fix: use current Brev create flags (Fixes #998)

bin/nemoclaw.js

@@ -362,6 +362,22 @@ async function setupSpark() {
   run(`sudo bash "${SCRIPTS}/setup-spark.sh"`);
 }
 
+function normalizeBrevGpuName(value) {
+  const trimmed = String(value || "").trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return "";
+  return trimmed.replace(/^nvidia-tesla-/i, "").toUpperCase();
+}
+
+function resolveBrevCreateConfig() {
+  const legacyGpu = String(process.env.NEMOCLAW_GPU || "").trim();
+  const legacyParts = legacyGpu.includes(":") ? legacyGpu.split(":") : [legacyGpu];
+  const type = String(process.env.NEMOCLAW_BREV_TYPE || legacyParts[0] || "a2-highgpu-1g").trim();
+  const gpuName = normalizeBrevGpuName(
+    process.env.NEMOCLAW_BREV_GPU_NAME || legacyParts[1] || "A100"
+  );
+  return { type, gpuName };
+}
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
 async function deploy(instanceName) {
   if (!instanceName) {
@@ -380,7 +396,7 @@ async function deploy(instanceName) {
   validateName(instanceName, "instance name");
   const name = instanceName;
   const qname = shellQuote(name);
-  const gpu = process.env.NEMOCLAW_GPU || "a2-highgpu-1g:nvidia-tesla-a100:1";
+  const { type, gpuName } = resolveBrevCreateConfig();
 
   console.log("");
   console.log(`  Deploying NemoClaw to Brev instance: ${name}`);
@@ -403,8 +419,8 @@ async function deploy(instanceName) {
   }
 
   if (!exists) {
-    console.log(`  Creating Brev instance '${name}' (${gpu})...`);
-    run(`brev create ${qname} --gpu ${shellQuote(gpu)}`);
+    console.log(`  Creating Brev instance '${name}' (${type}, ${gpuName})...`);
+    run(`brev create ${qname} --type ${shellQuote(type)} --gpu-name ${shellQuote(gpuName)}`);
   } else {
     console.log(`  Brev instance '${name}' already exists.`);
   }

docs/deployment/deploy-to-remote-gpu.md

@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ $ openclaw agent --agent main --local -m "Hello from the remote sandbox" --sessi
 
 ## GPU Configuration
 
-The deploy script uses the `NEMOCLAW_GPU` environment variable to select the GPU type.
+The deploy script uses the `NEMOCLAW_GPU` environment variable to select the Brev instance type and GPU name.
 The default value is `a2-highgpu-1g:nvidia-tesla-a100:1`.
-Set this variable before running `nemoclaw deploy` to use a different GPU configuration:
+For direct overrides, you can also set `NEMOCLAW_BREV_TYPE` and `NEMOCLAW_BREV_GPU_NAME` before running `nemoclaw deploy`:
 
 ```console
-$ export NEMOCLAW_GPU="a2-highgpu-1g:nvidia-tesla-a100:2"
+$ export NEMOCLAW_GPU="a2-highgpu-1g:nvidia-tesla-a100:1"
+$ export NEMOCLAW_BREV_TYPE="a2-highgpu-1g"
+$ export NEMOCLAW_BREV_GPU_NAME="A100"
 $ nemoclaw deploy <instance-name>
 ```
 

test/cli.test.js

@@ -147,6 +147,49 @@ describe("CLI dispatch", () => {
     expect(fs.readFileSync(markerFile, "utf8")).toContain("logs alpha --follow");
   });
 
+  it("deploy uses brev --type and --gpu-name instead of legacy --gpu", () => {
+    const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-cli-deploy-brev-"));
+    const localBin = path.join(home, "bin");
+    const markerFile = path.join(home, "brev-args");
+    fs.mkdirSync(localBin, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(localBin, "brev"),
+      [
+        "#!/usr/bin/env bash",
+        `marker_file=${JSON.stringify(markerFile)}`,
+        "printf '%s\\n' \"$*\" >> \"$marker_file\"",
+        "if [ \"$1\" = \"ls\" ]; then",
+        "  exit 0",
+        "fi",
+        "exit 0",
+      ].join("\n"),
+      { mode: 0o755 }
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(localBin, "ssh"),
+      [
+        "#!/usr/bin/env bash",
+        "exit 0",
+      ].join("\n"),
+      { mode: 0o755 }
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(localBin, "rsync"), "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nexit 0\n", { mode: 0o755 });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(localBin, "scp"), "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nexit 0\n", { mode: 0o755 });
+
+    const r = runWithEnv("deploy pr-998-test", {
+      HOME: home,
+      PATH: `${localBin}:${process.env.PATH || ""}`,
+      NVIDIA_API_KEY: "nvapi-test",
+      NEMOCLAW_GPU: "a2-highgpu-1g:nvidia-tesla-a100:1",
+    }, 25000);
+
+    expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+    const calls = fs.readFileSync(markerFile, "utf8").trim().split("\n");
+    expect(calls).toContain("create pr-998-test --type a2-highgpu-1g --gpu-name A100");
+    expect(calls.some((call) => call.includes("--gpu "))).toBe(false);
+  }, 25000);
+
   it("connect does not pre-start a duplicate port forward", () => {
     const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-cli-connect-forward-"));
     const localBin = path.join(home, "bin");