# NVIDIA AI Workbench User Guide

## Instructions for AI Agents

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- For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/_mcp/server

## Docs

- [NVIDIA AI Workbench](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/overview/introduction.md)
- [The Desktop App](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/overview/desktop-app.md)
- [The CLI](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/overview/command-line-interface.md)
- [What's New?](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/overview/whats-new.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/installation-overview.md): NVIDIA AI Workbench Installation Overview
- [Desktop App Install](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/desktop-app-install.md): Instructions for installing the NVIDIA AI Workbench Desktop App on
- [Full Local Install](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/full-local-install.md): Provides detailed instructions for installing the NVIDIA AI Workbench
- [Remote Install](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/remote-install.md): Detailed instructions for manually installing NVIDIA AI Workbench
- [Jetson Install](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/nvidia-jetson-install.md): Instructions for installing NVIDIA AI Workbench on a Jetson device.
- [Uninstall](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/uninstall.md): Provides detailed instructions for uninstalling AI Workbench on Windows,
- [Update](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/install/update.md): Provides detailed instructions for updating AI Workbench on Windows,
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/overview.md)
- [Basic Quickstart](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-basic.md)
- [Basic Quickstart (CLI)](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-cli.md): AI Workbench Basic Quickstart (CLI)
- [Walkthrough: Project Dashboard for Onboarding, Monitoring and Managing Your Project](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-dashboards.md): 'AI Workbench Walkthrough: Project Dashboard for Onboarding, Monitoring
- [Walkthrough: Customize Your Environment](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-environment.md): 'AI Workbench Walkthrough: Customize Your Environment'
- [Walkthrough: Customize Your Environment (CLI)](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-environment-cli.md): 'AI Workbench Walkthrough: Customize Your Environment (CLI)'
- [Walkthrough: Add a Custom Application](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-custom-app.md): Add a custom application to your NVIDIA AI Workbench project.
- [Advanced Walkthrough: Hybrid RAG](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-hybrid-rag.md): 'AI Workbench Advanced Walkthrough: Hybrid RAG'
- [Advanced Walkthrough: Use Your Own Container](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-byoc.md)
- [Install Claude Code in a Project Container](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-claude-install.md)
- [Configure Claude Code Sandboxing in a Project Container](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/quickstart-claude-sandbox.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-projects.md): NVIDIA AI Workbench Example Projects
- [Agentic AI](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-agents.md): Provides information about the example projects for agentic AI for
- [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-rag.md): Provides information about the example projects for Retrieval Augmented
- [Fine-Tuning](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-fine-tuning.md): Provides information about the example projects for fine-tuning models
- [Data Science](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-data-science.md): Provides information about the example projects for data science
- [AI Blueprint Workflows](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-blueprints.md): Provides information about the example projects for blueprint workflows
- [NIM Deployments](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/quickstart/example-nim.md): Provides information about the example projects using NIM deployments
- [Projects](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/project-concept.md)
- [Locations](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/location-concept.md)
- [Project Containers](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/single-container-concept.md)
- [Multi-Container](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/compose-concept.md)
- [Applications](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/application-concept.md)
- [Versioning](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/versioning-concept.md)
- [Project Specification](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/understand-project-specification.md)
- [Sandboxing](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/concepts/sandboxing-concept.md)
- [Use the How-To Guides](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/overview.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/projects/overview.md)
- [Create-Clone-Publish](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/projects/create-clone-publish.md)
- [Manage and Edit Files](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/projects/file-browser.md)
- [Use Clone Deep Links](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/projects/deep-linking.md): Provides information about using a clone deep link to share a project
- [Use Version Control](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/projects/versioning.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/environments-overview.md)
- [Package Management](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/package-management.md)
- [Prebuild Script](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/prebuild-script.md)
- [Postbuild Script](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/postbuild-script.md)
- [Startup Script](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/onstart-script.md): Run project initialization commands each time an NVIDIA AI Workbench
- [Configure Runtime Settings](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/runtime-configuration.md)
- [Configure GPU Settings](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/hardware.md)
- [Multi-Container Environments](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/environments/multi-container.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/locations/overview.md)
- [Add Existing Location](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/locations/add-existing-location.md)
- [Use NVIDIA Sync](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/locations/use-nvidia-sync.md): Use NVIDIA Sync to install AI Workbench on a remote system and add
