Official agent skill

Cosmos3 Setup

by NVIDIA in NVIDIA/cosmos-framework

Guide users through Cosmos3 installation, environment setup, checkpoint downloading, and verification.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check: notesDevOps & Cloud

Install Cosmos3 Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add NVIDIA/cosmos-framework --skill cosmos3-setup -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install NVIDIA/cosmos-framework cosmos3-setup --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NVIDIA/cosmos-framework.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/cosmos3-setup .claude/skills/cosmos3-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
cosmos3-setup
GitHub stars
556
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
392 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guide users through Cosmos3 installation, environment setup, checkpoint downloading, and verification.

  • Works in 6 steps: Clone the repository and cd into the… → System deps: sudo apt-get install -y… → Install uv: curl -LsSf… → …
  • The user asks how do I install cosmos3
  • SKILL.md covers When to use this skill, Path convention, Where to find answers and Setup steps at a glance, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls uv, apt-get and curl; reaches astral.sh; needs HF_TOKEN and HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN

What it does

Cosmos3 Setup is an agent skill from NVIDIA/cosmos-framework, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guide users through Cosmos3 installation, environment setup, checkpoint downloading, and verification. Use when the user asks "how do I install cosmos3", "how do I set up the environment", "how do I download checkpoints", "how do I use Docker", or any question about getting the package running for the first time.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Containers. It works with Docker and CUDA. The repository describes itself as: Our inference and training framework to run on the Cosmos Models.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks how do I install cosmos3
  • How do I set up the environment
  • How do I download checkpoints
  • How do I use Docker

Example prompts

  • “how do I install cosmos3”
  • “how do I set up the environment”
  • “how do I download checkpoints”
  • “/cosmos3-setup”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Docker
  • A credential in HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Clone the repository and cd into the project root (the directory containing pyproject.toml)
  2. System deps: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ffmpeg git-lfs libx11-dev tree wget
  3. Install uv: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && source $HOME/.local/bin/env
  4. Install package: uv sync --all-extras --group=cu130-train && source .venv/bin/activate && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH= (use cu128-train on…
  5. Checkpoints: auto-downloaded during inference; requires HuggingFace auth (see docs)
  6. Verify: uv run --all-extras --group=cu130-train python -c "import cosmos_framework; print('ok')"

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cf5d68c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uv
    • apt-get
    • curl
    • sh

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • astral.sh

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • HF_TOKEN
    • HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Cosmos3 Setup loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 392 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~82
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:42
    2. **System deps**: `sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ffmpeg git-lfs libx11-dev tree wget`
  • NotePipes a well-known installer script into a shellSKILL.md:43
    3. **Install uv**: `curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && source $HOME/.local/bin/env`

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 392 words (~1,082 tokens).

“All paths below are relative to the cosmos3 package root (../../../ from this skill file). All uv run / python commands should also be run from there.”

— opening of SKILL.md by NVIDIA, Custom licence
name
cosmos3-setup

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/cosmos3-setup of NVIDIA/cosmos-framework.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cf5d68c

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Questions about Cosmos3 Setup

What does Cosmos3 Setup do?

Guide users through Cosmos3 installation, environment setup, checkpoint downloading, and verification. Cosmos3 Setup is an agent skill from NVIDIA/cosmos-framework, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guide users through Cosmos3 installation, environment setup, checkpoint downloading, and verification.

When should I use Cosmos3 Setup?

Cosmos3 Setup fits situations like: the user asks how do I install cosmos3; how do I set up the environment; how do I download checkpoints; how do I use Docker.

How do I install Cosmos3 Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add NVIDIA/cosmos-framework --skill cosmos3-setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/cosmos3-setup in NVIDIA/cosmos-framework) into .claude/skills/cosmos3-setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cosmos3 Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add NVIDIA/cosmos-framework --skill cosmos3-setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/cosmos3-setup in NVIDIA/cosmos-framework) into .agents/skills/cosmos3-setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cosmos3 Setup in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add NVIDIA/cosmos-framework --skill cosmos3-setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cosmos3-setup, .gemini/skills/cosmos3-setup, .github/skills/cosmos3-setup and .opencode/skills/cosmos3-setup in your project.

What does Cosmos3 Setup need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cosmos3 Setup needs the command-line tools its instructions call (uv, apt-get, curl and sh) and credentials named HF_TOKEN and HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker; A credential in HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN.

Does Cosmos3 Setup access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: astral.sh; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cosmos3 Setup safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (runs commands with sudo; pipes a well-known installer script into a shell), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Cosmos3 Setup use?

Cosmos3 Setup has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Cosmos3 Setup use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Cosmos3 Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cosmos3 Setup: Install Miles Diffusion (radixark/miles_diffusion, 107 stars), Init GPU Server (drawthingsai/draw-things-community, 579 stars), Kermt Setup (NVIDIA/skills, 3.5k stars) and Tao Setup Nvidia GPU Host (NVIDIA/skills, 3.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cosmos3 Setup?

NVIDIA (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in NVIDIA/cosmos-framework, which has 556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.

Source: NVIDIA/cosmos-framework on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.