# rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch

Implement a ChatGPT-like LLM in PyTorch from scratch, step by step

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Topics: ai, artificial-intelligence, attention-mechanism, deep-learning, finetuning, from-scratch, generative-ai, gpt

## Use it

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in Claude Code

1. Clone & open

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
cd LLMs-from-scratch
claude
```

2. Let Claude read it

   Ask “/init” to generate a CLAUDE.md, then have Claude explain, run, or extend the codebase. It reads files on demand.

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in Cursor

1. Clone & open in Cursor

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
```

2. Index & chat

   Open the folder — Cursor indexes it automatically. Use @Codebase in chat to ask about it or scaffold from it.

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in Codex CLI

1. Clone

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
```

2. Point Codex at it

   Run codex in the repo root; add setup notes to AGENTS.md so the agent knows how to build & test.

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in Windsurf

1. Clone & open

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
```

2. Use Cascade

   Windsurf indexes the workspace; ask Cascade to explain or reuse modules from the repo.

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in Cline

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

### How to install LLMs-from-scratch in VS Code

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

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