llama-cpp-rpc-distributed

llama-cpp-rpc-distributed is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Seeed-Projects/Seeed-Jetson-DevelopTool. It costs 62 tokens per session (1,345 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A guide for running one large language model across two Jetson computers using llama.cpp, a program for running language models locally, over a network with CUDA GPU support.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build llama.cpp with its network mode, convert models to GGUF format, and run multi-device model inference on Jetson hardware.
Why use it?
It lets the model's work be shared between devices when one Jetson does not have enough memory or processing capacity by itself.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is ./build/bin/llama-cli \.

Good fit Use it to build llama.cpp with its network mode, convert models to GGUF format, and run multi-device model inference on Jetson hardware.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Seeed-Projects/Seeed-Jetson-DevelopTool
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npx agentmods add skills/seeed-projects/seeed-jetson-developtool/llama-cpp-rpc-distributed

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Per session 62 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,345 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 4 findings, up to medium

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    Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
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    Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00062 $0.01345
Opus 5.5 $0.00025 $0.00538
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00012 $0.00269
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00135

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 8d4cd515fb9b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

llama-cpp-rpc-distributed scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

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seeed_jetson_develop/skills/openclaw/llama-cpp-rpc-distributed/SKILL.md · 189 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 189 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Distributed llama.cpp on Jetson (RPC Mode)

Run large language models across multiple Jetson devices by leveraging llama.cpp's RPC backend. This enables horizontal scaling — split model layers across GPUs on different machines connected via LAN.


Execution model

Run one phase at a time. After each phase:

  • Relay all output to the user.
  • If output contains [STOP] → stop, consult the failure decision tree.
  • If output ends with [OK] → tell the user "Phase N complete" and proceed.

Prerequisites

Requirement Detail
Hardware Two reComputer Jetson devices (e.g. Orin NX/AGX Orin)
JetPack 6.x+ with working CUDA drivers
Network Both devices on same LAN, able to ping each other
RAM Client ≥ 64 GB, remote node ≥ 32 GB (unified memory)
Storage ~5 GB free for build + model

Phase 1 — Clone and install build dependencies (~2 min)

Run on both machines:

git clone https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential cmake git libcurl4-openssl-dev python3-pip

[OK] when clone and apt install complete on both machines.


Phase 2 — Build with RPC + CUDA backend (~5 min)

Run on both machines:

cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build \
  -DGGML_CUDA=ON \
  -DGGML_RPC=ON \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --parallel

Verify:

ls build/bin/llama-cli build/bin/rpc-server

[OK] when both llama-cli and rpc-server binaries exist. [STOP] if cmake or build fails — see failure decision tree.


Phase 3 — Install Python conversion tools (~1 min)

Run on the client machine (Machine A):

cd llama.cpp
pip3 install -e .

[OK] when pip install completes.


Phase 4 — Download and convert model (~5–10 min)

Using TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat as an example:

pip3 install huggingface-hub
huggingface-cli download TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0 --local-dir ~/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0

Read the full file on GitHub · 189 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 189 lines · 62 tokens per session scan B 8d4cd515fb9b

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llama-cpp-rpc-distributed is a skill published in the GitHub repository Seeed-Projects/Seeed-Jetson-DevelopTool (56 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 62 tokens to every session and 1,345 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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