Topic: ai-research
217 skills in this topic.
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hqq-quantization
Half-Quadratic Quantization for LLMs without calibration data. Use when quantizing models to 4/3/2-bit precision without needing calibration datasets, for fast quantization workflows, or when deploying with vLLM or HuggingFace Transformers.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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dspy
Build complex AI systems with declarative programming, optimize prompts automatically, create modular RAG systems and agents with DSPy - Stanford NLP's framework for systematic LM programming
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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guidance
Control LLM output with regex and grammars, guarantee valid JSON/XML/code generation, enforce structured formats, and build multi-step workflows with Guidance - Microsoft Research's constrained generation framework
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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instructor
Extract structured data from LLM responses with Pydantic validation, retry failed extractions automatically, parse complex JSON with type safety, and stream partial results with Instructor - battle-tested structured output library
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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outlines
Guarantee valid JSON/XML/code structure during generation, use Pydantic models for type-safe outputs, support local models (Transformers, vLLM), and maximize inference speed with Outlines - dottxt.ai's structured generation library
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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axolotl
Expert guidance for fine-tuning LLMs with Axolotl - YAML configs, 100+ models, LoRA/QLoRA, DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO, multimodal support
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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llama-factory
Expert guidance for fine-tuning LLMs with LLaMA-Factory - WebUI no-code, 100+ models, 2/3/4/5/6/8-bit QLoRA, multimodal support
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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peft-fine-tuning
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning for LLMs using LoRA, QLoRA, and 25+ methods. Use when fine-tuning large models (7B-70B) with limited GPU memory, when you need to train <1% of parameters with minimal accuracy loss, or for multi-adapter serving. HuggingFace's official library integrated with transformers ecosystem.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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grpo-rl-training
Expert guidance for GRPO/RL fine-tuning with TRL for reasoning and task-specific model training
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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fine-tuning-with-trl
Fine-tune LLMs using reinforcement learning with TRL - SFT for instruction tuning, DPO for preference alignment, PPO/GRPO for reward optimization, and reward model training. Use when need RLHF, align model with preferences, or train from human feedback. Works with HuggingFace Transformers.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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verl-rl-training
Provides guidance for training LLMs with reinforcement learning using verl (Volcano Engine RL). Use when implementing RLHF, GRPO, PPO, or other RL algorithms for LLM post-training at scale with flexible infrastructure backends.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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constitutional-ai
Anthropic's method for training harmless AI through self-improvement. Two-phase approach - supervised learning with self-critique/revision, then RLAIF (RL from AI Feedback). Use for safety alignment, reducing harmful outputs without human labels. Powers Claude's safety system.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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training-llms-megatron
Trains large language models (2B-462B parameters) using NVIDIA Megatron-Core with advanced parallelism strategies. Use when training models >1B parameters, need maximum GPU efficiency (47% MFU on H100), or require tensor/pipeline/sequence/context/expert parallelism. Production-ready framework used for Nemotron, LLaMA, DeepSeek.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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pytorch-fsdp2
Adds PyTorch FSDP2 (fully_shard) to training scripts with correct init, sharding, mixed precision/offload config, and distributed checkpointing. Use when models exceed single-GPU memory or when you need DTensor-based sharding with DeviceMesh.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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llama-cpp
Runs LLM inference on CPU, Apple Silicon, and consumer GPUs without NVIDIA hardware. Use for edge deployment, M1/M2/M3 Macs, AMD/Intel GPUs, or when CUDA is unavailable. Supports GGUF quantization (1.5-8 bit) for reduced memory and 4-10× speedup vs PyTorch on CPU.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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sglang
Fast structured generation and serving for LLMs with RadixAttention prefix caching. Use for JSON/regex outputs, constrained decoding, agentic workflows with tool calls, or when you need 5× faster inference than vLLM with prefix sharing. Powers 300,000+ GPUs at xAI, AMD, NVIDIA, and LinkedIn.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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autogpt-agents
Autonomous AI agent platform for building and deploying continuous agents. Use when creating visual workflow agents, deploying persistent autonomous agents, or building complex multi-step AI automation systems.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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crewai-multi-agent
Multi-agent orchestration framework for autonomous AI collaboration. Use when building teams of specialized agents working together on complex tasks, when you need role-based agent collaboration with memory, or for production workflows requiring sequential/hierarchical execution. Built without LangChain dependencies for lean, fast execution.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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sentence-transformers
Framework for state-of-the-art sentence, text, and image embeddings. Provides 5000+ pre-trained models for semantic similarity, clustering, and retrieval. Supports multilingual, domain-specific, and multimodal models. Use for generating embeddings for RAG, semantic search, or similarity tasks. Best for production embedding generation.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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blip-2-vision-language
Vision-language pre-training framework bridging frozen image encoders and LLMs. Use when you need image captioning, visual question answering, image-text retrieval, or multimodal chat with state-of-the-art zero-shot performance.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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clip
OpenAI's model connecting vision and language. Enables zero-shot image classification, image-text matching, and cross-modal retrieval. Trained on 400M image-text pairs. Use for image search, content moderation, or vision-language tasks without fine-tuning. Best for general-purpose image understanding.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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whisper
OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition model. Supports 99 languages, transcription, translation to English, and language identification. Six model sizes from tiny (39M params) to large (1550M params). Use for speech-to-text, podcast transcription, or multilingual audio processing. Best for robust, multilingual ASR.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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knowledge-distillation
Compress large language models using knowledge distillation from teacher to student models. Use when deploying smaller models with retained performance, transferring GPT-4 capabilities to open-source models, or reducing inference costs. Covers temperature scaling, soft targets, reverse KLD, logit distillation, and MiniLLM training strategies.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644
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ml-paper-writing
Write publication-ready ML/AI/Systems papers for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM, OSDI, NSDI, ASPLOS, SOSP. Use when drafting papers from research repos, structuring arguments, verifying citations, or preparing camera-ready submissions. Includes LaTeX templates, reviewer guidelines, and citation verification workflows.
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs 6,644