hugging-face-cli

name	hugging-face-cli
description	Execute Hugging Face Hub operations using the `hf` CLI. Use when the user needs to download models/datasets/spaces, upload files to Hub repositories, create repos, manage local cache, or run compute jobs on HF infrastructure. Covers authentication, file transfers, repository creation, cache operations, and cloud compute.
category	llm-tools
version	1.0.0
author	Synthetic Sciences
license	MIT
tags	["Hugging Face","CLI","Model Download","Hub"]
dependencies	["huggingface-hub","transformers"]

Hugging Face CLI

The hf CLI provides direct terminal access to the Hugging Face Hub for downloading, uploading, and managing repositories, cache, and compute resources.

Quick Command Reference

Task	Command
Login	hf auth login
Download model	hf download <repo_id>
Download to folder	hf download <repo_id> --local-dir ./path
Upload folder	hf upload <repo_id> . .
Create repo	hf repo create <name>
Create tag	hf repo tag create <repo_id> <tag>
Delete files	hf repo-files delete <repo_id> <files>
List cache	hf cache ls
Remove from cache	hf cache rm <repo_or_revision>
List models	hf models ls
Get model info	hf models info <model_id>
List datasets	hf datasets ls
Get dataset info	hf datasets info <dataset_id>
List spaces	hf spaces ls
Get space info	hf spaces info <space_id>
List endpoints	hf endpoints ls
Run GPU job	hf jobs run --flavor a10g-small <image> <cmd>
Environment info	hf env

Credential Setup

HuggingFace token is auto-injected by openscience when connected via the dashboard.

# Verify credentials
[ -n "$HF_TOKEN" ] && echo "HF_TOKEN set" ||