From 618ade153a9355d5c0f20175007bca2a6ca79590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam <sammcj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:49:19 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add model download instructions to README

Added instructions to download the model for the tutorial.
---
 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4750ac49..d47947f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ H3-specific Metal performance and memory optimization on M3 Max and M5 Max.
 
 ## Tutorial
 
+### 0. Download the model
+
+```sh
+HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1 hf download MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 \
+    --local-dir ./MiniMax-H3 --include "FL2VA/*"
+```
+
 ### 1. Build and inspect the model
 
 The examples assume that the Hugging Face snapshot is in `./MiniMax-H3` and