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The easiest way to run your agent harnesses using local models: Whether you're using Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Pi, the local setup itself isn't really the hard part. The harder problem is figuring out which local model your machine can actually handle well. You have to think about... show more
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@akshay_pachaar figuring out the right model is like a constant trial and error game. I've definitely underestimated my hardware's limits before.
context window sizing kills local model runs faster than raw parameter count
Weights are a fixed cost. The KV cache grows with context length and with every parallel agent, out of the same memory. A model that loads fine at short context runs out of room once a harness fills the window. Magnitude tells you up front how much context fits.
The VRAM math eats most setups alive.
It also fails quietly. You rarely get a clear out of memory error, just a run that slows to a crawl once part of the work moves off the GPU. That is why measuring the fit before the download beats any rule of thumb.
I feel you, agent-harnessing can be like trying to find the perfect filter coffee - it's all about compatibility 😂💻
Compatibility really is the whole problem, and the useful part is that it's measurable. RAM, quantization, and how much context actually fits decide whether a model is usable on your machine. That's the step Magnitude runs for you before anything gets downloaded, so you pick from what your hardware already handles.
Handy sanity check too: a Q4_K_M quant runs about 0.6 GB per billion params, so a 14B fits in 12 GB with room for KV cache.
That covers the weights. A 14B lands near 8.4 GB, leaving roughly 3.6 GB. The leftover is the harder half, since cache size per token differs a lot between architectures, so the same headroom buys very different context lengths depending on the model. But i like what you shared! :)
Knowing what the machine can actually handle before downloading a huge model sounds like a very welcome feature.
It saves the download loop where you pull 20 GB of weights just to learn the context you need doesn't fit. Magnitude also runs test inferences, so the recommendation reflects real speed on your hardware, not just whether the weights fit in memory.
Half the "harness is broken" tickets are just a model that can't hold tool calling. What's your go-to small model that still does tools reliably on a laptop?
Two commands to cut through all that RAM and quantization headache is exactly what local needed. Super helpful walkthrough.
the chart measures the machine, but what decides whether a local model is usable in a harness is whether it holds tool calling over a long run. thats not a hardware property. does magnitude test for that or only for what fits in memory?
this tool actually saves so much local setup headache
Local-agent model choice should be benchmarked on the workload, not the leaderboard. A smaller model that follows tool schemas, preserves context, and recovers from failed calls can beat a larger chat model. Measure tool-call success, recovery rate, context growth, and latency.
Your machine-fit chart is the useful bit.
刚好最近折腾本地部署模型，选模型卡参数纠结好久，这个工具能自动适配，正好解决痛点。
model choice is one layer, but switching models without losing the project context is another problem entirely
Hardware profiling is the missing first step in local-agent advice—model recommendations are only useful when they account for RAM, quantization, context, and the harness you actually run.
picking the right model is the real hassle
a one-shot profile goes stale the moment you add VRAM. does Magnitude re-run when you plug in a second GPU, or is the rec frozen from first boot?
The hardware check is only half the decision. Context length, tool latency, and how much of the harness can stay resident usually decide the experience. Which constraint surprised you most?
