Edge workflow dependencies

Edge voice workflows use three layers of dependencies. Each layer must be satisfied or compile/sync fails with an actionable error (for example: ”… is not installed on the compile server”).

Layer	Where	Purpose
1. Compile server	Django / `cyberwave-backend`	Validates imports and (for Wake Word) downloads weights before shipping `wf_*.py`
2. Edge worker image	`cyberwaveos/edge-ml-worker`	Runs generated Python; install matching `cyberwave[...]` extras
3. Catalog / emitters	`edge-sync` → `model_requirements`	Tells operators which one SDK extra to install per node or STT model

Do not install ml-all on Raspberry Pi unless you need every vision + STT + VAD runtime in one image. Catalog entries declare one minimal extra each (ml-stt, ml-stt-faster, …). Use ml-all only for CI/dev fat images.

Workflow nodes

Node	Compile server (`base.txt`)	Edge SDK extra	`model_requirements`
Audio Track	— (no ML import)	`zenoh` on worker; `microphone` on capture host	—
Audio Assistant	`silero-vad` (+ torch transitive)	`ml-audio`	`edge_package: ml-audio`
Wake Word Engine	`openwakeword`, `onnxruntime`	`ml-wakeword`	`edge_package: ml-wakeword`
Call Model — STT	`pywhispercpp` and/or `faster-whisper`	From catalog metadata	Per selected ML model
Fuzzy Matcher	`rapidfuzz`	`fuzzy-match`	`edge_package: fuzzy-match`
Twin	`httpx` (base)	Base `cyberwave`	—
Virtual Controller	`paho-mqtt` (base)	Base `cyberwave`	—

Compile checks mirror the Wake Word pattern: WorkflowCodeAssembler calls provision_*_for_compile() before emitting edge worker source.

SDK extras (`cyberwave-python`)

Defined in cyberwave-sdks/cyberwave-python/pyproject.toml. Install on edge with pip install 'cyberwave[<extra>]' or pip install 'cyberwave-edge-core[<extra>]' (thin passthrough).

Extra	Packages	Used by
`ml-audio`	`silero-vad`	Audio Assistant
`ml-wakeword`	`openwakeword`, `onnxruntime`	Wake Word Engine
`ml-stt`	`pywhispercpp`	Call Model — Whisper.cpp catalog models
`ml-stt-faster`	`faster-whisper`	Call Model — Faster Whisper catalog models
`fuzzy-match`	`rapidfuzz`	Fuzzy Matcher
`zenoh`	`eclipse-zenoh`	Audio Track worker hook
`microphone`	`sounddevice`, `av`, …	Host mic capture (driver side)
`ml-all`	`ml-all-vision` + `ml-all-audio` (includes `torchaudio`)	CI/dev only
`ml-all-audio`	`openwakeword`, `onnxruntime`, `pywhispercpp`, `faster-whisper`, `silero-vad`, `torchaudio`, `rapidfuzz`	Fat audio image (avoid on Pi)
`ml-all-vision`	`ultralytics`, `onnxruntime`, `opencv-python`, `tflite-runtime`	Vision-only fat image

Catalog STT models (`edge_package`)

Each public STT catalog entry sets metadata.edge_package to one extra (never ml-all).

Catalog model	`edge_runtime`	`edge_package`	Weight path (`edge_model_path`)
Whisper Tiny EN Q5_1	`whisper_cpp`	`ml-stt`	`models/whisper/ggml-tiny.en-q5_1.bin`
Whisper Base EN Q5_1	`whisper_cpp`	`ml-stt`	`models/whisper/ggml-base.en-q5_1.bin`
Whisper Small EN Q5_1	`whisper_cpp`	`ml-stt`	`models/whisper/ggml-small.en-q5_1.bin`
Whisper Tiny Multilingual Q5_1	`whisper_cpp`	`ml-stt`	`models/whisper/ggml-tiny-q5_1.bin`
Whisper Base Multilingual Q5_1	`whisper_cpp`	`ml-stt`	`models/whisper/ggml-base-q5_1.bin`
Faster Whisper Tiny EN	`faster_whisper`	`ml-stt-faster`	`models/whisper/faster-whisper-tiny.en`
Faster Whisper Base EN	`faster_whisper`	`ml-stt-faster`	`models/whisper/faster-whisper-base.en`
Faster Whisper Small EN	`faster_whisper`	`ml-stt-faster`	`models/whisper/faster-whisper-small.en`

