hf-cli
hf-cli is an agent skill published by huggingface, listed under deploy & operate. It lives in the huggingface/skills repository, which has 11,213 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-23.
hf-cli is a command-line interface for interacting with the Hugging Face Hub, allowing users to download, upload, and manage models, datasets, and other resources. It requires authentication and can be used for managing local cache, buckets, repos, and more on the Hugging Face platform.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads huggingface/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add huggingface/skills
Maintenance
Hugging Face Hub CLI (`hf`) for downloading, uploading, and managing models, datasets, spaces, buckets, repos, papers, jobs, and more on the Hugging Face Hub. Use when: handling authentication; managing local cache; managing Hugging Face Buckets; running or scheduling jobs on Hugging Face infrastructure; managing Hugging Face repos; discussions and pull requests; browsing models, datasets and spaces; reading, searching, or browsing academic papers; managing collections; querying datasets; configuring spaces; setting up webhooks; or deploying and managing HF Inference Endpoints. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user mentions 'hf', 'huggingface', 'Hugging Face', 'huggingface-cli', or 'hugging face cli', or wants to do anything related to the Hugging Face ecosystem and to AI and ML in general. Also use for cloud storage needs like training checkpoints, data pipelines, or agent traces. Use even if the user doesn't explicitly ask for a CLI command. Replaces the deprecated `huggingface-cli`.
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Common questions about hf-cli
- What does hf-cli do?
- hf-cli is a command-line interface for interacting with the Hugging Face Hub, allowing users to download, upload, and manage models, datasets, and other resources. It requires authentication and can be used for managing local cache, buckets, repos, and more on the Hugging Face platform.
- How do I install hf-cli?
- Run npx skills add huggingface/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes hf-cli?
- huggingface.
- Is hf-cli maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 11,213 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-23. The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.
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