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+{
+    "sources": [
+      {
+        "filename": "merlinite-7b-Q4_K_M.gguf",
+        "url": "https://huggingface.co/ibm/merlinite-7b-GGUF/resolve/main/merlinite-7b-Q4_K_M.gguf"
+      }
+    ],
+    "id": "merlinite-7b",
+    "object": "model",
+    "name": "Merlinite 7B Q4",
+    "version": "1.0",
+    "description": "",
+    "format": "gguf",
+    "settings": {
+      "ctx_len": 4096,
+      "prompt_template": "<|system|>\n{system_prompt}\n<|user|>\n{prompt}\n<|assistant|>\n",
+      "llama_model_path": "merlinite-7b-Q4_K_M.gguf"
+    },
+    "parameters": {
+      "temperature": 0.7,
+      "top_p": 0.95,
+      "stream": true,
+      "max_tokens": 4096,
+      "stop": [],
+      "frequency_penalty": 0,
+      "presence_penalty": 0
+    },
+    "metadata": {
+      "author": "IBM",
+      "tags": ["7B", "Finetuned"],
+      "size": 4370000000
+    },
+    "engine": "nitro"
+  }
+  
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