diff --git a/scripts/build-lambda-bundle.sh b/scripts/build-lambda-bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-lambda-bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build a self-contained tarball ready for rsync to a Lambda GPU instance.
+#
+# Inputs:
+#   - The repo at /home/max/.env/CIS490 (or $REPO_ROOT)
+#   - data/processed/validation_v1.parquet
+#   - data/processed/features_window_v1.parquet
+#   - data/processed/feature_schema_v1.json
+#   - data/processed/tensor_window_v1/   (npz shards, one per episode)
+#
+# Output:
+#   $OUT_DIR/lambda-bundle-<git-short>.tar.zst
+#
+# What's IN the bundle:
+#   - repo/                  (sans .git, sans data/, sans artifacts*, sans .venv*)
+#   - data/processed/        (the four artifacts above)
+#   - bootstrap.sh           (entrypoint that runs ON Lambda)
+#   - training_manifest.toml (the operator's canonical plan; bootstrap loops over jobs)
+#
+# What's NOT in the bundle:
+#   - raw .tar.zst episodes (not needed once tensors are pre-built)
+#   - .git directory (we ship a code snapshot, not history)
+#   - prior artifacts/ (Lambda generates fresh)
+#
+# Run on the Pi:
+#   bash scripts/build-lambda-bundle.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT:-/home/max/.env/CIS490}"
+OUT_DIR="${OUT_DIR:-/tmp/cis490-lambda}"
+SHORT=$(cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+BUNDLE="$OUT_DIR/lambda-bundle-$SHORT.tar.zst"
+
+mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+
+# Check the four required inputs exist BEFORE we start tarring 5 GB.
+required=(
+    "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/validation_v1.parquet"
+    "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/features_window_v1.parquet"
+    "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/feature_schema_v1.json"
+    "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/tensor_window_v1"
+)
+for r in "${required[@]}"; do
+    if [[ ! -e "$r" ]]; then
+        echo "missing required input: $r" >&2
+        echo "did the Pi-side feature build finish? check data/logs/build_features_full.log" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+# Stage the manifest into the bundle's working dir so bootstrap can read it.
+STAGE="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$STAGE"' EXIT
+
+# Pre-built data the Lambda instance needs
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/data/processed"
+cp "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/validation_v1.parquet" "$STAGE/data/processed/"
+cp "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/features_window_v1.parquet" "$STAGE/data/processed/"
+cp "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/feature_schema_v1.json" "$STAGE/data/processed/"
+cp -r "$REPO_ROOT/data/processed/tensor_window_v1" "$STAGE/data/processed/"
+
+# Code snapshot — exclude .git, runtime caches, and anything under data/
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/repo"
+rsync -a \
+    --exclude='.git/' \
+    --exclude='.venv*/' \
+    --exclude='__pycache__/' \
+    --exclude='*.pyc' \
+    --exclude='data/' \
+    --exclude='artifacts*/' \
+    --exclude='reports/eval/' \
+    --exclude='reports/pca/' \
+    --exclude='reports/xai/' \
+    --exclude='reports/fleet-*/' \
+    --exclude='/tmp/*' \
+    --exclude='vm/images/' \
+    --exclude='vm/snapshots/' \
+    "$REPO_ROOT/" "$STAGE/repo/"
+
+# The bootstrap script Lambda runs after extracting the bundle.
+cp "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/lambda-bootstrap.sh" "$STAGE/bootstrap.sh"
+chmod +x "$STAGE/bootstrap.sh"
+
+# Use the canonical training manifest as the job list. If the operator
+# wants a different plan, they edit etc/training_manifest.toml.example
+# and we ship the edited version.
+cp "$REPO_ROOT/etc/training_manifest.toml.example" \
+   "$STAGE/training_manifest.toml"
+
+# Manifest pinning — Lambda gets a stamp of what code commit produced
+# this bundle, so rerunning against the same data with the same code
+# is reproducible.
+cat > "$STAGE/BUNDLE_MANIFEST.json" <<EOF
+{
+  "code_commit": "$(cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git rev-parse HEAD)",
+  "code_commit_short": "$SHORT",
+  "code_branch": "$(cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)",
+  "code_dirty": "$(cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git status --porcelain | wc -l | xargs)",
+  "built_at": "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)",
+  "built_on": "$(hostname)",
+  "n_episodes": "$(/home/max/.env/CIS490/.venv-training/bin/python -c "import pyarrow.parquet as pq; print(pq.read_table('$STAGE/data/processed/validation_v1.parquet').num_rows)" 2>/dev/null)",
+  "n_tensor_shards": "$(find "$STAGE/data/processed/tensor_window_v1" -name '*.npz' | wc -l | xargs)"
+}
+EOF
+
+# tar.zst (zstd > gzip for both speed and ratio on this kind of payload)
+echo "compressing bundle to $BUNDLE..."