- [Use Tailscale](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/locations/use-tailscale.md): Use Tailscale with NVIDIA Sync to connect to remote AI Workbench
- [Add Brev Instance](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/locations/add-brev.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/integrations/overview.md)
- [GitHub and GitLab.com](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/integrations/github-gitlab.md)
- [Self-Hosted GitLab](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/integrations/self-hosted-gitlab.md)
- [NVIDIA NGC, Brev and Endpoints](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/integrations/nvidia-integrations.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/ides/ide-overview.md): Overview on how to use IDEs, coding agents and development tools
- [VS Code](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/ides/vs-code.md)
- [Cursor](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/ides/cursor.md)
- [Windsurf](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/ides/windsurf.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/cli/cli-overview.md): Overview of using the AI Workbench CLI for interactive use, scripting
- [Interactive Use](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/cli/cli-interactive.md)
- [Scripts and Agents](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/cli/cli-scripting.md)
- [Agent Skill Setup](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/cli/cli-agents.md)
- [Git Repos](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/convert-repo.md)
- [Build Assistant](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/ai-workbench-build-assistant.md): Use the AI Workbench build assistant to analyze and fix failed container
- [Share Web App](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/app-sharing.md)
- [Custom Base Images](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/how-to/use-custom-container.md)
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/project-reference-overview.md)
- [Runtime Configuration](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/runtime-configuration-reference.md): Provides technical specifications for environment variables and mounts
- [GPU Configuration](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/hardware-reference.md): Provides technical specifications for GPU allocation, shared memory
- [Compose Environments](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/compose-reference.md): Provides technical specifications for using Docker Compose with AI
- [Compose Patterns](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/compose-patterns-reference.md)
- [Spec](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/spec.md)
- [Base Environments](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/projects/base-environments.md)
- [Remote Locations](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/remote-locations.md): Technical specifications for remote locations including connection
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/user-interface/overview.md): 'Provides complete reference documentation for both interfaces to
- [Desktop App](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/user-interface/desktop-app.md): Provides reference documentation for the Desktop App of the AI Workbench
- [Command Line Interface](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/user-interface/cli.md): Reference documentation for the AI Workbench CLI. Command index,
- [Alert System](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/user-interface/alert-system.md): Provides reference documentation for the AI Workbench Alert System.
- [Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/overview.md): Provides a technical specification for the AI Workbench application
- [Application Components](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/components.md): This section covers the components of the AI Workbench application
- [Application Settings](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/settings.md): Provides reference documentation for the settings in the AI Workbench
- [Dark Mode](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/customize-the-ui.md): Provides detailed instructions for customizing the appearance of
- [Container Runtimes](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/runtimes.md): Provides reference documentation for the container runtimes in AI
- [Custom Certificate Authorities](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/customca.md)
- [Build Assistant](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/build-assistant-reference.md): Technical reference for the AI Workbench build assistant including
- [Web Proxy](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/workbench-application/proxy.md): Provides reference documentation for the reverse proxy and networking
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/faq.md)
- [Applications](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/applications-reference.md): Technical specification for managed application types in AI Workbench.
- [Git Configuration](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/git-configuration-reference.md): Provides technical specifications for how AI Workbench configures
- [Windows Installation Reference](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/windows-full-local-reference.md): Provides instructions for system configurations required by the full
- [Glossary](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/glossary.md)
- [Support Matrix](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/support-matrix.md): NVIDIA AI Workbench Support Matrix - Operating Systems, Hardware,
- [Data Privacy Statement](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/security-privacy/data-privacy.md): Provides information about the data privacy and data collection policies
- [Shared Security Model](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/security-privacy/security-model.md): Provides information about the shared security model for NVIDIA AI
- [Security and Operations](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/security-privacy/security-ops-faq.md): Provides a list of questions and answers that were used to create
- [Logs and Error Reports](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/troubleshooting/logging.md): Provides detailed instructions for accessing log and runtime files
- [Windows Troubleshooting](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/troubleshooting/windows.md): Troubleshoot NVIDIA AI Workbench full local installations and WSL
- [Error Codes](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/reference/error-codes.md): Provides a reference for the error codes that may occur when using
- [Release Notes](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/release-notes.md): Provides the release notes for NVIDIA AI Workbench, newest first.
- [Release Notes (all entries)](https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-workbench/release-notes/llms.txt)