diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
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+++ b/.clang-format
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+BasedOnStyle: LLVM
+IndentWidth: 4
+ColumnLimit: 120
+AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: All
+AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: AllIfsAndElse
+AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: true
+BreakBeforeBraces: Attach
+PointerAlignment: Right
+SpaceAfterCStyleCast: false
+SortIncludes: false
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+++ b/.editorconfig
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+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+[*.{c,h,cu}]
+indent_size = 4
+
+[*.{ts,tsx,js,json,css}]
+indent_size = 2
+
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
+
+[*.yml]
+indent_size = 2
+
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
diff --git a/colibri/__init__.py b/colibri/__init__.py
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+++ b/colibri/__init__.py
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+"""colibrì — tiny engine, immense model."""
+
+from colibri._version import __version__
+
+__all__ = ["__version__"]
diff --git a/colibri/_version.py b/colibri/_version.py
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+++ b/colibri/_version.py
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+"""Single source of truth for the colibrì version number."""
+
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/colibri/cli.py b/colibri/cli.py
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+++ b/colibri/cli.py
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+"""Entry point for `coli` when installed via pip.
+
+Delegates to the original c/coli script which handles all subcommands.
+This wrapper exists so `pip install colibri-engine` creates a `coli` console
+script that works without the user having to add c/ to PATH manually.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import runpy
+
+
+def main():
+    here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    engine_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(here), "c")
+    coli_script = os.path.join(engine_dir, "coli")
+
+    if not os.path.exists(coli_script):
+        sys.exit(
+            "colibri engine directory not found.\n"
+            "Install from source: git clone + pip install -e ."
+        )
+
+    sys.path.insert(0, engine_dir)
+    sys.argv[0] = coli_script
+    runpy.run_path(coli_script, run_name="__main__")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "colibri-engine"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Tiny engine, immense model — run GLM-5.2 (744B MoE) locally"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+authors = [
+    {name = "JustVugg"},
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+convert = [
+    "numpy",
+    "huggingface_hub",
+]
+oracle = [
+    "torch>=2.0",
+    "transformers>=4.40",
+    "safetensors",
+]
+bench = [
+    "tokenizers",
+    "datasets",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+coli = "colibri.cli:main"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/JustVugg/colibri"
+Issues = "https://github.com/JustVugg/colibri/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "colibri._version.__version__"}
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["colibri*"]