hugging-face-cli
Hugging Face Hub CLI (`hf`) for downloading, uploading, and managing models, datasets, spaces, buckets, repos, papers, jobs, and more on the Hugging Face Hub.
When to Use
Use this skill when you need 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...
Install by downloading the installer script first, reviewing it, and then running it locally: tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)" && trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT && curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh -o "$tmpdir/hf-install.sh" && less "$tmpdir/hf-install.sh" && bash "$tmpdir/hf-install.sh"
The Hugging Face Hub CLI tool hf is available. IMPORTANT: The hf command replaces the deprecated huggingface-cli command.
Use hf --help to view available functions. Note that auth commands are now all under hf auth e.g. hf auth whoami.
Generated with huggingface_hub v1.21.0. Run hf skills add --force to regenerate.
Commands
hf cp SRC— Copy files between local paths, repositories, and buckets.[--format [auto|human|agent|json|quiet]]hf download REPO_ID— Download files from the Hub.[--type [model|dataset|space] --revision TEXT --include TEXT --exclude TEXT --cache-dir TEXT --local-dir TEXT --force-download --dry-run --max-workers INTEGER --format [auto|human|agent|json|quiet]]hf env— Print information about the environment. `[-
Subscribers only
The full skill, its 1 bundled files and every download is included with every paid Complete AI plan.
Details
| Source | huggingface/skills |
|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Risk label | critical ("critical" means the skill may run commands or touch files — read before use) |
| Files | SKILL.md |
| Added | 2026-07-01 |
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