## Description: <br>
Use to deploy standalone RT-VLM dense captioning and call its REST API (uploads, captions, streams, chat-completions, Kafka). <br>

This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. <br>

## Owner: NVIDIA <br>

### License/Terms of Use: <br>
Apache 2.0 <br>
## Use Case: <br>
Developers and engineers deploying and operating the standalone RT-VLM dense captioning microservice to generate VLM-powered captions and alerts for video files and RTSP live streams. <br>

### Deployment Geography for Use: <br>
Global <br>

## Known Risks and Mitigations: <br>
Risk: Review before execution as proposals could introduce incorrect or misleading guidance into skills. <br>
Mitigation: Review and scan skill before deployment. <br>

## Reference(s): <br>
- [RT-VLM API Reference](https://docs.nvidia.com/vss/latest/real-time-vlm-api.html) <br>
- [Deploy RT-VLM Service](references/deploy-rt-vlm-service.md) <br>
- [Kafka Workflows](references/kafka-workflows.md) <br>
- [VSS GitHub Repository](https://github.com/NVIDIA-AI-Blueprints/video-search-and-summarization) <br>


## Skill Output: <br>
**Output Type(s):** [Shell commands, API Calls, Configuration instructions] <br>
**Output Format:** [Markdown with inline bash code blocks] <br>
**Output Parameters:** [1D] <br>
**Other Properties Related to Output:** [None] <br>

## Skill Version(s): <br>
3.2.0 (source: frontmatter) <br>

## Ethical Considerations: <br>
NVIDIA believes Trustworthy AI is a shared responsibility and we have established policies and practices to enable development for a wide array of AI applications. When downloaded or used in accordance with our terms of service, developers should work with their internal team to ensure this skill meets requirements for the relevant industry and use case and addresses unforeseen product misuse. <br>

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