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+0.30 HuggingFace Agent Skills (github.com)
134 points by armcat 8 hours ago | 40 comments on HN | Mild positive Landing Page · vv3.4 · 2026-02-24
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Preamble: +0.25 — Preamble P Article 1: +0.20 — Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood 1 Article 2: +0.20 — Non-Discrimination 2 Article 3: ND — Life, Liberty, Security Article 3: No Data — Life, Liberty, Security 3 Article 4: ND — No Slavery Article 4: No Data — No Slavery 4 Article 5: ND — No Torture Article 5: No Data — No Torture 5 Article 6: ND — Legal Personhood Article 6: No Data — Legal Personhood 6 Article 7: ND — Equality Before Law Article 7: No Data — Equality Before Law 7 Article 8: ND — Right to Remedy Article 8: No Data — Right to Remedy 8 Article 9: ND — No Arbitrary Detention Article 9: No Data — No Arbitrary Detention 9 Article 10: ND — Fair Hearing Article 10: No Data — Fair Hearing 10 Article 11: ND — Presumption of Innocence Article 11: No Data — Presumption of Innocence 11 Article 12: +0.14 — Privacy 12 Article 13: ND — Freedom of Movement Article 13: No Data — Freedom of Movement 13 Article 14: ND — Asylum Article 14: No Data — Asylum 14 Article 15: ND — Nationality Article 15: No Data — Nationality 15 Article 16: ND — Marriage & Family Article 16: No Data — Marriage & Family 16 Article 17: +0.05 — Property 17 Article 18: ND — Freedom of Thought Article 18: No Data — Freedom of Thought 18 Article 19: +0.50 — Freedom of Expression 19 Article 20: +0.23 — Assembly & Association 20 Article 21: ND — Political Participation Article 21: No Data — Political Participation 21 Article 22: ND — Social Security Article 22: No Data — Social Security 22 Article 23: ND — Work & Equal Pay Article 23: No Data — Work & Equal Pay 23 Article 24: ND — Rest & Leisure Article 24: No Data — Rest & Leisure 24 Article 25: +0.35 — Standard of Living 25 Article 26: +0.40 — Education 26 Article 27: +0.50 — Cultural Participation 27 Article 28: ND — Social & International Order Article 28: No Data — Social & International Order 28 Article 29: ND — Duties to Community Article 29: No Data — Duties to Community 29 Article 30: ND — No Destruction of Rights Article 30: No Data — No Destruction of Rights 30
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Weighted Mean +0.30 Unweighted Mean +0.28
Max +0.50 Article 19 Min +0.05 Article 17
Signal 10 No Data 21
Confidence 22% Volatility 0.14 (Low)
Negative 0 Channels E: 0.3 S: 0.7
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Evidence: High: 2 Medium: 8 Low: 0 No Data: 21
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Domain Context Profile
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Privacy +0.10
Article 12
GitHub has standard privacy controls and policies protecting user data and discussion content from unauthorized access.
Terms of Service +0.05
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GitHub ToS establish baseline equal treatment of users without discrimination, though enforcement depends on implementation.
Accessibility +0.15
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Observable accessibility features including keyboard navigation, ARIA support, and responsive design promote equitable access to platform functionality.
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GitHub's public mission emphasizes open collaboration and global access to development tools, indirectly supporting knowledge-sharing rights.
Editorial Code +0.08
Article 19 Article 27
GitHub community guidelines establish standards for respectful discussion and protect user expression within community contexts.
Ownership -0.05
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GitHub retains platform control; user-generated content ownership is subject to platform terms, creating conditional rather than absolute intellectual property rights.
Access Model +0.12
Article 19 Article 27
Public discussion board model enables open participation and knowledge dissemination without gatekeeping, supporting freedom of expression and information access.
Ad/Tracking -0.08
Article 12
GitHub's feature flags and analytics tracking create potential privacy concerns; behavioral data collection may infringe on privacy of thought.
HN Discussion 6 top-level comments
daturkel 2026-02-24 19:57 UTC link
Skills in CC have been a bit frustrating for me. They don't trigger reliably and the emphasis on "it's just markdown" makes it harder to have them reliably call certain tools with the correct arguments.

The idea that agent harnesses should primarily have their functionality dictated by plaintext commands feels like a copout around programming in some actually useful, semi-opinionated functionality (not to mention that it makes capability-discoverability basically impossible). For example, Claude Code has three modes: plan, ask about edits, and auto-accept edits. I always start with a plan and then I end up with multiple tasks. I'd like to auto-accept edits for a step at a time and the only way to do that reliably is to ask CC to do that, but it's not reliable—sometimes it just continues to go into the next step. If this were programmed explicitly into CC rather than relying on agent obedience, we could ditch the nondeterminism and just have a hook on task completion that toggles auto-complete back to "off."

RyanShook 2026-02-24 20:18 UTC link
So far my experience with skills is that they slow down or confuse agents unless you as the user understand what the skill actually contains and how it works. In general I would rather install a CLI tool and explain to the agent how I want it used vs. trying to get the agent to use a folder of instructions that I don't really understand what's inside.
mccoyb 2026-02-24 20:36 UTC link
Skills feel analogous to behavioral programs. If you give an agent access to a programmable substrate (e.g. bash + CLI tools), you write these Markdown programs which are triggered and read when the agent thinks certain behaviors will be beneficial.

