Agent skill

Models And Flavors

by VectorSpaceLab in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill

Use this sub-skill for MLflow Models, pyfunc, flavor APIs, signatures, input examples, dependencies, local serving/prediction, and mlflow.evaluate workflows.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Models And Flavors

skills CLI
$ npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill models-and-flavors -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill models-and-flavors --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/VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/repositories/repo-skills/mlflow/sub-skills/models-and-flavors .claude/skills/models-and-flavors && 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
models-and-flavors
GitHub stars
331
Token cost
~675 tokens
SKILL.md length
247 words
Files
7 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
157
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Use this sub-skill for MLflow Models, pyfunc, flavor APIs, signatures, input examples, dependencies, local serving/prediction, and mlflow.evaluate workflows.

  • DevOps & Cloud work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Route here for, Route elsewhere, Start with these references and Bundled smoke scripts
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Models And Flavors is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use this sub-skill for MLflow Models, pyfunc, flavor APIs, signatures, input examples, dependencies, local serving/prediction, and mlflow.evaluate workflows.

Its SKILL.md is about 680 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api-reference.md`, `references/evaluation-and-serving.md` and `references/model-packaging.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. It works with MLflow. The repository describes itself as: A Skill Library for Automated Machine Learning. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • DevOps & Cloud work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/models-and-flavors”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Docker

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac3fe1a. 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 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • 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

Models And Flavors loads about 675 tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 247 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~675
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.1k

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

The full file from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill at commit ac3fe1a, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© VectorSpaceLab). 247 words, ~675 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/models-and-flavors/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
models-and-flavors
description
Use this sub-skill for MLflow Models, pyfunc, flavor APIs, signatures, input examples, dependencies, local serving/prediction, and mlflow.evaluate workflows.
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.disco-role
operating
license
Apache 2.0

MLflow Models and Flavors

Use this sub-skill when the task involves packaging, loading, validating, evaluating, or locally serving MLflow Models.

Route here for

  • Logging, saving, loading, or inspecting MLflow Models and MLmodel metadata.
  • Custom pyfunc models using mlflow.pyfunc.PythonModel, callables, model-as-code files, artifacts, model_config, and params.
  • Flavor APIs such as mlflow.sklearn, mlflow.pytorch, mlflow.transformers, and mlflow.langchain when the issue is model packaging/loading rather than framework training.
  • Model signatures, input examples, schema enforcement, model dependency files, environment reconstruction, and optional flavor dependency failures.
  • mlflow.evaluate, custom metrics/artifacts, model validation thresholds, and precomputed prediction evaluation.
  • mlflow models CLI commands for local model serving, prediction, environment preparation, Dockerfile generation, Docker builds, and pip requirement updates.

Route elsewhere

  • Registry aliases, versions, stages, registered model lifecycle, and model IDs as governance objects belong in tracking-and-registry.
  • Deployment endpoint creation, server authentication, production serving infrastructure, and MLflow Projects execution belong in serving-and-projects.
  • GenAI scoring, tracing, prompts, judges, and app observability belong in genai-observability; use this sub-skill only for shared model packaging/evaluation mechanics.

Start with these references

  • references/api-reference.md for concrete API signatures and call patterns.
  • references/model-packaging.md for pyfunc, model-as-code, flavor, signature, and dependency packaging recipes.
  • references/evaluation-and-serving.md for mlflow.evaluate, local scoring, and mlflow models CLI workflows.
  • references/troubleshooting.md for schema mismatch, dependency, URI, optional-package, serving payload, and evaluation repair playbooks.

Bundled smoke scripts

Run these from any writable directory with MLflow installed:

bash
python skills/mlflow/sub-skills/models-and-flavors/scripts/pyfunc_smoke.py
python skills/mlflow/sub-skills/models-and-flavors/scripts/evaluate_smoke.py

The scripts use temporary local tracking directories and tiny fixtures only. They do not require network access, model registry services, optional deep-learning packages, or the MLflow source checkout.

© VectorSpaceLab, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts, references) in skills/repositories/repo-skills/mlflow/sub-skills/models-and-flavors of VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/api-reference.md
  • references/evaluation-and-serving.md
  • references/model-packaging.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • scripts/evaluate_smoke.py
  • scripts/pyfunc_smoke.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac3fe1a

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Questions about Models And Flavors

What does Models And Flavors do?

Use this sub-skill for MLflow Models, pyfunc, flavor APIs, signatures, input examples, dependencies, local serving/prediction, and mlflow.evaluate workflows. Models And Flavors is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.evaluate workflows.

When should I use Models And Flavors?

Models And Flavors fits situations like: devOps & Cloud work in your project.

How do I install Models And Flavors in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill models-and-flavors -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/mlflow/sub-skills/models-and-flavors in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .claude/skills/models-and-flavors in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Models And Flavors in Codex?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill models-and-flavors -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/mlflow/sub-skills/models-and-flavors in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .agents/skills/models-and-flavors in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Models And Flavors 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 VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill models-and-flavors -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/models-and-flavors, .gemini/skills/models-and-flavors, .github/skills/models-and-flavors and .opencode/skills/models-and-flavors in your project.

What does Models And Flavors need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Models And Flavors needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker.

Does Models And Flavors 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 Models And Flavors 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 Models And Flavors use?

Models And Flavors is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Models And Flavors use?

About 675 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 5.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Models And Flavors?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Models And Flavors: Google Agents CLI Observability (pifferologo/cloud-agents-cli, 129 stars), Osmo Lerobot Training (microsoft/physical-ai-toolchain, 126 stars), ML Pipeline Expert (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars) and Senior ML Engineer (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Models And Flavors?

VectorSpaceLab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill, which has 331 GitHub stars. The repository holds 157 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

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