holoscan-setup
holoscan-setup is an agent skill published by nvidia, listed under writing code. 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 2026-10-21.
Guides the installation of the Holoscan SDK by inspecting the host environment, assessing platform compatibility, recommending an appropriate installation method, and delegating to the corresponding installation skill.
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
Assess a host and choose a Holoscan SDK 5.x installation method using release availability, CUDA 13 compatibility, and component needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about holoscan-setup
- What does holoscan-setup do?
- Guides the installation of the Holoscan SDK by inspecting the host environment, assessing platform compatibility, recommending an appropriate installation method, and delegating to the corresponding installation skill.
- How do I install holoscan-setup?
- 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 holoscan-setup?
- nvidia.
- Is holoscan-setup 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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