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NemoClaw

NVIDIA NemoClaw is an open-source reference stack designed to simplify running OpenClaw always-on assistants in a safer and more reliable way.

It installs the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime, which is part of the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit. This runtime provides enhanced security and control for executing autonomous agents.

What is Nemoclaw

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent recently acquired by OpenAI, big praise earlier this week at Nvidia's 2026 GTC conference.

He said " Every company in the world today needs to have an OpenClaw strategy, an agentic system strategy," Huang said, comparing what OpenClaw will do for AI agents with what Windows did for PCs. "This is the new computer"

And Nvidia is backing up those words with Nvidia NemoClaw, the company's own stack for the OpenClaw agent platform.

NemoClaw

Nvidia appears to think quite highly of OpenClaw. However, OpenClaw's biggest flaw up to this point has been with security and safety issues. Nvidia wants to build upon OpenClaw's AI agent capabilities with NemoClaw.

According to Nvidia, NemoClaw is "an open source stack that adds privacy and security controls to OpenClaw." Essentially, NemoClaw adds missing security and privacy layers to the AI agent platform to create a safer, more secure OpenClaw using the Nvidia Agent Toolkit.

Nvidia says NemoClaw "installs NVIDIA OpenShell to enforce policy-based privacy and security guardrails, giving users control over how agents behave and handle data." Nvidia OpenShell is a brand new open source runtime from that company that enables AI agents to "operate and adapt faster and more safely."

How to setup nemoclaw

Architecture

NemoClaw Architecture

NemoClaw has two main components: a TypeScript plugin that integrates with the OpenClaw CLI, and a Python blueprint that orchestrates OpenShell resources.

System Overview

NVIDIA OpenShell is a general-purpose agent runtime. It provides sandbox containers, a credential-storing gateway, inference proxying, and policy enforcement, but has no opinions about what runs inside.

NemoClaw is an opinionated reference stack built on OpenShell that handles what goes in the sandbox and makes the setup accessible.

NemoClaw Plugin

The plugin is a thin TypeScript package that registers an inference provider and the "/nemoclaw" slash command. It runs in-process with the OpenClaw gateway inside the sandbox.

Features:

  • Run Claws More Safely
  • Use Any Coding Agent
  • Deploy Anywhere