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ads/aqua/model/model.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2024, 2025 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl/
+import json
+import os
+import pathlib
+import re
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from threading import Lock
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
+
+import oci
+from cachetools import TTLCache
+from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+from oci.data_science.models import JobRun, Metadata, Model, UpdateModelDetails
+
+from ads.aqua import logger
+from ads.aqua.app import AquaApp
+from ads.aqua.common.entities import AquaMultiModelRef
+from ads.aqua.common.enums import (
+    ConfigFolder,
+    CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily,
+    FineTuningContainerTypeFamily,
+    InferenceContainerTypeFamily,
+    ModelFormat,
+    Platform,
+    Tags,
+)
+from ads.aqua.common.errors import (
+    AquaFileNotFoundError,
+    AquaRuntimeError,
+    AquaValueError,
+)
+from ads.aqua.common.utils import (
+    LifecycleStatus,
+    _build_resource_identifier,
+    cleanup_local_hf_model_artifact,
+    create_word_icon,
+    generate_tei_cmd_var,
+    get_artifact_path,
+    get_hf_model_info,
+    get_preferred_compatible_family,
+    list_os_files_with_extension,
+    load_config,
+    upload_folder,
+)
+from ads.aqua.config.container_config import AquaContainerConfig, Usage
+from ads.aqua.constants import (
+    AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG,
+    AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_NAME,
+    AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE,
+    AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_FILE,
+    AQUA_MODEL_TOKENIZER_CONFIG,
+    AQUA_MODEL_TYPE_CUSTOM,
+    HF_METADATA_FOLDER,
+    LICENSE,
+    MODEL_BY_REFERENCE_OSS_PATH_KEY,
+    README,
+    READY_TO_DEPLOY_STATUS,
+    READY_TO_FINE_TUNE_STATUS,
+    READY_TO_IMPORT_STATUS,
+    TRAINING_METRICS_FINAL,
+    TRINING_METRICS,
+    VALIDATION_METRICS,
+    VALIDATION_METRICS_FINAL,
+)
+from ads.aqua.model.constants import (
+    AquaModelMetadataKeys,
+    FineTuningCustomMetadata,
+    FineTuningMetricCategories,
+    ModelCustomMetadataFields,
+    ModelType,
+)
+from ads.aqua.model.entities import (
+    AquaFineTuneModel,
+    AquaFineTuningMetric,
+    AquaModel,
+    AquaModelLicense,
+    AquaModelReadme,
+    AquaModelSummary,
+    ImportModelDetails,
+    ModelFileDescription,
+    ModelValidationResult,
+)
+from ads.aqua.model.enums import MultiModelSupportedTaskType
+from ads.common.auth import default_signer
+from ads.common.oci_resource import SEARCH_TYPE, OCIResource
+from ads.common.utils import (
+    UNKNOWN,
+    get_console_link,
+    is_path_exists,
+    read_file,
+)
+from ads.config import (
+    AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_CMD_VAR_METADATA_NAME,
+    AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME,
+    AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI_METADATA_NAME,
+    AQUA_EVALUATION_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME,
+    AQUA_FINETUNING_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME,
+    AQUA_SERVICE_MODELS,
+    COMPARTMENT_OCID,
+    PROJECT_OCID,
+    SERVICE,
+    TENANCY_OCID,
+    USER,
+)
+from ads.model import DataScienceModel
+from ads.model.common.utils import MetadataArtifactPathType
+from ads.model.model_metadata import (
+    MetadataCustomCategory,
+    ModelCustomMetadata,
+    ModelCustomMetadataItem,
+)
+from ads.telemetry import telemetry
+
+
+class AquaModelApp(AquaApp):
+    """Provides a suite of APIs to interact with Aqua models within the Oracle
+    Cloud Infrastructure Data Science service, serving as an interface for
+    managing machine learning models.
+
+
+    Methods
+    -------
+    create(model_id: str, project_id: str, compartment_id: str = None, **kwargs) -> "AquaModel"
+        Creates custom aqua model from service model.
+    get(model_id: str) -> AquaModel:
+        Retrieves details of an Aqua model by its unique identifier.
+    list(compartment_id: str = None, project_id: str = None, **kwargs) -> List[AquaModelSummary]:
+        Lists all Aqua models within a specified compartment and/or project.
+    clear_model_list_cache()
+        Allows clear list model cache items from the service models compartment.
+    register(model: str, os_path: str, local_dir: str = None)
+
+    Note:
+        This class is designed to work within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
+        and requires proper configuration and authentication set up to interact
+        with OCI services.
+    """
+
+    _service_models_cache = TTLCache(
+        maxsize=10, ttl=timedelta(hours=5), timer=datetime.now
+    )
+    # Used for saving service model details
+    _service_model_details_cache = TTLCache(
+        maxsize=10, ttl=timedelta(hours=5), timer=datetime.now
+    )
+    _cache_lock = Lock()
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=create", name="aqua")
+    def create(
+        self,
+        model_id: Union[str, AquaMultiModelRef],
+        project_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        compartment_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        freeform_tags: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        defined_tags: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> DataScienceModel:
+        """
+        Creates a custom Aqua model from a service model.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_id : Union[str, AquaMultiModelRef]
+            The model ID as a string or a AquaMultiModelRef instance to be deployed.
+        project_id : Optional[str]
+            The project ID for the custom model.
+        compartment_id : Optional[str]
+            The compartment ID for the custom model. Defaults to None.
+            If not provided, the compartment ID will be fetched from environment variables.
+        freeform_tags : Optional[Dict]
+            Freeform tags for the model.
+        defined_tags : Optional[Dict]
+            Defined tags for the model.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DataScienceModel
+            The instance of DataScienceModel.
+        """
+        model_id = (
+            model_id.model_id if isinstance(model_id, AquaMultiModelRef) else model_id
+        )
+        service_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(model_id)
+        target_project = project_id or PROJECT_OCID
+        target_compartment = compartment_id or COMPARTMENT_OCID
+
+        # Skip model copying if it is registered model or fine-tuned model
+        if (
+            service_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM, None) is not None
+            or service_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_FINE_TUNED_MODEL_TAG)
+            is not None
+        ):
+            logger.info(
+                f"Aqua Model {model_id} already exists in the user's compartment."
+                "Skipped copying."
+            )
+            return service_model
+
+        # combine tags
+        combined_freeform_tags = {
+            **(service_model.freeform_tags or {}),
+            **(freeform_tags or {}),
+        }
+        combined_defined_tags = {
+            **(service_model.defined_tags or {}),
+            **(defined_tags or {}),
+        }
+
+        custom_model = (
+            DataScienceModel()
+            .with_compartment_id(target_compartment)
+            .with_project_id(target_project)
+            .with_model_file_description(json_dict=service_model.model_file_description)
+            .with_display_name(service_model.display_name)
+            .with_description(service_model.description)
+            .with_freeform_tags(**combined_freeform_tags)
+            .with_defined_tags(**combined_defined_tags)
+            .with_custom_metadata_list(service_model.custom_metadata_list)
+            .with_defined_metadata_list(service_model.defined_metadata_list)
+            .with_provenance_metadata(service_model.provenance_metadata)
+            .create(model_by_reference=True, **kwargs)
+        )
+        logger.info(
+            f"Aqua Model {custom_model.id} created with the service model {model_id}."
+        )
+
+        # Track unique models that were created in the user's compartment
+        self.telemetry.record_event_async(
+            category="aqua/service/model",
+            action="create",
+            detail=service_model.display_name,
+        )
+
+        return custom_model
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=create", name="aqua")
+    def create_multi(
+        self,
+        models: List[AquaMultiModelRef],
+        project_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        compartment_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        freeform_tags: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        defined_tags: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        **kwargs,  # noqa: ARG002
+    ) -> DataScienceModel:
+        """
+        Creates a multi-model grouping using the provided model list.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        models : List[AquaMultiModelRef]
+            List of AquaMultiModelRef instances for creating a multi-model group.
+        project_id : Optional[str]
+            The project ID for the multi-model group.
+        compartment_id : Optional[str]
+            The compartment ID for the multi-model group.
+        freeform_tags : Optional[Dict]
+            Freeform tags for the model.
+        defined_tags : Optional[Dict]
+            Defined tags for the model.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DataScienceModel
+            Instance of DataScienceModel object.
+        """
+
+        if not models:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                "Model list cannot be empty. Please provide at least one model for deployment."
+            )
+
+        display_name_list = []
+        model_file_description_list: List[ModelFileDescription] = []
+        model_custom_metadata = ModelCustomMetadata()
+
+        service_inference_containers = (
+            self.get_container_config().to_dict().get("inference")
+        )
+
+        supported_container_families = [
+            container_config_item.family
+            for container_config_item in service_inference_containers
+            if any(
+                usage.upper() in container_config_item.usages
+                for usage in [Usage.MULTI_MODEL, Usage.OTHER]
+            )
+        ]
+
+        if not supported_container_families:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                "Currently, there are no containers that support multi-model deployment."
