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Start the llama.cpp server
# Install llama.cpp:
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server:
llama serve -hf GestaltLabs/Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-GGUF:
Configure Hermes
# Install Hermes:
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
hermes setup
# Point Hermes at the local server:
hermes config set model.provider custom
hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
hermes config set model.default GestaltLabs/Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-GGUF:
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Ornstein 9B v2.5 — NSC-ACE · GGUF

llama.cpp GGUF builds of DJLougen/Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE (text decoder). The MTP draft head is embedded in every file (blk.32.nextn.*) — enable speculative decoding with --spec-type draft-mtp (llama.cpp b9940+), no separate draft model needed.

File Quant Size Notes
Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-Q4_K_M.gguf Q4_K_M 5.8 GB smallest, good default
Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-Q5_K_M.gguf Q5_K_M 6.6 GB balanced
Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-Q6_K.gguf Q6_K 7.6 GB high quality
Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-Q8_0.gguf Q8_0 9.8 GB near-lossless, behaviorally verified
Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-F16.gguf F16 18.4 GB full precision / re-quant source
llama-server -hf DJLougen/Ornstein-9Bv2.5-NSC-ACE-GGUF:Q8_0 -ngl 99 --spec-type draft-mtp

Measured on an RTX 3090 at Q8_0 with --spec-type draft-mtp: 67.6 → 100.7 tok/s on code (+49%), 90.6 → 110.9 tok/s on prose (+22%) vs. non-speculative on the same build.

Sample with temperature=0.6, top_p=0.95, top_k=20 (Qwen3.5 reasoning defaults). Hermes-style <tools> tool calling works via the embedded chat template. See the main repo for recipe, evaluation, and caveats.

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