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

1. Token Management: Ensure HF_TOKEN environment variable is set, or use --token parameter
2. Large File Upload: For large folders, consider using hf upload-large-folder
3. Space Hot-Reload: Only works with Gradio 6.1+, experimental feature
4. Free Space Limits:
• Free fixed vCPU: 2
• RAM: 16GB
• No persistent storage (use external storage or HF Datasets)

Resources

• Hugging Face CLI Documentation
• Hugging Face Token Settings
• Hugging Face Spaces