nat-user-rules

# NeMo Agent Toolkit User Rules Use this skill first when working in the NeMo Agent Toolkit repository. It routes tasks to focused skills and states rules that apply across all toolkit work. ## Mandatory Rules - Discover registered component `_type` values with `nat info components` before writing workflow, evaluation, optimizer, logging, or tracing YAML. - Do not invent `_type` names or configuration keys from memory. - Use `nat` only for technical identifiers such as the CLI, package name, Python namespace, paths, and environment variables. - Treat Git submodule contents as read-only unless the user explicitly requests a change within that submodule. Exclude submodule contents from repository-wide mutation tasks by default. - In prose, use "NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit" on first use, then "NeMo Agent Toolkit" or "the toolkit". - Prefer existing examples and docs before creating new patterns. - Keep generated examples runnable from the repository root unless the surrounding example uses another convention. ## Task Routing | Task | Skill | | --- | --- | | Installing or configuring the toolkit | `skills/nat-installation/SKILL.md` | | Creating, editing, validating, or running workflow YAML | `skills/nat-workflow-creation/SKILL.md` | | Choosing or composing agents | `skills/nat-agent-configuration/SKILL.md` | | Writing custom tools, functions, or function groups | `skills/nat-tools-and-functions/SKILL.md` | | Designing or running evaluation | `skills/nat-evaluation/SKILL.md` | | Running optimizer workflows | `skills/nat-optimization/SKILL.md` | | Adding tracing, logging, profiling, or telemetry exporters | `skills/nat-telemetry/SKILL.md` | | Serving workflows or wiring MCP | `skills/nat-mcp-and-serving/SKILL.md` | | Fixing documentation path-check failures | `skills/nat-path-checks/SKILL.md` | | Creating or improving skills | `skills/skill-evolution/SKILL.md` | ## Discovery Commands ```bash uv run nat info components -t function uv run nat info components -t llm_provider uv run nat info components -t evaluator uv run nat info components -t logging uv run nat info components -t tracing ``` ## Skill Evolution If a user corrects the skill routing, a command fails and the recovery is reusable, or a reference is stale, finish the user task first. Then read `skills/skill-evolution/SKILL.md` and update the relevant focused skill if the lesson should generalize.