diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54bcdf6d..64c8fb69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,13 +176,18 @@ mlops:
   model:
     clayer: $AI-Layer$
     name: TinyCNN
+    input-shape: 1x16x16x3
+    calibration-samples: 2
 ```
 
 `cbuild setup --active SSE-320-U85` resolves it into
 `cmsis-executorch.cbuild-mlops.yml`, which contains the processor, NPU
-and Vela options. `create_ai_layer.py` reads those options and passes all of
-them to ExecuTorch's `EthosUCompileSpec`, so the target configuration is never
-duplicated in Python. The script then writes:
+and Vela options, and the FVP target-set as the `simulator:` to test on.
+`create_ai_layer.py` reads those options and passes all of them to ExecuTorch's
+`EthosUCompileSpec`, so the target configuration is never duplicated in
+Python. The two extra keys under `model:` are parameters of the model itself;
+the toolbox passes them through and the script hands them to `model/model.py`.
+The script then writes:
 
 - `ai_layer/ai_layer.clayer.yml`: the CMSIS components required by the model.
 - `ai_layer/model_pte.c` and `model_pte.h`: the ExecuTorch program embedded as a C array.
@@ -202,8 +207,8 @@ changes the operator set needs nothing more than re-running steps 2 and 3.
 ## Adapting the example
 
 To use a different model, replace or modify `model/model.py` and update the
-model name or input handling as required: `INPUT_SHAPE` and
-`get_model(input_shape)` define the input, and
+model name or input handling as required: `get_model(input_shape)` builds the
+model for the `input-shape` of the `mlops:` node, and
 `get_calibration_inputs(input_shape, calibration_samples)` returns the samples
 the quantizer is calibrated with; give it representative data for a trained
 model. The runner in `src/app_main.cpp` builds its input tensor with the same
diff --git a/cmsis-executorch.csolution.yml b/cmsis-executorch.csolution.yml
index 89a55385..ba2d260b 100644
--- a/cmsis-executorch.csolution.yml
+++ b/cmsis-executorch.csolution.yml
@@ -59,17 +59,21 @@ solution:
 
   # MLOps information: exported to cmsis-executorch.cbuild-mlops.yml by
   # `cbuild setup ... --active SSE-320-U85`. Retarget the NPU here and
-  # create_ai_layer.py picks it up on its next run.
+  # create_ai_layer.py picks it up on its next run. The simulator target comes
+  # from the Arm-FVP target-set, and the extra keys under model: are passed
+  # through to create_ai_layer.py.
   # https://open-cmsis-pack.github.io/cmsis-toolbox/build-overview/#mlops-information
   mlops:
     description: TinyCNN int8 image classifier for Ethos-U85
     npu:
-      type: Ethos-U85
+      type: Ethos-U85 # explicit: the SSE-320 device pack declares no NPU
     vela:
       system: Ethos_U85_SYS_DRAM_Mid # system-config from the Vela config
       memory: Shared_Sram # memory-mode from the Vela config
     model:
       clayer: $AI-Layer$
       name: TinyCNN
-    simulator:
-      target: SSE-320-U85
+      # Model parameters for create_ai_layer.py: the NHWC input shape and the
+      # number of samples the quantizer is calibrated with.
+      input-shape: 1x16x16x3
+      calibration-samples: 2
diff --git a/create_ai_layer.py b/create_ai_layer.py
index aeab3392..e55cce24 100644
--- a/create_ai_layer.py
+++ b/create_ai_layer.py
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 of the csolution. This script reads the NPU and Vela settings from it, exports
 the PyTorch model in model/model.py for that NPU (quantize, delegate to
 Ethos-U, compile with Vela) and writes the complete AI layer into the
-directory of the clayer named under `model.clayer`:
+directory of the clayer named under `model.clayer`. The extra keys of the
+`model:` node (input-shape, calibration-samples) are model parameters that
+CMSIS-Toolbox passes through to this script:
 
     ai_layer.clayer.yml   runtime, kernel utilities and registration, Ethos-U
                           backend and the operator components the exported
@@ -164,7 +166,22 @@ def compile_spec(mlops: dict, mlops_dir: Path):
     return EthosUCompileSpec(**kwargs)
 
 
-def export_model(spec) -> bytes:
+def model_params(mlops: dict) -> dict:
+    """The extra keys of the model: node, as keyword arguments for model/model.py."""
+    params = {}
+    for key, value in mlops["model"].items():
+        if key == "input-shape":
+            params["input_shape"] = tuple(int(d) for d in re.split(r"[x,]", str(value)))
+        elif key == "calibration-samples":
+            params["calibration_samples"] = int(value)
+        elif key not in ("clayer", "name"):
+            print(f"[ai_layer] warning: ignoring unknown model key {key!r}", file=sys.stderr)
+    if params:
+        print(f"[ai_layer] model parameters: {params}")
+    return params
+
+
+def export_model(spec, params: dict) -> bytes:
     """Quantize model/model.py, delegate it to the Ethos-U and return the .pte."""
     import torch
     from executorch.backends.arm.ethosu import EthosUPartitioner
@@ -175,7 +192,8 @@ def export_model(spec) -> bytes:
     sys.path.insert(0, str(HERE / "model"))
     from model import get_calibration_inputs, get_model
 
-    model, samples = get_model(), get_calibration_inputs()
+    model = get_model(**{k: v for k, v in params.items() if k == "input_shape"})
+    samples = get_calibration_inputs(**params)
     example = (samples[0],)
     graph = torch.export.export(model, example).module()
 
@@ -293,7 +311,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     layer_file = mlops_file.parent / mlops["model"]["clayer"]
     layer_dir = layer_file.parent
 
-    pte = export_model(compile_spec(mlops, mlops_file.parent))
+    pte = export_model(compile_spec(mlops, mlops_file.parent), model_params(mlops))
     version = executorch_version(mlops_file)
     runtime, operators = components(pte, executorch_pack(version))
 
diff --git a/documentation/mlops-flow.md b/documentation/mlops-flow.md
index dd46e9a3..ed93f9bb 100644
--- a/documentation/mlops-flow.md
+++ b/documentation/mlops-flow.md
@@ -34,17 +34,21 @@ solution:
     model:
       clayer: $AI-Layer$
       name: TinyCNN
-    simulator:
-      target: SSE-320-U85     # <target-type>[@<target-set>] of the FVP
+      input-shape: 1x16x16x3           # passed through to create_ai_layer.py
+      calibration-samples: 2
 ```
 
+CMSIS-Toolbox detects the `simulator:` target (and, for a board, the
+`hardware:` target) from the target-sets, and passes the extra keys under
+`model:` through unchanged.
+
 `cbuild setup cmsis-executorch.csolution.yml --active SSE-320-U85`
 resolves it for the active target and writes
 `cmsis-executorch.cbuild-mlops.yml`:
 
 ```yaml
 cbuild-mlops:
-  generated-by: csolution version 2.14.1+p38-gf512b381
+  generated-by: csolution version 2.15.1+p3-gf46d68bf
   description: TinyCNN int8 image classifier for Ethos-U85
   processor:
     type: Cortex-M85
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ cbuild-mlops:
   model:
     clayer: ai_layer/ai_layer.clayer.yml
     name: TinyCNN
+    input-shape: 1x16x16x3
+    calibration-samples: 2
   simulator:
     active: SSE-320-U85
     cbuild-run: out/cmsis-executorch+SSE-320-U85.cbuild-run.yml