# ML Model Training

A skill that walks your agent through training ML models: classification, regression and clustering on scikit-learn, PyTorch and TensorFlow.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 515 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ml-model-training

## What it does

The skill lays out the training pipeline in phases: data preparation, feature engineering, model selection, hyperparameter tuning, cross-validation and getting a model ready for production. It covers algorithms per task — linear and ridge regression, random forest, gradient boosting, logistic regression, SVM, K-Means, DBSCAN, plus neural networks up to transformers.

The code example runs a full cycle on a synthetic dataset: a `train_test_split`, scaling with `StandardScaler`, then three scikit-learn models scored on accuracy, precision, recall, f1 and ROC AUC. From there it builds a PyTorch network with a `DataLoader` and Adam, a Keras model with dropout, and matplotlib charts comparing accuracy and loss curves.

You need `scikit-learn`, `pytorch`, `tensorflow`, `pandas` and `matplotlib` already installed — the skill does not pull them in. If your project has its own training pipeline, treat the examples as a reference to adapt rather than something to run as-is.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill ml-model-training -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ml-model-training/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill ml-model-training -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill ml-model-training -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts ml-model-training
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill ml-model-training -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/ml-model-training
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill ml-model-training -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/ml-model-training/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare several classification algorithms on one dataset
- build a PyTorch network for tabular data from scratch
- scale features and split data into train and test sets
- compute accuracy, precision, recall and ROC AUC for a model
- plot accuracy comparison and training loss curves

## Example prompts
- train RandomForest and GradientBoosting on my dataset and compare the metrics
- build a PyTorch network for binary classification on tabular data
- scale the features with StandardScaler and report ROC AUC

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ML Model Training
description: Build and train machine learning models using scikit-learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow for classification, regression, and clustering tasks
---

# ML Model Training

Training machine learning models involves selecting appropriate algorithms, preparing data, and optimizing model parameters to achieve strong predictive performance.

## Training Phases

- **Data Preparation**: Cleaning, encoding, normalization
- **Feature Engineering**: Creating meaningful features
- **Model Selection**: Choosing appropriate algorithms
- **Hyperparameter Tuning**: Optimizing model settings
- **Validation**: Cross-validation and evaluation metrics
- **Deployment**: Preparing models for production

## Common Algorithms

- **Regression**: Linear, Ridge, Lasso, Random Forest
- **Classification**: Logistic, SVM, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting
- **Clustering**: K-Means, DBSCAN, Hierarchical
- **Neural Networks**: MLPs, CNNs, RNNs, Transformers

## Python Implementation

```python
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split, cross_val_score
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier, GradientBoostingClassifier
from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
from sklearn.metrics import (accuracy_score, precision_score, recall_score,
                            f1_score, confusion_matrix, roc_auc_score)
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset
import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow import keras

# 1. Generate synthetic dataset
np.random.seed(42)
n_samples = 1000
n_features = 20

X = np.random.randn(n_samples, n_features)
y = (X[:, 0] + X[:, 1] - X[:, 2] + np.random.randn(n_samples) * 0.5 > 0).astype(int)

# Split data
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
    X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=42
)

# Normalize features
scaler = StandardScaler()
X_train_scaled = scaler.fit_transform(X_train)
X_test_scaled = scaler.transform(X_test)

print("Dataset shapes:")
print(f"Training: {X_train_scaled.shape}, Testing: {X_test_scaled.shape}")
print(f"Class distribution: {np.bincount(y_train)}")

# 2. Scikit-learn models
print("\n=== Scikit-learn Models ===")

models = {
    'Logistic Regression': LogisticRegression(max_iter=1000),
    'Random Forest': RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42),
    'Gradient Boosting': GradientBoostingClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42),
}

sklearn_results = {}
for name, model in models.items():
    model.fit(X_train_scaled, y_train)
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