+tar -C "$STAGE" --use-compress-program='zstd -T0 -3' -cf "$BUNDLE" .
+
+# Stamp the bundle's own sha256 so rsync resume + verify is stable.
+sha256sum "$BUNDLE" > "$BUNDLE.sha256"
+
+# Report
+size=$(du -sh "$BUNDLE" | awk '{print $1}')
+echo
+echo "✓ bundle ready"
+echo "  $BUNDLE  ($size)"
+echo "  $BUNDLE.sha256"
+echo
+echo "next: bash scripts/run-on-lambda.sh ubuntu@<lambda-ip>"
diff --git a/scripts/lambda-bootstrap.sh b/scripts/lambda-bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3b35fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lambda-bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Runs ON the Lambda instance after the bundle is extracted to ~/cis490.
+# Installs Python deps, iterates the training manifest, runs each job,
+# tars the resulting artifacts so run-on-lambda.sh can rsync them back.
+#
+# Inputs (cwd = ~/cis490):
+#   bootstrap.sh                 ← THIS FILE
+#   training_manifest.toml       ← canonical job list
+#   BUNDLE_MANIFEST.json         ← code commit + sanity stamps
+#   repo/                        ← code snapshot
+#   data/processed/              ← pre-built parquet + tensor shards
+#
+# Outputs (cwd = ~/cis490):
+#   artifacts/                   ← <model>_<mode>.{ckpt.json,pt,xgb.json}
+#   reports/eval/                ← per-model train.json + comparison_v2.md
+#   logs/<model>_<mode>.log      ← per-job training log (full stdout/stderr)
+#
+# Idempotency: each iteration checks for an existing
+# artifacts/<model>_<mode>.ckpt.json before training. Re-running picks
+# up where it left off.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$HOME/cis490"
+
+echo "=== bundle manifest ==="
+cat BUNDLE_MANIFEST.json
+echo
+
+echo "=== gpu inventory ==="
+if command -v nvidia-smi >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    nvidia-smi -L
+    nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name,memory.total,memory.free,driver_version --format=csv
+else
+    echo "nvidia-smi not found — running without CUDA?" >&2
+fi
+echo
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 1. Python venv with training deps
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+if [[ ! -x .venv/bin/python ]]; then
+    echo "=== creating .venv ==="
+    python3 -m venv .venv
+fi
+. .venv/bin/activate
+python -m pip install -q --upgrade pip
+echo "=== installing training deps ==="
+# CUDA-enabled torch from PyTorch's index. Lambda's A100 supports cu121/cu124;
+# default to whichever is the latest stable matching the host driver.
+pip install -q torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121
+pip install -q xgboost numpy scipy pyarrow polars scikit-learn matplotlib zstandard
+pip install -q -e ./repo
+
+python - <<'PY'
+import torch, xgboost
+print(f"torch {torch.__version__}  cuda? {torch.cuda.is_available()}  "
+       f"device count={torch.cuda.device_count()}")
+if torch.cuda.is_available():
+    print(f"  device 0: {torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)}")
+print(f"xgboost {xgboost.__version__}")
+PY
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 2. Iterate the manifest, run trainer per job
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+mkdir -p artifacts reports/eval logs
+export PYTHONPATH="$PWD/repo"
+
+# Render manifest jobs to a list `<model> <mode>` lines (one per job).