+            )
+
+        selected_models_deployment_containers = set()
+
+        # Process each model
+        for model in models:
+            source_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(model.model_id)
+            display_name = source_model.display_name
+            model_file_description = source_model.model_file_description
+            # Update model name in user's input model
+            model.model_name = model.model_name or display_name
+
+            # TODO Uncomment the section below, if only service models should be allowed for multi-model deployment
+            # if not source_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_SERVICE_MODEL_TAG, UNKNOWN):
+            #     raise AquaValueError(
+            #         f"Invalid selected model {display_name}. "
+            #         "Currently only service models are supported for multi model deployment."
+            #     )
+
+            display_name_list.append(display_name)
+
+            self._extract_model_task(model, source_model)
+
+            # Retrieve model artifact
+            model_artifact_path = source_model.artifact
+            if not model_artifact_path:
+                raise AquaValueError(
+                    f"Model '{display_name}' (ID: {model.model_id}) has no artifacts. "
+                    "Please register the model first."
+                )
+
+            # Update model artifact location in user's input model
+            model.artifact_location = model_artifact_path
+
+            if not model_file_description:
+                raise AquaValueError(
+                    f"Model '{display_name}' (ID: {model.model_id}) has no file description. "
+                    "Please register the model first."
+                )
+
+            model_file_description_list.append(
+                ModelFileDescription(**model_file_description)
+            )
+
+            # Validate deployment container consistency
+            deployment_container = source_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+                ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
+                ModelCustomMetadataItem(
+                    key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER
+                ),
+            ).value
+
+            if deployment_container not in supported_container_families:
+                raise AquaValueError(
+                    f"Unsupported deployment container '{deployment_container}' for model '{source_model.id}'. "
+                    f"Only '{supported_container_families}' are supported for multi-model deployments."
+                )
+
+            selected_models_deployment_containers.add(deployment_container)
+
+        if not selected_models_deployment_containers:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                "None of the selected models are associated with a recognized container family. "
+                "Please review the selected models, or select a different group of models."
+            )
+
+        # Check if the all models in the group shares same container family
+        if len(selected_models_deployment_containers) > 1:
+            deployment_container = get_preferred_compatible_family(
+                selected_families=selected_models_deployment_containers
+            )
+            if not deployment_container:
+                raise AquaValueError(
+                    "The selected models are associated with different container families: "
+                    f"{list(selected_models_deployment_containers)}."
+                    "For multi-model deployment, all models in the group must share the same container family."
+                )
+        else:
+            deployment_container = selected_models_deployment_containers.pop()
+
+        # Generate model group details
+        timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
+        model_group_display_name = f"model_group_{timestamp}"
+        combined_models = ", ".join(display_name_list)
+        model_group_description = f"Multi-model grouping using {combined_models}."
+
+        # Add global metadata
+        model_custom_metadata.add(
+            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
+            value=deployment_container,
+            description=f"Inference container mapping for {model_group_display_name}",
+            category="Other",
+        )
+        model_custom_metadata.add(
+            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.MULTIMODEL_GROUP_COUNT,
+            value=str(len(models)),
+            description="Number of models in the group.",
+            category="Other",
+        )
+
+        # Combine tags. The `Tags.AQUA_TAG` has been excluded, because we don't want to show
+        # the models created for multi-model purpose in the AQUA models list.
+        tags = {
+            # Tags.AQUA_TAG: "active",
+            Tags.MULTIMODEL_TYPE_TAG: "true",
+            **(freeform_tags or {}),
+        }
+
+        # Create multi-model group
+        custom_model = (
+            DataScienceModel()
+            .with_compartment_id(compartment_id)
+            .with_project_id(project_id)
+            .with_display_name(model_group_display_name)
+            .with_description(model_group_description)
+            .with_freeform_tags(**tags)
+            .with_defined_tags(**(defined_tags or {}))
+            .with_custom_metadata_list(model_custom_metadata)
+        )
+
+        # Update multi model file description to attach artifacts
+        custom_model.with_model_file_description(
+            json_dict=ModelFileDescription(
+                models=[
+                    models
+                    for model_file_description in model_file_description_list
+                    for models in model_file_description.models
+                ]
+            ).model_dump(by_alias=True)
+        )
+
+        # Finalize creation
+        custom_model.create(model_by_reference=True)
+
+        logger.info(
+            f"Aqua Model '{custom_model.id}' created with models: {', '.join(display_name_list)}."
+        )
+
+        # Create custom metadata for multi model metadata
+        custom_model.create_custom_metadata_artifact(
+            metadata_key_name=ModelCustomMetadataFields.MULTIMODEL_METADATA,
+            artifact_path_or_content=json.dumps(
+                [model.model_dump() for model in models]
+            ).encode(),
+            path_type=MetadataArtifactPathType.CONTENT,
+        )
+
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Multi model metadata uploaded for Aqua model: {custom_model.id}."
+        )
+
+        # Track telemetry event
+        self.telemetry.record_event_async(
+            category="aqua/multimodel",
+            action="create",
+            detail=combined_models,
+        )
+
+        return custom_model
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=get", name="aqua")
+    def get(self, model_id: str) -> "AquaModel":
+        """Gets the information of an Aqua model.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_id: str
+            The model OCID.
+        load_model_card: (bool, optional). Defaults to `True`.
+            Whether to load model card from artifacts or not.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        AquaModel:
+            The instance of AquaModel.
+        """
+
+        cached_item = self._service_model_details_cache.get(model_id)
+        if cached_item:
+            logger.info(f"Fetching model details for model {model_id} from cache.")
+            return cached_item
+
+        logger.info(f"Fetching model details for model {model_id}.")
+        ds_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(model_id)
+
+        if not self._if_show(ds_model):
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"Target model `{ds_model.id} `is not an Aqua model as it does not contain "
+                f"{Tags.AQUA_TAG} tag."
+            )
+
+        is_fine_tuned_model = bool(
+            ds_model.freeform_tags
+            and ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_FINE_TUNED_MODEL_TAG)
+        )
+
+        inference_container = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER),
+        ).value
+        inference_container_uri = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(
+                key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI
+            ),
+        ).value
+        evaluation_container = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.EVALUATION_CONTAINER,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.EVALUATION_CONTAINER),
+        ).value
+        finetuning_container: str = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.FINETUNE_CONTAINER,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.FINETUNE_CONTAINER),
+        ).value
+        artifact_location = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.ARTIFACT_LOCATION,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.ARTIFACT_LOCATION),
+        ).value
+
+        aqua_model_attributes = dict(
+            **self._process_model(ds_model, self.region),
+            project_id=ds_model.project_id,
+            inference_container=inference_container,
+            inference_container_uri=inference_container_uri,
+            finetuning_container=finetuning_container,
+            evaluation_container=evaluation_container,
+            artifact_location=artifact_location,
+        )
+
+        if not is_fine_tuned_model:
+            model_details = AquaModel(**aqua_model_attributes)
+            self._service_model_details_cache.__setitem__(
+                key=model_id, value=model_details
+            )
+
+        else:
+            try:
+                jobrun_ocid = ds_model.provenance_metadata.training_id
+                jobrun = self.ds_client.get_job_run(jobrun_ocid).data
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(
+                    f"Missing jobrun information in the provenance metadata of the given model {model_id}."
+                    f"\nError: {str(e)}"
+                )
+                jobrun = None
+
+            try:
+                source_id = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+                    FineTuningCustomMetadata.FT_SOURCE
+                ).value
+            except ValueError as e:
+                logger.debug(
+                    f"Custom metadata is missing {FineTuningCustomMetadata.FT_SOURCE} key for "
+                    f"model {model_id}.\nError: {str(e)}"
+                )
+                source_id = UNKNOWN
+
+            try:
+                source_name = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+                    FineTuningCustomMetadata.FT_SOURCE_NAME
+                ).value
+            except ValueError as e:
+                logger.debug(
+                    f"Custom metadata is missing {FineTuningCustomMetadata.FT_SOURCE_NAME} key for "
+                    f"model {model_id}.\nError: {str(e)}"
+                )
+                source_name = UNKNOWN
+
+            source_identifier = _build_resource_identifier(
+                id=source_id,
+                name=source_name,
+                region=self.region,
+            )
+
+            ft_metrics = self._build_ft_metrics(ds_model.custom_metadata_list)
+
+            job_run_status = (
+                jobrun.lifecycle_state
+                if jobrun and jobrun.lifecycle_state != JobRun.LIFECYCLE_STATE_DELETED
+                else (
+                    JobRun.LIFECYCLE_STATE_SUCCEEDED
+                    if self.if_artifact_exist(ds_model.id)
+                    else JobRun.LIFECYCLE_STATE_FAILED
+                )
+            )
+            # TODO: change the argument's name.
