fabric-help

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.