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Hugging Face Skills

Find, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.

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Title block: Hugging Face Skills

T-160
Part no.
T-160Sheet 160 of 268
GitHub stars
11,194Read 2026-10-21
Last activity
2026-10-21Last code push
Group
SkillsDrawer 13
Layer
Harness3 of 5 in the stack
License
Apache-2.0
Kind
Code on GitHub
Language
Python
Install
Not tested yetCatalog entry
Gap Score
not scored yetStatus: pending test on Mac Studio
Entry checked
2026-10-21
1Install

Install: not tested yet.

We list this tool, but we have not run its install.

Not tested yet

Follow the project’s own instructions. Our agent file lists the steps we found in its README or docs, marked unverified, so an AI agent can read them with you.

Open the README (opens in a new tab)Steps we found (.md)
2What it is

Where it sits in the stack.

  1. 5ToolsIts hands and senses.
  2. 4MemoryWhat it remembers.
  3. 3HarnessThis partHugging Face Skills sits here.
  4. 2RuntimeRuns the model.
  5. 1ModelThe brain you download.
Fig. 3The local AI stack, pulled apart. Hugging Face Skills sits on layer 3, the harness layer.

In plain words

Hugging Face Skills: Find, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.

Its layer · Harness

The harness is the app around the model. It turns answers into actions: a chat window, code edits, tasks done for you.

Its group · Skills

Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task. 27 tools share this drawer.

3Links and handoff
setups/huggingface-skills.md

Hand this page to your agent.

The Agent view is this page as plain text: every field above, plus the install steps we found (not tested). An AI agent can read it and do the setup with you.

.md.json
4Same drawer

More in Skills.

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T-162Matt Pocock's SkillsShellSkills for real engineering: specs, TDD, code review.Skills for real engineering: specs, TDD, code review.MIT299,7982026-10-21
T-163Microsoft SkillsTypeScriptSkills for Azure and Microsoft SDKs.Skills for Azure and Microsoft SDKs.MIT3,1372026-10-21
T-164NVIDIA SkillsPythonNVIDIA skills: CUDA, robotics, simulation, RAG.NVIDIA skills: CUDA, robotics, simulation, RAG.Apache-2.03,6832026-10-21
T-165OpenAI SkillsPythonOpenAI's skill catalog, made for Codex.OpenAI's skill catalog, made for Codex.unknown28,2262026-09-08
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6 of the 26 other tools in this group.All 27 in Skills
Agent view · text/markdown · or send Accept: text/markdown
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homepage: "https://huggingface.co"
repo: "https://github.com/huggingface/skills"
license: "Apache-2.0"
stars: 11194
stars_as_of: "2026-10-21"
last_push: "2026-10-21"
archived: false
part_no: "T-160"
labels: []
tags: []
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gap_score_status: "pending test on Mac Studio"
verified_on: "2026-10-21"
---

Hugging Face Skills 


**What:** Find, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.

**Why:** Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task.

**Category:** Skills · **Stack layer:** harness

Status 


Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-21 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

Install (unverified) 


1. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills search <word>
```

2. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills install <id from search>
```

3. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --list
```

4. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill <name>
```

Verify 


No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

Rollback (unverified) 


1. source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21)

```bash
npx skills remove <name>
```

Links 


- Homepage: https://huggingface.co
- Repo: https://github.com/huggingface/skills
- README: https://github.com/huggingface/skills#readme

Part sheet (human page https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/huggingface-skills) 


- Part number: T-160 (sheet 160 of 268). Part numbers follow the stack: layer, then group, then A to Z by name. Star counts never move a number.
- Group: Skills (drawer 13 of 20, https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/c/skills). Layer: 3 of 5, harness.
- GitHub (catalog.json, read 2026-10-21): 11,194 stars; last code push 2026-10-21.
- Install: Not tested yet (catalog entry).
- Entry checked: 2026-10-21.
- Next parts in this drawer: T-161 HyperFrames (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/hyperframes), T-162 Matt Pocock's Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/mattpocock-skills), T-163 Microsoft Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/microsoft-skills), T-164 NVIDIA Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/nvidia-skills), T-165 OpenAI Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/openai-skills), T-166 OpenScience (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/openscience).
- Previous part: T-159 Higgsfield Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/higgsfield-skills). Next part: T-161 HyperFrames (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/hyperframes).