# nemoclaw-user-guide

Directs AI assistants to official NemoClaw docs via an MCP server or llms.txt. Useful when installing, running, or troubleshooting OpenClaw, Hermes, and Deep Agents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: NVIDIA
- 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/nemoclaw-user-guide/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nemoclaw-user-guide

## What it does

The skill instructs the coding assistant to rely strictly on official NemoClaw documentation rather than stale training data. It prioritizes connecting to the HTTP MCP server at `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/_mcp/server` using the read-only `searchDocs` tool. When MCP is unavailable, the assistant falls back to fetching `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/llms.txt` to locate and read Markdown pages.

Guidance covers three distinct agent variants: OpenClaw, Hermes, and Deep Agents. The skill prevents mixing variant-specific setups and requires the assistant to confirm the user's variant first. Questions regarding inference providers or network policies must be asked one by one to avoid overwhelming setup dialogues.

Security rules are explicit. The assistant never asks the user to paste bot tokens or API keys into the chat. Instead, it must insert placeholders such as `<PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>` and recommend a verification command after each setup action.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nemoclaw-user-guide -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nemoclaw-user-guide -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nemoclaw-user-guide -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills nemoclaw-user-guide
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nemoclaw-user-guide/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nemoclaw-user-guide -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/nemoclaw-user-guide
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nemoclaw-user-guide -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/nemoclaw-user-guide/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- connect canonical NemoClaw documentation via an HTTP MCP server
- locate setup guides for OpenClaw, Hermes, or Deep Agents
- configure local or cloud inference providers for sandboxes
- keep API keys and credentials out of the assistant chat
- get step-by-step verification commands after sandbox changes

## Example prompts
- Help me set up an OpenClaw sandbox using canonical NemoClaw docs
- How do I configure network policies and check logs for Hermes using NemoClaw documentation?
- Connect the NemoClaw docs and walk me through the Deep Agents quickstart

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name: "nemoclaw-user-guide"
description: "Guides human users' AI agents to the NemoClaw docs MCP server and canonical Fern documentation in Markdown form. Use when users ask how to install, configure, operate, troubleshoot, secure, or learn NemoClaw with an AI coding assistant. Trigger keywords - nemoclaw docs, use nemoclaw with ai agent, nemoclaw mcp docs, nemoclaw install help, nemoclaw quickstart, nemoclaw markdown docs, llms.txt, agent skills."
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# NemoClaw Docs for AI Agents

Use the canonical NemoClaw documentation as your source of truth.
Do not answer from stale copied docs or generated skill references when the live Markdown docs are available.

## Retrieval Order

1. If the assistant supports MCP, configure the NemoClaw docs MCP server at `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/_mcp/server`.
2. Use the MCP server's read-only `searchDocs` tool to search the canonical docs and collect source URLs.
3. If MCP is not available, fetch the AI documentation index first: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/llms.txt`.
4. Fetch the specific `.md` page listed in the index or returned by docs search for the user's task.
5. If you only find an HTML documentation URL, replace the `.html` suffix with `.md`, or append `.md` to the route when the URL has no suffix.
6. Prefer the user's selected agent variant. Do not mix variant-specific instructions unless you explain why.

## Configure the MCP Server

For Claude Code, run:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http fern-docs https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/_mcp/server
```

For Cursor, add `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/_mcp/server` to the MCP server configuration.
For other MCP clients, configure a streamable HTTP MCP server at that URL.

## Starting Pages

Use these pages first for common onboarding flows:

- OpenClaw home: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/openclaw/home.md`.
- OpenClaw prerequisites: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/openclaw/get-started/prerequisites.md`.
- OpenClaw quickstart: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/openclaw/get-started/quickstart.md`.
- Hermes home: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/home.md`.
- Hermes prerequisites: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/get-started/prerequisites.md`.
- Hermes quickstart: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/hermes/get-started/quickstart.md`.
- Deep Agents home: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/deepagents/home.md`.
- Deep Agents prerequisites: `https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/latest/user-guide/deepagents/get-started/prerequisites.md`.
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