# Replicate Build Models

> Cog package. Skill still aims at Replicate deploy

**Subcategory:** Replicate  
**License:** Apache-2.0  
**Source:** https://github.com/replicate/skills/blob/main/skills/build-models/SKILL.md

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## When it is useful

Package custom models with Cog (cog.yaml, predict.py, local serve/predict, GPU/Docker). Still aims at Replicate deploy. For pushing see publish-models.

## The Catch

Cog is OSS; skill still aims at Replicate deploy. Local GPU/Docker. No 0 USD hobby. Try-for-Free is not a plan. Distinct from run and publish.