// 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.
| name | nemoclaw-skills-guide |
| description | 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. |
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.
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-* (7 skills)For project maintainers. Covers the daily maintainer cadence (morning standup, daytime loop, evening handoff), cutting releases, finding PRs to review, normalizing issue and PR title tags, and performing security code reviews.
nemoclaw-contributor-* (2 skills)For contributors to the NemoClaw codebase. Covers creating pull requests that follow the project template and drafting documentation updates from recent commits.
| 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. |
| 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-normalize-title-tags | Preview and remove bracketed NemoClaw title tags from issues and PRs case-insensitively, even when the tag appears later in the title. |
nemoclaw-maintainer-security-code-review | Perform a 9-category security review of a PR or issue, producing per-category PASS/WARNING/FAIL verdicts. |
| Skill | Summary |
|---|---|
nemoclaw-contributor-create-pr | Create GitHub pull requests that follow the NemoClaw PR template, including pre-PR checks, conventional commit titles, and DCO sign-off. |
nemoclaw-contributor-update-docs | Scan recent git commits for user-facing changes and draft or update the corresponding documentation pages. |
Ask the user which role best describes them:
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-* | 11 | nemoclaw-user-overview |
| Maintainer | All skills | 18 | nemoclaw-maintainer-morning |
After identifying the role, present the applicable skills from the Skill Catalog above and recommend the starting skill.
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. Trigger keywords - nemoclaw inference options, nemoclaw onboarding providers, nemoclaw inference routing, switch nemoclaw inference model, change inference runtime, nemoclaw local inference, ollama nemoclaw, vllm nemoclaw, local model server, openai compatible endpoint.
Explains how to run NemoClaw on a remote GPU instance, including the deprecated Brev compatibility path and the preferred installer plus onboard flow. Use when deploying NemoClaw to a remote VM, onboarding a Brev instance, or migrating away from the legacy `nemoclaw deploy` wrapper. Trigger keywords - deploy nemoclaw remote gpu, nemoclaw brev cloud deployment, nemoclaw sandbox hardening, container security, docker capabilities, process limits, nemoclaw telegram, telegram bot openclaw agent, openshell channel messaging.
Describes the NemoClaw plugin and blueprint architecture and how they orchestrate the OpenClaw sandbox. Use when looking up architecture, plugin structure, or blueprint design. Trigger keywords - nemoclaw architecture, nemoclaw plugin blueprint structure, nemoclaw cli commands, nemoclaw command reference, nemoclaw network policy, sandbox egress control operator approval, nemoclaw troubleshooting, nemoclaw debug sandbox issues.
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. Trigger keywords - nemoclaw approve network requests, sandbox egress approval tui, customize nemoclaw network policy, sandbox egress policy configuration.
Lists the hardware, software, and container runtime requirements for running NemoClaw. Use when verifying prerequisites before installation. Trigger keywords - nemoclaw prerequisites, nemoclaw supported platforms, nemoclaw hardware software, nemoclaw quickstart, install nemoclaw openclaw sandbox, nemoclaw windows wsl2 setup, nemoclaw install windows docker desktop.
Backs up and restores OpenClaw workspace files before destructive operations such as sandbox rebuilds. Use when downloading workspace files from a sandbox, uploading restored files into a new sandbox, or preserving sandbox state across rebuilds. Trigger keywords - nemoclaw backup, nemoclaw restore, workspace backup, openshell sandbox download upload, nemoclaw workspace files, soul.md, user.md, identity.md, agents.md, sandbox persistence.