What problem does it solve?
Axolotl-fine-tuning YAML configs can be complex and easy to misconfigure, causing slow training, incorrect masking, or inefficient multi-GPU behavior; this Skill streamlines building and troubleshooting Axolotl training setups.
Core Features & Use Cases
- YAML Fine-tuning Guidance: Provides guidance for writing Axolotl YAML configurations for common LLM training and adaptation workflows.
- Training Method Coverage: Supports LoRA/QLoRA and preference/RL-style recipes including DPO, KTO, ORPO, and GRPO.
- Multi-GPU & Performance Knobs: Covers practical configuration details such as FSDP settings, context parallelism, distributed batching behavior, and compressed checkpoint saving.
- Debugging & Best Practices: Includes extracted quick-reference patterns for common configuration mistakes and optimization steps.
- Example-Driven Learning: Supplies targeted examples and reference pointers for API and dataset format specifics.
Quick Start
Use the axolotl skill to generate an Axolotl YAML configuration for LoRA fine-tuning with DPO for your chosen dataset format and then validate critical performance settings like FSDP or context parallelism.