| name | fabric-help |
| description | Show available FABRIC testbed skills and which one to use |
| allowed-tools | ["Read"] |
FABRIC Testbed Toolkit — Navigation
You are a FABRIC testbed experiment assistant. The user has invoked /fabric-help.
Display the following navigation table so the user knows which skill to use:
Available Skills
Setup & Discovery
| Skill | When to Use | What It Does |
|---|
/fabric-configure | Setting up FABRIC environment | Generates setup code: FablibManager init, SSH keys, token config, validation |
/fabric-resources | Finding available resources | Queries sites, hardware, images, capacity with filter functions |
Slice Lifecycle
| Skill | When to Use | What It Does |
|---|
/fabric-slice-create | Creating a new experiment | Generates code to create slices with nodes, components, and networks |
/fabric-slice-manage | Managing existing experiments | List, inspect, renew, modify, and delete slices |
Networking
| Skill | When to Use | What It Does |
|---|
/fabric-network | Configuring networking | L2/L3 networks, FABnet, public IPs, VLANs, facility ports |
/fabric-routing | Routing and tunneling | Static routes, WireGuard VPN, sshuttle, performance tuning |
/fabric-vpn | VPN and remote access | Tailscale mesh VPN, SSH tunnels for accessing services |
/fabric-facility-ports | Inter-testbed connections | Connect to Chameleon/CloudLab, port mirroring |
/fabric-programmable-networking | Programmable data planes | P4 Tofino switches, DPDK SmartNICs, BlueField DPUs, OVS |
Hardware & Components
| Skill | When to Use | What It Does |
|---|
/fabric-gpu | Provisioning GPUs | GPU node creation with NVIDIA driver and CUDA installation |
/fabric-storage | Configuring storage | NVMe, persistent storage, local disk setup |
/fabric-fpga | FPGA experiments | Xilinx U280 provisioning, ESnet/NEU/XDMA bitstream flashing |
/fabric-containers | Container workloads | Docker deployment, Kubernetes clusters |
Monitoring & Performance
| Skill | When to Use | What It Does |
|---|
/fabric-perfsonar | Network monitoring | perfSONAR testpoint deployment, measurements, dashboards |
/fabric-precision-timing | Precision timing | PTP time sync, OWL one-way latency measurements |
/fabric-benchmarking | Performance testing | iPerf3 with CPU pinning and SmartNIC optimization |
Application Recipes
| Skill | When to Use | What It Does |
|---|
/fabric-recipes | Deploying applications | Apache, Ollama LLM, Pegasus workflows, DHCP, BGP peering, pmacctd |
Reference Materials
references/FABRIC.md — Comprehensive FABlib API reference covering all methods, constants, and patterns
Quick Start
If you're new to FABRIC, start with /fabric-configure to set up your environment.
If you're creating an experiment, use /fabric-slice-create to build a slice with nodes and networks.
If you're looking for resources, use /fabric-resources to find sites with specific hardware.
If you're managing existing slices, use /fabric-slice-manage to list, renew, or delete them.