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# **NVIDIA/OpenShell**
OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for autonomous AI agents.
main Updated 1 hour ago [GitHub](https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell)
## Repository statistics
- Indexed skills
**24**
- Skill groups
**1**
- GitHub stars
**14,029**
- Forks
**1,628**
## Skills
24 total
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**/debug-openshell-cluster**
Debug why an OpenShell gateway deployment is unhealthy, unreachable, or unable to create sandboxes. Use for gateway health failures, Docker/Podman runtime issues, Helm failures, Kubernetes scheduling, TLS or auth, gateway interceptors, supervisor middleware startup or runtime failures, external compute-driver sockets, VM drivers, or sandbox startup. Trigger keywords - debug gateway, gateway failing, deployment failing, helm install failing, cluster health, gateway health, gateway not starting, health check failed, sandbox pending, docker driver, podman driver, kubernetes driver, external driver, compute driver socket, gateway interceptor, supervisor middleware, middleware failed, vm driver. /debug-openshell-cluster](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/debug-openshell-cluster)
Updated 9 hours ago
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**/build-from-issue**
Plan and implement work described in a GitHub issue, including verification, documentation, and a PR that closes the issue. /build-from-issue](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/build-from-issue)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/create-github-issue**
Create GitHub issues using the gh CLI. Use when the user wants to create a new issue, report a bug, request a feature, or create a task in GitHub. Trigger keywords - create issue, new issue, file bug, report bug, feature request, github issue. /create-github-issue](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/create-github-issue)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/create-github-pr**
Create GitHub pull requests using the gh CLI. Use when the user wants to create a new PR, submit code for review, or open a pull request. Trigger keywords - create PR, pull request, new PR, submit for review, code review. /create-github-pr](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/create-github-pr)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/create-spike**
Investigate an OpenShell problem and create a structured issue with technical findings for human disposition. /create-spike](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/create-spike)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/fix-security-issue**
Implement an authorized fix for a reviewed security issue and open a PR that closes its issue. /fix-security-issue](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/fix-security-issue)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/review-security-issue**
Review an authorized security issue for validity, severity, and a remediation plan. /review-security-issue](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/review-security-issue)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/sync-agent-infra**
Reconcile contributor skills, AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, issue and PR templates, and workflow references after repository workflow changes. /sync-agent-infra](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/sync-agent-infra)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/triage-issue**
Assess community issues, validate technical claims, request missing evidence, and prepare valid work for human disposition. /triage-issue](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/triage-issue)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/update-docs**
Scan recent git commits for changes that affect user-facing behavior, then draft or update the corresponding documentation pages. Use when docs have fallen behind code changes, after a batch of features lands, or when preparing a release. Trigger keywords - update docs, draft docs, docs from commits, sync docs, catch up docs, doc debt, docs behind, docs drift. /update-docs](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/update-docs)
Updated 10 hours ago
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**/test-release-canary**
Manually dispatch and iterate on the Release Canary workflow that smoke-tests published OpenShell artifacts (install.sh on macOS/Ubuntu/Fedora, Helm chart on kind) after each Release Dev publish. Use when changing \`.github/workflows/release-canary.yml\`, validating a release before tagging, debugging a canary failure, or reproducing a canary job locally. Trigger keywords - release canary, release-canary, canary failed, canary dispatch, test release canary, post-release smoke, install.sh canary, helm chart canary, kind canary, dispatch canary. /test-release-canary](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/test-release-canary)
Updated 12 hours ago
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**/watch-github-actions**
Watch and monitor GitHub Actions workflow runs using the gh CLI. Use when the user wants to check workflow status, watch a running workflow, view CI/CD jobs, or monitor build progress. Trigger keywords - watch pipeline, pipeline status, CI status, check build, monitor CI, view pipeline, pipeline progress, workflow status, actions status. /watch-github-actions](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/watch-github-actions)
Updated 12 hours ago
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**/build-openshell-mxc-windows**
Maintain and validate OpenShell's build-only Windows MSVC lane for x64 and ARM64. Use when working on Windows compilation, \`windows:\*\` mise tasks, unsupported Windows compute-driver contracts, or Windows build reports. This skill does not implement Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, VM, MXC driver, policy translation, MSI, service, or supervisor runtime support on Windows. /build-openshell-mxc-windows](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/build-openshell-mxc-windows)
Updated 13 hours ago
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**/helm-dev-environment**
