Official agent skill

I4h Workflow Create

by NVIDIA in NVIDIA/skills

Create a minimal blank Workflow scaffold with a Scene containing ground and light plus an idle run mode.

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Install I4h Workflow Create

skills CLI
$ npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill i4h-workflow-create -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install NVIDIA/skills i4h-workflow-create --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/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/i4h-workflow-create .claude/skills/i4h-workflow-create && 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
i4h-workflow-create
GitHub stars
3.5k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
686 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
380
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Create a minimal blank Workflow scaffold with a Scene containing ground and light plus an idle run mode.

  • Works in 4 steps: Resolve the checkout using I4H_WORKFLOWS… → Choose a lowercase snake_case Workflow id. → Select exactly one approved product… → …
  • Fast new Workflow scaffolding
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Instructions, Utility and Validate, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls python, git and make

What it does

I4h Workflow Create is an agent skill from NVIDIA/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create a minimal blank Workflow scaffold with a Scene containing ground and light plus an idle run mode. Use for fast new Workflow scaffolding.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `BENCHMARK.md`, `evals/evals.json` and `skill-card.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for NVIDIA products — install into Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents to run Physical AI, robotics, simulation, CUDA, and RAG workflows end to end. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Fast new Workflow scaffolding
  • Tasks that involve Project scaffolding

Example prompts

  • “/i4h-workflow-create”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Resolve the checkout using I4H_WORKFLOWS when set; otherwise use the current git root. If neither contains workflows/i4h_workflows, use…
  2. Choose a lowercase snake_case Workflow id.
  3. Select exactly one approved product specialty: laparoscopic-robotics, ultrasound-robotics, endoluminal-robotics, or…
  4. Generate the blank Workflow and run the static validation below.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0e0d506. 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:

    • python
    • git
    • make

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

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

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

I4h Workflow Create loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 686 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

The full file from NVIDIA/skills at commit 0e0d506, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© NVIDIA). 686 words, ~1,531 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/i4h-workflow-create/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
i4h-workflow-create
description
Create a minimal blank Workflow scaffold with a Scene containing ground and light plus an idle run mode. Use for fast new Workflow scaffolding.
license
Apache-2.0
metadata.author
Isaac for Healthcare Team <isaac-for-healthcare-support@nvidia.com>
metadata.version
0.8.0
metadata.verification-request
2026-09-15
metadata.tags
isaac-for-healthcare, i4h, isaac-sim, workflow-authoring

Create a Blank i4h Workflow

Purpose

Create a complete runnable blank Workflow without searching for an existing Workflow or booting Isaac Sim.

Instructions

  1. Resolve the checkout using I4H_WORKFLOWS when set; otherwise use the current git root. If neither contains workflows/i4h_workflows, use the checkout resolver from the repository AGENTS.md.
  2. Choose a lowercase snake_case Workflow id.
  3. Select exactly one approved product specialty: laparoscopic-robotics, ultrasound-robotics, endoluminal-robotics, or hospital-automation-robotics.
  4. Generate the blank Workflow and run the static validation below.

If the request does not identify a specialty, ask the user to choose one; do not infer a product category from the workflow name alone.

Run:

bash
./scripts/create_blank_environment.py <workflow_id> --specialty <specialty>

This is the only authoring utility that generates workflow-specific source. It rejects an existing public workflow id in any specialty before dry-run output or file creation. It writes the fixed empty templates that establish the design boundary; later scene and task code is written by the coding agent. Use --dry-run to preview its output, --description TEXT to customize the scene-manifest description, and --validate to run the focused static checks after creation. Do not combine --dry-run and --validate.

The script refuses to overwrite files and creates only:

text
./
├── arena/i4h_arena/assets/<workflow_id>.py
├── arena/i4h_arena/scenes/<workflow_id>.py
├── arena/i4h_arena/scenes/manifest/<workflow_id>.yaml
├── workflows/i4h_workflows/<specialty>/<workflow_id>.py
└── workflows/tests/test_<workflow_id>_contract.py

The result contains a ground plane, dome light, no embodiment or declared robots, no task-specific objects or cameras, and one idle mode. Its contract test verifies durable Workflow and manifest invariants rather than asserting that the Scene stays blank, so later Scene, Task, and run-mode authoring does not require rewriting the test. Do not inspect robot assets, choose a policy, create Task manifests, load upstream Isaac Sim skills, or launch the simulator during blank creation.

