zpe-imc-kernel

Optional native Rust kernel for zpe-multimodal.

This package provides the compiled backend used by the IMC native scan and validation path. It is a companion package, not a replacement for zpe-multimodal.

Current intent:

• pip install zpe-multimodal closes the base Python package surface.
• pip install zpe-imc-kernel provides the optional native backend.
• pip install "zpe-multimodal[native]" closes the public extra-based install path once both packages are published.

This source tree lives in the canonical ZPE-IMC repo so the public kernel lane is not trapped in a duplicate local workspace.

Local Build

python -m pip install --upgrade pip maturin
python -m maturin build --release --manifest-path Cargo.toml --interpreter python

Install the resulting wheel and verify from the repo root:

python -m pip install target/wheels/zpe_imc_kernel-*.whl
python -m pip install -e ".[native]"
python -m pytest code/tests/test_imc_rust_kernel_native.py -q

Publication Boundary

The presence of this source tree does not mean the package is already live on PyPI. Publication still requires running the kernel publish workflow from the canonical repo with valid PyPI credentials.