+            lifecycle_state = LifecycleStatus.get_status(
+                evaluation_status=ds_model.lifecycle_state,
+                job_run_status=job_run_status,
+            )
+
+            model_details = AquaFineTuneModel(
+                **aqua_model_attributes,
+                source=source_identifier,
+                lifecycle_state=(
+                    Model.LIFECYCLE_STATE_ACTIVE
+                    if lifecycle_state == JobRun.LIFECYCLE_STATE_SUCCEEDED
+                    else lifecycle_state
+                ),
+                metrics=ft_metrics,
+                model=ds_model,
+                jobrun=jobrun,
+                region=self.region,
+            )
+
+        return model_details
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=delete", name="aqua")
+    def delete_model(self, model_id):
+        ds_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(model_id)
+        is_registered_model = ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM, None)
+        is_fine_tuned_model = ds_model.freeform_tags.get(
+            Tags.AQUA_FINE_TUNED_MODEL_TAG, None
+        )
+        if is_registered_model or is_fine_tuned_model:
+            logger.info(f"Deleting model {model_id}.")
+            return ds_model.delete()
+        else:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"Failed to delete model:{model_id}. Only registered models or finetuned model can be deleted."
+            )
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=edit", name="aqua")
+    def edit_registered_model(
+        self, id, inference_container, inference_container_uri, enable_finetuning, task
+    ):
+        """Edits the default config of unverified registered model.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        id: str
+            The model OCID.
+        inference_container: str.
+            The inference container family name
+        inference_container_uri: str
+            The inference container uri for embedding models
+        enable_finetuning: str
+            Flag to enable or disable finetuning over the model. Defaults to None
+        task:
+            The usecase type of the model. e.g , text-generation , text_embedding etc.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Model:
+            The instance of oci.data_science.models.Model.
+
+        """
+        ds_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(id)
+        if ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM, None):
+            if ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_SERVICE_MODEL_TAG, None):
+                raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                    "Only registered unverified models can be edited."
+                )
+            else:
+                custom_metadata_list = ds_model.custom_metadata_list
+                freeform_tags = ds_model.freeform_tags
+                if inference_container:
+                    if (
+                        inference_container in CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily
+                        and inference_container_uri is None
+                    ):
+                        raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                            "Inference container URI must be provided."
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        custom_metadata_list.add(
+                            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
+                            value=inference_container,
+                            category=MetadataCustomCategory.OTHER,
+                            description="Deployment container mapping for SMC",
+                            replace=True,
+                        )
+                if inference_container_uri:
+                    if (
+                        inference_container in CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily
+                        or inference_container is None
+                    ):
+                        custom_metadata_list.add(
+                            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI,
+                            value=inference_container_uri,
+                            category=MetadataCustomCategory.OTHER,
+                            description=f"Inference container URI for {ds_model.display_name}",
+                            replace=True,
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                            f"Inference container URI can be edited only with container values: {CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily.values()}"
+                        )
+
+                if enable_finetuning is not None:
+                    if enable_finetuning.lower() == "true":
+                        custom_metadata_list.add(
+                            key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.FINETUNE_CONTAINER,
+                            value=FineTuningContainerTypeFamily.AQUA_FINETUNING_CONTAINER_FAMILY,
+                            category=MetadataCustomCategory.OTHER,
+                            description="Fine-tuning container mapping for SMC",
+                            replace=True,
+                        )
+                        freeform_tags.update({Tags.READY_TO_FINE_TUNE: "true"})
+                    elif enable_finetuning.lower() == "false":
+                        try:
+                            custom_metadata_list.remove(
+                                ModelCustomMetadataFields.FINETUNE_CONTAINER
+                            )
+                            freeform_tags.pop(Tags.READY_TO_FINE_TUNE)
+                        except Exception as ex:
+                            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                                f"The given model already doesn't support finetuning: {ex}"
+                            ) from ex
+
+                custom_metadata_list.remove("modelDescription")
+                if task:
+                    freeform_tags.update({Tags.TASK: task})
+                updated_custom_metadata_list = [
+                    Metadata(**metadata)
+                    for metadata in custom_metadata_list.to_dict()["data"]
+                ]
+                update_model_details = UpdateModelDetails(
+                    custom_metadata_list=updated_custom_metadata_list,
+                    freeform_tags=freeform_tags,
+                )
+                AquaApp().update_model(id, update_model_details)
+                logger.info(f"Updated model details for the model {id}.")
+        else:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError("Only registered unverified models can be edited.")
+
+    def _extract_model_task(
+        self,
+        model: AquaMultiModelRef,
+        source_model: DataScienceModel,
+    ) -> None:
+        """In a Multi Model Deployment, will set model_task parameter in AquaMultiModelRef from freeform tags or user"""
+        # user does not supply model task, we extract from model metadata
+        if not model.model_task:
+            model.model_task = source_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.TASK, UNKNOWN)
+
+        task_tag = re.sub(r"-", "_", model.model_task).lower()
+        # re-visit logic when more model task types are supported
+        if task_tag in MultiModelSupportedTaskType:
+            model.model_task = task_tag
+        else:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                f"Invalid or missing {task_tag} tag for selected model {source_model.display_name}. "
+                f"Currently only `{MultiModelSupportedTaskType.values()}` models are supported for multi model deployment."
+            )
+
+    def _fetch_metric_from_metadata(
+        self,
+        custom_metadata_list: ModelCustomMetadata,
+        target: str,
+        category: str,
+        metric_name: str,
+    ) -> AquaFineTuningMetric:
+        """Gets target metric from `ads.model.model_metadata.ModelCustomMetadata`."""
+        try:
+            scores = []
+            for custom_metadata in custom_metadata_list._items:
+                # We use description to group metrics
+                if custom_metadata.description == target:
+                    scores.append(custom_metadata.value)
+                    if metric_name.endswith("final"):
+                        break
+
+            return AquaFineTuningMetric(
+                name=metric_name,
+                category=category,
+                scores=scores,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            return AquaFineTuningMetric(name=metric_name, category=category, scores=[])
+
+    def _build_ft_metrics(
+        self, custom_metadata_list: ModelCustomMetadata
+    ) -> List[AquaFineTuningMetric]:
+        """Builds Fine Tuning metrics."""
+
+        validation_metrics = self._fetch_metric_from_metadata(
+            custom_metadata_list=custom_metadata_list,
+            target=FineTuningCustomMetadata.VALIDATION_METRICS_EPOCH,
+            category=FineTuningMetricCategories.VALIDATION,
+            metric_name=VALIDATION_METRICS,
+        )
+
+        training_metrics = self._fetch_metric_from_metadata(
+            custom_metadata_list=custom_metadata_list,
+            target=FineTuningCustomMetadata.TRAINING_METRICS_EPOCH,
+            category=FineTuningMetricCategories.TRAINING,
+            metric_name=TRINING_METRICS,
+        )
+
+        validation_final = self._fetch_metric_from_metadata(
+            custom_metadata_list=custom_metadata_list,
+            target=FineTuningCustomMetadata.VALIDATION_METRICS_FINAL,
+            category=FineTuningMetricCategories.VALIDATION,
+            metric_name=VALIDATION_METRICS_FINAL,
+        )
+
+        training_final = self._fetch_metric_from_metadata(
+            custom_metadata_list=custom_metadata_list,
+            target=FineTuningCustomMetadata.TRAINING_METRICS_FINAL,
+            category=FineTuningMetricCategories.TRAINING,
+            metric_name=TRAINING_METRICS_FINAL,
+        )
+
+        return [
+            validation_metrics,
+            training_metrics,
+            validation_final,
+            training_final,
+        ]
+
+    def get_hf_tokenizer_config(self, model_id):
+        """
+        Gets the default model tokenizer config for the given Aqua model.
+        Returns the content of tokenizer_config.json stored in model artifact.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_id: str
+            The OCID of the Aqua model.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict:
+            Model tokenizer config.
+        """
+        config = self.get_config(
+            model_id, AQUA_MODEL_TOKENIZER_CONFIG, ConfigFolder.ARTIFACT
+        ).config
+        if not config:
+            logger.debug(
+                f"{AQUA_MODEL_TOKENIZER_CONFIG} is not available for the model: {model_id}. "
+                f"Check if the custom metadata has the artifact path set."
+            )
+            return config
+
+        return config
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def to_aqua_model(
+        model: Union[
+            DataScienceModel,
+            oci.data_science.models.model.Model,
+            oci.data_science.models.ModelSummary,
+            oci.resource_search.models.ResourceSummary,
+        ],
+        region: str,
+    ) -> AquaModel:
+        """Converts a model to an Aqua model."""
