# jetson-derive-carrier

Bootstraps custom Jetson carrier-board files and a device-tree overlay scaffold from a reference devkit. Use it after jetson-init-source.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: Jetson Team
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jetson-derive-carrier

## What it does

This skill creates renamed carrier-board configuration forks and wires carrier changes through a device-tree overlay using `OVERLAY_DTB_FILE`. It does not fork the kernel base DTB. A custom carrier ID is used verbatim, so it does not need a `p` prefix.

It checks for a `custom_carrier:` block and `Linux_for_Tegra/.git` before proceeding. That means you should run `jetson-init-source` and prepare the target profile first. File discovery is done in one full pass without truncating directory listings.

New carrier files are collected in one overlay-tracker commit, while the DT overlay skeleton is committed in the `hardware/` source repository. Before every `git commit`, the skill shows staged files and the proposed message; the operator can accept, edit, or cancel. A cancellation leaves the index staged.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-derive-carrier -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-derive-carrier -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-derive-carrier -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills jetson-derive-carrier
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-derive-carrier -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/jetson-derive-carrier
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-derive-carrier -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create custom carrier-board file forks
- scaffold a device-tree overlay
- apply carrier IDs to target filenames
- wire an overlay into the flash configuration
- review each proposed `git commit`

## Example prompts
- Run `jetson-derive-carrier` for the active custom carrier board.
- Use `jetson-derive-carrier` after `jetson-init-source` to derive carrier files.
- Create the custom carrier configuration in `Linux_for_Tegra` and show the commit message before committing.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: jetson-derive-carrier
description: >-
  Bootstrap a custom carrier board by forking carrier files and
  scaffolding a DT overlay from the reference devkit. Use after
  jetson-init-source; not for module-level or kernel-DTB changes.
version: 0.0.1
license: "Apache-2.0"
metadata:
  data-classification: public
  author: "Jetson Team"
  tags:
    - target-platform
    - custom-carrier
    - bring-up
    - setup
  domain: meta
---

# jetson-derive-carrier

Customize first-run gate for any `customize-*` skill on a custom
carrier. Resolve the active target per
[`target-platform-contract.md`](../../context/target-platform-contract.md).
**Refuse** if no `custom_carrier:` block, or if
`<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/.git` is missing
(`jetson-init-source` first). Template file create/copy rows land in a
single overlay-tracker commit and copy **directly** to the
custom-carrier-renamed target path — reference-named pristine files
are never staged (see [Fork plan](#fork-plan) for the local rule, which
overrides the standard pristine + customization split from the
[workflow](../../context/bsp-customization-workflow.md#commit-batching-in-the-overlay-tracker));
conf-chain discovery follows
[per-board conf dispatch](../../context/bsp-customization-software-layers.md#per-board-conf-dispatch--update_flash_args_common).
Kernel base DTB is **not** forked — carrier deltas layer as a DT
overlay wired via `OVERLAY_DTB_FILE`.

**Identifiers** (from active profile): `<chip>` from
`reference_devkit.module.id` via
[catalogue](../../references/bsp-platforms-catalogue.md) (unknown →
warn, fallback `tegra234`); `<module-id>`/`<module-sku>` from
`reference_devkit.module`; `<carrier-id>`/`<carrier-sku>` from
`reference_devkit.carrier`; `<custom-id>`/`<custom-sku>`/
`<custom-flash-conf>` from `custom_carrier`. `<real-conf>` =
`readlink <bsp_image.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/<reference_devkit.flash_config>`
(NVIDIA convention `<devkit>.conf` → `<carrier>-<module>-a<rev>.conf`;
warn + treat top-level as real + skip symlink-wrapper row if not a
symlink).

`<custom-id>` is a custom carrier board token, not necessarily an
NVIDIA-style `pNNNN` ID. Use it verbatim in dash-form filenames and DT
compatible strings. When a target file family uses p-stripped numeric
tokens, derive `<custom-id-file-token>` as `NNNN` only if `<custom-id>`
matches `^p[0-9]{4}$`; otherwise use `<custom-id>` unchanged. Do not
reject custom carrier IDs merely because they do not start with `p`.

## Instructions

The fork plan below is the instruction set: one discovery pass, then a
row-by-row fork of the per-board fileset, gated by the commit-message
preview before each `git commit`.

### Fork plan

Every `git commit` produced by this skill — in the overlay tracker
(`Linux_for_Tegra/`) or the `hardware/` source repo — runs through
the
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