Agent skill

Common Skills

Best practices for the Common utilities package in LlamaFarm.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Common Skills

skills CLI

$ npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install llama-farm/llamafarm common-skills --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/common-skills .claude/skills/common-skills && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "common-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills into .claude/skills/common-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "common-skills", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install llama-farm/llamafarm common-skills --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/common-skills .agents/skills/common-skills && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "common-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills into .agents/skills/common-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "common-skills", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install llama-farm/llamafarm common-skills --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/common-skills .cursor/skills/common-skills && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "common-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills into .cursor/skills/common-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "common-skills", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git --path .claude/skills/common-skills

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install llama-farm/llamafarm common-skills --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/common-skills .gemini/skills/common-skills && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "common-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills into .gemini/skills/common-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "common-skills", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install llama-farm/llamafarm common-skills

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/common-skills .github/skills/common-skills && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "common-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills into .github/skills/common-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "common-skills", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install llama-farm/llamafarm common-skills --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/common-skills .opencode/skills/common-skills && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "common-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/llama-farm/llamafarm/tree/main/.claude/skills/common-skills into .opencode/skills/common-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "common-skills", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: common-skills
GitHub stars: 836
Token cost: ~885 tokens
SKILL.md length: 223 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 19
Repo updated: Jun 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Best practices for the Common utilities package in LlamaFarm.

Works in 4 steps: HuggingFace Integration (High priority) → Model Selection (Medium priority) → Testing (High priority) → …
AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
SKILL.md covers Component Overview, Purpose, Shared Python Skills and Framework-Specific Checklists, plus 3 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Common Skills is an agent skill from llama-farm/llamafarm. Best practices for the Common utilities package in LlamaFarm. Covers HuggingFace Hub integration, GGUF model management, and shared utilities.

Its SKILL.md is about 890 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `huggingface.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering. It works with Hugging Face, llama.cpp and Python. The repository describes itself as: Deploy any AI model, agent, database, RAG, and pipeline locally or remotely in minutes. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

“/common-skills”

Requirements

Python 3
Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

HuggingFace Integration (High priority)
Model Selection (Medium priority)
Testing (High priority)
Security (Medium priority)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6244d46. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Read
- Grep
- Glob
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Common Skills loads about 885 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 223 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~885

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from llama-farm/llamafarm at commit 6244d46, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© llama-farm). 223 words, ~885 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/common-skills/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: common-skills
description: Best practices for the Common utilities package in LlamaFarm. Covers HuggingFace Hub integration, GGUF model management, and shared utilities.
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob
user-invocable: false

Common Skills for LlamaFarm

Best practices and code review checklists for the common/ package - shared Python utilities used across all LlamaFarm services.

Component Overview

Attribute	Value
Path	`common/`
Package	`llamafarm-common`
Python	3.10+
Key Dependencies	huggingface_hub, hf-transfer

Purpose

The common/ package provides shared functionality that needs to be consistent across multiple Python services:

Model file utilities (GGUF selection, quantization parsing)
HuggingFace Hub integration (listing, downloading)
Process management (PID files)

Shared Python Skills

This skill inherits all patterns from the shared Python skills:

Topic	File	Relevance
Patterns	../python-skills/patterns.md	Dataclasses, type hints, comprehensions
Typing	../python-skills/typing.md	Type annotations, modern syntax
Testing	../python-skills/testing.md	Pytest fixtures, mocking HuggingFace APIs
Errors	../python-skills/error-handling.md	Custom exceptions, logging
Security	../python-skills/security.md	Path validation, safe file handling

Framework-Specific Checklists

Topic	File	Key Points
HuggingFace	huggingface.md	Hub API, model download, caching, authentication

Module Structure

common/
├── pyproject.toml           # UV-managed dependencies
├── llamafarm_common/
│   ├── __init__.py          # Public API exports
│   ├── model_utils.py       # GGUF file utilities
│   └── pidfile.py           # PID file management
└── tests/
    └── test_model_utils.py  # Unit tests with mocking

Public API

Model Utilities

python

from llamafarm_common import (
    # Parse model:quantization syntax
    parse_model_with_quantization,
    # Extract quantization from filename
    parse_quantization_from_filename,
    # Select best GGUF file from list
    select_gguf_file,
    select_gguf_file_with_logging,
    # List GGUF files in HF repo
    list_gguf_files,
    # Download and get path to GGUF file
    get_gguf_file_path,
    # Default quantization preference order
    GGUF_QUANTIZATION_PREFERENCE_ORDER,
)

PID File Management

python

from llamafarm_common.pidfile import write_pid, get_pid_file

Review Checklist Summary

When reviewing code in common/:

HuggingFace Integration (High priority)
- Proper error handling for network failures
- Authentication token passed correctly
- High-speed transfer enabled appropriately
Model Selection (Medium priority)
- Quantization preference order maintained
- Case-insensitive matching
- Graceful fallback when preferred not available
Testing (High priority)
- HuggingFace API calls mocked
- Network isolation in tests
- Edge cases covered (empty lists, missing files)
Security (Medium priority)
- No token exposure in logs
- Safe file path handling
- Environment variable protection

See huggingface.md for detailed HuggingFace-specific checklists.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .claude/skills/common-skills of llama-farm/llamafarm.

SKILL.md
huggingface.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6244d46

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Questions about Common Skills

What does Common Skills do?

Best practices for the Common utilities package in LlamaFarm. Common Skills is an agent skill from llama-farm/llamafarm. Best practices for the Common utilities package in LlamaFarm.

When should I use Common Skills?

Common Skills fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Common Skills in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/common-skills in llama-farm/llamafarm) into .claude/skills/common-skills in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Common Skills in Codex?

Run `npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/common-skills in llama-farm/llamafarm) into .agents/skills/common-skills in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Common Skills in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add llama-farm/llamafarm --skill common-skills -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/common-skills, .gemini/skills/common-skills, .github/skills/common-skills and .opencode/skills/common-skills in your project.

What does Common Skills need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Common Skills is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob.

Does Common Skills access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Common Skills safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Common Skills use?

Common Skills is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Common Skills use?

About 885 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Common Skills?

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Who maintains Common Skills?

llama-farm (a GitHub organization) maintains it in llama-farm/llamafarm, which has 836 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 10, 2026.

Source: llama-farm/llamafarm on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Common Skills

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Common Skills for LlamaFarm

Component Overview

Purpose

Shared Python Skills

Framework-Specific Checklists

Module Structure

Public API

Model Utilities

PID File Management

Review Checklist Summary

Files

Compare with similar skills

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