Overview
slime-rl-training is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Orchestra-Research. Its author describes it as: “Provides guidance for LLM post-training with RL using slime, a Megatron+SGLang framework. Use when training GLM models, implementing custom data generation workflows, or needing tight Megatron-LM integration for RL sc…”. The project has 12k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs`.
What slime-rl-training does
slime is an LLM post-training framework from Tsinghua's THUDM team, powering GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, and GLM-4.7. It connects Megatron-LM for training with SGLang for high-throughput rollout generation.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for slime-rl-training is organised into these sections:
- When to Use slime
- Key Features
- Architecture Overview
- Installation
- From Source
- Quick Start: GRPO Training
- Workflow 1: Standard GRPO Training
- Prerequisites Checklist
- Step 1: Prepare Data
- Step 2: Configure Model
- Step 3: Launch Training
- Step 4: Monitor Training
Installation
Add slime-rl-training to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
slime-rl-training is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, an established project with 11,807 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does slime-rl-training do?
- Provides guidance for LLM post-training with RL using slime, a Megatron+SGLang framework. Use when training GLM models, implementing custom data generation workflows, or needing tight Megatron-LM integration for RL scaling.
- How do I install slime-rl-training?
- Run /plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs before installing.
- Is slime-rl-training free to use?
- Yes. slime-rl-training is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does slime-rl-training work with?
- slime-rl-training lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does slime-rl-training come from?
- slime-rl-training ships inside Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 11,807 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.