# Ticket: Survey Candidate Open-Weight Models

## Ticket Information

- **ID**: TICKET-017
- **Title**: Survey Candidate Open-Weight Models
- **Type**: Research
- **Priority**: High
- **Status**: Backlog
- **Track**: LLM Infra
- **Milestone**: Milestone 1 - Survey & Architecture
- **Created**: 2024-01-XX

## Description

Survey and evaluate open-weight LLM models:
- 8-14B and 30B quantized options for RTX 4080 (Q4-Q6 variants)
- Small models for RTX 1050 (family agent)
- Evaluate coding/research capabilities for work agent
- Evaluate instruction-following for family agent

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Model comparison matrix created
- [ ] 4080 model candidates identified (8-14B, 30B quantized)
- [ ] 1050 model candidates identified (small, efficient)
- [ ] Evaluation criteria documented
- [ ] Recommendations documented

## Technical Details

Models to evaluate:
- 4080: Llama 3 8B/70B, Mistral 7B, Qwen, etc.
- 1050: TinyLlama, Phi-2, smaller quantized models
- Quantization: Q4, Q5, Q6, Q8
- Function calling support required

## Dependencies

- TICKET-004 (architecture) - helpful context

## Related Files

- `docs/LLM_MODEL_SURVEY.md` (to be created)
- `ARCHITECTURE.md`

## Notes

Can start in parallel with wake-word and clients. Depends on high-level architecture doc.