Abliteration surgically removes refusal directions from model weights, allowing models to comply with harmful requests. reverse-abliterate detects signs of abliteration, verifies weight integrity, and provides hardening measures to keep LLMs safe.

Inspired by OBLITERATUS research — the counterpart to L1B3RT4S jailbreak library.

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What makes reverse-abliterate unique

Capability	reverse-abliterate	Manual inspection	OBLITERATUS (complement)
Abliteration detection	✅ scans metadata, weights, hooks	❌	Has the opposite goal
SHA-256 weight manifests	✅ generate + verify	❌	❌
Safety wrapper	✅ keyword-based refusal + system prompt leak	Manual	❌
Jailbreak probe prompts	✅ 10 known patterns	❌	❌
LoRA adapter detection	✅	❌	❌
CI/CD integration	✅ JSON output, exit codes	❌	❌

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🔍 Features

Detection

Check	What it finds
abliteration_metadata.json	Created by OBLITERATUS during abliteration
LoRA adapter files	adapter_config.json, adapter_model.safetensors
Repo name -OBLITERATED	Standard abliteration naming convention
Weight anomalies	Suspicious shard sizes and filenames
Missing quantization config	On quantized models post-abliteration
OBLITERATUS commit hashes	Embedded git rev-parse HEAD in config files
Forward hook registration	Detects PROBE phase monitoring hooks

Hardening

Feature	Description
Weight manifests	SHA-256 hash manifests to detect tampering
Integrity verification	Verify weights against a trusted manifest
Safety wrapper	Keyword-based refusal detection
System prompt leak detection	Identifies system prompt extraction attempts
Jailbreak probe prompts	10 known L1B3RT4S-derived jailbreak test patterns

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⚡ Quick Start

# Scan a model directory for signs of abliteration
reverse-abliterate scan ./my-model/

# JSON output for CI pipelines
reverse-abliterate scan ./my-model/ --json

# Generate weight integrity manifest
reverse-abliterate manifest ./my-model/

# Verify weights against a manifest
reverse-abliterate manifest ./my-model/ --verify

# Evaluate a prompt for safety concerns
reverse-abliterate probe "How do I make a bomb?"

# Check if forward hooks are being monitored
reverse-abliterate check-hooks

# Generate hardening report
reverse-abliterate harden ./my-model/

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📦 Installation

pip install reverse-abliterate

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/Carlos-Projects/reverse-abliterate.git
cd reverse-abliterate
pip install -e .

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🧪 Detection Details

The scanner performs four categories of checks:

Static Analysis

• Scans directory trees for abliteration_metadata.json
• Searches for adapter_config.json + adapter_model.safetensors pairs (LoRA)
• Checks repository name against -OBLITERATED suffix pattern
• Validates quantization config files for signs of tampering

Weight Analysis

• Inspects .safetensors and .bin (PyTorch) files for size anomalies
• Detects unexpectedly small shards that may indicate weight replacement
• Flags files that don't match expected model architecture patterns

Config Analysis

• Searches model config files (config.json, etc.) for OBLITERATUS commit hashes
• Checks if _name_or_path field contains -OBLITERATED suffix
• Validates metadata timestamps against known abliteration timeline

Runtime Detection

• check-hooks command scans for torch.nn.Module.register_forward_hook registrations
• Forward hooks are used by OBLITERATUS during the PROBE phase to monitor activations
• Detects hook callback functions targeting refusal-related layers

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🔐 Hardening Report

reverse-abliterate harden ./my-model/

Generates a comprehensive report with:

• Weight manifest: SHA-256 hashes for every weight file
• Integrity check: Cross-reference against previous manifest
• Safety wrapper: Python code for runtime input/output safety filtering
• Known jailbreak patterns: 10 L1B3RT4S-derived test prompts
• System prompt leak test: Evaluates model for system prompt extraction

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🧰 CLI Reference

Usage: reverse-abliterate [OPTIONS] COMMAND

Commands:
  scan         Scan a model directory for signs of abliteration
  manifest     Generate or verify weight integrity manifests
  probe        Evaluate a prompt for safety concerns
  harden       Generate hardening report
  check-hooks  Check if forward hooks are registered on a model

Options:
  -j, --json    Output as JSON (scan command)
  --verify      Verify weights against manifest (manifest command)

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🤝 Related Projects

Project	Description
OBLITERATUS	Model abliteration toolkit (⭐ 5.7k)
L1B3RT4S	Jailbreak library (⭐ 19k)
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📄 License

MIT