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Agent Skills for
the Holoscan Platform

Give your coding agent the same workflows the Holoscan team uses. These NVIDIA-verified skills install the Holoscan SDK (HSDK) and bring up Holoscan Sensor Bridge (HSB) hardware. They work with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other agents that support the Agent Skills specification.

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Install the skills

Add Holoscan skills to your agent with one command.

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Ask in plain language

Ask your agent to install the SDK, set up a Sensor Bridge board, or flash its FPGA. The matching skill takes over.

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Stay verified

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INSTALL

One command

The skills CLI runs through npx. Choose a skill and an agent when prompted, or name them directly.

npx skills add nvidia/skills --skill holoscan-install-debian --agent cursor

Replace holoscan-install-debian with any skill below, and cursor with claude-code, codex, or kiro-cli. Version 1.5.16 or newer of the skills CLI is required.

HSDK

Holoscan SDK

Install and set up the Holoscan SDK on any platform (container, Debian, Python, Conda, or source).

Debian packages

holoscan-install-debian

Install Holoscan SDK natively on Ubuntu via apt. Use for C++ installs on Ubuntu; pair with /holoscan-install-wheel for Python.

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From source

holoscan-install-source

Build Holoscan SDK from source via the in-tree ./run script. Use only when published packages don't meet the user's needs.

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Python wheel

holoscan-install-wheel

Install Holoscan SDK Python wheel via pip into a venv. Use for Python installs; not for native C++/apt or Conda installs.

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Conda

holoscan-install-conda

Install Holoscan SDK v4.3+ via Conda in a CUDA 13 environment. Use for Conda installs; redirect CUDA 12 hosts to container/wheel.

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Container

holoscan-install-container

Install Holoscan SDK via the NGC Docker container. Use for container-based installs; not for native apt/pip/Conda installs.

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Setup

holoscan-setup

Guides Holoscan SDK installation: inspects the host, assesses platform compatibility, recommends an install method, and delegates to the matching install skill.

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HSB

Holoscan Sensor Bridge

Agent-ready skills for Holoscan Sensor Bridge devkit workflows, including demo environment bring-up, FPGA flashing for Lattice and VB1940 hardware, example application execution, QA test-plan automation, and support for configuring and using the Holoscan Sensor Bridge FPGA intellectual property (IP) core.

Setup

hsb-setup

Clone the latest NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge repo, ask which supported devkit is being used, configure the host per platform, build the correct demo container, run it, and verify HSB connectivity by pinging 192.168.0.2. Use for Holoscan Sensor Bridge setup, build, container launch, and first-connectivity bring-up.

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FPGA flashing

hsb-flash

Flash the FPGA on an HSB board connected to an NVIDIA devkit. Supports HSB Lattice boards (FPGA versions 2407, 2412, 2507, 2510) and Leopard Imaging VB1940 "all-in-one" cameras (FPGA versions 2507, 2510). Uses release-specific YAML manifests and board-type-specific program commands. Lattice and VB1940 commands must never be mixed.

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Example applications

hsb-app

Discover and run Holoscan Sensor Bridge example applications on a connected devkit. Filters available apps by the user's platform, HSB software version, board type, and sensors. Supports timed execution, failure analysis, code-edit suggestions, and iterative re-runs.

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QA testing

hsb-test

Execute QA test plans on Holoscan Sensor Bridge hardware. Reads a user-provided test document, filters tests by the user's setup, determines which tests can run automatically, executes them with pass/fail evaluation, and produces a structured test results report.

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IP definitions

hsb-ip-def

Generate, validate, compare, or explain HSB HOLOLINK_def.svh macros. Do not use for FPGA_top.sv wrappers or packetizer-only derivation. Generation runs bundled Python scripts locally through shell commands and writes validated .svh output files after user-confirmed paths.

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IP packetizer

hsb-ip-packetizer

Choose or explain HSB Sensor RX packetizer fields for HOLOLINK_def.svh. Do not use for full defs, validation, or runtime APB programming.

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IP top level

hsb-ip-create-top

Create or explain fixed-format HSB FPGA_top.sv wrappers from validated HOLOLINK_def.svh files. Do not use for def generation or validation.

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