# omniverse-usd-performance-tuning

An orchestrator for slow loading, memory pressure and low FPS in USD scenes. It walks the agent through profiling phases up to a final report.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: NVIDIA Omniverse · official OpenAI repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/nvidia/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning

## What it does

This skill owns the broad performance asks: a scene that loads slowly, eats memory, crashes the GPU or drops frames. It does not tune anything by itself. Instead it lays out the plan and names the entry point, then hands off to structure assessment, validator runs, a restructure decision, Scene Optimizer operations and a profile comparison.

What sits inside is rules, not scripts. Before any tuning output the skill demands a runtime check: with no readable `setup-preflight.json`, `setup-usd-performance-tuning` runs first. Assets under `omniverse://` start at `omniverse-authentication`, since auth comes before setup. Profiling phases carry the labels `profile-stage:baseline` and `profile-stage:after`.

Destructive steps such as `mergeMaterials` or prototype merging need their own approval even after the plan is accepted. Raw artifacts stay on disk, and summaries get read first because full logs and CSVs burn context fast. A verified runtime is required — Kit, standalone, or at minimum Asset Validator. Without one the skill returns a blocked code rather than quietly swapping in another workflow.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill omniverse-usd-performance-tuning -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill omniverse-usd-performance-tuning -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins omniverse-usd-performance-tuning
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/nvidia/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/nvidia/skills/omniverse-usd-performance-tuning/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find out why a scene takes so long to load
- trace what drives high memory use
- get an optimization plan before touching the scene
- compare profiles taken before and after restructuring
- produce a report on what the tuning changed

## Example prompts
- My scene loads too slowly — diagnose it and lay out a plan
- Optimize my USD scene: low FPS and heavy memory use
- Compare the before and after profiles and write up the report

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

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---
name: omniverse-usd-performance-tuning
description: "Top-level workflow skill for USD performance diagnosis and optimization. Use for slow loading, high memory, low FPS, or 'optimize my scene' requests; delegates auth/runtime setup to Phase 0 owners."
version: "0.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
tools:
  - Read
  - Shell
  - Write
compatibility: >
  Orchestrator skill. Downstream phases may require Kit, Scene Optimizer, Asset Validator, USD Python, writable output paths, and omniverse:// authentication selected by setup-usd-performance-tuning.
metadata:
  author: NVIDIA Omniverse
  tags:
    - triage
    - performance
    - usd
    - profiling
  domain: ai-ml
  languages:
    - python
---
# Omniverse USD Performance Tuning

<!-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. -->
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 -->

## When to Use

Use this workflow for broad performance asks such as slow loading, high memory, low FPS, GPU crashes, conversion-quality triage, or generic requests to optimize a USD scene.

## Instructions

1. Start from the mandatory runtime context gate before producing tuning output, unless the prompt is only asking for a static classification test.
2. Classify broad optimization requests as `ready_to_plan`; reserve `approval_required` for prompts that explicitly name a destructive operation to execute before planning.
3. Plan the full canonical chain through `optimization-report`, preserving the structured milestone order and the `profile-stage:baseline` / `profile-stage:after` labels when listing milestones.
4. Invoke downstream skill bodies only when their phase is reached, and keep raw runtime artifacts on disk while reading compact summaries.

Frontmatter keeps `version` and `tools` at top level for agentskills.io runtime
compatibility. NVCARPS discoverability fields live under `metadata`.

## Output Format

Return a plan or status summary that names the selected entry skill, uses `ready_to_plan` for generic optimization requests, includes the full milestone chain through `optimization-report`, and labels profile phases as `profile-stage:baseline` and `profile-stage:after`. For structured outputs, the broad-optimization milestone subsequence is `omniverse-usd-performance-tuning` -> `profile-stage:baseline` -> `usd-structure-assessment` -> `usd-validation-runner` -> `restructure-decision` -> `apply-restructure` -> `so-run-validators` -> `so-interpret-validators` -> `so-run-operations` -> `profile-stage:after` -> `compare-profiles` -> `optimization-report`. End-to-end execution should produce an optimized stage when mutation runs and a report conforming to the `optimization-report` reference's schema (`scripts/optimization-report.schema.json` within that reference).
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