Huggingface Best
Use when the user asks about finding the best, top, or recommended model for a task...
Install
npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill huggingface-best -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- huggingface/skills11.2k
- Category
- AI and agents
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Context cost
- Lightabout 1,280 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Use when the user asks about finding the best, top, or recommended model for a task, wants to know what AI model to use, or wants to compare models by benchmark scores. Triggers on: "best model for X", "what model should I use for", "top models for [task]", "which model runs on my laptop/machine/device", "recommend a model for", "what LLM should I use for", "compare models for", "what's state of the art for", or any question about choosing an AI model for a specific use case. Always use this skill when the user wants model recommendations or comparisons, even if they don't explicitly mention HuggingFace or benchmarks.
HuggingFace Best Model Finder
Finds the best models for a task by querying official HF benchmark leaderboards, enriching results with model size data, filtering for what fits on the user's device, and returning a comparison table with benchmark scores.
Step 1: Parse the request
Extract from the user's message:
- Task: what they want the model to do (coding, math/reasoning, chat, OCR, RAG/retrieval, speech recognition, image classification, multimodal, agents, etc.)
- Device: hardware constraints (MacBook M-series 8/16/32/64GB unified memory, RTX GPU with VRAM amount, CPU-only, cloud/no constraint, etc.)
If device is not mentioned, skip filtering entirely and return the highest-performing models regardless of size. If the task is genuinely ambiguous, ask one clarifying question.
Device → max parameter budget
When a device is specified, extract its available memory (unified RAM for Apple Silicon, VRAM for discrete GPUs) and apply:
- fp16 max params (B) ≈ memory (GB) ÷ 2
- Q4 max params (B) ≈ memory (GB) × 2
Examples: 16GB → 8B fp16 / 32B Q4, 24GB VRAM → 12B fp16 / 48B Q4, 8GB → 4B fp16 / 16B Q4
Step 2: Find relevant benchmark datasets
Fetch the full list of official HF benchmarks:
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat ~/.cache/huggingface/token)" \
"https://huggingface.co/api/datasets?filter=benchmark:official&limit=500" | jq '[.[] | {id, tags, description}]'
Read the returned list and select the datasets most relevant to the user's task, match on dataset id, tags, and description. Use your judgment; don't limit yourself to 2-3. Aim for comprehensive coverage: if 5 benchmarks clearly cover the task, use all 5.
Step 3: Fetch top models from leaderboards
For each selected benchmark dataset:
