dvcrn Hugging Face CLI Skill
Use Hugging Face Hub CLI (hf) for various operations.
Environment Variables
HF_TOKEN: Hugging Face API Token (get from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens)
Core Features
1. Authentication Management (hf auth)
# Check login status
hf auth whoami
# List all tokens
hf auth list
# Login
hf auth login
# Logout
hf auth logout
# Switch token
hf auth switch
2. Model Management (hf models)
# List models (supports sorting and filtering)
hf models ls --sort downloads --limit 10
hf models ls --search "llama"
# Get model info
hf models info meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
3. Dataset Management (hf datasets)
# List datasets
hf datasets ls --limit 10
hf datasets ls --search "imagenet"
# Get dataset info
hf datasets info HuggingFaceFW/fineweb
4. Spaces Management (hf spaces)
# List Spaces
hf spaces ls --limit 10
# Get Space info
hf spaces info username/repo-name
# Hot-reload (experimental, for Gradio 6.1+)
hf spaces hot-reload username/repo-name app.py
hf spaces hot-reload username/repo-name -f ./local/app.py
5. Repository Management (hf repos)
# Create new repository
hf repos create my-model --type model
hf repos create my-dataset --type dataset
hf repos create my-space --type space
# Delete repository
hf repos delete username/repo-name
# Set as private
hf repos settings username/repo-name --private
# Manage branches
hf repos branch create username/repo-name feature-branch
hf repos branch delete username/repo-name feature-branch
# Manage tags
hf repos tag create username/repo-name v1.0
hf repos tag delete username/repo-name v1.0
# Move repository to another namespace
hf repos move old-namespace/my-model new-namespace/my-model
6. Download Files (hf download)
# Download entire model
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
# Download specific files
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct config.json tokenizer.json
# Download with glob patterns
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct --include "*.safetensors"
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct --include "*.json" --exclude "*.bin"
# Download to local directory
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct --local-dir ./models/llama
# Download dataset
hf download HuggingFaceM4/FineVision --repo-type dataset
7. Upload Files (hf upload)
# Upload entire directory
hf upload my-cool-model . .
# Upload single file
hf upload username/my-model ./models/model.safetensors
# Upload to dataset
hf upload username/my-dataset ./data /train --repo-type dataset
# With commit message
hf upload username/my-model ./models . --commit-message="Epoch 34/50" --commit-description="Val accuracy: 68%"
# Create Pull Request
hf upload bigcode/the-stack . . --repo-type dataset --create-pr
# Create private repository
hf upload username/my-private-model . . --private
8. Collection Management (hf collections)
# Create collection
hf collections create "My Models"
# Add item to collection
hf collections add-item username/my-collection moonshotai/kimi-k2 model
# List collections
hf collections ls
# Get collection info
hf collections info username/my-collection
# Update collection
hf collections update username/my-collection --title "New Title"
# Update collection item
hf collections update-item username/my-collection ITEM_OBJECT_ID --note "Updated note"
# Delete item
hf collections delete-item username/my-collection ITEM_OBJECT_ID
# Delete collection
hf collections delete username/my-collection
Usage Examples
Example 1: Download and Upload Model
# Download model
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct --local-dir ./llama-model
# Upload to your repository
hf upload username/my-llama ./llama-model .
Example 2: Manage Space
# Create Space
hf repos create my-app --type space
# Upload code
hf upload username/my-app ./app.py
# Hot-reload for development
hf spaces hot-reload username/my-app app.py
Example 3: Batch Operations
# Download all safetensors files
hf download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct --include "*.safetensors"
# Upload and create PR
hf upload username/model . . --create-pr --commit-message="Update model"
Notes
- Token Management: Ensure
HF_TOKENenvironment variable is set, or use--tokenparameter - Large File Upload: For large folders, consider using
hf upload-large-folder - Space Hot-Reload: Only works with Gradio 6.1+, experimental feature
- Free Space Limits:
- Free fixed vCPU: 2
- RAM: 16GB
- No persistent storage (use external storage or HF Datasets)