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nemoclaw-skills-guide
Start here. Introduces what NemoClaw is, what agent skills are available, and which skill to use for a given task. Use when discovering NemoClaw capabilities, choosing the right skill, or orienting in the project. Trigger keywords - skills, capabilities, what can I do, help, guide, index, overview, start here.
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SKILL.md
NemoClaw Skills Guide
NVIDIA NemoClaw runs OpenClaw always-on assistants inside hardened OpenShell sandboxes with NVIDIA inference (Nemotron). It provides CLI tooling, guided onboarding, a security blueprint, routed inference, and workspace management.
This guide lists every agent skill shipped with NemoClaw, organized by audience. Load the specific skill you need after identifying it here.
Skill Buckets
Skills are grouped into three buckets by audience. The prefix in each skill name indicates who it is for.
nemoclaw-user-* (9 skills)
For end users operating a NemoClaw sandbox. Covers installation, inference configuration, network policy management, monitoring, remote deployment, security configuration, workspace management, and reference material.
nemoclaw-maintainer-* (6 skills)
For project maintainers. Covers the daily maintainer cadence (morning standup, daytime loop, evening handoff), cutting releases, finding PRs to review, and performing security code reviews.
nemoclaw-contributor-* (1 skill)
For contributors to the NemoClaw codebase. Covers drafting documentation updates from recent commits.
Skill Catalog
User Skills
| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
nemoclaw-user-overview |
What NemoClaw is, ecosystem placement (OpenClaw + OpenShell + NemoClaw), how it works internally, and release notes. |
nemoclaw-user-get-started |
Install NemoClaw, launch a sandbox, and run the first agent prompt. |
nemoclaw-user-configure-inference |
Choose inference providers during onboarding, switch models without restarting, and set up local inference servers (Ollama, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, NIM). |
nemoclaw-user-manage-policy |
Approve or deny blocked egress requests in the TUI and customize the sandbox network policy (add, remove, or modify allowed endpoints). |
nemoclaw-user-monitor-sandbox |
Check sandbox health, read logs, and trace agent behavior to diagnose problems. |
nemoclaw-user-deploy-remote |
Deploy NemoClaw to a remote GPU instance, set up the Telegram bridge, and review sandbox container hardening. |
nemoclaw-user-configure-security |
Review the risk framework for every configurable security control, understand credential storage, and assess posture trade-offs. |
nemoclaw-user-workspace |
Back up and restore OpenClaw workspace files (soul.md, identity.md, memory.md, agents.md) and understand file persistence across sandbox restarts. |
nemoclaw-user-reference |
CLI command reference, plugin and blueprint architecture, baseline network policies, and troubleshooting guide. |
Maintainer Skills
| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
nemoclaw-maintainer-morning |
Morning standup: triage the backlog, determine the day's target version, label selected items, surface stragglers, and output the daily plan. |
nemoclaw-maintainer-day |
Daytime loop: pick the highest-value version-targeted item and execute the right workflow (merge gate, salvage, security sweep, test gaps, hotspot cooling, or sequencing). Designed for /loop. |
nemoclaw-maintainer-evening |
End-of-day handoff: check version progress, bump stragglers to the next patch, generate a QA handoff summary, and cut the release tag. |
nemoclaw-maintainer-cut-release-tag |
Cut an annotated semver tag on main, move the latest floating tag, and push both to origin. |
nemoclaw-maintainer-find-review-pr |
Find open PRs labeled security + priority-high, link each to its issue, detect duplicates, and present a review summary. |
nemoclaw-maintainer-security-code-review |
Perform a 9-category security review of a PR or issue, producing per-category PASS/WARNING/FAIL verdicts. |
Contributor Skills
| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
nemoclaw-contributor-update-docs |
Scan recent git commits for user-facing changes and draft or update the corresponding documentation pages. |
Getting Started
Ask the user which role best describes them:
- User — operating a NemoClaw sandbox (running, configuring, monitoring).
- Contributor — contributing code or docs to the NemoClaw project.
- Maintainer — triaging, reviewing, releasing, and managing the project day-to-day.
Skills are cumulative. Each role includes the skills from the roles above it:
| Role | Skills included | Count | Start with |
|---|---|---|---|
| User | nemoclaw-user-* |
9 | nemoclaw-user-get-started |
| Contributor | nemoclaw-user-* + nemoclaw-contributor-* |
10 | nemoclaw-user-overview |
| Maintainer | All skills | 16 | nemoclaw-maintainer-morning |
After identifying the role, present the applicable skills from the Skill Catalog above and recommend the starting skill.
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nemoclaw-user-skills-coding
Describes the agent skills shipped with NemoClaw and how to access them by cloning the repository. Use when users ask about AI agent support, coding assistant integration, or the .agents/skills/ directory.
NVIDIA/NemoClaw
nemoclaw-user-configure-inference
Lists all inference providers offered during NemoClaw onboarding. Use when explaining which providers are available, what the onboard wizard presents, or how inference routing works. Changes the active inference model without restarting the sandbox. Use when switching inference providers, changing the model runtime, or reconfiguring inference routing. Connects NemoClaw to a local inference server. Use when setting up Ollama, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, NIM, or any OpenAI-compatible local model server with NemoClaw.
NVIDIA/NemoClaw
nemoclaw-maintainer-day
Runs the daytime maintainer loop for NemoClaw, prioritizing items labeled with the current version target. Picks the highest-value item, executes the right workflow (merge gate, salvage, security sweep, test gaps, hotspot cooling, or sequencing), and reports progress. Use during the workday to land PRs and close issues. Designed for /loop (e.g. /loop 10m /nemoclaw-maintainer-day). Trigger keywords - maintainer day, work on PRs, land PRs, make progress, what's next, keep going, maintainer loop.
NVIDIA/NemoClaw
nemoclaw-user-manage-policy
Reviews and approves blocked agent network requests in the TUI. Use when approving or denying sandbox egress requests, managing blocked network calls, or using the approval TUI. Adds, removes, or modifies allowed endpoints in the sandbox policy. Use when customizing network policy, changing egress rules, or configuring sandbox endpoint access.
NVIDIA/NemoClaw
nemoclaw-user-overview
Explains how OpenClaw, OpenShell, and NemoClaw form the ecosystem, NemoClaw's position in the stack, what NemoClaw adds beyond the community sandbox, and when to prefer NemoClaw versus integrating OpenShell and OpenClaw directly. Use when users ask about the relationship between OpenClaw, OpenShell, and NemoClaw, or when to use NemoClaw versus OpenShell. Describes how NemoClaw works internally: CLI, plugin, blueprint runner, OpenShell orchestration, inference routing, and protection layers. Use for sandbox lifecycle and architecture mechanics; not for product definition (Overview) or multi-project placement (Ecosystem). Explains what NemoClaw covers: onboarding, lifecycle management, and management of OpenClaw within OpenShell containers, plus capabilities and why it exists. Use when users ask what NemoClaw is or what the project provides. For ecosystem placement or OpenShell-only paths, use the Ecosystem page; for internal mechanics, use How It Works. Lists changelogs and feature history for NemoClaw rel...
NVIDIA/NemoClaw
nemoclaw-maintainer-find-review-pr
Finds open GitHub PRs with security and priority-high labels, links each to its issue, detects duplicates (multiple PRs fixing the same issue), and presents a table of review candidates. Use when looking for the next PR to review. Trigger keywords - find pr, find review, next pr, pr to review, duplicate pr, security pr.
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