Here’s a **minimal, working example** showing how you can create a Hugging Face model repo and upload files into it using Python.

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### 1. Install dependencies

```bash
uv pip install huggingface_hub
```

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### 2. Example Python script

```python
from huggingface_hub import HfApi, create_repo, upload_file
import os

# 1. Authenticate (make sure HF_TOKEN is in your environment variables)
hf_token = os.getenv("HF_TOKEN")
if not hf_token:
    raise EnvironmentError("Missing HF_TOKEN in environment variables.")

# 2. Define repo details
repo_name = "test-model-repo"
namespace = "your-username"   # replace with your HF username/org
repo_id = f"{namespace}/{repo_name}"

# 3. Create repo (only first time, idempotent)
create_repo(repo_id, token=hf_token, repo_type="model", exist_ok=True)
print(f"✅ Repo created: https://huggingface.co/{repo_id}")

# 4. Upload files
api = HfApi()

# Example: upload a config.json file
upload_file(
    path_or_fileobj="config.json",     # local file path
    path_in_repo="config.json",        # where it will appear in repo
    repo_id=repo_id,
    token=hf_token
)

# Example: upload model weights
upload_file(
    path_or_fileobj="pytorch_model.bin",
    path_in_repo="pytorch_model.bin",
    repo_id=repo_id,
    token=hf_token
)

print("✅ Files uploaded successfully!")
```

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### 3. Workflow

1. Get your token from [Hugging Face settings → Access Tokens](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens).
2. Save it in environment:

   ```bash
   export HF_TOKEN=your_token_here
   ```
3. Run the script → it will:

   * Create a model repo if not exists.
   * Upload your files (e.g., `config.json`, `pytorch_model.bin`).
   * You’ll see them in `https://huggingface.co/your-username/test-model-repo`.

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👉 Do you want me to also show an example of uploading **multiple files/folders at once** (like the whole model directory with tokenizer, config, and weights)?