# Nemoclaw Maintainer Runtime Provider

Implement or review a native managed NemoClaw runtime provider and its activation or...

- Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw (22910 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add NVIDIA/NemoClaw --skill nemoclaw-maintainer-runtime-provider -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add NVIDIA/NemoClaw --skill nemoclaw-maintainer-runtime-provider -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add NVIDIA/NemoClaw --skill nemoclaw-maintainer-runtime-provider -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add NVIDIA/NemoClaw --skill nemoclaw-maintainer-runtime-provider -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Implement or review a native managed NemoClaw runtime provider and its activation or qualification. Excludes the portable experimental profile.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

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# Add a Managed Runtime Provider

Add one provider through the repository's runtime-provider contract. Keep generic orchestration
independent of provider implementations and provider names.

## Confirm Product Scope

Apply the product scope gate in `AGENTS.md` before implementation or approval. Require an accepted
issue or accepted design decision that defines ownership, lifecycle, compatibility, security, and
validation. A valid bundle or passing test does not establish a supported surface.

Keep the portable experimental profile independent. Do not change portable selection, lifecycle,
or compatibility behavior as part of a native managed-provider change.

## Load Current Authority

Before planning, editing, or reviewing:

1. Read `src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/contract.ts` and `registry.ts`.
2. Read `activation.ts`, `current.ts`, and `native-qualification-authority.ts`.
3. Read the candidate provider factory and its provider-owned helpers.
4. Trace `SandboxEntry.openshellDriver` through onboarding and every lifecycle action in scope.
5. Read the focused contract, activation, provider, architecture, and E2E-support tests.

Use checked-in source and tests as behavior authority. Use these references for interpretation:

- Read [Bundle API Contract](references/api-contract.md) before changing a provider bundle.
- Read [Activation and Qualification](references/activation-and-qualification.md) before making a
  provider production-selectable.
- Read [Implementation and Review](references/implementation-and-review.md) before editing generic
  orchestration, planning validation, or reviewing a provider PR.

## Choose the Delivery State

Name the intended state before coding:

The rest: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-runtime-provider/SKILL.md