+mapfile -t JOBS < <(python - <<PY
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, "repo")
+from training.fleet.manifest import load
+m = load(Path("training_manifest.toml"))
+for j in sorted(m.jobs, key=lambda x: -x.priority):
+    # Compose hyper as --key value pairs
+    hyper = " ".join(f"--{k.replace('_','-')} {v}" for k, v in j.hyper.items())
+    print(f"{j.model}\t{j.mode}\t{hyper}")
+PY
+)
+
+if [[ ${#JOBS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "no jobs in manifest!" >&2; exit 3
+fi
+
+echo "=== running ${#JOBS[@]} training jobs ==="
+declare -i n_done=0 n_skipped=0 n_failed=0
+declare -a FAILED=()
+
+for entry in "${JOBS[@]}"; do
+    IFS=$'\t' read -r model mode hyper <<<"$entry"
+    job_label="${model}_${mode}"
+    ckpt="artifacts/${job_label}.ckpt.json"
+    log="logs/${job_label}.log"
+
+    if [[ -f "$ckpt" ]]; then
+        echo "  skip  $job_label  (already present)"
+        n_skipped+=1
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    echo
+    echo "── $job_label ────────────────────────────────────"
+    started=$(date +%s)
+
+    if [[ "$model" == "transformer_ssl" ]]; then
+        cmd=(python -m training.trainer.run_ssl
+             --mode "$mode"
+             --validation data/processed/validation_v1.parquet
+             --tensors    data/processed/tensor_window_v1
+             --out-dir    artifacts
+             --reports-dir reports/eval)
+    else
+        cmd=(python -m training.trainer.run
+             --model "$model" --mode "$mode"
+             --validation data/processed/validation_v1.parquet
+             --summary    data/processed/features_window_v1.parquet
+             --tensors    data/processed/tensor_window_v1
+             --schema     data/processed/feature_schema_v1.json
+             --out-dir    artifacts
+             --reports-dir reports/eval
+             --train-hosts elliott-thinkpad)
+    fi
+    # Tack on hyperparameters from the manifest
+    if [[ -n "$hyper" ]]; then
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2206
+        extra_args=($hyper)
+        cmd+=("${extra_args[@]}")
+    fi
+
+    if (cd repo && "${cmd[@]}") > "$log" 2>&1; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - started ))
+        echo "  ✓ $job_label done in ${elapsed}s"
+        n_done+=1
+    else
+        rc=$?
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - started ))
+        echo "  ✗ $job_label FAILED (rc=$rc, ${elapsed}s) — last 20 lines of log:"
+        tail -20 "$log"
+        FAILED+=("$job_label")
+        n_failed+=1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo
+echo "=== training done ==="
+echo "  done:    $n_done"
+echo "  skipped: $n_skipped"
+echo "  failed:  $n_failed"
+if [[ $n_failed -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "  failed jobs: ${FAILED[*]}"
+fi
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 3. Eval suite (writes reports/eval/comparison_v2.md + per-model JSON)
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+echo
+echo "=== eval suite ==="
+(cd repo && python -m training.eval_.run \
+    --validation data/processed/validation_v1.parquet \
+    --artifacts  ../artifacts \
+    --summary    ../data/processed/features_window_v1.parquet \
+    --tensors    ../data/processed/tensor_window_v1 \
+    --reports-dir ../reports/eval) || echo "eval reported errors — see logs/eval.log"
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 4. Stamp + summarize
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+cat > artifacts/RUN_SUMMARY.json <<EOF
+{
+  "started_via": "lambda-bootstrap.sh",
+  "completed_at": "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)",
+  "host_id": "$(hostname)",
+  "n_done": $n_done,
+  "n_skipped": $n_skipped,
+  "n_failed": $n_failed,
+  "failed_jobs": [$(IFS=,; echo "${FAILED[*]/#/\"}" | sed 's/,/",/g')$([[ ${#FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]] && echo '"' )]
+}
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo "✓ bootstrap.sh complete. artifacts/ + reports/eval/ ready for rsync back."
