NemoClaw 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.
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/.agents/skills/nemoclaw-skills-guide" ~/.claude/skills/nvidia-nemoclaw-nemoclaw-skills-guide && rm -rf "$T"
.agents/skills/nemoclaw-skills-guide/SKILL.mdNemoClaw 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)
nemoclaw-user-*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)
nemoclaw-maintainer-*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-*
(2 skills)
nemoclaw-contributor-*For contributors to the NemoClaw codebase. Covers creating pull requests that follow the project template and drafting documentation updates from recent commits.
Skill Catalog
User Skills
<!-- user-skills-table:begin -->| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
| What NemoClaw is, ecosystem placement (OpenClaw + OpenShell + NemoClaw), how it works internally, and release notes. |
| Install NemoClaw, launch a sandbox, and run the first agent prompt. |
| Choose inference providers during onboarding, switch models without restarting, and set up local inference servers (Ollama, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, NIM). |
| Approve or deny blocked egress requests in the TUI and customize the sandbox network policy (add, remove, or modify allowed endpoints). |
| Check sandbox health, read logs, and trace agent behavior to diagnose problems. |
| Deploy NemoClaw to a remote GPU instance, set up the Telegram bridge, and review sandbox container hardening. |
| Review the risk framework for every configurable security control, understand credential storage, and assess posture trade-offs. |
| Back up and restore OpenClaw workspace files (soul.md, identity.md, memory.md, agents.md) and understand file persistence across sandbox restarts. |
| CLI command reference, plugin and blueprint architecture, baseline network policies, and troubleshooting guide. |
Maintainer Skills
| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
| Morning standup: triage the backlog, determine the day's target version, label selected items, surface stragglers, and output the daily plan. |
| 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 |
| End-of-day handoff: check version progress, bump stragglers to the next patch, generate a QA handoff summary, and cut the release tag. |
| Cut an annotated semver tag on main, move the |
| Find open PRs labeled security + priority-high, link each to its issue, detect duplicates, and present a review summary. |
| Perform a 9-category security review of a PR or issue, producing per-category PASS/WARNING/FAIL verdicts. |
Contributor Skills
| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
| Create GitHub pull requests that follow the NemoClaw PR template, including pre-PR checks, conventional commit titles, and DCO sign-off. |
| 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 | | 9 | |
| Contributor | | 11 | |
| Maintainer | All skills | 17 | |
After identifying the role, present the applicable skills from the Skill Catalog above and recommend the starting skill.