jetson-headless-mode SKILL.md skillB
jetson-headless-mode from nvidia/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nvidia/skills/jetson-headless-mode@v0.0.1Pins v0.0.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nvidia/skills
- Path
skills/jetson-headless-mode/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v0.0.1, committed Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 7,717 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,871
- License
- Apache-2.0
Plan and apply safe Jetson headless-mode changes to reclaim GUI and daemon memory.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Jetson Headless Mode Plan-then-apply for safe, reversible user-space memory reclamation: switch the default systemd target away from `graphical.target` and disable a curated set of non-essential daemons. This is the highest-yield, lowest-risk memory win on Jetson. ## Purpose Build a user-approved headless-mode plan from live audit data, then apply only safe, reversible user-space changes that reduce desktop and daemon memory use on Jetson. ## When to use - "Free as much memory as possible — I don't need the GUI." - "I'm shipping this Jetson as an inference appliance / edge node." - After `jetson-memory-audit` shows `default_systemd_target=graphical.target` or shows `gdm3` / `lightdm` / `sddm` active on a system the user describes as headless. ## When NOT to use - The user needs the local desktop, display output, kiosk UI, or any X/Wayland session. In that case, do not recommend disabling the graphical target or display manager; use `jetson-memory-audit` for a read-only view and suggest non-GUI memory options instead. - You do not have current audit data. Run `jetson-memory-audit` first, or ask the user for its output, before proposing changes or estimating savings. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nvidia/skills/jetson-headless-mode@sha256:91f2f17fb9e54aacThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.0.1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 22, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No script tag (matched: <script)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7717 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
nvidia/skills · 3,871 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_axwourdvm3cv7uzz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nvidia/skills/jetson-headless-mode GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/91f2f17fb9e54aaceb6e1e876292e8f7182483715a120ff8f68992c96b281cb8
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.