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# Smart City Blueprint

> **Note**
>
> This documentation describes the Smart City Blueprint as released with **VSS 3.3.0**.
> Deploy it from the [repository reference selected for this documentation build](https://github.com/NVIDIA-AI-Blueprints/video-search-and-summarization/tree/develop).
> Other tags and branches ship different microservice
> versions and are not covered by these pages. See [Quickstart Guide - Docker Compose](/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/quickstart-guide-docker-compose)
> to deploy it.

The NVIDIA Smart City AI Blueprint provides a set of reference workflows tailored for key verticals. These workflows help developers quickly build and deploy real-world applications by extending the core Video Search and Summarization (VSS) capabilities with a **three-computer solution** architecture. The end-to-end approach covers simulation, model training, and deployment for smart-city use cases.

The blueprint consists of three high-level stages:

* **Simulate** - create synthetic data using open-source simulators and upscale the data through NVIDIA pipelines.
* **Train** - follow recipes and instructions for training real-time computer-vision models and Cosmos3 Nano Reasoner.
* **Deploy** - configure VSS, take advantage of unique smart-city features and use reference examples to build your own solution.

![Illustration of the three-computer smart-city workflow: simulate, train, and deploy](/vss/_fern-img/b9bd5b13022850e82110b6e8ad45dad2d0c8dcf11d85339c949f90d4be5eadc4.webp)

## Docs

- [Introduction to the NVIDIA Smart City AI Blueprint](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/introduction-to-the-nvidia-smart-city-ai-blueprint.md): 
- [Prerequisites](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/prerequisites.md): 
- [Quickstart Guide - Docker Compose](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/quickstart-guide-docker-compose.md): 
- [Development Workflow](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/development-workflow.md): 
- [Blueprint Deep Dive](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/development-workflow/blueprint-deep-dive.md): 
- [Calibration](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/development-workflow/calibration.md): 
- [Deployment](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/development-workflow/deployment.md): 
- [Simulation and Synthetic Data Generation](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/development-workflow/simulation-and-synthetic-data-generation.md): 
- [Model Fine Tuning](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/development-workflow/model-fine-tuning.md): 
- [Operations (Monitoring, Troubleshooting, FAQ, Known Limitations)](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/operations-monitoring-troubleshooting-faq-known-limitations.md): 
- [Known Limitations](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/operations-monitoring-troubleshooting-faq-known-limitations/known-limitations.md): 
- [Troubleshooting Guide](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/operations-monitoring-troubleshooting-faq-known-limitations/troubleshooting-guide.md): 
- [FAQ](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/operations-monitoring-troubleshooting-faq-known-limitations/faq.md): 
- [License Information](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/dev/vision-agent/agent-workflows/industry-specific-examples/smart-city-blueprint/operations-monitoring-troubleshooting-faq-known-limitations/license-information.md):