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huggingface-hub skill

by NousResearch·NousResearch/hermes-agent·257k stars·MIT

HuggingFace hf CLI: search/download/upload models, datasets.

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    *   **Installation:** `curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash -s`

Install the huggingface-hub skill

A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description. 

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git /tmp/hermes-agent
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/hermes-agent/optional-skills/mlops/models/huggingface-hub ~/.claude/skills/huggingface-hub
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In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub

The instructions your agent would load

SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub

Hugging Face CLI (hf) Reference Guide

The hf command is the modern command-line interface for interacting with the Hugging Face Hub, providing tools to manage repositories, models, datasets, and Spaces.

IMPORTANT: The hf command replaces the now deprecated huggingface-cli command.

Quick Start

  • Installation: curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash -s
  • Help: Use hf --help to view all available functions and real-world examples.
  • Authentication: Recommended via HF_TOKEN environment variable or the --token flag.

Core Commands

General Operations

  • hf download REPO_ID: Download files from the Hub.
  • hf upload REPO_ID: Upload files/folders (recommended for single-commit; also handles resumable uploads of large directories).
  • hf upload-large-folder REPOID LOCALPATH: [Deprecated] — use hf upload instead.
  • hf sync: Sync files between a local directory and a bucket.
  • hf env / hf version: View environment and version details.

Authentication (hf auth)

  • login / logout: Manage sessions using tokens from huggingface.co/settings/tokens.
  • list / switch: Manage and toggle between multiple stored access tokens.
  • whoami: Identify the currently logged-in account.

Repository Management (hf repos)

  • create / delete: Create or permanently remove repositories.
  • duplicate: Clone a model, dataset, or Space to a new ID.
  • move: Transfer a repository between namespaces.
  • branch / tag: Manage Git-like references.
  • delete-files: Remove specific files using patterns.

Specialized Hub Interactions

Datasets & Models

  • Datasets: hf datasets list, info, and parquet (list parquet URLs).
  • SQL Queries: hf datasets sql SQL — Execute raw SQL via DuckDB against dataset parquet URLs.
  • Models: hf models list and info.
  • Papers: hf papers ls — View daily papers.

Discussions & Pull Requests (hf discussions)

  • Manage the lifecycle of Hub contributions: list, create, info, comment, close, reopen, and rename.
  • diff: View changes in a PR.
  • merge: Finalize pull requests.

Infrastructure & Compute

  • Endpoints: Deploy and manage Inference Endpoints (deploy, pause, resume, scale-to-zero, catalog).
  • Jobs: Run compute tasks on HF infrastructure. Includes hf jobs uv for running Python scripts with inline dependencies and stats for resource monitoring.
  • Spaces: Manage interactive apps. Includes dev-mode and hot-reload for Python files without full restarts.

Storage & Automation

  • Buckets: Full S3-like bucket management (create, cp, mv, rm, sync).
  • Cache: Manage local storage with list, prune (remove detached revisions), and verify (checksum checks).
  • Webhooks: Automate workflows by managing Hub webhooks (create, watch, enable/disable).
  • Collections: Organize Hub items into collections (add-item, update, list).

Advanced Usage & Tips

Global Flags

  • --format json: Produces machine-readable output for automation.
  • -q / --quiet: Limits output to IDs only.

Extensions & Skills

  • Extensions: Extend CLI functionality via GitHub repositories using hf extensions install REPO_ID.
  • Skills: Manage AI assistant skills with hf skills add.

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