RDK Model Zoo Demo Review

Review demos for standards and delivery completeness

Review a sample on two independent axes. Do not let a clean convention review hide a missing delivery requirement, or vice versa.

Resolve the target

Use this order to identify the review target:

1. A repository and sample path explicitly supplied by the user.
2. The current Git repository root, branch, and the supplied model/sample name.
3. A uniquely matching sample directory in the current repository.

If those do not identify one target, ask for the repository path and sample path. Do not infer a platform or branch from a model name alone.

Read the target branch's docs/Model_Zoo_Repository_Guidelines.md, root README files, and the relevant sample tree. Read references/review-checklist.md before judging any finding. Use references/branch-matrix.md to select branch exceptions and references/family-patterns.md only for the matching sample family; validate both against target-branch documentation and the closest sibling sample.

Gather evidence

Inspect only material relevant to the target:

• The target sample's complete path listing, top-level docs, and applicable conversion/, evaluator/, model/, runtime/, and test_data/ contents.
• Runtime entry points, wrappers, run.sh, build files, and only the shared utilities needed to judge possible duplication.
• Root and category indexes affected by the sample; for vision, include samples/vision/README* when that branch uses them.
• The issue, PR description, specification, or user request when one exists; this is the delivery source.

Each finding needs a path:line citation, or a command plus the relevant output. A passed check must name the files or command that support it. Never claim board execution unless it was actually run.

Review axes

Model Zoo standards

Apply the precedence order in the checklist: target branch rules, target branch documentation, target sample code/files, closest family sibling, then sample_template. Report whether each rule is a hard requirement, platform requirement, or convention.

Check only applicable categories: branch/platform fit; directory shape and generated files; required names; bilingual docs; runtime paths and default commands; model download artifacts; conversion/evaluator boundaries; public-code comments; shared-utils reuse; and repository/category index and cross-document consistency.

Delivery specification

When a delivery source exists, independently check:

• Requested model, task capabilities, and input/output behavior.
• Requested boards, model formats, Python/C++ runtime scope, conversion, evaluator, and documentation deliverables.
• Promised accuracy, performance, result images, or benchmark evidence.
• Missing or partial requirements, incorrect-looking implementations, and scope that was added without a stated need.

If no delivery source exists, state No delivery specification available; do not invent one from repository conventions.

Verification level

End the report with one level and its evidence:

• static-reviewed — files, paths, docs, and code were inspected for consistency.
• host-verified — a host-side build, script, or test was run successfully.
• board-verified — the stated command, board, model artifact, input, and result were observed on target hardware.
• not-verified — state the missing environment, artifact, or access.

board-verified includes static-reviewed; it does not excuse standards findings.

Output

Produce findings first. For every finding include:

• Severity: blocking, major, or minor (use the checklist guidance).
• Axis: Model Zoo standards or Delivery specification.
• Location, rule/requirement, evidence, impact, and the smallest corrective action.

Then provide, in this order:

1. ## Model Zoo Standards
2. ## Delivery Specification
3. ## Passed Checks
4. ## Open Questions — only unresolved facts.
5. ## Verification Level
6. ## Overall Verdict — pass, pass with fixes, or needs rework.

Keep the two axes separate; do not merge or rerank their findings. If no finding exists on an axis, say so explicitly.

Boundaries

Focus on compliance, regressions, and missing delivery pieces. Do not rewrite the sample unless asked. Treat board execution as unverified unless evidence is available.