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Observed arrival · 2026-08-21

Ingot, the model-forensics scanner

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Editorial interest 86/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Ingot scans open-weight Hugging Face models for tokenizer integrity, chat-template drift, and behavioral changes before they enter a production pipeline.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-21 issue.

Why it surfaced

This is a notably concrete answer to a quiet failure mode: the site argues that models can silently rewrite data or alter tool-call behavior without crashing. It publishes the evidence behind its verdicts, offers no-account scans and public model pages, and provides a CI gate that can fail a pipeline when a scan fails.

Ingot scans open-weight Hugging Face models for tokenizer integrity, chat-template drift, and behavioral changes before they enter a production pipeline.

Observed signals

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PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use
ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central

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