Learning path

Inference, serving, tools, and long context

Calculate KV memory, compare cold versus reused-prefill latency, and trace one tool request through model output, validation, and execution policy. Mastery is demonstrated when the learner can separate model capability, serving optimization, validation, and agent policy in one end-to-end trace.

Modules
6
Prerequisites
2
Recipes
4
Buildable artifacts
1

Prerequisites

  • foundations
  • evaluation and factory

Learning sequence

  • Autoregressive decoding
  • KV cache and prompt reuse
  • Constrained generation
  • Tool dispatch and routing
  • Speculative decoding
  • Long-context cache policies

Hands-on lab

Calculate KV memory, compare cold versus reused-prefill latency, and trace one tool request through model output, validation, and execution policy.

Mastery gate

Separate model capability, serving optimization, validation, and agent policy in one end-to-end trace.

CLI surface

  • Run: posttrainllm sample
  • Run: posttrainllm serve
  • Run: posttrainllm agent
  • Run: posttrainllm eval-bfcl

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