Tip
Looking for the hf CLI Skill? It's the quickest way to connect your agent to the Hugging Face ecosystem. See the Hugging Face CLI for AI Agents guide.
Hugging Face provides a curated set of Skills built for AI builders. Train models, create datasets, run evaluations, track experiments. Each Skill is a self-contained SKILL.md that your agent follows while working on the task.
Skills work with all major coding agents: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini CLI, and Cursor. Learn more about the format at agentskills.io.
# register the skills marketplace
/plugin marketplace add huggingface/skills
# install a specific Skill
/plugin install <skill-name>@huggingface/skillsCopy or symlink skills from the repository into one of Codex's standard .agents/skills locations (e.g. $REPO_ROOT/.agents/skills or $HOME/.agents/skills). Codex discovers them automatically via the Agent Skills standard.
Alternatively, use the bundled agents/AGENTS.md as a fallback.
gemini extensions install https://github.com/huggingface/skills.git --consentInstall via the Cursor plugin flow using the repository URL. The repo includes .cursor-plugin/plugin.json and .mcp.json manifests.
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
hf-cli |
Hub operations via the hf CLI: download, upload, manage repos, run jobs |
hugging-face-datasets |
Create and manage datasets on the Hub |
hugging-face-dataset-viewer |
Explore and query any dataset via the Dataset Viewer API |
hugging-face-model-trainer |
Train or fine-tune LLMs with TRL (SFT, DPO, GRPO) on HF Jobs |
hugging-face-vision-trainer |
Train object detection and image classification models |
hugging-face-object-detection-trainer |
Fine-tune object detection models (RTDETRv2, YOLOS, DETR) |
hugging-face-evaluation |
Add and manage evaluation results in model cards |
hugging-face-jobs |
Run compute jobs on Hugging Face infrastructure |
hugging-face-trackio |
Track and visualize ML training experiments |
hugging-face-paper-publisher |
Publish and manage research papers on the Hub |
hugging-face-tool-builder |
Build reusable scripts for HF API operations |
gradio |
Build Gradio web UIs and demos |
transformers-js |
Run ML models in JavaScript/TypeScript with WebGPU/WASM |
Once installed, mention the Skill directly in your prompt:
- "Use the HF model trainer Skill to fine-tune Qwen3-0.6B with SFT on the Capybara dataset"
- "Use the HF evaluation Skill to add benchmark results to my model card"
- "Use the HF datasets Skill to create a new dataset from these examples"
Your agent loads the corresponding SKILL.md instructions and helper scripts automatically.
- Skills Repository - Browse and contribute
- Agent Skills format - Specification and docs
- CLI Guide - Hugging Face CLI for AI Agents
- MCP Guide - Use alongside Skills