+        return AquaModel(**AquaModelApp._process_model(model, region))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _process_model(
+        model: Union[
+            DataScienceModel,
+            oci.data_science.models.model.Model,
+            oci.data_science.models.ModelSummary,
+            oci.resource_search.models.ResourceSummary,
+        ],
+        region: str,
+        inference_containers: Optional[List[Any]] = None,
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Constructs required fields for AquaModelSummary."""
+
+        # todo: revisit icon generation code
+        # icon = self._load_icon(model.display_name)
+        icon = ""
+
+        tags = {}
+        tags.update(model.defined_tags or {})
+        tags.update(model.freeform_tags or {})
+
+        model_id = (
+            model.identifier
+            if isinstance(model, oci.resource_search.models.ResourceSummary)
+            else model.id
+        )
+
+        console_link = get_console_link(
+            resource="models",
+            ocid=model_id,
+            region=region,
+        )
+
+        description = ""
+        if isinstance(model, (DataScienceModel, oci.data_science.models.model.Model)):
+            description = model.description
+        elif isinstance(model, oci.resource_search.models.ResourceSummary):
+            description = model.additional_details.get("description")
+
+        search_text = (
+            AquaModelApp._build_search_text(tags=tags, description=description)
+            if tags
+            else UNKNOWN
+        )
+
+        freeform_tags = model.freeform_tags or {}
+        is_fine_tuned_model = Tags.AQUA_FINE_TUNED_MODEL_TAG in freeform_tags
+        ready_to_deploy = (
+            freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_TAG, "").upper() == READY_TO_DEPLOY_STATUS
+        )
+
+        ready_to_finetune = (
+            freeform_tags.get(Tags.READY_TO_FINE_TUNE, "").upper()
+            == READY_TO_FINE_TUNE_STATUS
+        )
+        ready_to_import = (
+            freeform_tags.get(Tags.READY_TO_IMPORT, "").upper()
+            == READY_TO_IMPORT_STATUS
+        )
+
+        try:
+            model_file = model.custom_metadata_list.get(AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_FILE).value
+        except Exception:
+            model_file = UNKNOWN
+
+        if not inference_containers:
+            inference_containers = (
+                AquaApp().get_container_config().to_dict().get("inference")
+            )
+
+        model_formats_str = freeform_tags.get(
+            Tags.MODEL_FORMAT, ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS
+        ).upper()
+        model_formats = model_formats_str.split(",")
+
+        supported_platform: Set[str] = set()
+
+        for container in inference_containers:
+            for model_format in model_formats:
+                if model_format in container.model_formats:
+                    supported_platform.update(container.platforms)
+
+        nvidia_gpu_supported = Platform.NVIDIA_GPU in supported_platform
+        arm_cpu_supported = Platform.ARM_CPU in supported_platform
+
+        return {
+            "compartment_id": model.compartment_id,
+            "icon": icon or UNKNOWN,
+            "id": model_id,
+            "license": freeform_tags.get(Tags.LICENSE, UNKNOWN),
+            "name": model.display_name,
+            "organization": freeform_tags.get(Tags.ORGANIZATION, UNKNOWN),
+            "task": freeform_tags.get(Tags.TASK, UNKNOWN),
+            "time_created": str(model.time_created),
+            "is_fine_tuned_model": is_fine_tuned_model,
+            "tags": tags,
+            "console_link": console_link,
+            "search_text": search_text,
+            "ready_to_deploy": ready_to_deploy,
+            "ready_to_finetune": ready_to_finetune,
+            "ready_to_import": ready_to_import,
+            "nvidia_gpu_supported": nvidia_gpu_supported,
+            "arm_cpu_supported": arm_cpu_supported,
+            "model_file": model_file,
+            "model_formats": model_formats,
+        }
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=list", name="aqua")
+    def list(
+        self,
+        compartment_id: str = None,
+        category: str = None,
+        project_id: str = None,
+        model_type: str = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> List["AquaModelSummary"]:
+        """Lists all Aqua models within a specified compartment and/or project.
+        If `category` is not specified, the method defaults to returning
+        the service models within the pre-configured default compartment. By default, the list
+        of models in the service compartment are cached. Use clear_model_list_cache() to invalidate
+        the cache.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        compartment_id: (str, optional). Defaults to `None`.
+            The compartment OCID.
+        category: (str,optional). Defaults to `SERVICE`
+            The category of the models to fetch. Can be either `USER` or `SERVICE`
+        project_id: (str, optional). Defaults to `None`.
+            The project OCID.
+        model_type: (str, optional). Defaults to `None`.
+            Model type represents the type of model in the user compartment, can be either FT or BASE.
+        **kwargs:
+            Additional keyword arguments that can be used to filter the results.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        List[AquaModelSummary]:
+            The list of the `ads.aqua.model.AquaModelSummary`.
+        """
+
+        category = category or kwargs.pop("category", SERVICE)
+        compartment_id = compartment_id or COMPARTMENT_OCID
+        if category == USER:
+            # tracks number of times custom model listing was called
+            self.telemetry.record_event_async(
+                category="aqua/custom/model", action="list"
+            )
+
+            logger.info(f"Fetching custom models from compartment_id={compartment_id}.")
+            model_type = model_type.upper() if model_type else ModelType.FT
+            models = self._rqs(compartment_id, model_type=model_type)
+            logger.info(
+                f"Fetched {len(models)} models from {compartment_id or COMPARTMENT_OCID}."
+            )
+        else:
+            # tracks number of times service model listing was called
+            self.telemetry.record_event_async(
+                category="aqua/service/model", action="list"
+            )
+
+            if AQUA_SERVICE_MODELS in self._service_models_cache:
+                logger.info("Returning service models list from cache.")
+                return self._service_models_cache.get(AQUA_SERVICE_MODELS)
+            lifecycle_state = kwargs.pop(
+                "lifecycle_state", Model.LIFECYCLE_STATE_ACTIVE
+            )
+
+            models = self.list_resource(
+                self.ds_client.list_models,
+                compartment_id=compartment_id,
+                lifecycle_state=lifecycle_state,
+                category=category,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+            logger.info(f"Fetched {len(models)} service models.")
+
+        aqua_models = []
+        inference_containers = self.get_container_config().to_dict().get("inference")
+        for model in models:
+            aqua_models.append(
+                AquaModelSummary(
+                    **self._process_model(
+                        model=model,
+                        region=self.region,
+                        inference_containers=inference_containers,
+                    ),
+                    project_id=project_id or UNKNOWN,
+                )
+            )
+        if category == SERVICE:
+            self._service_models_cache.__setitem__(
+                key=AQUA_SERVICE_MODELS, value=aqua_models
+            )
+
+        return aqua_models
+
+    def clear_model_list_cache(
+        self,
+    ):
+        """
+        Allows user to clear list model cache items from the service models compartment.
+        Returns
+        -------
+            dict with the key used, and True if cache has the key that needs to be deleted.
+        """
+        res = {}
+        with self._cache_lock:
+            if AQUA_SERVICE_MODELS in self._service_models_cache:
+                self._service_models_cache.pop(key=AQUA_SERVICE_MODELS)
+                logger.info("Cleared models cache for service compartment.")
+                res = {
+                    "cache_deleted": True,
+                }
+        return res
+
+    def clear_model_details_cache(self, model_id):
+        """
+        Allows user to clear model details cache item
+        Returns
+        -------
+            dict with the key used, and True if cache has the key that needs to be deleted.
+        """
+        res = {}
+        with self._cache_lock:
+            if model_id in self._service_model_details_cache:
+                self._service_model_details_cache.pop(key=model_id)
+                logger.info(f"Clearing model details cache for model {model_id}.")
+                res = {"key": {"model_id": model_id}, "cache_deleted": True}
+
+        return res
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def list_valid_inference_containers():
+        containers = AquaApp().get_container_config().to_dict().get("inference")
+        family_values = [item.family for item in containers]
+        return family_values
+
+    @telemetry(
+        entry_point="plugin=model&action=get_defined_metadata_artifact_content",
+        name="aqua",
+    )
+    def get_defined_metadata_artifact_content(self, model_id: str, metadata_key: str):
+        """
+        Gets the defined metadata artifact content for the given model
+
+        Args:
+            model_id: str
+                model ocid for which defined metadata artifact needs to be created
+            metadata_key: str
+                defined metadata key  like Readme , License , DeploymentConfiguration , FinetuningConfiguration
+        Returns:
+            The model defined metadata artifact content. Can be either str or Dict
+
+        """
+
+        content = self.get_config(model_id, metadata_key)
+        if not content:
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Defined metadata artifact {metadata_key} for model: {model_id} is not available."
