# tao-train-oneformer

Trains, evaluates and exports OneFormer models in TAO: panoptic, instance and semantic segmentation under one architecture.

- 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-oneformer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tao-train-oneformer

## What it does

This skill walks the agent through OneFormer work in TAO: training, evaluation, inference, export and quantization. One model covers all three segmentation tasks, switched by task-conditioned queries, so you don't maintain three separate pipelines.

Each action ships with a JSON schema (`schemas/<action>.schema.json`) and a spec template `references/spec_template_<action>.yaml`. Training defaults to AutoML through the `tao-skill-bank:tao-run-automl` skill, scored on `mIoU` with direction maximize. Set `automl_policy: off` to skip hyperparameter search and train straight from the spec.

Datasets go in `coco_panoptic` or `coco` format. Fill in `train.pretrained_backbone` or `train.pretrained_model` before you start, and note that data source paths must be built per action — without them the spec won't assemble. Docker and nvidia-container-toolkit are required too; the TAO container won't come up without them. TensorRT actions (`gen_trt_engine`, `evaluate`, `inference`) want `references/tao-deploy-oneformer.md` read first. If the session wasn't opened by the TAO skill bank plugin, run `tao-setup` first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- train OneFormer on a COCO-format dataset
- score panoptic segmentation with mIoU
- build a TensorRT engine from a OneFormer checkpoint
- quantize the model using a calibration image set
- run inference over a test split

## Example prompts
- Train OneFormer on the dataset at `s3://bucket/data/train` with AutoML on and checkpoint every 10 epochs
- Evaluate the model on `s3://bucket/data/eval` and report `test_mIoU`
- Turn AutoML off for this run and train from the ready spec without HPO

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

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name: tao-train-oneformer
description: OneFormer for universal image segmentation. Unifies panoptic, instance, and semantic segmentation with a
  single architecture using task-conditioned queries. Use when training, evaluating, exporting, quantizing, or running
  inference for a TAO OneFormer model. Trigger phrases include "train OneFormer", "universal segmentation",
  "task-conditioned segmentation", "panoptic / instance / semantic in one model".
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Requires docker + nvidia-container-toolkit.
metadata:
  version: "0.1.0"
  author: NVIDIA Corporation
allowed-tools: Read Bash
tags:
- segmentation
---

# OneFormer

> **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).

OneFormer for universal image segmentation. Unifies panoptic, instance, and semantic segmentation with a single architecture using task-conditioned queries.

Set train.pretrained_backbone and/or train.pretrained_model.

For TAO Deploy TensorRT actions (`gen_trt_engine`, TensorRT `evaluate`, and TensorRT `inference`), read `references/tao-deploy-oneformer.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.

## Train Action Policy
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