holoscan-install-source SKILL.md skillA
holoscan-install-source 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/holoscan-install-source@v2.0.0Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nvidia/skills
- Path
skills/holoscan-install-source/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v2.0.0, committed Oct 21, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 31, 2026
- Size
- 4,965 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,871
- License
- Apache-2.0
Build and verify Holoscan SDK 5.x from an explicit source ref with the repository run wrapper; use for Early Access or SDK development.
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
# Build Holoscan 5.x from Source
## Choose the source and prerequisites
Use source for unpublished Early Access features, SDK changes, custom components,
or debug builds. This workflow uses the checkout's build container with Ubuntu
24.04 and CUDA 13, targeting x86_64 or arm64 dGPU. Check Linux, disk capacity,
GPU/driver, Git, Docker, buildx, and NVIDIA Container Toolkit availability.
Explain the container download and build cost before starting.
Select the explicit **5.x source ref** from the release notes or the user's
requested development branch. Inspect an existing checkout before reusing it;
keep its branch and local changes intact. Resolve the requested ref to its full
commit, using the intended remote's ref for a remote branch and fetching that
ref if necessary. From the existing repository root, compare its HEAD with the
resolved ref before building:
```bash
git status --short
git rev-parse HEAD
git rev-parse --verify "${SDK_REF}^{commit}"
```
`SDK_REF` must identify the selected tag, commit, or remote-qualified branch.
If the ref cannot be resolved or the commits differ, stop and report the
mismatch. Preserve the existing branch and working tree; offer a separate
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nvidia/skills/holoscan-install-source@sha256:a34064880e65166eThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_h65gwdcuo7whgmr2)
3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 31, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026, about one every 143 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.0.0 latest | 2026-10-21 | 1b10c68 | 4,965 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-31 | a7c1463 | 6,135 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4965 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
- pass: No script tag
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_h65gwdcuo7whgmr2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nvidia/skills/holoscan-install-source GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a34064880e65166e55b1b9d7d1274f0f0d5f09904c89906841decaef62d2600e
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.