Initial commit: NOVA - Neuro-Optimizing Versatile Agent

Complete transformer LLM built from scratch with:

Core Features:
- Full transformer architecture (RoPE, RMSNorm, SwiGLU, KV-cache)
- SentencePiece tokenizer (BPE/Unigram)
- Training pipeline (AMP, gradient checkpointing, DDP)
- Persona system with personality matrix (NO AI disclosure by default)
- Genetic evolution (NOVA-EVO) for hyperparameter optimization
- Legal-only data pipeline with license tracking
- Chat interface (CLI + REST API)
- Conversation memory (SQLite)

Model Sizes:
- 125M, 350M, 1.3B, 3B parameters
- Local-first, runs on CPU or GPU
- Python 3.10.6+, PyTorch 2.0+

Personas:
- girlfriend_gentle (high warmth, high empathy)
- girlfriend_playful (high humor, high playfulness)
- girlfriend_supportive (balanced, default)

Documentation:
- Complete README with quickstart
- Model card with ethical considerations
- Privacy documentation (local-first, zero telemetry)
- Data licenses and attribution
- Contributing guide

Infrastructure:
- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Comprehensive test suite
- Quickstart script
- CLI tool

License: Apache 2.0

🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.com/claude-code

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

setup.py

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+"""
+NOVA - Neuro-Optimizing Versatile Agent
+A local-first transformer LLM with genetic evolution and persona support
+"""
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="nova-llm",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    author="NOVA Project Contributors",
+    description="Local-first transformer LLM with genetic evolution and persona support",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/yourusername/nova",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    ],
+    python_requires=">=3.10.6",
+    install_requires=[
+        "torch>=2.0.0",
+        "sentencepiece>=0.1.99",
+        "numpy>=1.24.0",
+        "pyyaml>=6.0",
+        "tqdm>=4.65.0",
+        "safetensors>=0.3.1",
+        "fastapi>=0.100.0",
+        "uvicorn>=0.23.0",
+        "datasets>=2.14.0",
+        "huggingface-hub>=0.16.0",
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": [
+            "pytest>=7.4.0",
+            "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
+            "black>=23.7.0",
+            "ruff>=0.0.280",
+            "mypy>=1.4.0",
+        ],
+        "cuda": [
+            "nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12>=12.0.0",
+        ],
+    },
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "nova=scripts.cli:main",
+        ],
+    },
+)