00.Environment Setup

Install Miniforge

brew install --cask miniforge

Initialize Conda for zsh

conda init zsh
exec zsh

• conda init zsh configures Conda for the zsh shell,
• exec zsh restarts the shell so the new configuration takes effect immediately.

Conda is a tool for creating isolated environments and managing packages for Python projects.

Set up the project environment

conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate forge
source scripts/env/init.sh
cp .env.example .env
python test_setup.py

• conda env create -f environment.yml: Create the Conda environment defined by the project.
• conda activate forge : Activate the project environment.
• source scripts/env/init.sh: Load environment-specific settings needed by the project.
• cp .env.example .env: Create a local environment file from the provided template.
• python test_setup.py: Verify that the environment is correctly configured.

python forge.py --config configs/classification/mnli/distilbert/00_sft.yaml --max_steps 10

• python forge.py = run the main Forge training entrypoint
• --config ... = use the specified YAML config
• --max_steps 10 = only run 10 training steps for quick testing

This is usually used as a smoke test to verify that the training pipeline works before launching a full run.

Next

• Continue with 01.First Run Explained.