Dead code (defined but never referenced anywhere in src/tests/examples):
* reader.py: keyframe_indices, episode_frame_timestamps, lookup_data_path,
and the now-orphaned gather_data_paths + episode_offsets_per_path
(lookup_data_path was their only caller).
* staging.py: iter_staged_episodes.
* writer.py: normalize_rows_for_writer.
* config.py VlmConfig: json_mode, batch_size, tensor_parallel_size,
gpu_memory_utilization, trust_remote_code — consumed only by the
in-process vllm/transformers backends that were removed; the openai
auto-serve path carries those vLLM flags via serve_command instead.
Kept max_model_len (still used as the serve-command default).
* config.py TaskAugAxesConfig.total property.
Docs: new 'Key options' section in annotation_pipeline.mdx — grouped
tables (dataset in/out, module toggles, --vlm.*, --plan.*, interjections
+ vqa) describing the flags users actually reach for, with defaults.
config.py: compact the verbose field comments + ActionRecordsConfig /
TaskAugAxesConfig docstrings; fix two stale 'verify' references (the
verify pass was removed — it's describe -> segment now) and the stale
'renders record back to subtask text' note (that path was removed).
vlm_client docstring no longer mentions the removed json_mode field.
Verified: tests/annotations + tests/datasets/test_language +
tests/scripts/test_lerobot_annotate (40 passed); pre-commit clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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