## Overview The Custom Models group is dedicated to empowering GitLab users with the flexibility to deploy and customize GitLab Duo Features within their local environments. We aim to allow customers to adapt Duo Features with their own data, based on their own code, needs, requirements and styles. Our goal is to give customers a more tailored Duo experience. We will leverage a variety of AI models to enhance GitLab Duo functionality, ensuring that responses are of high quality and tailored to the customer's source code and data. We will also work with other teams within GitLab to explore opportunities for customizing AI models across the platform. ## What Drives The Need For Custom Models? Customers utilize GitLab in a variety of formats, including GitLab.com, Dedicated, and Self-Managed. Regardless of how customers access GitLab, they deserve the chance to leverage Duo features in a way that is tailored to their organization. Customers have a wide variety of security and compliance requirements. These requirements often preclude them from utilizing our existing Duo features that are enabled through GitLab.com. Providing customers with a self-hosted deployment option for Duo features will allow them to reap the benefits of AI while meeting their security and compliance requirements. Customers also want to adapt their Duo experience more directly to their own organization. For example, a customer may want the ability to train Code Suggestions that are based on their own code base so that any suggestions match their unique coding styles, standards, and programming language of preference. In addition, customers want to be able to base Duo Chat on their internal knowledge bases to answer questions on their own documentation. ## Categories * <a href="https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/13069">Self-Hosted Models</a> * offline models matching Duo Features in order to support AI features across platforms where single- or multi-tenant SaaS solutions do not meet customer needs.  * [Duo Personalization ](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/18553) * focused on tailoring GitLab Duo capabilities to customer use-cases and requirements * <a href="https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/16529">Duo Settings</a> * focused on enabling consistent patterns of user settings for Duo features ## Strategic Vision and Feature Roadmaps * https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/510522+ * <a href="https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/14665">Self-Hosted Models FY26 Strategic Roadmap</a> * https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/556041+s ## Customer Interest - (GitLab Internal) https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/14005+ - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ai-powered/custom-models/custom-models/-/issues/143+s ## UX Design * https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/13848+ ## Licensing * https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/15164+ ## Prompt Migration * https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/14259+ * [Code Suggestions](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/14430) * [Chat](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/14431) ## Documentation * [Handbook Page](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/data-science/custom-models/) * [Direction Page](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/ai-powered/custom_models/) * [Group Page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ai-powered/custom-models/custom-models) * [Stage Direction: AI Powered](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/ai-powered/) * [Features by Group](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/categories/features/#ai-powered-custom-models-group) * [Pricing Page](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) * [Custom Models Playlist 2024](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ai-powered/custom-models/custom-models/-/issues/12) * [Serve Large Language Models APIs Locally](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/ai_features/local_models.html) * [AI and LLM Digest](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ai-powered/custom-models/custom-models/-/blob/main/doc/llms-digest.md?ref_type=heads) * https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/modelops/ai-model-validation-and-research/ai-evaluation/prompt-library/-/issues/278+ ## Planning Issues * https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/13440+ ## Glossary A Glossary of AI terms can be [found here](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/ai_features/glossary.html)