# tao-train-segformer

This skill guides an agent through TAO SegFormer training and inference for semantic segmentation. It also covers evaluation, export, and quantization.

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

## What it does

The skill covers TAO SegFormer training, evaluation, inference, export, and quantization. For training, it routes requests through `tao-skill-bank:tao-run-automl` when AutoML is enabled and the packaged schema and spec template are available. The other listed actions stay within this model skill.

For each action, the agent must set the dataset path in the spec overrides. Use the `unet` format, with a root directory containing `images/<split>` and `masks/<split>`. Extract archive data before launching a run. Docker and `nvidia-container-toolkit` are required, so the skill cannot run without them.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- Train SegFormer on a semantic segmentation dataset
- Evaluate a checkpoint against test data
- Run inference on a dataset
- Export a model to ONNX
- Prepare a model for quantization

## Example prompts
- Train TAO SegFormer with the dataset in `/data/segformer/train`.
- Evaluate this checkpoint using `/data/segformer/eval`.
- Export the checkpoint to ONNX with a 256 by 256 input.

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

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---
name: tao-train-segformer
description: SegFormer for semantic segmentation. Lightweight transformer-based architecture with hierarchical feature
  extraction, efficient for real-time segmentation tasks. Use when training, evaluating, exporting, quantizing, or running
  inference for a TAO SegFormer model. Trigger phrases include "train SegFormer", "semantic segmentation", "lightweight
  transformer segmenter", "real-time semantic segmentation".
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Requires docker + nvidia-container-toolkit.
metadata:
  version: "0.1.0"
  author: NVIDIA Corporation
allowed-tools: Read Bash
tags:
- segmentation
---

# SegFormer

> **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).

SegFormer for semantic segmentation. Lightweight transformer-based architecture with hierarchical feature extraction. Efficient for real-time segmentation tasks.

Set model.backbone.pretrained_backbone_path for backbone weights.

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