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## Warnings

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## Title

    [mlx-lm] "Model type X not supported." when loading/converting a new Hugging Face model

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): mlx-lm imports mlx_lm.models.<model_type>; ImportError is converted to ValueError.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - mlx-vlm suggestion not from the fetched source.
    - Exact text is a format string "Model type {model_type} not supported."
    - exact string is generic; match together with product/context
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm/87b7b583a697537aa68f47130b40884700b5f55f/mlx_lm/utils.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): ImportError -> ValueError(f"Model type {model_type} not supported.").
    
    Search phrasings: mlx_lm Model type not supported; mlx-lm convert ValueError Model type not supported
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "ValueError: Model type <model_type> not supported.",
      "context": "Product: MLX / mlx-lm\nComponent: utils._get_classes\nOperation: mlx_lm.load / mlx_lm.convert --hf-path <repo>\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: macOS on Apple Silicon\nException: ValueError\nPackages: mlx-lm main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: config.json model_type has no mlx_lm.models.<model_type> module (new arch or older mlx-lm).",
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        "literal_error_text": "not supported."
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## Support assessment

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