+            )
+        return content
+
+    @telemetry(
+        entry_point="plugin=model&action=create_defined_metadata_artifact", name="aqua"
+    )
+    def create_defined_metadata_artifact(
+        self,
+        model_id: str,
+        metadata_key: str,
+        path_type: MetadataArtifactPathType,
+        artifact_path_or_content: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Creates defined metadata artifact for the registered unverified model
+
+        Args:
+            model_id: str
+                model ocid for which defined metadata artifact needs to be created
+            metadata_key: str
+                defined metadata key  like Readme , License , DeploymentConfiguration , FinetuningConfiguration
+            path_type: str
+                path type of the given defined metadata can be local , oss or the content itself
+            artifact_path_or_content: str
+                It can be local path or oss path or the actual content itself
+        Returns:
+            None
+        """
+
+        ds_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(model_id)
+        oci_aqua = ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_TAG, None)
+        if not oci_aqua:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(f"Target model {model_id} is not an Aqua model.")
+        is_registered_model = ds_model.freeform_tags.get(Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM, None)
+        is_verified_model = ds_model.freeform_tags.get(
+            Tags.AQUA_SERVICE_MODEL_TAG, None
+        )
+        if is_registered_model and not is_verified_model:
+            try:
+                ds_model.create_defined_metadata_artifact(
+                    metadata_key_name=metadata_key,
+                    artifact_path_or_content=artifact_path_or_content,
+                    path_type=path_type,
+                )
+            except Exception as ex:
+                raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                    f"Error occurred in creating defined metadata artifact for model {model_id}: {ex}"
+                ) from ex
+        else:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"Cannot create defined metadata artifact for model {model_id}"
+            )
+
+    def _create_model_catalog_entry(
+        self,
+        os_path: str,
+        model_name: str,
+        inference_container: str,
+        finetuning_container: str,
+        verified_model: DataScienceModel,
+        validation_result: ModelValidationResult,
+        compartment_id: Optional[str],
+        project_id: Optional[str],
+        inference_container_uri: Optional[str],
+        freeform_tags: Optional[dict] = None,
+        defined_tags: Optional[dict] = None,
+    ) -> DataScienceModel:
+        """Create model by reference from the object storage path
+
+        Args:
+            os_path (str): OCI  where the model is uploaded - oci://bucket@namespace/prefix
+            model_name (str): name of the model
+            inference_container (str): selects service defaults
+            finetuning_container (str): selects service defaults
+            verified_model (DataScienceModel): If set, then copies all the tags and custom metadata information from the service verified model
+            compartment_id (Optional[str]): Compartment Id of the compartment where the model has to be created
+            project_id (Optional[str]): Project id of the project where the model has to be created
+            inference_container_uri (Optional[str]): Inference container uri for BYOC
+            freeform_tags (dict): Freeform tags for the model
+            defined_tags (dict): Defined tags for the model
+
+        Returns:
+            DataScienceModel: Returns Datascience model instance.
+        """
+        model = DataScienceModel()
+        tags: Dict[str, str] = (
+            {
+                **verified_model.freeform_tags,
+                Tags.AQUA_SERVICE_MODEL_TAG: verified_model.id,
+            }
+            if verified_model
+            else {
+                Tags.AQUA_TAG: "active",
+                Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM: "true",
+            }
+        )
+        tags.update({Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM: "true"})
+
+        if validation_result and validation_result.model_formats:
+            tags.update(
+                {
+                    Tags.MODEL_FORMAT: ",".join(
+                        model_format for model_format in validation_result.model_formats
+                    )
+                }
+            )
+
+        # Remove `ready_to_import` tag that might get copied from service model.
+        tags.pop(Tags.READY_TO_IMPORT, None)
+        defined_metadata_dict = {}
+        readme_file_path = os_path.rstrip("/") + "/" + README
+        license_file_path = os_path.rstrip("/") + "/" + LICENSE
+        if verified_model:
+            # Verified model is a model in the service catalog that either has no artifacts but contains all the necessary metadata for deploying and fine tuning.
+            # If set, then we copy all the model metadata.
+            metadata = verified_model.custom_metadata_list
+            if verified_model.model_file_description:
+                model = model.with_model_file_description(
+                    json_dict=verified_model.model_file_description
+                )
+            defined_metadata_list = (
+                verified_model.defined_metadata_list._to_oci_metadata()
+            )
+            for defined_metadata in defined_metadata_list:
+                if defined_metadata.has_artifact:
+                    content = (
+                        self.ds_client.get_model_defined_metadatum_artifact_content(
+                            verified_model.id, defined_metadata.key
+                        ).data.content
+                    )
+                    defined_metadata_dict[defined_metadata.key] = content
+        else:
+            metadata = ModelCustomMetadata()
+            if not inference_container:
+                raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                    f"Require Inference container information. Model: {model_name} does not have associated inference "
+                    f"container defaults. Check docs for more information on how to pass inference container."
+                )
+            metadata.add(
+                key=AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME,
+                value=inference_container,
+                description=f"Inference container mapping for {model_name}",
+                category="Other",
+            )
+            if inference_container_uri:
+                metadata.add(
+                    key=AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI_METADATA_NAME,
+                    value=inference_container_uri,
+                    description=f"Inference container URI for {model_name}",
+                    category="Other",
+                )
+
+            inference_containers = (
+                AquaContainerConfig.from_service_config(
+                    service_containers=self.list_service_containers()
+                )
+                .to_dict()
+                .get("inference")
+            )
+            smc_container_set = {container.family for container in inference_containers}
+            # only add cmd vars if inference container is not an SMC
+            if (
+                inference_container not in smc_container_set
+                and inference_container in CustomInferenceContainerTypeFamily.values()
+            ):
+                cmd_vars = generate_tei_cmd_var(os_path)
+                metadata.add(
+                    key=AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_CMD_VAR_METADATA_NAME,
+                    value=" ".join(cmd_vars),
+                    description=f"Inference container cmd vars for {model_name}",
+                    category="Other",
+                )
+
+            if finetuning_container:
+                tags[Tags.READY_TO_FINE_TUNE] = "true"
+                metadata.add(
+                    key=AQUA_FINETUNING_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME,
+                    value=finetuning_container,
+                    description=f"Fine-tuning container mapping for {model_name}",
+                    category="Other",
+                )
+            else:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Proceeding with model registration without the fine-tuning container information. "
+                    "This model will not be available for fine tuning."
+                )
+            if validation_result and validation_result.model_file:
+                metadata.add(
+                    key=AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_FILE,
+                    value=validation_result.model_file,
+                    description=f"The model file for {model_name}",
+                    category="Other",
+                )
+
+            metadata.add(
+                key=AQUA_EVALUATION_CONTAINER_METADATA_NAME,
+                value="odsc-llm-evaluate",
+                description="Evaluation container mapping for SMC",
+                category="Other",
+            )
+
+            if validation_result and validation_result.tags:
+                tags[Tags.TASK] = validation_result.tags.get(Tags.TASK, UNKNOWN)
+                tags[Tags.ORGANIZATION] = validation_result.tags.get(
+                    Tags.ORGANIZATION, UNKNOWN
+                )
+                tags[Tags.LICENSE] = validation_result.tags.get(Tags.LICENSE, UNKNOWN)
+
+        # Set artifact location to user bucket, and replace existing key if present.
+        metadata.add(
+            key=MODEL_BY_REFERENCE_OSS_PATH_KEY,
+            value=os_path,
+            description="artifact location",
+            category="Other",
+            replace=True,
+        )
+        # override tags with freeform tags if set
+        tags = {**tags, **(freeform_tags or {})}
+        model = (
+            model.with_custom_metadata_list(metadata)
+            .with_compartment_id(compartment_id or COMPARTMENT_OCID)
+            .with_project_id(project_id or PROJECT_OCID)
+            .with_artifact(os_path)
+            .with_display_name(model_name)
+            .with_freeform_tags(**tags)
+            .with_defined_tags(**(defined_tags or {}))
+        ).create(model_by_reference=True)
+        logger.debug(f"Created model catalog entry for the model:\n{model}")
+        for key, value in defined_metadata_dict.items():
+            model.create_defined_metadata_artifact(
+                key, value, MetadataArtifactPathType.CONTENT
+            )
+
+        if is_path_exists(readme_file_path):
+            try:
+                model.create_defined_metadata_artifact(
+                    AquaModelMetadataKeys.README,
+                    readme_file_path,
+                    MetadataArtifactPathType.OSS,
+                )
+            except Exception as ex:
+                logger.error(
+                    f"Error Uploading Readme in defined metadata for model: {model.id} : {str(ex)}"
+                )
+        if not verified_model and is_path_exists(license_file_path):
+            try:
+                model.create_defined_metadata_artifact(
+                    AquaModelMetadataKeys.LICENSE,
+                    license_file_path,
+                    MetadataArtifactPathType.OSS,
+                )
+            except Exception as ex:
+                logger.error(
+                    f"Error Uploading License in defined metadata for model: {model.id} : {str(ex)}"
+                )
+        return model
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_model_files(os_path: str, model_format: str) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Get a list of model files based on the given OS path and model format.
