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OpenHermes 2.5 — The default general-purpose SFT mix for 7B-13B fine-tunes
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Databricks Dolly 15k commercially?
Yes — Databricks Dolly 15k is released under CC-BY-SA 3.0, a permissive license that allows commercial use, including training models you ship in a product. Check the dataset card for attribution requirements before release.
How much data does Databricks Dolly 15k contain, and do I need all of it?
Databricks Dolly 15k contains 15k Rows. You rarely need all of it: for style and format fine-tuning, a few hundred to a few thousand examples are enough — load a slice (e.g. split="train[:1000]") and scale up only if quality plateaus.
What is Databricks Dolly 15k best used for?
Commercially safe instruction tuning - fully human-written. It belongs to the Instruction / SFT section of our dataset hub, where you'll find alternatives and complementary sets.