kaggle agent skill by shepsci
Handles Kaggle tasks when explicitly requested, covering competitions, datasets, models, notebooks, forums, benchmarks, hackathons, badges, and account setup.
At a glance
| Publisher | shepsci |
|---|---|
| Repository | github.com/shepsci/kaggle-skill |
| Category | Data, Analytics and Databases |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | October 3, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 183 lines, 1,456 words |
| Bundled files | 88 files, including scripts |
| Quality score | 90/100 · A 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: 52 script files (52 Python). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
- Environment variables its scripts read:
KAGGLE_API_TOKEN,KAGGLE_MCP_TOKEN,KAGGLE_TOKEN. Check SKILL.md for which ones it needs. - Network: its scripts use an HTTP client or a cloud SDK, and name
www.kaggle.com. - MCP: SKILL.md mentions an MCP server.
- Tool permissions requested:
Read Grep Glob(theallowed-toolsfield of SKILL.md). - License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install kaggle
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/shepsci/kaggle-skill/tree/main/skills/kaggle
tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shepsci/kaggle-skill.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/kaggle .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"
python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo shepsci/kaggle-skill \
--path skills/kaggle
shepsci/kaggle-skill is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Unified Kaggle skill. Use when the user explicitly mentions Kaggle, kaggle.com, a Kaggle URL, Kaggle competitions, Kaggle datasets/models/notebooks, Kaggle forums/discussions/writeups, Kaggle benchmarks, hackathons hosted on Kaggle, Kaggle badges, or Kaggle account setup. Do not use for generic ML, GPU/TPU, notebook, dataset, benchmark, or data-science tasks unless the user clearly ties them to Kaggle.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Compatibility, from SKILL.md
| Compatibility | Python 3.11+. Public reads need nothing else. Downloads, submissions, notebooks and publishing need the pip packages kaggle>=2.2.4 and kagglehub>=1.0.2. Optional: kaggle-benchmarks>=0.6 for writing… |
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Sections in SKILL.md
- Run a command
- Pick the command
- Before any action that changes the account
- Reading the output
- Credentials
- Exit codes
- References
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.mdmodules/README.mdmodules/badges/README.mdmodules/badges/references/badge-catalog.mdmodules/badges/scripts/badge_registry.pymodules/badges/scripts/badge_tracker.pymodules/badges/scripts/orchestrator.pymodules/badges/scripts/phase_1_instant_api.pymodules/badges/scripts/phase_2_competition.pymodules/badges/scripts/phase_3_pipeline.pymodules/badges/scripts/phase_4_browser.pymodules/badges/scripts/phase_5_streaks.pymodules/badges/scripts/templates/README_dataset.mdmodules/badges/scripts/templates/dataset-metadata.jsonmodules/badges/scripts/templates/kernel-metadata.jsonmodules/badges/scripts/templates/model-instance-metadata.jsonmodules/badges/scripts/templates/model-metadata.jsonmodules/badges/scripts/templates/python_notebook.ipynbmodules/badges/scripts/templates/r_notebook.ipynbmodules/badges/scripts/templates/submission_titanic.csvmodules/badges/scripts/templates/utility_script.pymodules/badges/scripts/utils.pymodules/benchmarks/README.mdmodules/benchmarks/references/benchmark-endpoints.md
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Suede Skill Check: 90/100 · A
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
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- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Reference files: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the skill folder ships a references/, reference/ or docs/ folder.
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kaggle 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 | 4 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 2 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 3 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 2 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 2 of 2 |
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Where this skill is cited
shepsci/kaggle-skill appears in 2 curated lists: BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills, heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills.