# We Got Claude to Build CUDA Kernels and teach open models!

DevFeed: [We Got Claude to Build CUDA Kernels and teach open models!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-got-claude-to-build-cuda-kernels-and-teach-open-models-7549.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/upskill>)

Author: ben burtenshaw; shaun smith; merve; Pedro Cuenca

Published: 2026-01-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [CUDA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cuda.md>), [Agent Skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skills.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [Open Source Models & Datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-models-datasets.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [agent-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-skills.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [cuda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cuda.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [upskill](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upskill.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how to use Claude and agent skills to improve smaller open-source models on difficult, domain-specific tasks. It demonstrates the process by generating, refining, and evaluating skills for writing CUDA kernels, using interactive traces and performance benchmarks.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.