diff --git a/deepcell_auth/_download.py b/deepcell_auth/_download.py
index d51add9..f180f0f 100644
--- a/deepcell_auth/_download.py
+++ b/deepcell_auth/_download.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "download_cellsam_evaluation_dataset",
     "download_cellsam_model",
     "download_deepcell_types_model",
+    "download_deepcell_types_baseline",
     "download_deepcell_types_data",
     "download_torch_mesmer_model",
 ]
@@ -74,15 +75,17 @@ def download_deepcell_types_model(version=None):
        Which version of the model weights to download. If not specified, the latest
        published version will be downloaded. Available versions:
 
-         - '2025-06-09' (latest)
-         - '2025-06-09_public-data-only'
+         - '2026-06-15'  (latest)
+         - '2026-06-23-ptft'
+         - '2025-06-09'  (legacy; use with matching historical commit)
+         - '2025-06-09_public-data-only'  (legacy)
     """
     from ._auth import load_manifest, fetch_data
 
     manifest = load_manifest()
     dct_models = manifest["models"]["deepcell-types"]
 
-    version = "2025-06-09" if version is None else version
+    version = "2026-06-15" if version is None else version
     try:
         record = dct_models[version]
     except KeyError:
@@ -95,6 +98,45 @@ def download_deepcell_types_model(version=None):
     )
 
 
+def download_deepcell_types_baseline(name):
+    """Download a deepcell-types comparison-baseline checkpoint.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    name : str
+        Baseline identifier. One of 'cellsighter', 'maps', or 'xgboost'.
+        Some baselines ship companion files (maps -> _stats.npz;
+        xgboost -> .remap.json), so a list of local paths is returned.
+
+        'nimbus' is intentionally not served here: its pretrained weights are
+        distributed upstream (angelolab/Nimbus-Inference) and are not
+        re-hosted by this project.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    list
+        Local paths to every file downloaded for this baseline.
+    """
+    from ._auth import load_manifest, fetch_data
+
+    manifest = load_manifest()
+    baselines = manifest["models"]["deepcell-types-baselines"]
+
+    try:
+        records = baselines[name]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise KeyError(
+            f"Baseline {name} not found. Available baselines: {list(baselines)}"
+        )
+
+    return [
+        fetch_data(
+            record["asset_key"], cache_subdir="models", file_hash=record["asset_hash"]
+        )
+        for record in records
+    ]
+
+
 def download_deepcell_types_data(version=None):
     """Download training dataset for the deepcell-types project.
 
diff --git a/deepcell_auth/asset_manifest.yaml b/deepcell_auth/asset_manifest.yaml
index 0f95736..4be23e3 100644
--- a/deepcell_auth/asset_manifest.yaml
+++ b/deepcell_auth/asset_manifest.yaml
@@ -19,12 +19,39 @@ models:
       "asset_key": "models/cellsam-models_v1.2.tar.gz"
       "asset_hash": "f41e6899c49fc8ce12f77a8d25594604"
   deepcell-types:
+    "2026-06-15":
+      "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_2026-06-15_resmlp.pt"
+      "asset_hash": "b819a7e0b177ad5330394eab3c6c7ad8"
+    "2026-06-23-ptft":
+      "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_2026-06-23_resmlp_ptft.pt"
+      "asset_hash": "402e94c103c5e489a57433cd107009d3"
+    # Legacy CLIP checkpoints. Incompatible with current deepcell-types code;
+    # retained for reproducibility (use with the matching historical commit).
     "2025-06-09":
       "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_2025-06-09.pt"
       "asset_hash": "19b669675c06816414e8677f542ff542"
     "2025-06-09_public-data-only":
       "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_2025-06-09_public-data-only.pt"
       "asset_hash": "331841fe78d9a5afec6e58d0035c40ef"
+  # Comparison-baseline checkpoints for deepcell-types. Each baseline maps to a
+  # LIST of assets because some ship companion files (maps -> _stats.npz;
+  # xgboost -> .remap.json). Nimbus is intentionally absent: its pretrained
+  # weights are distributed upstream (angelolab/Nimbus-Inference) and are not
+  # re-hosted here.
+  deepcell-types-baselines:
+    "cellsighter":
+      - "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_baseline-cellsighter.pth"
+        "asset_hash": "c5a105fb044ad82c82817a32aabbae7c"
+    "maps":
+      - "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_baseline-maps.pth"
+        "asset_hash": "1ad5e30ceaccfdb91050b663099258fb"
+      - "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_baseline-maps_stats.npz"
+        "asset_hash": "1f462d0c8bf531af73026d415d52728d"
+    "xgboost":
+      - "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_baseline-xgboost.json"
+        "asset_hash": "9e51cf1af8c6c43b00871a821fde0f57"
+      - "asset_key": "models/deepcell-types_baseline-xgboost.remap.json"
+        "asset_hash": "fba1b0e705e5f7747eb2f9cae30815ba"
   torch-mesmer:
     "2026-06-30":
       "asset_key": "models/torch-mesmer_2026-06-30.pth"