From e48aa8a5b1d7b6e2fd4da18768e64fab74642259 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NanoCode012 <nano@axolotl.ai>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 12:40:53 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(doc): improve visibility for colab notebooks (#3110)
 [skip ci]

* feat: improve visibility for colab notebooks

* fix: link to GH colab

* feat: change to badge and move higher
---
 README.md             | 5 +++++
 docs/installation.qmd | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 117eb9b12..d4794124a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <br/>
     <a href="https://discord.com/invite/HhrNrHJPRb"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-7289da.svg?style=flat-square&logo=discord" alt="discord" style="height: 20px;"></a>
     <a href="https://twitter.com/axolotl_ai"><img src="https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/axolotl_ai?style=social" alt="twitter" style="height: 20px;"></a>
+    <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/main/examples/colab-notebooks/colab-axolotl-example.ipynb"><img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="google-colab" style="height: 20px;"></a>
     <br/>
     <img src="https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/actions/workflows/tests-nightly.yml/badge.svg" alt="tests-nightly">
     <img src="https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/actions/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml/badge.svg" alt="multigpu-semi-weekly tests">
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ Features:
 - Python 3.11
 - PyTorch ≥2.6.0
 
+### Google Colab
+
+[![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/main/examples/colab-notebooks/colab-axolotl-example.ipynb#scrollTo=msOCO4NRmRLa)
+
 ### Installation
 
 #### Using pip
diff --git a/docs/installation.qmd b/docs/installation.qmd
index 763539278..265ff238c 100644
--- a/docs/installation.qmd
+++ b/docs/installation.qmd
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ For providers supporting Docker:
 
 ### Google Colab {#sec-colab}
 
-Use our [example notebook](../examples/colab-notebooks/colab-axolotl-example.ipynb).
+[![](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/main/examples/colab-notebooks/colab-axolotl-example.ipynb#scrollTo=msOCO4NRmRLa)
 
 ## Platform-Specific Instructions {#sec-platform-specific}