diff --git a/scripts/verify_checkpoint_template.py b/scripts/verify_checkpoint_template.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Read a checkpoint/safetensors file and compare it to a template .json.
+Returns True if their metadata match.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import argparse
+import json
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from invokeai.backend.model_management.models.base import read_checkpoint_meta
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create a .json template from checkpoint/safetensors model")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--checkpoint",
+    "--in",
+    type=Path,
+    help="Path to the input checkpoint/safetensors file"
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--template",
+    "--out",
+    type=Path,
+    help="Path to the template .json file to match against"
+)
+
+opt = parser.parse_args()
+ckpt = read_checkpoint_meta(opt.checkpoint)
+while "state_dict" in ckpt:
+    ckpt = ckpt["state_dict"]
+
+checkpoint_metadata = {}
+
+for key, tensor in ckpt.items():
+    checkpoint_metadata[key] = list(tensor.shape)
+
+with open(opt.template,'r') as f:
+    template = json.load(f)
+
+if checkpoint_metadata == template:
+    print('True')
+    sys.exit(0)
+else:
+    print('False')
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+
+