Overview
What It Does
Doca Upgrade packages a focused communication workflow for an AI agent. Use this skill when the user is contemplating a DOCA upgrade or downgrade — moving a host to a newer DOCA release, refreshing the BlueField BFB, bumping the NGC DOCA container tag, or rolling back. The discipline is detect → report → ASK → only-then guided upgrade: detect what is installed, discover what newer release exists, report the gap, then STOP and ask for explicit confirmation — never upgrade automatically. Trigger even without the word "upgrade": "is there a newer DOCA", "should I move to the next release", "I want the latest features", "my component is being deprecated, what now", or "roll me back". Route elsewhere for version detection (doca-version), first-time install (doca-setup), any hardware/firmware/reboot step (doca-hardware-safety), and public-docs / sunset routing (doca-public-knowledge-map). It is best suited to users who can review the resulting actions and provide only the accounts, files, or command access needed for the task. It is not a substitute for human approval on destructive, financial, security-sensitive, or public-facing actions.
Task ideas
Popular Use Cases
- Draft and organize messages
- Work with communication channels and contacts
- Summarize conversations into next steps
- Automate routine coordination
Installation
Install this Agent Skill
Claude Code
npx skills add https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --skill doca-upgradeCommands derived from the public GitHub SKILL.md record. Checked 2026-09-02. Review the source before running them.
Before you start
Requirements
| Claude Code | Required / review |
| Codex | Required / review |
| Public SKILL.md source | Required / review |
| Review instructions and requested permissions before installation | Required / review |
| Paid service | Check source |
| Supported system | Check source |
Popularity context
Why It’s Popular
Doca Upgrade is a verified Agent Skill from NVIDIA with a public SKILL.md, compatible with Claude Code, Codex.
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