huggingface-tool-builder agent skill by huggingface
Builds reusable scripts that fetch, enrich, or process data from the Hugging Face API, especially when chaining API calls or automating repeated tasks.
At a glance
| Publisher | Hugging Face Official |
|---|---|
| Repository | huggingface/skills (24 listed skills) |
| Category | Developer Tools and Frameworks |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | October 8, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 115 lines, 717 words |
| Bundled files | 8 files, including references |
| Quality score | 83/100 · B Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the badges for this listing |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: 6 script files (5 Shell, 1 Python). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
- Environment variables its scripts read:
HF_TOKEN,USE_TOKEN. Check SKILL.md for which ones it needs. - Network: its scripts use an HTTP client or a cloud SDK, and name
huggingface.co. - License: Apache-2.0, an open-source or open-content license.
Install huggingface-tool-builder
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/huggingface/skills/tree/main/skills/huggingface-tool-buildertmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/huggingface/skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/huggingface-tool-builder .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo huggingface/skills \
--path skills/huggingface-tool-builderhuggingface/skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Use this skill when the user wants to build tool/scripts or achieve a task where using data from the Hugging Face API would help. This is especially useful when chaining or combining API calls or the task will be repeated/automated. This Skill creates a reusable script to fetch, enrich or process data.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Script Rules
- Sample Scripts
- High Level Endpoints
- Accessing the API
- Using the HF command line tool
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdreferences/baseline_hf_api.pyreferences/baseline_hf_api.shreferences/baseline_hf_api.tsxreferences/find_models_by_paper.shreferences/hf_enrich_models.shreferences/hf_model_card_frontmatter.shreferences/hf_model_papers_auth.sh
Suede Skill Check: 83/100 · B
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Bundled scripts: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the skill folder ships a scripts/ folder.
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huggingface-tool-builder passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 5 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 3 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 3 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
huggingface/skills appears in 2 curated lists: heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, skillmatic-ai/awesome-agent-skills.