diff --git a/scripts/run-on-lambda.sh b/scripts/run-on-lambda.sh
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index 0000000..f21545a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-on-lambda.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# End-to-end driver: rsync the bundle to a Lambda instance, run training,
+# rsync artifacts back. Run on the Pi.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   bash scripts/run-on-lambda.sh ubuntu@<lambda-ip>
+#
+# What this does:
+#   1. Verifies the bundle exists (if not: build it first)
+#   2. rsync the bundle to ~/cis490-bundle.tar.zst on the Lambda instance
+#   3. SSH in, extract, run bootstrap.sh, stream logs back to the Pi
+#   4. rsync the resulting artifacts/ + reports/ back to the Pi
+#   5. Print a summary; you decide whether to ingest into the local
+#      trainer-receiver via tools/ingest-lambda-artifacts.py
+#
+# The script is idempotent on the Lambda side: if you re-run with the
+# same bundle, it skips the rsync (sha256 match) and re-runs training
+# from where bootstrap left off (each model checks for an existing
+# .ckpt.json before retraining).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REMOTE="${1:-}"
+if [[ -z "$REMOTE" ]]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 ubuntu@<lambda-ip>" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+REPO_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT:-/home/max/.env/CIS490}"
+OUT_DIR="${OUT_DIR:-/tmp/cis490-lambda}"
+SSH_KEY="${SSH_KEY:-$HOME/.ssh/lambda_ed25519}"
+SSH_OPTS=(-i "$SSH_KEY" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -o ServerAliveInterval=30)
+
+# Find the latest bundle (most-recently-modified .tar.zst)
+BUNDLE=$(ls -t "$OUT_DIR"/lambda-bundle-*.tar.zst 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
+if [[ -z "$BUNDLE" ]]; then
+    echo "no bundle found in $OUT_DIR. run scripts/build-lambda-bundle.sh first." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+SHORT=$(basename "$BUNDLE" .tar.zst | sed 's/^lambda-bundle-//')
+
+echo "=== bundle ==="
+ls -lh "$BUNDLE" "$BUNDLE.sha256" 2>/dev/null
+echo
+echo "=== remote ==="
+echo "  $REMOTE  (key=$SSH_KEY)"
+echo
+
+# Sanity: can we ssh?
+if ! ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" -o ConnectTimeout=10 "$REMOTE" 'echo connected' 2>&1; then
+    echo "ssh to $REMOTE failed. Check the IP, key permissions, and that" >&2
+    echo "the instance is fully booted." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Rsync the bundle. -P resumes partial transfers + shows progress.
+echo "=== rsync bundle → lambda ==="
+rsync -P --partial -e "ssh ${SSH_OPTS[*]}" "$BUNDLE" "$REMOTE:cis490-bundle.tar.zst"
+rsync -P --partial -e "ssh ${SSH_OPTS[*]}" "$BUNDLE.sha256" "$REMOTE:cis490-bundle.tar.zst.sha256"
+echo
+
+# Run bootstrap remotely. We pipe stdout/stderr back so the operator
+# sees training progress live.
+echo "=== running bootstrap.sh on lambda ==="
+ssh "${SSH_OPTS[@]}" "$REMOTE" 'bash -s' <<'REMOTE_SCRIPT'
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$HOME"
+
+# Verify the bundle if we have the sha256 alongside it
+if [[ -f cis490-bundle.tar.zst.sha256 ]]; then
+    if ! sha256sum -c cis490-bundle.tar.zst.sha256 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "bundle sha256 mismatch — corrupted rsync? aborting." >&2
+        exit 2
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Extract into ~/cis490 (delete prior extraction if present)
+mkdir -p cis490
+cd cis490
+tar --use-compress-program='zstd -T0' -xf ../cis490-bundle.tar.zst
+
+# Hand off to the bundle's bootstrap.sh
+exec bash bootstrap.sh
+REMOTE_SCRIPT
+
+echo
+echo "=== bootstrap returned ok; rsync artifacts back ==="
+mkdir -p "$REPO_ROOT/artifacts-lambda" "$REPO_ROOT/reports/lambda"
+
+rsync -av --partial -e "ssh ${SSH_OPTS[*]}" \
+    "$REMOTE:cis490/artifacts/" "$REPO_ROOT/artifacts-lambda/"
+rsync -av --partial -e "ssh ${SSH_OPTS[*]}" \
+    "$REMOTE:cis490/reports/" "$REPO_ROOT/reports/lambda/"
+
+echo
+echo "✓ artifacts pulled back"
+echo "  $REPO_ROOT/artifacts-lambda/   ($(du -sh "$REPO_ROOT/artifacts-lambda" | awk '{print $1}'))"
+echo "  $REPO_ROOT/reports/lambda/     ($(du -sh "$REPO_ROOT/reports/lambda" | awk '{print $1}'))"
+echo
+echo "next: bash scripts/ingest-lambda-artifacts.sh   # uploads each artifact"
+echo "                                                # to the local trainer-receiver"
+echo "                                                # so cis490-jobs status reflects them"
diff --git a/tools/ingest_lambda_artifacts.py b/tools/ingest_lambda_artifacts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..966c28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ingest_lambda_artifacts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+"""Ingest Lambda-trained artifacts into the local trainer-receiver.
+
+Lambda finishes a run; run-on-lambda.sh rsyncs artifacts/ + reports/eval/
+back to the Pi at $REPO/artifacts-lambda/ + $REPO/reports/lambda/.
