diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/albert/encoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/albert/encoder.py
index 2c4ab449..ccb0190d 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/albert/encoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/albert/encoder.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ def forward(
         return ModelOutput(all_outputs=[embeddings, *layer_outputs])
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("albert",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "albert"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/auto_model.py b/curated_transformers/models/auto_model.py
index 2c2732cd..172c5b1d 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/auto_model.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/auto_model.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from ..repository.repository import ModelRepository, Repository
 from .config import TransformerConfig
 from .hf_hub import FromHFHub
-from .module import CausalLMModule, DecoderModule, EncoderModule
+from .module import CausalLMModule, DecoderModule, EncoderModule, TransformerModule
 
 ModelT = TypeVar("ModelT")
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class AutoModel(ABC, Generic[ModelT]):
     Face Model Hub.
     """
 
+    _base_cls: Type[TransformerModule]
     _registry: Registry
 
     @classmethod
@@ -33,9 +34,8 @@ def _resolve_model_cls(
         cls,
         repo: ModelRepository,
     ) -> Type[FromHFHub]:
-        model_type = repo.model_type()
+        config = repo.model_config()
 
-        supported_model_types = set()
         for entrypoint, module_cls in cls._registry.get_entry_points().items():
             if not issubclass(module_cls, FromHFHub):
                 warnings.warn(
@@ -44,14 +44,24 @@ def _resolve_model_cls(
                 )
                 continue
 
-            module_model_types = module_cls.hf_model_types()
-            if model_type in module_model_types:
+            if not issubclass(module_cls, cls._base_cls):
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Entry point `{entrypoint}` cannot be used by `{cls.__name__}` "
+                    f"since it does does not have `{cls._base_cls.__name__}` "
+                    "as its base class"
+                )
+                continue
+
+            if module_cls.is_supported(config):
                 return module_cls
-            supported_model_types.update(module_model_types)
+
+        entrypoints = {
+            entrypoint for entrypoint in cls._registry.get_entry_points().keys()
+        }
 
         raise ValueError(
-            f"Unsupported model type `{model_type}` for {cls.__name__}. "
-            f"Supported model types: {', '.join(sorted(supported_model_types))}"
+            f"Unsupported model type for `{cls.__name__}`. "
+            f"Registered models: {', '.join(sorted(entrypoints))}"
         )
 
     @classmethod
@@ -187,6 +197,7 @@ class AutoEncoder(AutoModel[EncoderModule[TransformerConfig]]):
     Encoder model loaded from the Hugging Face Model Hub.
     """
 
+    _base_cls = EncoderModule
     _registry: Registry = registry.encoders
 
     @classmethod
@@ -207,6 +218,7 @@ class AutoDecoder(AutoModel[DecoderModule[TransformerConfig, KeyValueCache]]):
     Decoder module loaded from the Hugging Face Model Hub.
     """
 
+    _base_cls = DecoderModule
     _registry = registry.decoders
 
     @classmethod
@@ -227,6 +239,7 @@ class AutoCausalLM(AutoModel[CausalLMModule[TransformerConfig, KeyValueCache]]):
     Causal LM model loaded from the Hugging Face Model Hub.
     """
 
+    _base_cls = CausalLMModule
     _registry: Registry = registry.causal_lms
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/bert/encoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/bert/encoder.py
index 73d81c82..e62be1ee 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/bert/encoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/bert/encoder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ def __init__(self, config: BERTConfig, *, device: Optional[torch.device] = None)
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("bert",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "bert"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/camembert/encoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/camembert/encoder.py
index 6a16919f..7d5036ba 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/camembert/encoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/camembert/encoder.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
 
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ def __init__(self, config: RoBERTaConfig, *, device: Optional[torch.device] = No
         super().__init__(config, device=device)
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("camembert",)
+    def is_supported(cls, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "camembert"
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/falcon/causal_lm.py b/curated_transformers/models/falcon/causal_lm.py
index 4c5661b2..d1c9e89d 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/falcon/causal_lm.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/falcon/causal_lm.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ def state_dict_from_hf(
         return state_dict_from_hf(params, CAUSAL_LM_HF_PARAM_KEY_TRANSFORMS)
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("falcon", "RefinedWeb", "RefinedWebModel")
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") in ("falcon", "RefinedWeb", "RefinedWebModel")
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_to_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/falcon/decoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/falcon/decoder.py
index 659496cd..9c34e2cb 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/falcon/decoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/falcon/decoder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("falcon", "RefinedWeb", "RefinedWebModel")
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") in ("falcon", "RefinedWeb", "RefinedWebModel")
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/causal_lm.py b/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/causal_lm.py
index 302f304a..45a6991a 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/causal_lm.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/causal_lm.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("gpt_neox",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "gpt_neox"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/decoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/decoder.py
index 3f6cd19f..d6b0f385 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/decoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/gpt_neox/decoder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("gpt_neox",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "gpt_neox"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/hf_hub/mixin.py b/curated_transformers/models/hf_hub/mixin.py
index 393d4254..1a3ff673 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/hf_hub/mixin.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/hf_hub/mixin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
@@ -170,14 +170,17 @@ def from_hf_hub(
 
     @classmethod
     @abstractmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
         """
-        Get the Hugging Face model types supported by this model.
+        Check if the model with the given configuration is supported by this
+        class.
 
+        :param config:
+            Hugging Face model configuration.
         :returns:
-            The supported model types.
+            Whether the model is supported by this class.
         """
-        ...
+        raise NotImplementedError
 
     @abstractmethod
     def to(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/llama/causal_lm.py b/curated_transformers/models/llama/causal_lm.py
index 0487aed1..51b77a4b 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/llama/causal_lm.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/llama/causal_lm.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("llama",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "llama"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/llama/decoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/llama/decoder.py
index d660d29b..64863bfd 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/llama/decoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/llama/decoder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("llama",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "llama"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/mpt/causal_lm.py b/curated_transformers/models/mpt/causal_lm.py
index de2c3916..19e26dbd 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/mpt/causal_lm.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/mpt/causal_lm.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, List, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ def forward(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("mpt",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "mpt"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/mpt/decoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/mpt/decoder.py
index e05de9c6..0274f120 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/mpt/decoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/mpt/decoder.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ def layer_norm():
         self.output_layer_norm = layer_norm()
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("mpt",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "mpt"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/roberta/encoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/roberta/encoder.py
index d98e980e..b00a16b1 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/roberta/encoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/roberta/encoder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ def __init__(self, config: RoBERTaConfig, *, device: Optional[torch.device] = No
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls: Type[Self]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("roberta",)
+    def is_supported(cls: Type[Self], config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "roberta"
 
     @classmethod
     def state_dict_from_hf(
diff --git a/curated_transformers/models/xlm_roberta/encoder.py b/curated_transformers/models/xlm_roberta/encoder.py
index ee398958..ecf4a407 100644
--- a/curated_transformers/models/xlm_roberta/encoder.py
+++ b/curated_transformers/models/xlm_roberta/encoder.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
 
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ def __init__(self, config: RoBERTaConfig, *, device: Optional[torch.device] = No
         super().__init__(config, device=device)
 
     @classmethod
-    def hf_model_types(cls) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
-        return ("xlm-roberta",)
+    def is_supported(cls, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return config.get("model_type") == "xlm-roberta"