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gradient-clipping-helper skill

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This skill provides automated guidance for gradient clipping helper tasks in ML training, generating configurations, code, and best-practice recommendations.

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---
name: "gradient-clipping-helper"
description: |
  Configure with gradient clipping helper operations. Auto-activating skill for ML Training.
  Triggers on: gradient clipping helper, gradient clipping helper
  Part of the ML Training skill category. Use when working with gradient clipping helper functionality. Trigger with phrases like "gradient clipping helper", "gradient helper", "gradient".
allowed-tools: "Read, Write, Edit, Bash(python:*), Bash(pip:*)"
version: 1.0.0
license: MIT
author: "Jeremy Longshore <[email protected]>"
---

# Gradient Clipping Helper

## Overview

This skill provides automated assistance for gradient clipping helper tasks within the ML Training domain.

## When to Use

This skill activates automatically when you:
- Mention "gradient clipping helper" in your request
- Ask about gradient clipping helper patterns or best practices
- Need help with machine learning training skills covering data preparation, model training, hyperparameter tuning, and experiment tracking.

## Instructions

1. Provides step-by-step guidance for gradient clipping helper
2. Follows industry best practices and patterns
3. Generates production-ready code and configurations
4. Validates outputs against common standards

## Examples

**Example: Basic Usage**
Request: "Help me with gradient clipping helper"
Result: Provides step-by-step guidance and generates appropriate configurations


## Prerequisites

- Relevant development environment configured
- Access to necessary tools and services
- Basic understanding of ml training concepts


## Output

- Generated configurations and code
- Best practice recommendations
- Validation results


## Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Solution |
|-------|-------|----------|
| Configuration invalid | Missing required fields | Check documentation for required parameters |
| Tool not found | Dependency not installed | Install required tools per prerequisites |
| Permission denied | Insufficient access | Verify credentials and permissions |


## Resources

- Official documentation for related tools
- Best practices guides
- Community examples and tutorials

## Related Skills

Part of the **ML Training** skill category.
Tags: ml, training, pytorch, tensorflow, sklearn

Overview

This skill automates configuration and guidance for gradient clipping during machine learning training. It helps set sensible clipping strategies, generates code snippets for common frameworks, and validates configurations against common pitfalls. Use it to ensure stable training and prevent exploding gradients in production and experiments.

How this skill works

The skill inspects your training setup and suggests gradient clipping options such as global norm clipping, per-parameter clipping, and adaptive schemes. It generates framework-specific code (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and config fragments, checks for missing prerequisites, and flags incompatible hyperparameter combinations. It also offers step-by-step instructions for integrating clipping into training loops and validating effectiveness.

When to use it

  • You observe exploding gradients or unstable loss during training
  • You need production-ready gradient clipping code for PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • You want automated validation of clipping configuration and hyperparameters
  • You’re designing training recipes or experiment configs that require robust gradient control
  • You need recommendations for clipping threshold selection and scheduling

Best practices

  • Prefer global norm clipping for most large-scale models; use per-parameter only when needed
  • Start with conservative clipping thresholds and tune based on gradient norm statistics
  • Log gradient norms and clipping frequency to monitor impact on training
  • Combine clipping with gradient scaling for mixed-precision training
  • Validate changes in a short, reproducible experiment before deploying to full runs

Example use cases

  • Generate PyTorch code to apply torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_ in a training loop
  • Produce TensorFlow/Adam optimizer wrapper that enforces global norm clipping
  • Recommend clipping thresholds based on sampled gradient norm distributions from a warmup run
  • Create experiment config entries for automated hyperparameter sweeps including clipping values
  • Validate a given training config and report missing steps or incompatible settings

FAQ

Will this skill change my optimizer or learning rate?

It only modifies how gradients are clipped or wrapped; it does not directly change optimizer internals or learning-rate schedules unless you request suggested adjustments.

How do I choose an initial clipping threshold?

Run a short warmup training to collect gradient norm statistics, then pick a threshold slightly above typical peak norms (e.g., 1.5–3× the median) and tune from there.