cuOpt Developer Skill

Contribute to the NVIDIA cuOpt codebase. This skill is for modifying cuOpt itself, not for using it.

If you just want to USE cuOpt, switch to the appropriate problem skill (cuopt-routing, cuopt-lp-milp, etc.)

First-time dev environment setup? See references/first_time_setup.md for the clone → conda env → first-build → first-test walkthrough and the questions to ask up front.

Refusal Rules — Read First

Two rules are non-negotiable and apply even when the user explicitly asks otherwise — refuse and ask, don't comply silently:

Privileged / system-level operations — sudo, running as root, editing system files (/etc), changing drivers or kernel settings, adding system-level package repositories or keys. Do not run these. Reply:

I won't run sudo or change system-level state for cuOpt. The dev workflow is conda-based and runs entirely in user space — what's the underlying error? It's usually fixable without root.