# tao-train-mask2former

Runs Mask2Former training and inference inside NVIDIA TAO: panoptic, instance and semantic segmentation. Fits when you drive segmentation work from an agent chat.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1600 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: NVIDIA Corporation
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tao-train-mask2former

## What it does

The skill covers the Mask2Former model in NVIDIA's TAO toolkit, from training and evaluation through export, quantization and inference. Packaged JSON schemas sit in `schemas/<action>.schema.json`, and each one comes with a matching spec template under `references/spec_template_<action>.yaml`. Before any training request the agent reads `references/skill_info.yaml` to check the AutoML setting.

With AutoML on, a training request goes to `tao-skill-bank:tao-run-automl` by default, passed this skill's folder, while dataset, spec, output-directory and parent-checkpoint choices survive. Say “disable AutoML” or “no HPO” and the run trains directly instead. Evaluation, inference, export and deploy stay with this skill either way.

Input data comes as coco_panoptic or coco: `images.tar.gz`, `annotations.json`, `annotations_panoptic.json`, `images_panoptic.tar.gz`, plus `label_map_panoptic.json` (or `label_map.json` otherwise). Swin backbone weights are set in `model.backbone.pretrained_weights`. Docker and nvidia-container-toolkit must be installed; TensorRT actions need `references/tao-deploy-mask2former.md` read first. Sessions not started by the TAO skill bank plugin run `tao-setup` before this one.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-train-mask2former -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tao-train-mask2former/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-train-mask2former -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-train-mask2former -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills tao-train-mask2former
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-train-mask2former -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/tao-train-mask2former
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-train-mask2former -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/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tao-train-mask2former/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- train Mask2Former on a COCO-format segmentation dataset
- score a trained model by validation mIoU
- export a checkpoint for later deployment
- quantize the model for lighter inference
- build a TensorRT engine for the segmenter

## Example prompts
- Train Mask2Former on `images.tar.gz` and `annotations_panoptic.json`
- Turn AutoML off and run plain training for Mask2Former
- Evaluate the Mask2Former model and report validation mIoU

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: tao-train-mask2former
description: Mask2Former for universal image segmentation (panoptic, instance, and semantic). Transformer-based with
  masked attention for high-quality segmentation results. Use when training, evaluating, exporting, quantizing, or running
  inference for a TAO Mask2Former model. Trigger phrases include "train Mask2Former", "universal segmentation",
  "panoptic / instance / semantic segmentation", "masked-attention transformer segmenter".
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Requires docker + nvidia-container-toolkit.
metadata:
  version: "0.1.0"
  author: NVIDIA Corporation
allowed-tools: Read Bash
tags:
- segmentation
---

# Mask2Former

> **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).

Mask2Former for universal image segmentation (panoptic, instance, and semantic). Transformer-based with masked attention for high-quality segmentation results.

Set model.backbone.pretrained_weights for Swin backbone weights.

For TAO Deploy TensorRT actions (`gen_trt_engine`, TensorRT `evaluate`, and TensorRT `inference`), read `references/tao-deploy-mask2former.md` first. Deploy spec templates live in this skill's `references/` folder with the `spec_template_deploy_*.yaml` prefix.

## Dataclass Schemas

Generated TAO Core schemas are packaged in `schemas/<action>.schema.json`, with `schemas/manifest.json` listing available actions. Each generated schema also emits `references/spec_template_<action>.yaml` from the schema top-level `default` field. AutoML enablement is declared at the model layer in `references/skill_info.yaml` via `automl_enabled`. Runnable AutoML for an action requires `schemas/<action>.schema.json` and `references/spec_template_<action>.yaml` to exist and parse. Use the packaged selected-action schema for `automl_default_parameters`, `automl_disabled_parameters`, defaults, min/max bounds, enums, option weights, math conditions, dependencies, and popular parameters. Do not expect `~/tao-core` at runtime; maintainers regenerate schemas/templates before packaging the skill bank.

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