diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-single-tinygrad-model.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-single-tinygrad-model.yaml
index 17cf3169b4..b62b3cd0a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-single-tinygrad-model.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-single-tinygrad-model.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: 'qcom'
+      hf_repo:
+        description: 'Hugging Face dataset repository (e.g. sunnypilot/sunnypilot_models_v1)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'sunnypilot/sunnypilot_models_v1'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       upstream_branch:
@@ -94,6 +99,11 @@ on:
         options:
           - qcom
           - usbgpu
+      hf_repo:
+        description: 'Hugging Face dataset repository'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'sunnypilot/sunnypilot_models_v1'
 env:
   RECOMPILED_DIR: recompiled${{ inputs.recompiled_dir }}
   JSON_FILE: docs/docs/driving_models_${{ inputs.target_hardware == 'usbgpu' && 'usbgpu_v' || 'v' }}${{ inputs.json_version }}.json
@@ -112,33 +122,14 @@ jobs:
   publish_model:
     if: ${{ !inputs.bypass_push && !cancelled() }}
     concurrency:
-      group: gitlab-push-${{ inputs.recompiled_dir }}
+      group: hf-push-${{ inputs.recompiled_dir }}
       cancel-in-progress: false
     needs: build_model
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - name: Set up SSH
-        uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0
-        with:
-          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Add GitLab.com SSH key to known_hosts
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-          ssh-keyscan -H gitlab.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-
-      - name: Clone GitLab docs repo
-        env:
-          GIT_SSH_COMMAND: 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=~/.ssh/known_hosts'
-        run: |
-          echo "Cloning GitLab"
-          git clone --depth 1 --filter=tree:0 --sparse git@gitlab.com:sunnypilot/public/${{ vars.MODELS_GITLAB }} gitlab_docs
-          cd gitlab_docs
-          echo "checkout models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}"
-          git sparse-checkout set --no-cone models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}
-          git checkout main
-          cd ..
-
       - name: Checkout docs repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -147,16 +138,31 @@ jobs:
           path: docs
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.CI_SUNNYPILOT_DOCS_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
+      - name: Install huggingface_hub
+        run: pip install --upgrade "huggingface_hub>=0.22.0"
+
       - name: Validate recompiled dir and JSON version
+        env:
+          HF_OIDC_RESOURCE: ${{ inputs.hf_repo }}
         run: |
-          if [ ! -d "gitlab_docs/models/$RECOMPILED_DIR" ]; then
-            echo "Recompiled dir $RECOMPILED_DIR does not exist in GitLab repo"
-            exit 1
-          fi
           if [ ! -f "$JSON_FILE" ]; then
             echo "JSON file $JSON_FILE does not exist!"
             exit 1
           fi
+          python3 -c "
+          import sys
+          from huggingface_hub import HfApi
+          try:
+              api = HfApi()
+              files = api.list_repo_files(repo_id=sys.argv[2], repo_type='dataset')
+              if not any(f.startswith('models/' + sys.argv[1] + '/') for f in files):
+                  print(f'Error: Recompiled dir models/{sys.argv[1]} does not exist in Hugging Face dataset {sys.argv[2]}!')
+                  sys.exit(1)
+              print(f'Success: Validated that models/{sys.argv[1]} exists on Hugging Face dataset {sys.argv[2]}!')
+          except Exception as e:
+              print('HF validation failed:', e)
+              sys.exit(1)
+          " "$RECOMPILED_DIR" "$HF_OIDC_RESOURCE"
 
       - name: Download artifact name file
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -176,44 +182,26 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ steps.read-artifact-name.outputs.artifact_name }}
           path: output
 
-      - name: Copy model artifact(s) to GitLab recompiled dir
+      - name: make models folder
         env:
           ARTIFACT_NAME: ${{ steps.read-artifact-name.outputs.artifact_name }}
         run: |
-          ARTIFACT_DIR="gitlab_docs/models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}/${ARTIFACT_NAME}"
-          mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
-          for path in output/*; do
-            if [ "$(basename "$path")" = "artifact_name.txt" ]; then
-              continue
-            fi
-            name="$(basename "$path")"
-            if [ -d "$path" ]; then
-              mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_DIR/$name"
-              cp -r "$path"/* "$ARTIFACT_DIR/$name/"
-              echo "Copied dir $name -> $ARTIFACT_DIR/$name"
-            else
-              cp "$path" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/"
-              echo "Copied file $name -> $ARTIFACT_DIR/"
-            fi
-          done
+          mkdir -p "local_models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}/${ARTIFACT_NAME}"
+          cp -r output/* "local_models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}/${ARTIFACT_NAME}/"
+          rm -f "local_models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}/${ARTIFACT_NAME}/artifact_name.txt"
 
-      - name: Push recompiled dir to GitLab
+      - name: Upload to Hugging Face
         env:
-          GITLAB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          HF_OIDC_RESOURCE: ${{ inputs.hf_repo }}
+          ARTIFACT_NAME: ${{ steps.read-artifact-name.outputs.artifact_name }}
         run: |
-          cd gitlab_docs
-          git checkout main
-          git pull origin main
-          for d in models/"$RECOMPILED_DIR"/*/; do
-            git sparse-checkout add "$d"
-          done
-          git add models/"$RECOMPILED_DIR"
-          git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
-          git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
-          git commit -m "Create/Update $RECOMPILED_DIR with new/updated model from build-single-tinygrad-model" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git push origin main
+          huggingface-cli upload $HF_OIDC_RESOURCE \
+            output/ \
+            models/${RECOMPILED_DIR}/${ARTIFACT_NAME}/ \
+            --repo-type=dataset
 
-      - run: |
+      - name: Pull gh-pages
+        run: |
           cd docs
           git pull origin gh-pages
 
@@ -231,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
           [ -n "${{ inputs.version }}" ] && ARGS="$ARGS --version \"${{ inputs.version }}\""
           eval python3 docs/json_parser.py \
             --json-path "$JSON_FILE" \
-            --recompiled-dir "gitlab_docs/models/$RECOMPILED_DIR" \
+            --recompiled-dir "local_models/$RECOMPILED_DIR" \
             --sort-by-date \
             $ARGS