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Clone the EvolAI repository

git clone https://github.com/evolai-subnet/evolai.git

Install EvolAI package and dependencies (requires Python 3.9+)

pip install -e .

Verify installation by checking CLI help

evolcli --help

Check model eligibility (model name must contain 'evolai', must be public on HuggingFace)

evolcli miner check --model username/evolai-0.4b --track transformer

Fetch your deterministic evaluation challenge with specific sample indices for this epoch

evolcli miner get-challenge <your-miner-uid>

Register your model with the subnet (re-register after publishing new versions)

evolcli miner register --wallet-name miner1 --hotkey my-hotkey --track transformer

Clone the EvolAI repository

git clone https://github.com/evolai-subnet/evolai.git

Run automated setup script to create two separate virtualenvs: .venv (bittensor + evolai) and vllm_env (vllm). Sets VLLM_EXECUTABLE in .env

bash scripts/setup-validator.sh

Copy environment template and fill in credentials (wallet, hotkey, etc.)

cp .env.example .env && nano .env

Activate the main bittensor virtualenv

source .venv/bin/activate

Start the validator node with specified wallet and hotkey

evolcli validator run --wallet validator1 --hotkey default