Affine

Install uv package manager

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Clone Affine repository

git clone https://github.com/AffineFoundation/affine-cortex.git && cd affine-cortex

Create virtual environment and install Affine

uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate && uv pip install -e .

Copy environment template

cp .env.example .env

Configure environment variables for Bittensor wallet and HuggingFace credentials

# Edit .env with BT_WALLET_COLD, BT_WALLET_HOT, SUBTENSOR_ENDPOINT, HF_TOKEN

Register hotkey on subnet 120

btcli subnet register --netuid 120

Download baseline model from on-chain submission(optional)

af pull <UID> --model-path ./model_path

Locally validate improved model against evaluation environment(optional)

af eval --env <ENV> --base-url <local-vllm> --model <name>

Upload model to HuggingFace and commit on-chain (one-time only per hotkey)

af miner-deploy --repo myuser/affine-model-<hotkey> -p ./model_path

Install uv package manager

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Clone Affine repository

git clone https://github.com/AffineFoundation/affine.git && cd affine

Create virtual environment and install Affine

uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate && uv pip install -e .

Copy environment template

cp .env.example .env

Configure Bittensor wallet and subtensor connection

# Edit .env with BT_WALLET_COLD, BT_WALLET_HOT, SUBTENSOR_ENDPOINT, NETUID

Deploy validator using Docker (recommended method with auto-updates via Watchtower)(optional)

docker-compose down && docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d && docker-compose logs -f

Run validator in continuous service mode (alternative to Docker)(optional)

SERVICE_MODE=true af servers validator

Run validator with custom parameters(optional)

af servers validator --netuid 120 --wallet-name mywallet --hotkey-name myhotkey --network finney

Configure systemd service for auto-start (Linux only)(optional)

sudo systemctl enable affine-validator && sudo systemctl start affine-validator