microsoft / microsoft/ai-dev-gallery
[FEATURE] Add ability to add a model that was already downloaded outside the app
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If a model has already been downloaded by user, they should be able to point to the model instead of re-downloading the same model to cache.
Originally created by @beth-panx
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the model cache and model-selection flow in the Windows app, then define how a user-selected existing model is registered. Done means an already-downloaded model can be selected and used without being downloaded again.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- ai, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100