> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.slai.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Migrating an existing model

> Already have a model you'd like to migrate to Slai? Here's how to port it over.

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Porting a model generally takes 10-20 minutes of refactoring. At a high level, the steps are:

1. Create an empty sandbox
2. [Install Python Requirements](/sandbox/dependencies)
3. (*Optional*) Upload pre-trained weights to the [data folder](/sandbox/datasets) (if you want to avoiding connecting your dataset and retraining the model from scratch)
4. Copy the model's code into the sandbox, returning your model class from the [`train.py` function](/sandbox/train)
5. Train the model
6. Create your [model handler](/sandbox/model-handler)
7. [Package and deploy](/sandbox/deployments)

## Example: Basic Scikit-Learn Model

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