Agent skill · NVIDIA
tao-validate-dataset-format
Run `tao-daft validate` to check NVIDIA TAO DAFT datasets for structure, schema, and cross-reference errors. Do
What it needs
About 3k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Validate a TAO DAFT Dataset 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). Quick start <format> is a positional subcommand (e.g. metropolis-v3.0, cosmos-reason-v1.0); --path is required. Discover supported formats and per-format flags via tao-daft validate --help and the leaf --help (see "CLI conventions" below). Preflight Quick Start Discover the installed validator formats before choosing a format slug, then run validation with the target passed through --path: Purpose Drive tao-daft validate against a DAFT dataset (or a tree of them). The CLI is the spec; the skill picks subcommand + flags and explains the result. Trigger when the user mentions "TAO DAFT", "DAFT format", validating a DAFT dataset, schema/cross-reference errors, or tao-daft validate. Do not trigger for non-DAFT layouts (COCO, YOLO, Data Factory JSONL), or for tao-daft info / tao-daft convert — those have their own skills. If the user's opening is ambiguous, run a few --help commands first to ground yourself, then come back and confirm the task. Prerequisites nvidia-tao-daft installed (pip install nvidia-tao-daft; the wheel is enough, no source repo). Confirm with tao-daft --version. A DAFT dataset, or a parent directory of them, on local disk. Instructions CLI conventions tao-daft is nested argparse subcommands. Names and flags drift across versions, so discover the current surface from --help rather than trusting any list in this doc. 1. Format is a positional subcommand, not --format: tao-daft validate <format> [flags]. List current formats via tao-daft validate --help; slugs look like metropolis-v3.0, cosmos-reason-v1.0. 2. Target is --path PATH, not positional. It accepts a single dataset/scene or a parent directory — the validator walks the tree. 3. Flags are per-format; run the leaf help, e.g. tao-daft validate metropolis-v3.0 --help, before choosing them. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills NVIDIA/tao-validate-dataset-format