+
+        Args:
+            os_path (str): The OS path where the model files are located.
+            model_format (str): The format of the model files.
+
+        Returns:
+            List[str]: A list of model file names.
+
+        """
+        model_files: List[str] = []
+        # todo: revisit this logic to account for .bin files. In the current state, .bin and .safetensor models
+        #   are grouped in one category and validation checks for config.json files only.
+        if model_format == ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS:
+            model_files.extend(
+                list_os_files_with_extension(oss_path=os_path, extension=".safetensors")
+            )
+            try:
+                load_config(
+                    file_path=os_path,
+                    config_file_name=AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG,
+                )
+            except Exception as ex:
+                message = (
+                    f"The model path {os_path} does not contain the file config.json. "
+                    f"Please check if the path is correct or the model artifacts are available at this location."
+                )
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"{message}\n"
+                    f"Details: {ex.reason if isinstance(ex, AquaFileNotFoundError) else str(ex)}\n"
+                )
+            else:
+                model_files.append(AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG)
+
+        if model_format == ModelFormat.GGUF:
+            model_files.extend(
+                list_os_files_with_extension(oss_path=os_path, extension=".gguf")
+            )
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Fetched {len(model_files)} model files from {os_path} for model format {model_format}."
+        )
+        return model_files
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_hf_model_files(model_name: str, model_format: str) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Get a list of model files based on the given OS path and model format.
+
+        Args:
+            model_name (str): The huggingface model name.
+            model_format (str): The format of the model files.
+
+        Returns:
+            List[str]: A list of model file names.
+
+        """
+        model_files: List[str] = []
+
+        # todo: revisit this logic to account for .bin files. In the current state, .bin and .safetensor models
+        #   are grouped in one category and returns config.json file only.
+
+        try:
+            model_siblings = get_hf_model_info(repo_id=model_name).siblings
+        except Exception as e:
+            huggingface_err_message = str(e)
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                f"Could not get the model files of {model_name} from https://huggingface.co. "
+                f"Error: {huggingface_err_message}."
+            ) from e
+
+        if not model_siblings:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                f"Failed to fetch the model files of {model_name} from https://huggingface.co."
+            )
+
+        for model_sibling in model_siblings:
+            extension = pathlib.Path(model_sibling.rfilename).suffix[1:].upper()
+            if (
+                model_format == ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS
+                and model_sibling.rfilename == AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG
+            ):
+                model_files.append(model_sibling.rfilename)
+            if extension == model_format:
+                model_files.append(model_sibling.rfilename)
+
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Fetched {len(model_files)} model files for the model {model_name} for model format {model_format}."
+        )
+        return model_files
+
+    def _validate_model(
+        self,
+        import_model_details: ImportModelDetails = None,
+        model_name: str = None,
+        verified_model: DataScienceModel = None,
+    ) -> ModelValidationResult:
+        """
+        Validates the model configuration and returns the model format telemetry model name.
+
+        Args:
+            import_model_details (ImportModelDetails): Model details for importing the model.
+            model_name (str): name of the model
+            verified_model (DataScienceModel): If set, then copies all the tags and custom metadata information from
+                the service verified model
+
+        Returns:
+            ModelValidationResult: The result of the model validation.
+
+        Raises:
+            AquaRuntimeError: If there is an error while loading the config file or if the model path is incorrect.
+            AquaValueError: If the model format is not supported by AQUA.
+        """
+        model_formats = []
+        validation_result: ModelValidationResult = ModelValidationResult()
+
+        hf_download_config_present = False
+
+        if import_model_details.download_from_hf:
+            safetensors_model_files = self.get_hf_model_files(
+                model_name, ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS
+            )
+            if (
+                safetensors_model_files
+                and AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG in safetensors_model_files
+            ):
+                hf_download_config_present = True
+            gguf_model_files = self.get_hf_model_files(model_name, ModelFormat.GGUF)
+        else:
+            safetensors_model_files = self.get_model_files(
+                import_model_details.os_path, ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS
+            )
+            gguf_model_files = self.get_model_files(
+                import_model_details.os_path, ModelFormat.GGUF
+            )
+
+        if not (safetensors_model_files or gguf_model_files):
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"The model {model_name} does not contain either {ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS} "
+                f"or {ModelFormat.GGUF} files in {import_model_details.os_path} or Hugging Face repository. "
+                f"Please check if the path is correct or the model artifacts are available at this location."
+            )
+
+        if verified_model:
+            aqua_model = self.to_aqua_model(verified_model, self.region)
+            model_formats = aqua_model.model_formats
+        else:
+            if safetensors_model_files:
+                model_formats.append(ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS)
+            if gguf_model_files:
+                model_formats.append(ModelFormat.GGUF)
+
+            # get tags for models from hf
+            if import_model_details.download_from_hf:
+                model_info = get_hf_model_info(repo_id=model_name)
+
+                try:
+                    license_value = UNKNOWN
+                    if model_info.tags:
+                        license_tag = next(
+                            (
+                                tag
+                                for tag in model_info.tags
+                                if tag.startswith("license:")
+                            ),
+                            UNKNOWN,
+                        )
+                        license_value = (
+                            license_tag.split(":")[1] if license_tag else UNKNOWN
+                        )
+
+                    hf_tags = {
+                        Tags.TASK: (model_info and model_info.pipeline_tag) or UNKNOWN,
+                        Tags.ORGANIZATION: (
+                            model_info.author
+                            if model_info and hasattr(model_info, "author")
+                            else UNKNOWN
+                        ),
+                        Tags.LICENSE: license_value,
+                    }
+                    validation_result.tags = hf_tags
+                except Exception as ex:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"An error occurred while getting tag information for model {model_name}. "
+                        f"Error: {str(ex)}"
+                    )
+
+        validation_result.model_formats = model_formats
+
+        # now as we know that at least one type of model files exist, validate the content of oss path.
+        # for safetensors, we check if config.json files exist, and for gguf format we check if files with
+        # gguf extension exist.
+        if {ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS, ModelFormat.GGUF}.issubset(set(model_formats)):
+            if (
+                import_model_details.inference_container.lower()
+                == InferenceContainerTypeFamily.AQUA_LLAMA_CPP_CONTAINER_FAMILY
+            ):
+                self._validate_gguf_format(
+                    import_model_details=import_model_details,
+                    verified_model=verified_model,
+                    gguf_model_files=gguf_model_files,
+                    validation_result=validation_result,
+                    model_name=model_name,
+                )
+            else:
+                self._validate_safetensor_format(
+                    import_model_details=import_model_details,
+                    verified_model=verified_model,
+                    validation_result=validation_result,
+                    hf_download_config_present=hf_download_config_present,
+                    model_name=model_name,
+                )
+        elif ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS in model_formats:
+            self._validate_safetensor_format(
+                import_model_details=import_model_details,
+                verified_model=verified_model,
+                validation_result=validation_result,
+                hf_download_config_present=hf_download_config_present,
+                model_name=model_name,
+            )
+        elif ModelFormat.GGUF in model_formats:
+            self._validate_gguf_format(
+                import_model_details=import_model_details,
+                verified_model=verified_model,
+                gguf_model_files=gguf_model_files,
+                validation_result=validation_result,
+                model_name=model_name,
+            )
+
+        return validation_result
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _validate_safetensor_format(
+        import_model_details: ImportModelDetails = None,
+        verified_model: DataScienceModel = None,
+        validation_result: ModelValidationResult = None,
+        hf_download_config_present: bool = None,
+        model_name: str = None,
+    ):
+        if import_model_details.download_from_hf:
+            # validates config.json exists for safetensors model from huggingface
+            if not (
+                hf_download_config_present
+                or import_model_details.ignore_model_artifact_check
+            ):
+                raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                    f"The model {model_name} does not contain {AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG} file as required "
+                    f"by {ModelFormat.SAFETENSORS} format model."
+                    f" Please check if the model name is correct in Hugging Face repository."
+                )
+            validation_result.telemetry_model_name = model_name
+        else:
+            # validate if config.json is available from object storage, and get model name for telemetry
+            model_config = None
+            try:
+                model_config = load_config(
+                    file_path=import_model_details.os_path,
+                    config_file_name=AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG,
+                )
+            except Exception as ex:
+                message = (
+                    f"The model path {import_model_details.os_path} does not contain the file config.json. "
+                    f"Please check if the path is correct or the model artifacts are available at this location."
