Use this skill when first-time NeMo Relay users want to try Relay, choose the least-complex supported quick start, or verify initial value through the CLI, a maintained integration, or direct Python, Node.js, or Rust instrumentation before production setup.
SkillScore78Maintained
Automatic
◆AI Engineer pack
Last verified 8/17/2026
What it changes
Passed 18 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 23 without it.
Without skill26%
With skill78%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Selects the built-in integrations try-now path
Recommends configuring the Adaptive plugin next
Recommends configuring the Model Pricing plugin next
and 11 more in the full report
12 fixed6 passed either way5 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+52 pp
Tokens
+17%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-46%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/17/2026v218 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 12 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 12
Prompt
I want to do a default CLI try-now run on my desktop, and I have both Codex and Claude Code installed locally. What is the immediate next step?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Asks the user to choose between Codex and Claude Code
Missed
Passed
case-06 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/17/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md129 lines4 files
Get Started With NeMo Relay
Guide a new user to visible Relay value with the least complicated applicable
trial. Do not begin with production deployment or Relay's full architecture.
Keep the first run focused on one observable success path.
Choose A Try-Now Path
Evaluate these paths in order. Use the first one that fits the user's stated
goal and existing environment.
CLI try-now (default): choose this for a generic "try Relay" request or
when the user wants value without modifying application code. Run Codex or
Claude Code through the local CLI wrapper. Read
CLI Try-Now.
Hermes Agent native path: choose this when Hermes Agent owns the
execution boundary. Explain that NeMo Relay is built in and requires no
separate Relay installation, observability plugin, or Relay CLI setup.
State explicitly: "Hermes Agent understands NeMo Relay plugin
configurations." Stop after confirming the native integration. Do not
provide installation or observability-configuration instructions, and do
not continue into the generic plugin progression.
Built-in integrations try-now: choose this when an existing LangChain,
LangGraph, Deep Agents, or OpenClaw application owns the execution boundary.
Prefer the maintained supported integration over manual wrapping. Read
Built-In Integrations Try-Now.
Language-specific manual try-now: choose this when the user's Python,
Node.js, or Rust application directly owns its tool or LLM call sites and no
maintained integration is the better boundary. Read
Manual Language Try-Now.
Do not ask the user to choose among all four when their request, manifest, or
framework already identifies the boundary. For an unspecified request, use the
CLI path. When more than one CLI agent is available, ask one concise question
to select the agent.
Resolve Installation Without Looping
Select the try-now path before choosing an install package.