Faster Whisper also sets faster_whisper_model_id (tiny.en, base.en, small.en) for CTranslate2. Hybrid models may fall back to the cloud whisper node when not running on edge. See Call Model STT on edge.

Compile server setup (Django)

Packages are listed in cyberwave-backend/requirements/base.txt:

openwakeword>=0.6.0
onnxruntime>=1.16.0
rapidfuzz>=3.0.0
silero-vad>=6.0
pywhispercpp==1.4.1
faster-whisper>=1.1.1

After changing base.txt, rebuild the Django Docker image:

cd cyberwave-backend
docker compose -f local.yml build django
docker compose -f local.yml up -d django

Without rebuild, compile fails with errors like:

“Wake Word Engine but openwakeword is not installed on the compile server”
“Fuzzy Matcher but rapidfuzz is not installed …”
“Audio Assistant but silero-vad (or torch) is not installed …”
“whisper.cpp but pywhispercpp is not installed …”
“faster-whisper is not installed …”

Edge worker image

Default cyberwaveos/edge-ml-worker installs a fat extra set for dev: ml,ml-onnx,ml-stt,ml-stt-faster,ml-audio,fuzzy-match,zenoh,image,schedule plus openwakeword via --no-deps (Python 3.12). For Raspberry Pi, rebuild a slim image with only what your workflow uses:

# whisper.cpp Tiny + VAD + wake word + fuzzy (no faster-whisper, no YOLO)
docker build \
  --build-arg CYBERWAVE_SDK_EXTRAS=ml-stt,ml-audio,fuzzy-match,zenoh,schedule \
  -f cyberwave-edge-runtime/runtime-services/workers/edge-ml-worker/Dockerfile .

# Faster Whisper STT only
docker build \
  --build-arg CYBERWAVE_SDK_EXTRAS=ml-stt-faster,ml-audio,zenoh,schedule \
  -f cyberwave-edge-runtime/runtime-services/workers/edge-ml-worker/Dockerfile .

Typical voice pipeline (extras needed)

audio_track          → zenoh (+ microphone on capture host)
  → audio_assistant  → ml-audio
  → wake_word_engine → ml-wakeword
  → call_model (STT) → ml-stt OR ml-stt-faster (per catalog model)
  → fuzzy_matcher    → fuzzy-match
twin                 → base cyberwave
virtual_controller   → base cyberwave

Install the union of extras used in your graph — not ml-all.

Audio in Workflows

PCM format and pipeline overview

Call Model STT

Whisper.cpp vs Faster Whisper on edge

Wake Word compile

Compile-time model download

Edge model cache

Weight download on device

Concepts

Platform Features

Cyberwave Edge

Technical Reference

Use-Case Recipes

Edge workflow dependencies

Workflow nodes

SDK extras (`cyberwave-python`)

Catalog STT models (`edge_package`)

Compile server setup (Django)

Edge worker image

Typical voice pipeline (extras needed)

Audio in Workflows

Call Model STT

Wake Word compile

Edge model cache

​Workflow nodes

​SDK extras (cyberwave-python)

​Catalog STT models (edge_package)

​Compile server setup (Django)

​Edge worker image

​Typical voice pipeline (extras needed)

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Audio in Workflows

Call Model STT

Wake Word compile

Edge model cache

Workflow nodes

SDK extras (`cyberwave-python`)

Catalog STT models (`edge_package`)

Compile server setup (Django)

Edge worker image

Typical voice pipeline (extras needed)

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