+                )
+                if not import_model_details.ignore_model_artifact_check:
+                    logger.error(
+                        f"{message}\n"
+                        f"Details: {ex.reason if isinstance(ex, AquaFileNotFoundError) else str(ex)}"
+                    )
+                    raise AquaRuntimeError(message) from ex
+                else:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        f"{message}\n"
+                        f"Proceeding with model registration as ignore_model_artifact_check field is set."
+                    )
+
+            if verified_model:
+                # model_type validation, log message if metadata field doesn't match.
+                try:
+                    metadata_model_type = verified_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+                        AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE
+                    ).value
+                    if metadata_model_type and model_config is not None:
+                        if AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE in model_config:
+                            if (
+                                model_config[AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE]
+                                != metadata_model_type
+                            ):
+                                logger.debug(
+                                    f"The {AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE} attribute in {AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG}"
+                                    f" at {import_model_details.os_path} is invalid, expected {metadata_model_type} for "
+                                    f"the model {model_name}. Please check if the path is correct or "
+                                    f"the correct model artifacts are available at this location."
+                                    f""
+                                )
+                        else:
+                            logger.debug(
+                                f"Could not find {AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE} attribute in "
+                                f"{AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG}. Proceeding with model registration."
+                            )
+                except Exception as ex:
+                    # todo: raise exception if model_type doesn't match. Currently log message and pass since service
+                    #   models do not have this metadata.
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"Error occurred while processing metadata for model {model_name}. "
+                        f"Exception: {str(ex)}"
+                    )
+                validation_result.telemetry_model_name = verified_model.display_name
+            elif (
+                model_config is not None
+                and AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_NAME in model_config
+            ):
+                validation_result.telemetry_model_name = f"{AQUA_MODEL_TYPE_CUSTOM}_{model_config[AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_NAME]}"
+            elif (
+                model_config is not None
+                and AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE in model_config
+            ):
+                validation_result.telemetry_model_name = f"{AQUA_MODEL_TYPE_CUSTOM}_{model_config[AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_CONFIG_MODEL_TYPE]}"
+            else:
+                validation_result.telemetry_model_name = AQUA_MODEL_TYPE_CUSTOM
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _validate_gguf_format(
+        import_model_details: ImportModelDetails = None,
+        verified_model: DataScienceModel = None,
+        gguf_model_files: List[str] = None,
+        validation_result: ModelValidationResult = None,
+        model_name: str = None,
+    ):
+        if import_model_details.finetuning_container:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                "Fine-tuning is currently not supported with GGUF model format."
+            )
+        if verified_model:
+            try:
+                model_file = verified_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+                    AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_FILE
+                ).value
+            except ValueError as err:
+                raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                    f"The model {verified_model.display_name} does not contain the custom metadata {AQUA_MODEL_ARTIFACT_FILE}. "
+                    f"Please check if the model has the valid metadata."
+                ) from err
+        else:
+            model_file = import_model_details.model_file
+
+        model_files = gguf_model_files
+        # todo: have a separate error validation class for different type of error messages.
+        if model_file:
+            if model_file not in model_files:
+                raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                    f"The model path {import_model_details.os_path} or the Hugging Face "
+                    f"model repository for {model_name} does not contain the file "
+                    f"{model_file}. Please check if the path is correct or the model "
+                    f"artifacts are available at this location."
+                )
+            else:
+                validation_result.model_file = model_file
+        elif len(model_files) == 0:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"The model path {import_model_details.os_path} or the Hugging Face model "
+                f"repository for {model_name} does not contain any GGUF format files. "
+                f"Please check if the path is correct or the model artifacts are available "
+                f"at this location."
+            )
+        elif len(model_files) > 1:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"The model path {import_model_details.os_path} or the Hugging Face model "
+                f"repository for {model_name} contains multiple GGUF format files. "
+                f"Please specify the file that needs to be deployed using the model_file "
+                f"parameter."
+            )
+        else:
+            validation_result.model_file = model_files[0]
+
+        if verified_model:
+            validation_result.telemetry_model_name = verified_model.display_name
+        elif import_model_details.download_from_hf:
+            validation_result.telemetry_model_name = model_name
+        else:
+            validation_result.telemetry_model_name = AQUA_MODEL_TYPE_CUSTOM
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _download_model_from_hf(
+        model_name: str,
+        os_path: str,
+        local_dir: str = None,
+        allow_patterns: List[str] = None,
+        ignore_patterns: List[str] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """This helper function downloads the model artifact from Hugging Face to a local folder, then uploads
+        to object storage location.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_name (str): The huggingface model name.
+        os_path (str): The OS path where the model files are located.
+        local_dir (str): The local temp dir to store the huggingface model.
+        allow_patterns (list): Model files matching at least one pattern are downloaded.
+            Example: ["*.json"] will download all .json files. ["folder/*"] will download all files under `folder`.
+            Patterns are Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns) and rules can be found here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html
+        ignore_patterns (list): Model files matching any of the patterns are not downloaded.
+            Example: ["*.json"] will ignore all .json files. ["folder/*"] will ignore all files under `folder`.
+            Patterns are Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns) and rules can be found here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        model_artifact_path (str): Location where the model artifacts are downloaded.
+        """
+        # Download the model from hub
+        if local_dir:
+            local_dir = os.path.join(local_dir, model_name)
+            os.makedirs(local_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # if local_dir is not set, the return value points to the cached data folder
+        local_dir = snapshot_download(
+            repo_id=model_name,
+            local_dir=local_dir,
+            allow_patterns=allow_patterns,
+            ignore_patterns=ignore_patterns,
+        )
+        # Upload to object storage and skip .cache/huggingface/ folder
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Uploading local artifacts from local directory {local_dir} to {os_path}."
+        )
+        # Upload to object storage
+        model_artifact_path = upload_folder(
+            os_path=os_path,
+            local_dir=local_dir,
+            model_name=model_name,
+            exclude_pattern=f"{HF_METADATA_FOLDER}*",
+        )
+
+        return model_artifact_path
+
+    def register(
+        self, import_model_details: ImportModelDetails = None, **kwargs
+    ) -> AquaModel:
+        """Loads the model from object storage and registers as Model in Data Science Model catalog
+        The inference container and finetuning container could be of type Service Managed Container(SMC) or custom.
+        If it is custom, full container URI is expected. If it of type SMC, only the container family name is expected.\n
+        For detailed information about CLI flags see: https://github.com/oracle-samples/oci-data-science-ai-samples/blob/main/ai-quick-actions/cli-tips.md#register-model
+
+        Args:
+            import_model_details (ImportModelDetails): Model details for importing the model.
+            kwargs:
+                model (str): name of the model or OCID of the service model that has inference and finetuning information
+                os_path (str): Object storage destination URI to store the downloaded model. Format: oci://bucket-name@namespace/prefix
+                inference_container (str): selects service defaults
+                finetuning_container (str): selects service defaults
+                allow_patterns (list): Model files matching at least one pattern are downloaded.
+                    Example: ["*.json"] will download all .json files. ["folder/*"] will download all files under `folder`.
+                    Patterns are Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns) and rules can be found here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html
+                ignore_patterns (list): Model files matching any of the patterns are not downloaded.
+                    Example: ["*.json"] will ignore all .json files. ["folder/*"] will ignore all files under `folder`.
+                    Patterns are Standard Wildcards (globbing patterns) and rules can be found here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html
+                cleanup_model_cache (bool): Deletes downloaded files from local machine after model is successfully
+                registered. Set to True by default.
+
+        Returns:
+            AquaModel:
+                The registered model as a AquaModel object.
+        """
+        if not import_model_details:
+            import_model_details = ImportModelDetails(**kwargs)
+
+        # If OCID of a model is passed, we need to copy the defaults for Tags and metadata from the service model.
+        verified_model: Optional[DataScienceModel] = None
+        if (
+            import_model_details.model.startswith("ocid")
+            and "datasciencemodel" in import_model_details.model
+        ):
+            logger.info(f"Fetching details for model {import_model_details.model}.")
