🦞 NVIDIA NemoClaw: Reference Stack for Running OpenClaw in OpenShell

NVIDIA NemoClaw is an open source reference stack that simplifies running OpenClaw always-on assistants more safely. It installs the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime, part of NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, which provides additional security for running autonomous agents.

Alpha software

NemoClaw is available in early preview starting March 16, 2026. This software is not production-ready. Interfaces, APIs, and behavior may change without notice as we iterate on the design. The project is shared to gather feedback and enable early experimentation. We welcome issues and discussion from the community while the project evolves.

NemoClaw adds guided onboarding, a hardened blueprint, state management, messaging bridges, routed inference, and layered protection on top of the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime. For the full feature list, refer to Overview. For the system diagram, component model, and blueprint lifecycle, refer to How It Works and Architecture.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to install NemoClaw and run your first sandboxed OpenClaw agent.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, check the prerequisites to ensure you have the necessary software and hardware to run NemoClaw.

Hardware

The sandbox image is approximately 2.4 GB compressed. During image push, the Docker daemon, k3s, and the OpenShell gateway run alongside the export pipeline, which buffers decompressed layers in memory. On machines with less than 8 GB of RAM, this combined usage can trigger the OOM killer. If you cannot add memory, configuring at least 8 GB of swap can work around the issue at the cost of slower performance.

Software

Container Runtimes

Install NemoClaw and Onboard OpenClaw Agent

Download and run the installer script. The script installs Node.js if it is not already present, then runs the guided onboard wizard to create a sandbox, configure inference, and apply security policies.

ℹ️ Note

NemoClaw creates a fresh OpenClaw instance inside the sandbox during the onboarding process.

curl -fsSL https://www.nvidia.com/nemoclaw.sh | bash

If you use nvm or fnm to manage Node.js, the installer may not update your current shell's PATH. If nemoclaw is not found after install, run source ~/.bashrc (or source ~/.zshrc for zsh) or open a new terminal.

When the install completes, a summary confirms the running environment:

──────────────────────────────────────────────────
Sandbox      my-assistant (Landlock + seccomp + netns)
Model        nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b (NVIDIA Endpoints)
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
Run:         nemoclaw my-assistant connect
Status:      nemoclaw my-assistant status
Logs:        nemoclaw my-assistant logs --follow
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

[INFO]  === Installation complete ===

Chat with the Agent

Connect to the sandbox, then chat with the agent through the TUI or the CLI.

nemoclaw my-assistant connect

In the sandbox shell, open the OpenClaw terminal UI and start a chat:

openclaw tui

Alternatively, send a single message and print the response:

openclaw agent --agent main --local -m "hello" --session-id test

Uninstall

To remove NemoClaw and all resources created during setup, run the uninstall script:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/refs/heads/main/uninstall.sh | bash

For troubleshooting installation or onboarding issues, see the Troubleshooting guide.

Documentation

Refer to the following pages on the official documentation website for more information on NemoClaw.

Project Structure

The following directories make up the NemoClaw repository.

NemoClaw/
├── bin/              # CLI entry point and library modules (CJS)
├── nemoclaw/         # TypeScript plugin (Commander CLI extension)
│   └── src/
│       ├── blueprint/    # Runner, snapshot, SSRF validation, state
│       ├── commands/     # Slash commands, migration state
│       └── onboard/      # Onboarding config
├── nemoclaw-blueprint/   # Blueprint YAML and network policies
├── scripts/          # Install helpers, setup, automation
├── test/             # Integration and E2E tests
└── docs/             # User-facing docs (Sphinx/MyST)

Community

Join the NemoClaw community to ask questions, share feedback, and report issues.

• Discord
• GitHub Discussions
• GitHub Issues

Contributing

We welcome contributions. See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, coding standards, and the PR process.

Security

NVIDIA takes security seriously. If you discover a vulnerability in NemoClaw, DO NOT open a public issue. Use one of the private reporting channels described in SECURITY.md:

• Submit a report through the NVIDIA Vulnerability Disclosure Program.
• Send an email to psirt@nvidia.com encrypted with the NVIDIA PGP key.
• Use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting to submit a report directly on this repository.

For security bulletins and PSIRT policies, visit the NVIDIA Product Security portal.

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License

Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.