Transformers JS

# Transformers.js - Machine Learning for JavaScript

Transformers.js enables running state-of-the-art machine learning models directly in JavaScript across browsers and server-side runtimes (Node.js, Bun, Deno), with no Python server required.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:
- Run ML models for text analysis, generation, or translation in JavaScript
- Perform image classification, object detection, or segmentation
- Implement speech recognition or audio processing
- Build multimodal AI applications (text-to-image, image-to-text, etc.)
- Run models client-side in the browser without a backend

## Installation

### NPM Installation
```bash
npm install @huggingface/transformers
```

### Browser Usage (CDN)
```javascript
<script type="module">
  import { pipeline } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@huggingface/transformers';
</script>
```

## Core Concepts

### 1. Pipeline API
The pipeline API is the easiest way to use models. It groups together preprocessing, model inference, and postprocessing:

```javascript
import { pipeline } from '@huggingface/transformers';

// Create a pipeline for a specific task
const pipe = await pipeline('sentiment-analysis');

// Use the pipeline
const result = await pipe('I love transformers!');
// Output: [{ label: 'POSITIVE', score: 0.999817686 }]

// IMPORTANT: Always dispose when done to free memory
await pipe.dispose();
```

**⚠️ Memory Management:** All pipelines must be disposed with `pipe.dispose()` when finished to prevent memory leaks. See examples in [Code Examples](./references/EXAMPLES.md) for cleanup patterns across different environments.

### 2. Model Selection
You can specify a custom model as the second argument: