Agent skill

Model Hub

by qualcomm in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder

Model Hub — download pre-exported models from Qualcomm AI Hub, run inference on-device, and export them to App Builder as ready-to-import Packs.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Model Hub

skills CLI
$ npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill model-hub -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install qualcomm/qai-appbuilder model-hub --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/qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/model-hub .claude/skills/model-hub && 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/

Facts

Skill name
model-hub
GitHub stars
246
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,172 words
Files
13 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Model Hub — download pre-exported models from Qualcomm AI Hub, run inference on-device, and export them to App Builder as ready-to-import Packs.

  • Works in 10 steps: Detect Platform (MANDATORY) → 5 — Check Model Notes (MANDATORY) → Look Up the Model → …
  • The user wants to use an AI Hub prebuilt package (.bin / .dlc / ONNX) without doing custom conversion
  • SKILL.md covers ✋ Pre-Flight Self-Check…, 🤖 Sub-Agent Dispatch, Decision Prerequisites and Trigger Phrases, plus 13 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls curl

What it does

Model Hub is an agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. Model Hub — download pre-exported models from Qualcomm AI Hub, run inference on-device, and export them to App Builder as ready-to-import Packs. Use this skill when the user wants to use an AI Hub prebuilt package (.bin / .dlc / ONNX) without doing custom conversion. NOT for self-converted models — use model-builder skill instead.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 20 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `models/beit/NOTES.md`, `models/beit/infer_beit.py` and `models/inception_v3/NOTES.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Model hubs and datasets. It works with ONNX. The repository describes itself as: QAI AppBuilder is designed to help developers easily execute models on WoS and Linux platforms. It encapsulates the Qualcomm® AI Runtime SDK APIs into a set of simplified…

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to use an AI Hub prebuilt package (.bin / .dlc / ONNX) without doing custom conversion
  • Tasks that involve Model hubs and datasets

Example prompts

  • “/model-hub”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Detect Platform (MANDATORY)
  2. 5 — Check Model Notes (MANDATORY)
  3. Look Up the Model
  4. Choose Format
  5. Download & Extract
  6. Read metadata.json (MANDATORY)
  7. Run Inference
  8. Interpret Results
  9. 5 — Normalize to App Builder contract (MANDATORY)
  10. Export app_pack + Promote (optional)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 700121f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Model Hub loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,172 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~11k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,172 words (~3,289 tokens).

“When dispatching a sub-agent to this skill → read the full template first: references/dispatch-template.md”

— opening of SKILL.md by qualcomm, Custom licence
name
model-hub
tags
aihub, model-hub, inference, qualcomm, on-device, qnn, tts, asr, classification, export, app-builder
use_for
Download pre-exported models from AI Hub, run inference on Snapdragon X Elite / X2 Elite without conversion, then always normalize the download into the App…
homepage
https://aihub.qualcomm.com/compute/models

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references) in tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/model-hub of qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.

  • SKILL.md
  • models/beit/NOTES.md
  • models/beit/infer_beit.py
  • models/inception_v3/NOTES.md
  • models/melotts_zh/NOTES.md
  • models/melotts_zh/infer_melotts_zh.py
  • models/resnet50/NOTES.md
  • models/zipformer/NOTES.md
  • models/zipformer/infer_zipformer.py
  • references/dispatch-template.md
  • references/known-issues.md
  • references/workflow-details.md
  • scripts/aihub_to_manifest.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 700121f

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Questions about Model Hub

What does Model Hub do?

Model Hub — download pre-exported models from Qualcomm AI Hub, run inference on-device, and export them to App Builder as ready-to-import Packs. Model Hub is an agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. Model Hub — download pre-exported models from Qualcomm AI Hub, run inference on-device, and export them to App Builder as ready-to-import Packs.

When should I use Model Hub?

Model Hub fits situations like: the user wants to use an AI Hub prebuilt package (.bin / .dlc / ONNX) without doing custom conversion; tasks that involve Model hubs and datasets.

How do I install Model Hub in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill model-hub -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/model-hub in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder) into .claude/skills/model-hub in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Model Hub in Codex?

Run `npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill model-hub -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/model-hub in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder) into .agents/skills/model-hub in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Model Hub 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 qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill model-hub -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/model-hub, .gemini/skills/model-hub, .github/skills/model-hub and .opencode/skills/model-hub in your project.

What does Model Hub need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Model Hub needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (curl). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Model Hub access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Model Hub 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Model Hub use?

Model Hub has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Model Hub use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 7.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Model Hub?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Model Hub: Configure G1 Sim2real (EGalahad/sim2real, 145 stars), Xybrid Init (xybrid-ai/xybrid, 466 stars), Community Model Conversion (RisorseArtificiali/anti-vocale, 117 stars) and Quark Torch Export (amd/Quark, 181 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Model Hub?

qualcomm (a GitHub organization) maintains it in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder, which has 246 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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