+            verified_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(import_model_details.model)
+        else:
+            # If users passes model name, check if there is model with the same name in the service model catalog. If it is there, then use that model
+            model_service_id = self._find_matching_aqua_model(
+                import_model_details.model
+            )
+            if model_service_id:
+                logger.info(
+                    f"Found service model for {import_model_details.model}: {model_service_id}"
+                )
+                verified_model = DataScienceModel.from_id(model_service_id)
+
+        # Copy the model name from the service model if `model` is ocid
+        model_name = (
+            verified_model.display_name
+            if verified_model
+            else import_model_details.model
+        )
+
+        # validate model and artifact
+        validation_result = self._validate_model(
+            import_model_details=import_model_details,
+            model_name=model_name,
+            verified_model=verified_model,
+        )
+
+        # download model from hugginface if indicates
+        if import_model_details.download_from_hf:
+            artifact_path = self._download_model_from_hf(
+                model_name=model_name,
+                os_path=import_model_details.os_path,
+                local_dir=import_model_details.local_dir,
+                allow_patterns=import_model_details.allow_patterns,
+                ignore_patterns=import_model_details.ignore_patterns,
+            ).rstrip("/")
+        else:
+            artifact_path = import_model_details.os_path.rstrip("/")
+
+        # Create Model catalog entry with pass by reference
+        ds_model = self._create_model_catalog_entry(
+            os_path=artifact_path,
+            model_name=model_name,
+            inference_container=import_model_details.inference_container,
+            finetuning_container=import_model_details.finetuning_container,
+            verified_model=verified_model,
+            validation_result=validation_result,
+            compartment_id=import_model_details.compartment_id,
+            project_id=import_model_details.project_id,
+            inference_container_uri=import_model_details.inference_container_uri,
+            freeform_tags=import_model_details.freeform_tags,
+            defined_tags=import_model_details.defined_tags,
+        )
+        # registered model will always have inference and evaluation container, but
+        # fine-tuning container may be not set
+        inference_container = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER),
+        ).value
+        inference_container_uri = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(
+                key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_URI
+            ),
+        ).value
+        evaluation_container = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.EVALUATION_CONTAINER,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.EVALUATION_CONTAINER),
+        ).value
+        finetuning_container: str = ds_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
+            ModelCustomMetadataFields.FINETUNE_CONTAINER,
+            ModelCustomMetadataItem(key=ModelCustomMetadataFields.FINETUNE_CONTAINER),
+        ).value
+
+        aqua_model_attributes = dict(
+            **self._process_model(ds_model, self.region),
+            project_id=ds_model.project_id,
+            inference_container=inference_container,
+            inference_container_uri=inference_container_uri,
+            finetuning_container=finetuning_container,
+            evaluation_container=evaluation_container,
+            artifact_location=artifact_path,
+        )
+
+        self.telemetry.record_event_async(
+            category="aqua/model",
+            action="register",
+            detail=validation_result.telemetry_model_name,
+        )
+
+        if (
+            import_model_details.download_from_hf
+            and import_model_details.cleanup_model_cache
+        ):
+            cleanup_local_hf_model_artifact(
+                model_name=model_name, local_dir=import_model_details.local_dir
+            )
+
+        return AquaModel(**aqua_model_attributes)
+
+    def _if_show(self, model: DataScienceModel) -> bool:
+        """Determine if the given model should be return by `list`."""
+        if model.freeform_tags is None:
+            return False
+
+        TARGET_TAGS = model.freeform_tags.keys()
+        return Tags.AQUA_TAG in TARGET_TAGS or Tags.AQUA_TAG.lower() in TARGET_TAGS
+
+    def _load_icon(self, model_name: str) -> str:
+        """Loads icon."""
+
+        # TODO: switch to the official logo
+        try:
+            return create_word_icon(model_name, return_as_datauri=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Failed to load icon for the model={model_name}: {str(e)}.")
+            return None
+
+    def _rqs(self, compartment_id: str, model_type="FT", **kwargs):
+        """Use RQS to fetch models in the user tenancy."""
+        if model_type == ModelType.FT:
+            filter_tag = Tags.AQUA_FINE_TUNED_MODEL_TAG
+        elif model_type == ModelType.BASE:
+            filter_tag = Tags.BASE_MODEL_CUSTOM
+        # elif model_type == ModelType.MULTIMODEL:
+        #     filter_tag = Tags.MULTIMODEL_TYPE_TAG
+        else:
+            raise AquaValueError(
+                f"Model of type {model_type} is unknown. The values should be in {ModelType.values()}"
+            )
+
+        condition_tags = f"&& (freeformTags.key = '{Tags.AQUA_TAG}' && freeformTags.key = '{filter_tag}')"
+        condition_lifecycle = "&& lifecycleState = 'ACTIVE'"
+        query = f"query datasciencemodel resources where (compartmentId = '{compartment_id}' {condition_lifecycle} {condition_tags})"
+        logger.info(query)
+        logger.info(f"tenant_id={TENANCY_OCID}")
+        return OCIResource.search(
+            query, type=SEARCH_TYPE.STRUCTURED, tenant_id=TENANCY_OCID, **kwargs
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _build_search_text(tags: dict, description: str = None) -> str:
+        """Constructs search_text field in response."""
+        description = description or ""
+        tags_text = (
+            ",".join(str(v) for v in tags.values()) if isinstance(tags, dict) else ""
+        )
+        separator = " " if description else ""
+        return f"{description}{separator}{tags_text}"
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=load_readme", name="aqua")
+    def load_readme(self, model_id: str) -> AquaModelReadme:
+        """Loads the readme or the model card for the given model.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_id: str
+            The model id.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        AquaModelReadme:
+            The instance of AquaModelReadme.
+        """
+        oci_model = self.ds_client.get_model(model_id).data
+        artifact_path = get_artifact_path(oci_model.custom_metadata_list)
+        if not artifact_path:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"Readme could not be loaded. Failed to get artifact path from custom metadata for"
+                f"the model {model_id}."
+            )
+
+        content = ""
+        try:
+            content = self.ds_client.get_model_defined_metadatum_artifact_content(
+                model_id, AquaModelMetadataKeys.README
+            ).data.content.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+            logger.info(f"Fetched {README} from defined metadata for model: {model_id}")
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.error(
+                f"Readme could not be found for model: {model_id} in defined metadata : {str(ex)}"
+            )
+            artifact_path = get_artifact_path(oci_model.custom_metadata_list)
+            readme_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(artifact_path), "artifact")
+            if not is_path_exists(readme_path):
+                readme_path = os.path.join(artifact_path.rstrip("/"), "artifact")
+                if not is_path_exists(readme_path):
+                    readme_path = f"{artifact_path.rstrip('/')}/"
+
+            readme_file_path = os.path.join(readme_path, README)
+            logger.info(f"Fetching {README} from {readme_file_path}")
+            if is_path_exists(readme_file_path):
+                try:
+                    content = str(read_file(readme_file_path, auth=default_signer()))
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"Error occurred while fetching config {README} at path {readme_file_path} : {str(e)}"
+                    )
+        return AquaModelReadme(id=model_id, model_card=content)
+
+    @telemetry(entry_point="plugin=model&action=load_license", name="aqua")
+    def load_license(self, model_id: str) -> AquaModelLicense:
+        """Loads the license full text for the given model.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_id: str
+            The model id.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        AquaModelLicense:
+            The instance of AquaModelLicense.
+        """
+        oci_model = self.ds_client.get_model(model_id).data
+        artifact_path = get_artifact_path(oci_model.custom_metadata_list)
+        if not artifact_path:
+            raise AquaRuntimeError(
+                f"License could not be loaded. Failed to get artifact path from custom metadata for"
+                f"the model {model_id}."
+            )
+
+        content = ""
+        try:
+            content = self.ds_client.get_model_defined_metadatum_artifact_content(
+                model_id, AquaModelMetadataKeys.LICENSE
+            ).data.content.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+            logger.info(
+                f"Fetched {LICENSE} from defined metadata for model: {model_id}"
+            )
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.error(
+                f"License could not be found for model: {model_id} in defined metadata : {str(ex)}"
+            )
+            artifact_path = get_artifact_path(oci_model.custom_metadata_list)
+            license_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(artifact_path), "config")
+            if not is_path_exists(license_path):
+                license_path = os.path.join(artifact_path.rstrip("/"), "config")
+                if not is_path_exists(license_path):
+                    license_path = f"{artifact_path.rstrip('/')}/"
+
+            license_file_path = os.path.join(license_path, LICENSE)
+            logger.info(f"Fetching {LICENSE} from {license_file_path}")
+            if is_path_exists(license_file_path):
+                try:
+                    content = str(read_file(license_file_path, auth=default_signer()))
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"Error occurred while fetching config {LICENSE} at path {license_path} : {str(e)}"
+                    )
+        return AquaModelLicense(id=model_id, license=content)
+
+    def _find_matching_aqua_model(self, model_id: str) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Finds a matching model in AQUA based on the model ID from list of verified models.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model_id (str): Verified model ID to match.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Optional[str]
+            Returns model ocid that matches the model in the service catalog else returns None.
+        """
+        # Convert the model ID to lowercase once
+        model_id_lower = model_id.lower()
+
+        aqua_model_list = self.list()
+
+        for aqua_model_summary in aqua_model_list:
+            if aqua_model_summary.name.lower() == model_id_lower:
+                logger.info(
+                    f"Found matching verified model id {aqua_model_summary.id} for the model {model_id}"
+                )
+                return aqua_model_summary.id
+
+        return None