mb = gr["vram_mb"]
never_evict_ids = set(policy.get("never_evict_ids", []))
resident_ids = set(resident_ids or [])
# Sanity: if the live headroom read already accounts for never-evict
# reservations (the expected contract — see kb_worker.GPUResidencyProbe's
# never_evict_reserved_mb param), this is just a straight comparison.
# If a caller passes raw total-minus-used instead, warn via the reason
# string rather than silently under/over-reserving.
reserved_hint = sum(
get_model(registry, mid)["gpu_residency"]["vram_mb"]
for mid in never_evict_ids
if mid not in resident_ids # already counted as "used" if resident_ids says so
)
ok = headroom_mb >= required_mb
reason = (
f"headroom={headroom_mb}MB required={required_mb}MB "
f"(never-evict reserve expected already netted out by the caller's probe: "
f"~{reserved_hint}MB across {sorted(never_evict_ids)})"
)
return ok, reason
def live_headroom_mb(never_evict_reserved_mb=0):
"""Convenience for manual CLI checks only — NOT used by preload_check()
itself. Shells nvidia-smi the same way kb_worker.GPUResidencyProbe does."""
out = subprocess.run(
["nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=memory.used,memory.total", "--format=csv,noheader,nounits"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5, check=True,
).stdout.strip().splitlines()[0]
used, total = (int(x) for x in out.split(","))
return total - used - never_evict_reserved_mb
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CLI — manual verification only, not part of the library contract.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
ap.add_argument("--registry", default=None, help="path to model-registry.yaml (default: sibling file)")
sub = ap.add_subparsers(dest="cmd", required=True)
p = sub.add_parser("resolve")
p.add_argument("--tier", required=True)
p.add_argument("--allow-metered", action="store_true")
p.add_argument("--opted-in", default=None, help="virtual key claimed to be opted in")
p = sub.add_parser("probe-config")
p.add_argument("--id", required=True)
p = sub.add_parser("preload-check")
p.add_argument("--id", required=True)
p.add_argument("--headroom-mb", type=float, default=None)
p.add_argument("--live", action="store_true", help="read live headroom via nvidia-smi instead of --headroom-mb")
p.add_argument("--resident", action="append", default=[], help="repeatable: id already resident")
sub.add_parser("list")
args = ap.parse_args()
reg = load_registry(args.registry)
try:
if args.cmd == "resolve":
m = resolve(reg, args.tier, allow_metered=args.allow_metered, opted_in_key=args.opted_in)
print(json.dumps(m, indent=2))
elif args.cmd == "probe-config":
print(json.dumps(to_probe_config(reg, args.id), indent=2))
elif args.cmd == "preload-check":
headroom = args.headroom_mb
if args.live:
policy = reg.get("gpu_residency_policy") or {}
reserved = sum(get_model(reg, mid)["gpu_residency"]["vram_mb"]
for mid in policy.get("never_evict_ids", []))
headroom = live_headroom_mb(never_evict_reserved_mb=reserved)
if headroom is None:
raise RegistryError("preload-check needs --headroom-mb or --live")
ok, reason = preload_check(reg, args.id, headroom, resident_ids=args.resident)
print(json.dumps({"ok": ok, "reason": reason}))
sys.exit(0 if ok else 1)
elif args.cmd == "list":
for m in reg["models"]:
print(f"{m['id']:16} tier={m['tier']:6} lifecycle={m['lifecycle']:13} "
f"metered={m['metered']} role={m['role']}")
except RegistryError as exc:
print(f"error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(2)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()