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doca-devemu

Use this skill when the user is doing hands-on DOCA Device Emulation on a BlueField DPU — exposing a custom emulated PCIe device the host sees as a real peripheral while DPU-side code runs the backend, picking the sub-library (PCI Generic, virtio-net, virtio-fs), wiring the per-sub-library Core context plus doorbell / DMA primitives, querying `doca_devemu_*_cap_*`, or debugging DOCA_ERROR_* from a `doca_devemu_*` call. Trigger even when the user does not say "devemu" — typical implicit phrasings include "expose a custom PCIe device from BlueField to the host", "host should see a virtio NIC b

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Install
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill doca-devemu --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

Facts
Files in the skill folder: 9
SKILL.md size: 11 KB
Bundled scripts: none
Requires: > Requires DOCA SDK installed at /opt/mellanox/doca on BOTH the host AND the BlueField DPU (Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 or…
Path: skills/doca-devemu/SKILL.md
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Where it comes from
Stars: 2,789
Language: Python
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From the SKILL.md

# DOCA Device Emulation **Where to start:** This skill assumes DOCA is already installed on the host AND on the BlueField, the user is doing **hands-on emulated-PCIe-device work** from the DPU side (writing the backend that the host's kernel driver will talk to over the emulated PCIe surface), and the user knows which CLASS of emulated device they want to build. Open [`TASKS.md`](TASKS.md) if the

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What does the doca-devemu skill do?

Use this skill when the user is doing hands-on DOCA Device Emulation on a BlueField DPU — exposing a custom emulated PCIe device the host sees as a real peripheral while DPU-side code runs the backend, picking the sub-library (PCI Generic, virtio-net, virtio-fs), wiring the per-sub-library Core context plus doorbell / DMA primitives, querying `doca_devemu_*_cap_*`, or debugging DOCA_ERROR_* from a `doca_devemu_*` call. Trigger even when the user does not say "devemu" — typical implicit phrasings include "expose a custom PCIe device from BlueField to the host", "host should see a virtio NIC b

How do I install it?

Run `npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill doca-devemu --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.

Where does this skill come from?

From NVIDIA/skills, a repository with 2,789 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.

Is a popular skill a good skill?

Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.

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