unsloth

Expert guidance for fast fine-tuning with Unsloth - 2-5x faster training, 50-80% less memory, LoRA/QLoRA optimization

by Orchestra-Research 12k GitHub stars MIT Updated Jun 16, 2026
unsloth skill by Orchestra-Research
unsloth — Workflow skill by Orchestra-Research

Overview

unsloth is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Orchestra-Research. Its author describes it as: “Expert guidance for fast fine-tuning with Unsloth - 2-5x faster training, 50-80% less memory, LoRA/QLoRA optimization”. 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 unsloth does

Comprehensive assistance with unsloth development, generated from official documentation.

What’s inside

The SKILL.md for unsloth is organised into these sections:

  • When to Use This Skill
  • Quick Reference
  • Common Patterns
  • Reference Files
  • Working with This Skill
  • For Beginners
  • For Specific Features
  • For Code Examples
  • Resources
  • references/
  • scripts/
  • assets/

Installation

Add unsloth to your agent with:

/plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs

Review 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

unsloth 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

Orchestra-Research 41 skills in the catalog · GitHub profile ↗
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Topics

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Frequently asked questions

What does unsloth do?
Expert guidance for fast fine-tuning with Unsloth - 2-5x faster training, 50-80% less memory, LoRA/QLoRA optimization
How do I install unsloth?
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 unsloth free to use?
Yes. unsloth 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 unsloth work with?
unsloth 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 unsloth come from?
unsloth 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.

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