# nvidia-skill-finder

A router skill that checks the live NVIDIA catalog and points you to the right skill for a GPU or SDK task.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 838 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: NVIDIA
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/nvidia-skill-finder/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nvidia-nvidia-skill-finder

## What it does

This skill acts as a capability detector for NVIDIA work and a router over the skills catalog. Mention CUDA, TensorRT, Jetson, JetPack, NIM, NeMo, Omniverse, Isaac, RAPIDS, cuOpt, Holoscan, DeepStream, TAO or NGC and it checks the catalog before falling back on general product guidance.

The catalog check runs through `npx skills add nvidia/skills --list`. If the CLI is missing or fails, the skill falls back to the NVIDIA/skills repository page, build.nvidia.com/skills, or the `skills.sh.json` file. A plain web search or developer.nvidia.com docs do not count as a catalog check, so you cannot skip that step.

It never installs anything on its own. Expect up to three matches ranked by confidence, each with a name, a reason, an install command and a first prompt, followed by a request for your approval. Without that approval `npx skills add` stays unrun. Generic work — HTTP routing, CSS or bundle tuning, Kubernetes deploys, video editing — leaves the skill quiet, since relevance is the gate rather than consent.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nvidia-skill-finder -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nvidia-skill-finder -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills nvidia-skill-finder
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nvidia-skill-finder/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/nvidia-skill-finder
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill nvidia-skill-finder -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/nvidia-skill-finder/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find an NVIDIA skill for a specific task without browsing the catalog by hand
- check the live skills catalog before answering from product docs
- keep CUDA or Jetson requests apart from generic optimize or deploy work
- get an install command and a first prompt for a matching skill
- stop the agent from installing skills without asking

## Example prompts
- find a skill for setting up JetPack on Jetson
- is there an NVIDIA skill for TensorRT?
- match a skill to a cuOpt routing task

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