llava agent skill by Orchestra-Research
Guides visual instruction tuning and image-based conversations with LLaVA, which combines a CLIP vision encoder with Vicuna or LLaMA models for visual question answering.
At a glance
| Publisher | Orchestra-Research |
|---|---|
| Repository | Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs (81 listed skills) |
| Category | AI Agents and LLM Engineering |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | June 15, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 294 lines, 862 words |
| Bundled files | 2 files, including references |
| Quality score | 77/100 · C Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the listing badge and raise the score |
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: none.
- Commands in SKILL.md: its code blocks run
pip install, which fetches or runs software from outside the skill folder. - License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install llava
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/Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs/tree/main/18-multimodal/llavatmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"18-multimodal/llava .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs \
--path 18-multimodal/llavaOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Large Language and Vision Assistant. Enables visual instruction tuning and image-based conversations. Combines CLIP vision encoder with Vicuna/LLaMA language models. Supports multi-turn image chat, visual question answering, and instruction following. Use for vision-language chatbots or image understanding tasks. Best for conversational image analysis.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- When to use LLaVA
- Quick start
- Installation
- Basic usage
- Available models
- CLI usage
- Web UI (Gradio)
- Multi-turn conversations
- Common tasks
- Image captioning
- Visual question answering
- Object detection (textual)
- Scene understanding
- Document understanding
- Training custom model
- Quantization (reduce VRAM)
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdreferences/training.md
Suede Skill Check: 77/100 · C
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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What to review next
- Recent maintenance: 3 of 9 points. 9 for a repository commit within 30 days of the snapshot; 6 within 90; 3 within 180; 1 within 365.
- 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).
Add declarations and bundled files when they describe the skill’s actual needs. Update the source, then request a fresh review with the changed commit or PR.
llava 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 | 3 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 3 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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llava is listed with 77/100 · C. This badge links to its Suede listing. Skills scoring 80–99 add a numeric and a letter quality shield; the largest open points for llava are recent maintenance (6), boundary clause (4) and example request (3). Send your repository and the points you want to raise, then request a fresh review after updating the skill.
[](https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/orchestra-research/ai-research-skills/llava/)<a href="https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/orchestra-research/ai-research-skills/llava/"><img src="https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/badge.svg" alt="Suede Skills Directory: listed" height="20"></a>Where this skill is cited
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs appears in 2 curated lists: VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills, skillmatic-ai/awesome-agent-skills.