skills

Empowers AI agents with capabilities from the Hugging Face ecosystem

Agent SkillDevOpen source

Type: Agent Skill
Open source: Yes
GitHub Stars: ★ 10.7k
Source: skill-github
Repository: github.com/huggingface/skills

Overview

Hugging Face Skills are a set of defined capabilities for AI/ML tasks such as dataset creation, model training, and evaluation. These skills are compatible with major coding agent tools like OpenAI Codex, Anthropic's Claude Code, Google DeepMind's Gemini CLI, and Cursor. Each skill is a self-contained folder containing instructions, scripts, and resources for use by AI agents in specific use cases. Through these skills, AI can access models, datasets, and other resources on the Hugging Face Hub.

Capabilities

▪Perform operations on Hugging Face Hub
▪Estimate model memory requirements
▪Find optimal AI models
▪Manage evaluation results
▪Query and extract datasets
▪Build Gradio Web UIs

Use cases

Dataset creation and managementModel training and evaluationModel selection and deploymentBuilding and publishing web applications

Setup

Requires: API Key

Installation methods vary depending on the agent tool. For example, for Claude Code, use the following commands: "/plugin marketplace add huggingface/skills" and "/plugin install <skill-name>@huggingface/skills".

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FAQ

How do I get started with Hugging Face Skills?

First install the `hf-cli` skill, which provides all `hf` commands.

Which agent tools are supported?

Supports Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor.

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