tao-train-single-step SKILL.md skillA
tao-train-single-step from nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank/tao-train-single-step@v0.1.0Pins v0.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank
- Path
skills/applications/tao-train-single-step/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v0.1.0, committed Aug 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 3, 2026
- Size
- 4,771 bytes
- Repository stars
- 95
- License
- Apache-2.0
Standard single-step train/eval/export workflow for any TAO model. Use when training a TAO model on a dataset.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Normal Train > **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). Standard supervised fine-tuning: train a model on a labeled dataset, optionally evaluate, then optionally export. The most common TAO workflow for adapting a pretrained model to a new dataset. ## Steps 1. **train** — executed through AutoML when the selected model has `automl_enabled: true` and `automl_policy` is `on`; set `automl_policy=off` for a plain single training run 2. **eval** — executed if `eval_dataset_uri` is resolved 3. **export** — optional, on user request after training ## Prerequisites The selected model skill's resolved `container_image` is the default training runtime. Do not replace it with a host venv, `uv` environment, generic training image, or hand-written trainer unless the user explicitly requests that execution mode. SDK/controller Python environments are control-plane-only; the model action remains container-backed. ### Required - **model**: A compatible TAO model (e.g., clip, nvdinov2, grounding_dino) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank/tao-train-single-step@sha256:e55d1208fa8c41ebThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 3, 2026 and Aug 5, 2026, about one every 16 days.
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| v0.1.0 latest | 2026-08-05 | ae5e99c | 4,771 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-08-03 | 03f2daa | 4,448 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-06-22 | 91f8bce | 3,920 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-06-08 | 99ab5a7 | 3,878 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1 | 2026-06-03 | 94ef697 | 3,877 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank · 95 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tjsvxyystewbgniz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nvidia-tao/tao-skill-bank/tao-train-single-step GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e55d1208fa8c41eb096c3babc30c4ee32f7bf705b5f8931308323f59d173d425
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