Execute Hugging Face Hub operations using the `hf` CLI. Use when the user needs to download models/datasets/spaces, upload files to Hub repositories, create repos, manage local cache, or run compute jobs on HF infrastructure. Covers authentication, file transfers, repository creation, cache operations, and cloud compute.
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npx add-skill https://github.com/patchy631/ai-engineering-hub/blob/03e1404d7fa87896b6b3361e04939a4a9a984ba5/hugging-face-skills/skills/hugging-face-cli/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill hugging-face-cliInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/hugging-face-cli/# Hugging Face CLI The `hf` CLI provides direct terminal access to the Hugging Face Hub for downloading, uploading, and managing repositories, cache, and compute resources. ## Quick Command Reference | Task | Command | |------|---------| | Login | `hf auth login` | | Download model | `hf download <repo_id>` | | Download to folder | `hf download <repo_id> --local-dir ./path` | | Upload folder | `hf upload <repo_id> . .` | | Create repo | `hf repo create <name>` | | Create tag | `hf repo tag create <repo_id> <tag>` | | Delete files | `hf repo-files delete <repo_id> <files>` | | List cache | `hf cache ls` | | Remove from cache | `hf cache rm <repo_or_revision>` | | List models | `hf models ls` | | Get model info | `hf models info <model_id>` | | List datasets | `hf datasets ls` | | Get dataset info | `hf datasets info <dataset_id>` | | List spaces | `hf spaces ls` | | Get space info | `hf spaces info <space_id>` | | List endpoints | `hf endpoints ls` | | Run GPU job | `hf jobs run --flavor a10g-small <image> <cmd>` | | Environment info | `hf env` | ## Core Commands ### Authentication ```bash hf auth login # Interactive login hf auth login --token $HF_TOKEN # Non-interactive hf auth whoami # Check current user hf auth list # List stored tokens hf auth switch # Switch between tokens hf auth logout # Log out ``` ### Download ```bash hf download <repo_id> # Full repo to cache hf download <repo_id> file.safetensors # Specific file hf download <repo_id> --local-dir ./models # To local directory hf download <repo_id> --include "*.safetensors" # Filter by pattern hf download <repo_id> --repo-type dataset # Dataset hf download <repo_id> --revision v1.0 # Specific version ``` ### Upload ```bash hf upload <repo_id> . . # Current di