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title: "Fine-Tuning Method Selection - Air Market"
description: "You are about to teach a model to behave differently and there are several ways to do it, plus the chance you do not need to at all. This walks you through that decision: whether to train, which trai…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/finetuning-method-selection"
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[Air Market](/) / [Data & Analytics](/category/data) / Fine-Tuning Method Selection

Skill by [Seth Hobson](/@wshobson)

# Fine-Tuning Method Selection

Find out whether you should fine-tune before you spend on it

## What this does

You are about to teach a model to behave differently and there are several ways to do it, plus the chance you do not need to at all. This walks you through that decision: whether to train, which training approach fits, and which model to start from.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Decide if fine-tuning is even the right move
- Pick between preference tuning and reinforcement methods
- Choose which base model to start from

## Information

**Fine-Tuning Method Selection at a glance**

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| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Seth Hobson](/@wshobson) |
| Category | [Data & Analytics](/category/data) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 16 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [wshobson/agents](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/b6af3711058190e4b5c5274b9758498fe626ec5a/plugins/llm-finetuning/skills/finetuning-method-selection) |
| GitHub stars | 39,077 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 3,015, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Fine-Tuning Method Selection and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Fine-Tuning Method Selection's check was run against**

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| Commit | b6af3711058190e4b5c5274b9758498fe626ec5a |
| Content hash | ef638175c321fde1d8a7270fb573509f92609ac6ef432120d9d9e6498122bd72 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/blob/b6af3711058190e4b5c5274b9758498fe626ec5a/plugins/llm-finetuning/skills/finetuning-method-selection/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Fine-Tuning Method Selection](/security/finetuning-method-selection)

## About Fine-Tuning Method Selection

Two decisions come first in any fine-tuning effort: whether to fine-tune at all, and if so, by which method. This handles both, and routes to the right approach among SFT, the preference-optimization family (DPO, ORPO, KTO) and the reinforcement methods (GRPO, RLVR), along with the choice of base model.

Use it at the start of a fine-tuning effort, when you suspect retrieval or prompting might be enough on its own, or when you are stuck choosing between preference optimization and reinforcement.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions
- references/memory-math.md - reference
- references/model-catalog.md - reference

## Questions

### Is Fine-Tuning Method Selection safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Fine-Tuning Method Selection and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit b6af37110581, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/finetuning-method-selection.

### How do I install Fine-Tuning Method Selection?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/finetuning-method-selection on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/b6af3711058190e4b5c5274b9758498fe626ec5a/plugins/llm-finetuning/skills/finetuning-method-selection. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Data & Analytics listings](/category/data)
- [Everything by Seth Hobson](/@wshobson)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/finetuning-method-selection>