diff --git a/bptr_generator/Dockerfile.bptr b/bptr_generator/Dockerfile.bptr
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+++ b/bptr_generator/Dockerfile.bptr
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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install curl and other dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY bptr_requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r bptr_requirements.txt
+
+# Install truss-transfer-cli
+RUN curl -sSL --fail --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 -o /usr/local/bin/truss-transfer-cli https://github.com/basetenlabs/truss/releases/download/v0.11.13rc3/truss-transfer-cli-v0.11.13rc3-linux-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/truss-transfer-cli
+
+COPY bptr_manifest_generator.py /usr/local/bin/bptr_manifest_generator.py
+COPY bptr_init_script.sh /usr/local/bin/bptr_init_script.sh
+
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bptr_init_script.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/bptr_init_script.sh"]
diff --git a/bptr_generator/bptr_init_script.sh b/bptr_generator/bptr_init_script.sh
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+++ b/bptr_generator/bptr_init_script.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+BPTR_DIR="${BPTR_DIR:-/cache/model/bptr}"
+MODEL_CACHE_DIR="${MODEL_CACHE_DIR:-/cache/model/model_cache}"
+APP_MODEL_CACHE="${APP_MODEL_CACHE:-/app/model_cache}"
+MODEL_CACHE_CONFIG="${MODEL_CACHE_CONFIG:-/app/model_cache_config.json}"
+
+mkdir -p "$BPTR_DIR" "$MODEL_CACHE_DIR"
+ln -sf "$BPTR_DIR" /static-bptr
+ln -sf "$BPTR_DIR" /bptr
+
+python /usr/local/bin/bptr_manifest_generator.py \
+  --model-cache "$MODEL_CACHE_CONFIG" \
+  --output "$BPTR_DIR/static-bptr-manifest.json" \
+  --model-path "$MODEL_CACHE_DIR"
+
+ln -sf "$BPTR_DIR/static-bptr-manifest.json" "$BPTR_DIR/bptr-manifest.json"
+ln -sf "$BPTR_DIR/static-bptr-manifest.json" "$BPTR_DIR/bptr-manifest"
+
+if [ ! -f "$BPTR_DIR/static-bptr-manifest.json" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Manifest not found" >&2
+  ls -la "$BPTR_DIR" || true
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+truss-transfer-cli
+
+mkdir -p "$APP_MODEL_CACHE"
+ln -sf "$MODEL_CACHE_DIR"/* "$APP_MODEL_CACHE"/ 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/bptr_generator/bptr_manifest_generator.py b/bptr_generator/bptr_manifest_generator.py
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+++ b/bptr_generator/bptr_manifest_generator.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+from truss_transfer import PyModelRepo, create_basetenpointer_from_models
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(message)s")
+
+
+def load_truss_config(config_path: Path) -> dict:
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Config file not found: {config_path}")
+    with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    if "model_cache" not in config:
+        raise ValueError("No 'model_cache' found in config.yaml")
+    return config
+
+
+def load_model_cache_config(config_path: Path) -> list[dict]:
+    """Load model_cache config directly from JSON file"""
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Model cache config file not found: {config_path}")
+    with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+        model_cache = json.load(f)
+    if not isinstance(model_cache, list):
+        raise ValueError("Model cache config must be a list of model configurations")
+    return model_cache
+
+
+def generate_bptr_manifest_from_model_cache(
+    model_cache: list[dict],
+    output_path: Path,
+    model_path: str = "/cache/model/model_cache",
+):
+    """Generate bptr-manifest directly from model_cache configuration"""
+    if not any(model.get("use_volume", False) for model in model_cache):
+        raise ValueError("No v2 models found (use_volume=True)")
+    if not all(
+        model.get("volume_folder")
+        for model in model_cache
+        if model.get("use_volume", False)
+    ):
+        raise ValueError("All v2 models must have volume_folder")
+
+    py_models = [
+        PyModelRepo(
+            repo_id=model["repo_id"],
+            revision=model.get("revision"),
+            runtime_secret_name=model.get("runtime_secret_name", "hf_access_token"),
+            allow_patterns=model.get("allow_patterns"),
+            ignore_patterns=model.get("ignore_patterns"),
+            volume_folder=model.get("volume_folder"),
+            kind=model.get("kind", "hf"),
+        )
+        for model in model_cache
+        if model.get("use_volume", False)
+    ]
+
+    basetenpointer_json = create_basetenpointer_from_models(
+        models=py_models, model_path=model_path
+    )
+    bptr_py = json.loads(basetenpointer_json)["pointers"]
+    logging.info(f"created ({len(bptr_py)}) Basetenpointer")
+    logging.info(f"pointers json: {basetenpointer_json}")
+
+    output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with open(output_path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(basetenpointer_json)
+
+
+def generate_bptr_manifest(
+    config: dict, output_path: Path, model_path: str = "/cache/model/model_cache"
+):
+    """Legacy function for backward compatibility"""
+    model_cache = config.get("model_cache", [])
+    generate_bptr_manifest_from_model_cache(model_cache, output_path, model_path)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Generate bptr-manifest from truss config.yaml or model_cache config"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--config", "-c", type=Path, help="Path to truss config.yaml file"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-cache", "-m", type=Path, help="Path to model_cache JSON config file"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output",
+        "-o",
+        type=Path,
+        required=True,
+        help="Output path for bptr-manifest file",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-path",
+        type=str,
+        default="/cache/model/model_cache",
+        help="Base path for model files in manifest",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.config and not args.model_cache:
+        parser.error("Either --config or --model-cache must be specified")
+    if args.config and args.model_cache:
+        parser.error("Cannot specify both --config and --model-cache")
+
+    try:
+        if args.model_cache:
+            model_cache = load_model_cache_config(args.model_cache)
+            generate_bptr_manifest_from_model_cache(
+                model_cache, args.output, args.model_path
+            )
+        else:
+            config = load_truss_config(args.config)
+            generate_bptr_manifest_from_model_cache(
+                config.get("model_cache", []), args.output, args.model_path
+            )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Error generating bptr-manifest: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/bptr_generator/bptr_requirements.txt b/bptr_generator/bptr_requirements.txt
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+++ b/bptr_generator/bptr_requirements.txt
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+# Requirements for bptr_manifest_generator standalone app
+truss-transfer>=0.0.37,<0.0.40
+PyYAML>=6.0