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tao-finetune-huggingface-model
Fine-tune any HuggingFace CV / VLM / LLM model on local NVIDIA GPUs inside an NGC PyTorch container when no dedicated TAO model skill matches. Use when the user wants to fine-tune a HuggingFace model (full or LoRA), train a vision / VLM / LLM model end-to-end, generate a reproducible HF training pipeline, smoke-test a HuggingFace model locally before scale-up, push a fine-tuned model to the HF Hub with a model card, or emit a self-contained rerun skill for an existing HuggingFace finetune. Supports image classification, object detection, semantic / instance / panoptic segmentation, depth estimation, image-text-to-text VLM (SFT / LoRA), and LLM SFT / DPO / GRPO. Six-step workflow: inspect and qualify, hardware and NGC image, research, generate and smoke, train + eval + infer, push and emit rerun skill. Do not use for any Hugging Face model ID claimed by a dedicated `skills/models/*` skill; the model skill and its declared execution environment take precedence.
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<!-- Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0; see http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 -->
# tao-finetune-huggingface-model
> **Standalone install?** If this session was not initialized by the TAO skill bank plugin, run the `tao-setup` skill first (host preflight, credentials, cross-skill discovery).
Local NVIDIA GPU fine-tuning for HuggingFace models, grounded in live-fetched
documentation with curated references as a fallback safety net. One NGC container,
a few focused scripts, one push to HF Hub. Follow the rules in this file; don't
improvise.
## Dedicated-model routing gate
Before Step 1 or any probe, image selection, package install, venv creation, or
training-code generation, resolve `model_id` against the packaged model-owner