# tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet

Runs gap analysis on NVIDIA TAO VCN Classify results using the data-services container. It identifies weak boundary samples for downstream dataset augmentation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1600 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: NVIDIA Corporation
- 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/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet

## What it does

The skill automates gap analysis for TAO VCN Classify experiments by invoking `gap_analysis vcn_aoi` inside the pinned data-services Docker container. It reads inference metrics from `inference.csv`, determines the decision threshold across `siamese_score` values, and ranks predictions by distance from that boundary in the wrong direction. The container exports selected records into `kpi_gaps.parquet`, expanded per lighting condition found in the training YAML.

A working CUDA GPU, Docker, and `nvidia-container-toolkit` are required on the host. Missing GPU drivers cause the job to fail immediately, so host verification must happen before launching the run. Paths for dataset files, training configs, and inference outputs must be bind-mounted directly into the container using `-v`.

The `-e` experiment specification flag is mandatory in current image builds; omitting it causes an early CLI failure. Do not run the container with `--user $(id -u):$(id -g)` because it triggers a `KeyError` during library imports. File permissions on the output parquet should be adjusted with `chown` after the container finishes.

## Requirements
- Works with: Docker

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet -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/tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find the weakest VCN classification samples to prepare augmentation targets
- calculate the optimal decision threshold between PASS and NO_PASS scores
- export ranked top-K boundary errors into `kpi_gaps.parquet`
- expand difficult inspection samples across lighting setups from the training YAML

## Example prompts
- Run gap analysis on VCN results in `inference/latest/` with top_k_per_label=50.
- Execute gap_analysis vcn_aoi on train.yaml and datasets/aoi to identify weak inspection samples.
- Process VCN inference.csv through the TAO data-services container and produce kpi_gaps.parquet.

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

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```text
---
name: tao-analyze-gaps-visual-changenet
description: Performs gap analysis on NVIDIA TAO VCN Classify (Visual Component Net) experiments by invoking the pinned TAO data-services container directly via `docker run … gap_analysis vcn_aoi …` — picks the optimal decision threshold, ranks per-sample weakness, and emits a top-K weakest parquet expanded per-lighting for downstream augmentation. Use when analyzing VCN classification failures, picking SDA augmentation targets, or auditing PASS/NO_PASS boundary cases.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Requires docker + nvidia-container-toolkit and a CUDA GPU. Pulls the TAO data-services container pinned in this skill.yaml` at the skill bank root.
metadata:
  author: NVIDIA Corporation
  version: "0.1.0"
allowed-tools: Read Bash
tags:
- data
- rca
- vcn
- aoi
---

# TAO VCN Classify Gap Analysis Skill

> **Standalone install?** If this session was not initialized by the TAO skill bank plugin, run the `tao-setup` skill first (host preflight, credentials, cross-skill discovery).

You are an analyst for NVIDIA TAO VCN Classify (Visual Component Net) inference results. Your job is to identify the **weakest samples per ground-truth label** by measuring signed distance from the decision threshold *in the wrong direction*, then surface them for downstream augmentation or relabeling.
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