Agent Skill
Doca Dma skill
doca-dmaNVIDIA/skillsskills/doca-dma/SKILL.md
Use this skill when the user is doing hands-on DOCA DMA programming — bringing up a doca_dma context, configuring the single doca_dma_task_memcpy task type, sizing buffers via the doca_dma_cap_task_memcpy_* queries, setting LOCAL_READ_ONLY / LOCAL_READ_WRITE permissions on source / destination doca_mmap regions (plus doca_mmap_export_* for cross-peer copies), driving the progress engine, or debugging DOCA_ERROR_* returns. Trigger even when the user does not explicitly mention "DOCA DMA" or "doca_mmap" — typical implicit phrasings include "memcpy host buffer to BlueField without using the CPU", "offload a bulk copy to the DPU", "copy returns NOT_PERMITTED on first submit", "buffer too big for one DMA task", "task submitted but no completion", or "scatter-gather copy between two memory regions". Refuse and route elsewhere for cross-network copies (DOCA RDMA), producer/consumer messaging (DOCA Comch), DOCA Core / progress-engine internals, or DOCA install — those belong to other skills.
always on
232 tokname + description
once used
2,951 tokSKILL.md body
bundled files
765 KB
repo stars
3.7kGitHub
Install the Doca Dma skill
Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)
npx skills add https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --skill doca-dma
Claude Code, by hand (all projects)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills.git /tmp/skills mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -R /tmp/skills/skills/doca-dma ~/.claude/skills/doca-dma
For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.
What it costs your context
Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.
| When | What loads | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Every session | Name and description | 232 tok |
| When the agent uses it | The SKILL.md instructions | 2,951 tok |
| Only if opened | 7 bundled files (65 KB) | varies |
Until it is used, doca-dma costs about 5.9× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,363 tokens on every turn). Installing all 150 skills from NVIDIA/skills would load 20,796 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study
Checks
Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.
Checked 2026-10-22 · method
What's inside
The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.
- DOCA DMA
- Examples
- Instructions
- Capabilities and modes
- Example questions this skill answers well
- Audience
- When to load this skill
- What this skill provides
- What this skill deliberately does not ship
- Loading order
- Related skills
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