doca-firefly
doca-firefly is an agent skill published by nvidia, listed under review & testing. It lives in the NVIDIA/skills repository, which has 3,735 GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0; we last read it on 2026-10-23.
This skill configures and troubleshoots the DOCA Firefly Service container on BlueField, handling PTP settings and synchronization issues, and can be triggered by related user queries without explicit mention of DOCA Firefly or PTP. It does not handle DOCA installation or other DOCA services.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads NVIDIA/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills
Maintenance
Use this skill when the user is operating the DOCA Firefly Service container on BlueField — picking the four PTP configuration axes (role / profile / domain / interface), wiring the BlueField PHC + host follower + consumer workload pairing, deciding whether PTP-grade time is even needed (vs. chrony / NTP), or debugging a Firefly deployment where PTP isn't syncing or the host clock isn't following. Trigger even when the user does not explicitly mention "DOCA Firefly" or "PTP" — typical implicit phrasings include "container green but PTP never advances past LISTENING", "Firefly says synced but the host clock still drifts", "sync acquired but offset is tens of microseconds", "my Rivermax SMPTE workload needs PTP", or "is chrony good enough". Refuse and route elsewhere for installing DOCA, host-side chrony / ptp4l config bodies, PTP topology / boundary-clock design, building DOCA apps that read the disciplined PHC, or other DOCA services (DMS, Flow-Inspector, HBN) — those belong to other skills.
doca-firefly compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| doca-firefly (this page) | nvidia | Use this skill when the user is operating the DOCA Firefly Service container on BlueField — picking the four… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
| deepstream-sop(same repository) | nvidia | Use this skill when building, deploying, evaluating, debugging, or measuring latency for the DeepStream SOP I… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
| doca-aes-gcm(same repository) | nvidia | Use this skill when the user is doing hands-on DOCA AES-GCM work on a BlueField DPU or ConnectX NIC — configu… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
| doca-argp(same repository) | nvidia | Use this skill for hands-on DOCA Arg Parser CLI work on a shipped sample or new DOCA-using app — adding / rem… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
| doca-bare-metal-deployment(same repository) | nvidia | Running a DOCA-linked binary directly on the hardware, with no container or kubelet: on host x86 with a BlueF… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
| doca-bench-extension(same repository) | nvidia | Use this skill when the operator is authoring, building, loading, or debugging a custom doca-bench plug-in —… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
| doca-caps(same repository) | nvidia | Use this skill when the user wants to invoke the read-only doca_caps CLI to ask what DOCA sees on this host —… | 3,735 | 2026-10-26 |
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Common questions about doca-firefly
- What does doca-firefly do?
- This skill configures and troubleshoots the DOCA Firefly Service container on BlueField, handling PTP settings and synchronization issues, and can be triggered by related user queries without explicit mention of DOCA Firefly or PTP. It does not handle DOCA installation or other DOCA services.
- How do I install doca-firefly?
- Run npx skills add NVIDIA/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes doca-firefly?
- nvidia.
- Is doca-firefly maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,735 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-26. The repository declares the Apache-2.0 licence.
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