It's a great idea: really neat take on programmability, and can be reloaded while the agent is running without tweaking the harness, etc -- lots of benefits.

`pi` has a great skills implementation too.

I think skills might really shine if you take a minimal approach to the system prompt (like `pi`) -- a lot of the times, if I want to orchestrate the agent in some complex behavior, I want to start fresh, and having it walk through a bunch of skills ... possibly the smaller the system prompt, the more likely the agent is to follow the skills without issue.

sothatsit 2026-02-24 21:26 UTC link
I’ve had a great experience with CLI-related skills at work. We have written CLIs for systems like Jira, along with skills that document the CLIs and describe the organisation of Jira at our company. Claude Code loads these reliably whenever you mention Jira or an issue number.

Alternatively, I’ve had less luck with purely documentation skills. They seem to be loaded less reliably when they’re not linked to actions the agent wants to take, and it is frustrating to watch the agent try to figure something out when the docs are one skill load away.

firemelt 2026-02-24 21:50 UTC link
I really dont get skills at all is is just claude.md but for specific usecase?
rukuu001 2026-02-24 23:27 UTC link
Say it fast out loud - "Hugging Face Skills" - probably not the message Hugging Face wants to send.
Score Breakdown
+0.25
Preamble Preamble
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Platform structure enables collaborative knowledge-sharing and open access consistent with preamble dignity and equal rights ideals. No explicit editorial content addressing preamble principles.

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Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood
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Platform structure treats all users equally in access to repository collaboration. DCP ToS modifier applied. No editorial advocacy observed on-page.

+0.20
Article 2 Non-Discrimination
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No discrimination in platform access based on observable characteristics. DCP ToS modifier applied.

ND
Article 3 Life, Liberty, Security

No observable content addressing right to life, liberty, or personal security on this landing page.

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Article 4 No Slavery

No observable content addressing slavery or servitude.

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Article 5 No Torture

No observable content addressing torture or cruel treatment.

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Article 6 Legal Personhood

No observable content addressing right to recognition before law.

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Article 7 Equality Before Law

No observable content addressing equal protection under law.

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Article 8 Right to Remedy

No observable content addressing remedy for violations.

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Article 9 No Arbitrary Detention

No observable content addressing arbitrary arrest or detention.

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Article 10 Fair Hearing

No observable content addressing right to fair trial.

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Article 11 Presumption of Innocence

No observable content addressing criminal procedure or presumption of innocence.

+0.14
Article 12 Privacy
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ND
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Platform provides privacy controls and content protection. DCP privacy modifier (+0.1) and ad_tracking modifier (-0.08) partially offset; net +0.02 applied. Feature flag data collection noted but privacy mechanisms present.

ND
Article 13 Freedom of Movement

No observable content addressing freedom of movement.

ND
Article 14 Asylum

No observable content addressing asylum or refuge.

ND
Article 15 Nationality

No observable content addressing nationality.

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Article 16 Marriage & Family

No observable content addressing marriage or family.

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Article 17 Property
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Repository enables collaborative intellectual contribution, but platform terms condition ownership. DCP ownership modifier applied (-0.05), reflecting conditional IP rights rather than absolute property protection.

ND
Article 18 Freedom of Thought

No observable content addressing freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Article 19 Freedom of Expression
High Practice Coverage
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Repository structure enables open expression and information sharing without gatekeeping. Public access to skills repository promotes freedom to seek, receive, and impart information. DCP editorial_code modifier (+0.08) and access_model modifier (+0.12) applied; combined +0.20 reflects strong structural support for expression.

+0.23
Article 20 Assembly & Association
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Platform enables freedom of peaceful assembly and association through open collaboration model and community participation. DCP editorial_code modifier (+0.08) reflects community guidelines supporting respectful association.

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Article 21 Political Participation

No observable content addressing political participation or voting.

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Article 22 Social Security

No observable content addressing social security or economic and social rights.

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Article 23 Work & Equal Pay

No observable content addressing work, employment, or fair wages.

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Article 24 Rest & Leisure

No observable content addressing rest or leisure.

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Article 25 Standard of Living
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Platform accessibility features (keyboard navigation, ARIA, responsive design) promote equitable access to collaborative learning and skill development resources. DCP accessibility modifier (+0.15) applied directly.

+0.40
Article 26 Education
Medium Practice
Editorial
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Structural
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Repository structure promotes education and skill development through open-access collaborative model. Platform accessibility supports equitable participation in educational resource. DCP accessibility modifier (+0.15) applied.

+0.50
Article 27 Cultural Participation
High Practice Coverage
Editorial
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+0.30
SETL
ND
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Repository enables participation in cultural life and scientific advancement through open collaboration on skills and knowledge sharing. No paywall or gatekeeping observed. DCP editorial_code (+0.08) and access_model (+0.12) modifiers applied; combined +0.20.

ND
Article 28 Social & International Order

No observable content addressing social and international order for rights realization.

ND
Article 29 Duties to Community

No observable content addressing duties to community or limitations on rights.

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Article 30 No Destruction of Rights

No observable content addressing prohibition of rights destruction or abuse.
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