Start up, tear down, and configure the local Kubernetes development environment for OpenShell. Uses k3d (Docker-backed k3s) + Skaffold + Helm. Covers cluster lifecycle, optional add-ons (Keycloak OIDC, Envoy Gateway), HA testing, and port mappings. Trigger keywords - local k8s, local cluster, k3d, skaffold, helm dev, start cluster, stop cluster, tear down cluster, delete cluster, create cluster, helm:k3s, helm:skaffold, local dev environment, dev cluster, k8s dev, envoy gateway local, keycloak local, high availability, HA. /helm-dev-environment](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/helm-dev-environment)
Updated yesterday
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**/launch-openshell-gator**
Launch and supervise OpenShell gator agents. Use when starting gator on issues or PRs, checking gator sandboxes, building the gator sandbox image, restarting stuck gators, inspecting gator logs, or experimenting with gator harness/model overrides. Trigger keywords - launch gator, start gator, run gator, gator sandbox, supervised gator, gator logs, restart gator. /launch-openshell-gator](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/launch-openshell-gator)
Updated yesterday
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**/gator-gate**
Validate and monitor OpenShell GitHub issues and PRs using the gator:\* state machine. Use when asked to triage issues/PRs for project validity, gate PRs, run gator, validate submissions, or monitor PRs toward merge readiness. /gator-gate](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/gator-gate)
Updated yesterday
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**/openshell-cli**
Guide agents through using the OpenShell CLI (openshell) for sandbox management, gateway registration, provider configuration and refresh, profile management, policy iteration, settings, service exposure, BYOC workflows, and attached-provider inference. Covers basic through advanced multi-step workflows. Trigger keywords - openshell, sandbox create, sandbox exec, sandbox connect, logs, provider create, profile list, profile describe, provider refresh, policy set, policy get, settings, service expose, forward, port forward, BYOC, bring your own container, inference, use openshell, run openshell, CLI usage, manage sandbox, manage provider, gateway add, gateway select. /openshell-cli](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/openshell-cli)
Updated yesterday
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**/create-rfc**
Create OpenShell RFC proposals in rfc/ from a design request. Use when the user asks to write, draft, start, create, or update an RFC, Request for Comments, architecture proposal, API proposal, process proposal, or cross-cutting design proposal that should follow the OpenShell RFC process and template. /create-rfc](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/create-rfc)
Updated 2 days ago
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**/tui-development**
Guide for developing the OpenShell TUI — a ratatui-based terminal UI for the OpenShell platform. Covers architecture, navigation, data fetching, theming, UX conventions, and development workflow. Trigger keywords - term, TUI, terminal UI, ratatui, openshell-tui, tui development, tui feature, tui bug. /tui-development](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/tui-development)
Updated 3 days ago
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**/generate-sandbox-policy**
Generate sandbox security policies from plain-language requirements and optional REST API documentation. Produces L4 or fine-grained L7 network policies and ordered network middleware configuration. Use for API access rules, middleware host selection, failure behavior, or built-in and operator-run middleware attachment. Trigger keywords - generate policy, create policy, update policy, change policy, sandbox policy, network policy, API policy, security policy, allow API, restrict API, network middleware, supervisor middleware. /generate-sandbox-policy](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/generate-sandbox-policy)
Updated last week
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**/debug-inference**
Debug inference clients that use an attached provider and its native endpoint, including hosted APIs and host-local Ollama, vLLM, SGLang, TRT-LLM, LM Studio, or NIM. Use for provider attachment, endpoint policy, credential substitution, topology, and migration from the removed managed inference endpoint. Trigger keywords - debug inference, managed inference endpoint, local inference, ollama, lm studio, vllm, sglang, trtllm, NIM, inference failing, model server unreachable, credential\_endpoint\_mismatch, host.openshell.internal. /debug-inference](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/debug-inference)
Updated last week
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**/sbom**
Generate and manage Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) for the OpenShell project. Covers SBOM generation with Syft, license resolution via public registries, and CSV export for compliance review. Trigger keywords - SBOM, sbom, bill of materials, license audit, license resolution, generate sbom, sbom csv, dependency license, supply chain, license scan. /sbom](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/sbom)
Updated 2 weeks ago
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**/review-github-pr**
Review a GitHub pull request by summarizing its diff and key design decisions. Use when the user wants to review a PR, understand changes in a branch, or get a code review summary. Trigger keywords - review PR, review pull request, summarize PR, summarize diff, code review, review branch, PR summary, diff summary. /review-github-pr](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/review-github-pr)
Updated last month
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**/policy-advisor**
Use when an OpenShell sandbox returns policy\_denied, mentions policy.local, or needs a narrow network policy proposal. /policy-advisor](https://skilld.dev/gh/nvidia/openshell/policy-advisor)
Updated 4 months ago
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