Utility

CommandPurposeArguments
./scripts/create_blank_environment.pyCreate the complete overwrite-safe blank Workflow<workflow_id> --specialty <specialty> [--description TEXT] [--dry-run] [--validate]

Validate

Run only fast static checks:

bash
./scripts/create_blank_environment.py <workflow_id> --specialty <specialty> --validate

When the Workflow already exists because it was created without --validate, run the equivalent checks directly:

bash
cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
./run.sh show <workflow_id> --mode idle
./run.sh lint <workflow_id> --mode idle
./run.sh lint --all
workflows/.venv/bin/python -m pytest workflows/tests/test_<workflow_id>_contract.py -q
arena/.venv/bin/python -m pytest arena/tests/test_scene.py -q

--validate requires the workflow and Arena environments; run ./setup.sh first if either is missing. It verifies the generated contract and the shared zero-DOF blank-scene runtime adapter without launching Isaac Sim. If a component virtual environment is elsewhere, use that component's Python for its direct test command. Do not run visible or dynamic validation unless the user explicitly requests it.

Troubleshooting

  • If the checkout cannot be resolved, set I4H_WORKFLOWS to the existing repository root or use the resolver in AGENTS.md.
  • If generation reports that the workflow id already exists, report its specialty source and ask whether to edit it or use a different id; never overwrite, relocate, or duplicate it.
  • If --validate reports a missing component environment, run ./setup.sh and repeat the same validation.
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Prerequisites

Require a writable root-level i4h-workflows checkout and Python 3.11 or newer. Static --validate also requires the workflow and Arena component environments.

Limitations

This skill creates only the five-file idle scaffold. It does not add an embodiment, task behavior, policy, cameras, or task-specific assets, and it does not visibly validate the Scene.

Continue

Treat creation as the first stage of an incremental workflow:

  1. Create the blank Workflow scaffold with this skill: blank Scene, scene manifest, and idle-only Workflow.
  2. Use i4h-workflow-scene-edit to add and visibly verify assets, robots, cameras, layout, and physics, then bake the confirmed Scene.
  3. Define behavior only after the user provides a concrete goal and success condition. Reuse compatible Tasks; create a focused Task only when the behavior is new. Do not create an empty placeholder Task.
  4. Add rule-based, teleop, replay, or policy modes only when requested and only when their Task and action contracts are runnable.
  5. Validate every newly enabled mode with the owning stage skill.

The blank Workflow is intentionally useful before behavior exists: its shared idle Task opens the Scene for authoring, so a blank task manifest or implementation would add no capability.

Examples

  • Create a blank hospital-automation-robotics workflow named my_workflow. → generate my_workflow in the hospital automation specialty and run static validation.
  • Make a new laparoscopic-robotics workflow called training_sandbox as fast as possible. Start blank. → generate the same five-file idle-only scaffold under training_sandbox in the laparoscopic specialty.

Completion gate

Report the created id, five files, idle-only status, and static validation results. Do not commit unless explicitly asked.

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in skills/i4h-workflow-create of NVIDIA/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • BENCHMARK.md
  • evals/evals.json
  • skill-card.md
  • skill.oms.sig

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0e0d506

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in NVIDIA/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about I4h Workflow Create

What does I4h Workflow Create do?

Create a minimal blank Workflow scaffold with a Scene containing ground and light plus an idle run mode. I4h Workflow Create is an agent skill from NVIDIA/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create a minimal blank Workflow scaffold with a Scene containing ground and light plus an idle run mode.

When should I use I4h Workflow Create?

I4h Workflow Create fits situations like: fast new Workflow scaffolding; tasks that involve Project scaffolding.

How do I install I4h Workflow Create in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill i4h-workflow-create -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/i4h-workflow-create in NVIDIA/skills) into .claude/skills/i4h-workflow-create in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install I4h Workflow Create in Codex?

Run `npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill i4h-workflow-create -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/i4h-workflow-create in NVIDIA/skills) into .agents/skills/i4h-workflow-create in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use I4h Workflow Create 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/skills --skill i4h-workflow-create -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/i4h-workflow-create, .gemini/skills/i4h-workflow-create, .github/skills/i4h-workflow-create and .opencode/skills/i4h-workflow-create in your project.

What does I4h Workflow Create need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, I4h Workflow Create needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python, git and make). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does I4h Workflow Create access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is I4h Workflow Create safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does I4h Workflow Create use?

I4h Workflow Create is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does I4h Workflow Create use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains I4h Workflow Create?

NVIDIA (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in NVIDIA/skills, which has 3,534 GitHub stars. The repository holds 380 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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