Agent skill · NVIDIA
holoscan-setup
Guides Holoscan SDK installation: inspects the host, assesses platform compatibility, recommends an install method, and delegates to the matching install skill.
What it needs
About 6k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Holoscan SDK Setup Purpose Determines the correct Holoscan SDK installation method for the current host by inspecting hardware, OS, CUDA driver, and existing tooling, then delegates to a method-specific install skill. Covers NGC container, Debian/apt, pip wheel, Conda, and source builds across Ubuntu, RHEL, IGX Orin, Jetson, and DGX Spark / Grace-Hopper platforms. Prerequisites Linux host (Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, RHEL 9.x, IGX Orin, Jetson, or DGX Spark / Grace-Hopper) NVIDIA GPU with a working driver (nvidia-smi returns a CUDA Version) Network access to docs.nvidia.com and NGC One of: Docker + NVIDIA Container Toolkit, apt, Python 3.10–3.13 with pip, Conda, or a build toolchain — depending on chosen method Available Scripts Script Purpose Arguments -------- --------- ----------- scripts/checkconda.sh Detects Conda installs even when not on PATH (searches ~/miniconda3, ~/miniforge3, ~/anaconda3, ~/mambaforge, /opt/conda, and shell rc files); reports envs and which have holoscan importable. none scripts/checkngcimage.sh Checks whether the NGC Holoscan container image for a given CUDA tag suffix is pulled or available. <cuda-tag-suffix> — one of cuda13, cuda12-dgpu, cuda12-igpu Invoke scripts with runscript("scripts/checkconda.sh") and runscript("scripts/checkngcimage.sh", "cuda13"). Trust the script output over bare commands such as which conda or docker images. Instructions Be conversational and step-by-step — do not front-load all the information. Complete each step and report back before moving on. Workflow rules (must follow) 1. End Step 5 with a bolded one-line recommendation that names the method (e.g. Recommendation: NGC Container — bundles all deps, fastest path to a working install.). 2. For a first-time user on a supported x8664 host with Docker available, that recommendation must be NGC Container. 3. After the recommendation, stop and ask which method to use. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills NVIDIA/holoscan-setup