clip

Encode images and text with CLIP to compute cosine similarity for zero-shot classification.

78|16|Updated Apr 23, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/sheawinkler/hermes-agent-ultra --skill clip-sheawinkler
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: clip
Source: https://github.com/sheawinkler/hermes-agent-ultra/tree/main/optional-skills/mlops/clip
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/sheawinkler/hermes-agent-ultra --skill clip-sheawinkler

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

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What problem does it solve?

CLIP enables zero-shot image classification and cross-modal retrieval by mapping images and text into a shared embedding space.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Zero-shot image classification across diverse categories without task-specific fine-tuning.
  • Image-text similarity & cross-modal retrieval to find relevant images for a text query or captions for an image.
  • Content moderation and multimodal search for safety screening and media discovery.

Quick Start

Load a pretrained CLIP model, encode an image and a set of text prompts, and rank results by cosine similarity.

Frequently Asked Questions about clip

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I perform zero-shot image classification without task-specific training?

Zero-shot image classification maps images and text into a shared embedding space using pretrained CLIP variants. You encode an image and text prompts, normalize embeddings, and rank results by cosine similarity without fine-tuning.

Can I use CLIP for cross-modal image search with text queries?

Cross-modal retrieval with CLIP encodes images and text queries into a shared space to compute cosine similarity. This ranks images by relevance to natural language descriptions for image search and media discovery.

What is the best way to compute image-text similarity for content moderation?

Image-text similarity for content moderation loads pretrained CLIP variants to encode visual content and safety descriptions. Cosine similarity with configurable thresholds screens media against text prompts for safety.

Does CLIP work with video frames for multimodal search?

CLIP processes video frames by encoding static images extracted from the video. It aligns these frames with natural language descriptions to enable multimodal search and cross-modal retrieval across visual content.

How do I set up zero-shot classification with configurable similarity thresholds?

Load a pretrained CLIP model, encode your image and text prompts, normalize the embeddings, and compute cosine similarity. Configurable thresholds filter results to meet specific classification confidence requirements.

Are there limitations to using CLIP for zero-shot multimodal QA?

CLIP aligns visual content with text for multimodal QA but lacks deep reasoning. It computes cross-modal similarity using pretrained embeddings, which may not capture complex logical relationships between images and questions.