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@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ with torch.no_grad(), torch.cuda.amp.autocast():
 print("Label probs:", text_probs)
 
 ```
+
+For a folder-level zero-shot classification example that writes top-k CSV
+results from repeated `--label` values or a newline-delimited labels file, see
+[examples/zero_shot_folder_classification.py](./examples/zero_shot_folder_classification.py).
+
 The following variants are directly available on OpenCLIP by passing the 
 corresponding pretrained argument and not specifying the image-mean/image-std:
 ```
diff --git a/examples/zero_shot_folder_classification.py b/examples/zero_shot_folder_classification.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+#
+# For licensing see accompanying LICENSE file.
+#
+"""Run MobileCLIP zero-shot classification over a folder of images.
+
+This example scores each image in a folder against user-provided text labels and
+writes the results to a CSV file.
+
+Example:
+    python examples/zero_shot_folder_classification.py \
+        --image-dir /path/to/images \
+        --checkpoint /path/to/mobileclip2_s0.pt \
+        --label "a diagram" \
+        --label "a dog" \
+        --label "a cat"
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import csv
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import open_clip
+import torch
+from PIL import Image
+
+from mobileclip.modules.common.mobileone import reparameterize_model
+
+
+IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".webp", ".bmp", ".tif", ".tiff"}
+
+
+def load_labels(args):
+    labels = []
+    if args.labels_file is not None:
+        with open(args.labels_file, encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+            labels.extend(line.strip() for line in handle if line.strip())
+    if args.label is not None:
+        labels.extend(args.label)
+    if not labels:
+        raise ValueError("Provide at least one --label or --labels-file entry.")
+    return labels
+
+
+def iter_images(image_dir):
+    for path in sorted(Path(image_dir).rglob("*")):
+        if path.is_file() and path.suffix.lower() in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS:
+            yield path
+
+
+def chunked(items, batch_size):
+    if batch_size < 1:
+        raise ValueError("batch_size must be at least 1")
+    for start in range(0, len(items), batch_size):
+        yield items[start : start + batch_size]
+
+
+def slugify(label):
+    slug = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "_", label.lower()).strip("_")
+    return slug[:48] or "label"
+
+
+def positive_int(value):
+    parsed = int(value)
+    if parsed < 1:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("must be at least 1")
+    return parsed
+
+
+def unique_score_columns(labels):
+    columns = []
+    used = set()
+    for label in labels:
+        base = f"score_{slugify(label)}"
+        column = base
+        suffix = 2
+        while column in used:
+            column = f"{base}_{suffix}"
+            suffix += 1
+        columns.append(column)
+        used.add(column)
+    return columns
+
+
+def model_kwargs_for(model_name):
+    if model_name in {"MobileCLIP2-S3", "MobileCLIP2-S4"} or model_name.endswith("L-14"):
+        return {}
+    return {"image_mean": (0, 0, 0), "image_std": (1, 1, 1)}
+
+
+def resolve_device(device):
+    if device != "auto":
+        return device
+    if torch.cuda.is_available():
+        return "cuda"
+    if hasattr(torch.backends, "mps") and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
+        return "mps"
+    return "cpu"
+
+
+def encode_text(model, tokenizer, labels, device):
+    tokens = tokenizer(labels).to(device)
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        features = model.encode_text(tokens)
+        features /= features.norm(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
+    return features
+
+
+def encode_images(model, preprocess, image_paths, device):
+    images = []
+    for image_path in image_paths:
+        with Image.open(image_path) as image:
+            images.append(preprocess(image.convert("RGB")))
+    image_batch = torch.stack(images).to(device)
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        features = model.encode_image(image_batch)
+        features /= features.norm(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
+    return features
+
+
+def run(args):
+    image_paths = list(iter_images(args.image_dir))
+    if not image_paths:
+        raise ValueError(f"No images found under {args.image_dir}")
+
+    labels = load_labels(args)
+    top_k = min(args.top_k, len(labels))
+    device = resolve_device(args.device)
+    model, _, preprocess = open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(
+        args.model_name,
+        pretrained=args.checkpoint,
+        **model_kwargs_for(args.model_name),
+    )
+    model.eval()
+    model = reparameterize_model(model).to(device)
+    tokenizer = open_clip.get_tokenizer(args.model_name)
+    text_features = encode_text(model, tokenizer, labels, device)
+
+    score_columns = unique_score_columns(labels)
+    rank_columns = []
+    for rank in range(1, top_k + 1):
+        rank_columns.extend([f"rank_{rank}_label", f"rank_{rank}_confidence"])
+
+    with open(args.output_csv, "w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        writer = csv.DictWriter(
+            handle,
+            fieldnames=["image", "top_label", "confidence"]
+            + rank_columns
+            + score_columns,
+        )
+        writer.writeheader()
+
+        for image_batch_paths in chunked(image_paths, args.batch_size):
+            image_features = encode_images(model, preprocess, image_batch_paths, device)
+            batch_scores = (100.0 * image_features @ text_features.T).softmax(dim=-1)
+            for image_path, scores in zip(image_batch_paths, batch_scores):
+                top_scores, top_indexes = torch.topk(scores, k=top_k)
+                row = {
+                    "image": str(image_path),
+                    "top_label": labels[int(top_indexes[0].item())],
+                    "confidence": f"{top_scores[0].item():.6f}",
+                }
+                for rank, (score, index) in enumerate(zip(top_scores, top_indexes), start=1):
+                    row[f"rank_{rank}_label"] = labels[int(index.item())]
+                    row[f"rank_{rank}_confidence"] = f"{score.item():.6f}"
+                row.update(
+                    {
+                        column: f"{score.item():.6f}"
+                        for column, score in zip(score_columns, scores)
+                    }
+                )
+                writer.writerow(row)
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--image-dir", required=True, help="Folder of images to classify.")
+    parser.add_argument("--checkpoint", required=True, help="Path to a MobileCLIP checkpoint.")
+    parser.add_argument("--output-csv", default="mobileclip_folder_classification.csv")
+    parser.add_argument("--model-name", default="MobileCLIP2-S0")
+    parser.add_argument("--batch-size", type=positive_int, default=16)
+    parser.add_argument("--top-k", type=positive_int, default=3)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--device",
+        default="auto",
+        choices=["auto", "cpu", "cuda", "mps"],
+        help="Inference device. Defaults to CUDA, then MPS, then CPU.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--label",
+        action="append",
+        default=None,
+        help="Text label to score. Repeat to provide multiple labels.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--labels-file",
+        help="Optional newline-delimited text labels. Combined with repeated --label values.",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run(parse_args())