{
  "slug": "standalone-installer-can-install-the-transformers-cli-9c906dde70ac",
  "title": "Standalone installer can install the Transformers CLI",
  "tools": [
    "hf"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-01-08T16:07:59.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-01-08T16:07:59.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When installing both CLIs, pass the platform’s Transformers option to the standalone installer. Then run `transformers` directly.",
    "examples": [
      "curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash -s -- --with-transformers",
      "powershell -c \"irm https://hf.co/cli/install.ps1 | iex\" -WithTransformers",
      "transformers serve"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.3.0",
      "Requires Run the standalone installer with `--with-transformers` (bash) or `-WithTransformers` (PowerShell).",
      "--with-transformers: Bash installer option to install the Transformers CLI alongside `hf`.",
      "-WithTransformers: PowerShell installer switch to install the Transformers CLI alongside `hf`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Install the Transformers CLI alongside the hf CLI in a development environment.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/releases/tag/v1.3.0",
    "https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/pull/3666",
    "https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/blob/v1.3.0/utils/installers/install.sh"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96029,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2b-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2b-20261017:wave2b-20261017-6ffeed0c506d361b-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "78b0c7d0d76c3cba4479de37218cceafb6ddcbe4b97c5f42b3ec6893ef8a4d42"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "ae74c5cefe0b98707f876e709ab980f9521b795c0f718b0de49576ab06cd3ecb",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2b-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.71 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}