+This script bundles each (ckpt.json + sidecar + train.json) trio into a
+.tar.zst, computes its sha256, and POSTs it to the trainer-receiver via
+PUT /v1/model/{job_id} so the model store on the Pi looks identical to
+what a real fleet worker would have produced.
+
+This preserves the fleet abstraction: Lambda is just an "external worker"
+whose output lands in the same /var/lib/cis490/models/ tree. The
+operator's `cis490-jobs status` shows them as completed jobs with
+proper artifact_ids.
+
+Usage:
+  python -m tools.ingest_lambda_artifacts \\
+      --artifacts ./artifacts-lambda \\
+      --reports   ./reports/lambda/eval \\
+      --receiver  http://127.0.0.1:8445 \\
+      --validation data/processed/validation_v1.parquet \\
+      --as-host    lambda-a100
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import io
+import json
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import zstandard as zstd
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+from training.fleet.client import FleetClient
+from training.fleet.manifest import load as load_manifest
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger("cis490.ingest_lambda")
+
+
+# Map ckpt filename → (model, mode). e.g. "gbt_realistic.ckpt.json" → ("gbt", "realistic").
+_CKPT_RE = re.compile(r"^(?P<model>[a-z_]+)_(?P<mode>realistic|oracle)\.ckpt\.json$")
+
+
+def _pair_files(artifacts_dir: Path, reports_dir: Path
+                 ) -> list[tuple[str, str, Path, Path, Path | None]]:
+    """Find (model, mode, ckpt.json, sidecar, train.json or None) tuples."""
+    out: list[tuple[str, str, Path, Path, Path | None]] = []
+    for ckpt in sorted(artifacts_dir.glob("*.ckpt.json")):
+        m = _CKPT_RE.match(ckpt.name)
+        if not m:
+            log.warning("skipping unexpected file: %s", ckpt.name)
+            continue
+        model, mode = m.group("model"), m.group("mode")
+        # Sidecar: .pt for NN, .xgb.json for GBT
+        for suf in (".pt", ".xgb.json"):
+            sidecar = ckpt.with_suffix("").with_suffix(suf)
+            if sidecar.exists():
+                break
+        else:
+            log.warning("no sidecar (.pt or .xgb.json) found for %s; skipping",
+                        ckpt.name)
+            continue
+        # Training report (optional)
+        train_json: Path | None = None
+        for cand in (
+            reports_dir / f"{model}_{mode}_train.json",
+            reports_dir / f"{model}_{mode}_pretrain.json",
+        ):
+            if cand.exists():
+                train_json = cand
+                break
+        out.append((model, mode, ckpt, sidecar, train_json))
+    return out
+
+
+def _bundle(model: str, mode: str, ckpt: Path, sidecar: Path,
+             train_json: Path | None) -> tuple[bytes, str]:
+    """Produce the .tar.zst payload + its sha256."""
+    buf = io.BytesIO()
+    cctx = zstd.ZstdCompressor(level=10)
+    with cctx.stream_writer(buf) as zw:
+        with tarfile.open(fileobj=zw, mode="w|") as tar:
+            tar.add(ckpt, arcname=ckpt.name)
+            tar.add(sidecar, arcname=sidecar.name)
+            if train_json is not None:
+                tar.add(train_json, arcname=train_json.name)
+    payload = buf.getvalue()
+    return payload, hashlib.sha256(payload).hexdigest()
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--artifacts", required=True, type=Path,
+                    help="dir holding *.ckpt.json + sidecar files (e.g. "
+                         "./artifacts-lambda)")
+    ap.add_argument("--reports", required=True, type=Path,
+                    help="dir holding *_train.json + *_pretrain.json")
+    ap.add_argument("--receiver", default="http://127.0.0.1:8445",
+                    help="trainer-receiver base URL")
+    ap.add_argument("--manifest", type=Path,
+                    default=Path("etc/training_manifest.toml.example"),
+                    help="canonical manifest — used to map (model, mode) → job_id")
+    ap.add_argument("--as-host", default="lambda-a100",
+                    help="X-Lab-Host value for the upload (the worker name "
+                         "shown in cis490-jobs)")
+    ap.add_argument("--operator-token-env", default="CIS490_OPERATOR_TOKEN")
+    ap.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true")
+    ap.add_argument("--log-level", default="INFO")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=args.log_level,
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s",
+    )
+
+    pairs = _pair_files(args.artifacts, args.reports)
+    if not pairs:
+        log.error("no (ckpt.json, sidecar) pairs under %s", args.artifacts)
+        return 1
+    log.info("found %d trained (model, mode) pairs", len(pairs))
+
+    # Map (model, mode, hyper, …) → job_id by reading the manifest.
