CanisAI/teach-humanities-ministral-3b-r2

Canis.teach - Ministral-3B Instruct (Humanities)

LoRA adapters for the Humanities tutor in the Canis.teach suite.

• —Base Model: unsloth/Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512
• —Release: CanisAI/teach-humanities-ministral-3b-r2
• —Project: Canis.teach - Learning that fits.
• —Subject: Humanities

What is this?

This repository provides LoRA adapters fine-tuned on Humanities tutoring dialogues. Apply these adapters to the base model to enable subject-aware, didactic behavior without downloading a full merged checkpoint.

The model is designed to teach, not just answer - providing step-by-step explanations, hints, and pedagogically structured responses.

For ready-to-run merged models or Ollama-friendly GGUF quantizations, see the "Related Models" section.

Quick Start

Installation

pip install transformers peft torch

Usage (LoRA)

from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM
from peft import PeftModel

base = "unsloth/Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512"
adapter = "CanisAI/teach-humanities-ministral-3b-r2"

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(base, use_fast=True)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    base, 
    device_map="auto",
    torch_dtype="auto"
)
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(model, adapter)

# Example prompt
prompt = "What were the main causes of the French Revolution?"
inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
    [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
    add_generation_prompt=True,
    return_tensors="pt"
).to(model.device)

outputs = model.generate(
    inputs,
    max_new_tokens=512,
    temperature=0.7,
    top_p=0.8,
    top_k=40,
    do_sample=True
)
print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0], skip_special_tokens=True))

Training Details

• —Base Model: unsloth/Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512
• —Training Method: Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) with LoRA
• —Framework: Unsloth + TRL/PEFT
• —Data: Canis.lab-curated Humanities tutoring dialogues
• —Target Modules: Query, Key, Value, Output projections, MLP gates (gate, up, down)
• —Rank: 32
• —Alpha: 32

Intended Use

• —Primary: Subject-aware tutoring for Humanities education
• —Applications: Educational prototypes, tutoring systems, research
• —Approach: Stepwise explanations, pedagogical hints, rubric-aligned responses
• —Target Audience: Students, educators, researchers

Model Behavior

The model is optimized for:

• —Clear, step-by-step explanations
• —Appropriate difficulty progression
• —Encouraging learning through hints rather than direct answers
• —Subject-specific pedagogical approaches
• —Maintaining educational standards and accuracy

Recommended Settings

For optimal tutoring behavior:

• —Temperature: 0.6-0.8
• —Top-p: 0.8-0.9
• —Top-k: 20-40
• —Max tokens: 512-1024

Safety and Limitations

Important Considerations:

• —Human oversight required for educational use
• —May occasionally hallucinate or oversimplify complex topics
• —For fact-critical applications, consider RAG with verified curriculum sources
• —Follow your institution's data privacy and AI usage policies
• —Not a replacement for qualified human instruction

Related Models

License

This model inherits the license from the base model (unsloth/Ministral-3-3B-Instruct-2512). Please review the base model's license terms before use.

Citation

@misc{canis-teach-teach-humanities,
  title={Canis.teach Humanities Tutor},
  author={CanisAI},
  year={2026},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/CanisAI/teach-humanities-ministral-3b-r2}}
}

Acknowledgments

• —MistralAI/Ministral Team for the excellent base model
• —Unsloth for efficient training tools
• —Hugging Face ecosystem (Transformers, PEFT, TRL)
• —Educators and contributors supporting the Canis.teach project

Canis.teach - Learning that fits.