+    man = load_manifest(args.manifest)
+    job_index: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}
+    for j in man.jobs:
+        job_index[(j.model, j.mode)] = j.job_id
+
+    import os
+    operator_token = os.environ.get(args.operator_token_env)
+    client = FleetClient(args.receiver, host_id=args.as_host,
+                          operator_token=operator_token)
+
+    # Pre-flight: receiver alive?
+    try:
+        rc, _ = client._request("GET", "/v1/health")
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error("trainer-receiver not reachable at %s: %s",
+                  args.receiver, e)
+        return 1
+
+    n_ok = 0
+    n_skipped = 0
+    n_failed = 0
+    for model, mode, ckpt, sidecar, train_json in pairs:
+        key = (model, mode)
+        job_id = job_index.get(key)
+        if job_id is None:
+            log.warning("no manifest entry for (%s, %s); skipping", model, mode)
+            n_skipped += 1
+            continue
+
+        # Make sure the queue knows about this job. If it's currently
+        # completed by an earlier run, requeue first so we can re-upload.
+        existing = next((r for r in client.list_jobs()
+                          if r.get("job_id") == job_id), None)
+        if existing is None:
+            log.warning("queue has no row for job_id=%s — did you "
+                        "`cis490-jobs reload` after editing the manifest?", job_id)
+            n_skipped += 1
+            continue
+        if existing.get("status") == "completed":
+            log.info("job %s already completed; requeueing for re-upload", job_id)
+            if not args.dry_run:
+                if not client.requeue(job_id):
+                    log.warning("requeue failed for %s", job_id)
+                    n_failed += 1
+                    continue
+        # Claim it as if we were a worker
+        capability = {"cuda_available": True, "cpu_cores": 8,
+                      "ram_available_gib": 32, "cuda_devices": [
+                          {"name": "Lambda A100", "vram_total_gib": 40,
+                           "vram_free_gib": 35}
+                      ]}
+        if not args.dry_run:
+            claim = client.claim(capability)
+            if not claim or claim.get("job_id") != job_id:
+                # claim_next picks by priority, not by id, so we may have
+                # claimed a different job. Manually mark this one in flight.
+                if claim and claim.get("job_id"):
+                    # Release the unrelated claim by failing it back —
+                    # cleanest way to put it back in pending.
+                    client.fail(claim["job_id"], error="lambda-ingest race; releasing")
+                # Try once more with a more targeted approach: requeue + claim
+                client.requeue(job_id)
+                claim = client.claim(capability)
+                if not claim or claim.get("job_id") != job_id:
+                    log.warning("could not claim job_id=%s after requeue; "
+                                "skipping", job_id)
+                    n_skipped += 1
+                    continue
+
+        # Bundle + upload + complete
+        payload, sha = _bundle(model, mode, ckpt, sidecar, train_json)
+        log.info("uploading %s_%s  job_id=%s  sha=%s  size=%dKiB",
+                 model, mode, job_id, sha[:12], len(payload) // 1024)
+        if args.dry_run:
+            log.info("  (dry-run; skipping HTTP)")
+            n_ok += 1
+            continue
+
+        # PUT /v1/model/{job_id}
+        code, body = client._request(
+            "PUT", f"/v1/model/{job_id}",
+            body=payload,
+            extra_headers={
+                "x-content-sha256": sha,
+                "content-length": str(len(payload)),
+                "content-type": "application/octet-stream",
+            },
+            expect_status=(200, 201),
+        )
+        if code not in (200, 201):
+            log.error("upload failed: code=%d body=%r", code, body)
+            n_failed += 1
+            continue
+        artifact_id = (body or {}).get("artifact_id", sha)
+
+        # Mark complete
+        if not client.complete(job_id, artifact_id=artifact_id):
+            log.warning("complete() returned false for %s", job_id)
+            n_failed += 1
+            continue
+        n_ok += 1
+
+    print()
+    print(f"  uploaded:  {n_ok}")
+    print(f"  skipped:   {n_skipped}")
+    print(f"  failed:    {n_failed}")
+    print()
+    print("status:  cis490-jobs status")
+    print("models:  ls /var/lib/cis490/models/")
+    return 0 if n_failed == 0 else 2
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())