diff --git a/startupscript/butane/005-parse-devcontainer.sh b/startupscript/butane/005-parse-devcontainer.sh
index 334d122..71466a7 100755
--- a/startupscript/butane/005-parse-devcontainer.sh
+++ b/startupscript/butane/005-parse-devcontainer.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function usage {
   echo "  devcontainer_path: folder directory of the devcontainer."
   echo "  cloud: gcp or aws."
   echo "  login: whether the user is logged into the workbench on startup."
+  echo "  accelerator: the accelerator to use. E.g: nvidia"
   echo "  container_image: the container image to use."
   echo "  container_port: the port to expose."
   exit 1
@@ -26,14 +27,35 @@ fi
 readonly DEVCONTAINER_PATH="$1"
 readonly CLOUD="$2"
 readonly LOGIN="$3"
-readonly CONTAINER_IMAGE="${4:-debian:bullseye}"
-readonly CONTAINER_PORT="${5:-8080}"
+readonly ACCELERATOR="$4"
+readonly CONTAINER_IMAGE="${5:-debian:bullseye}"
+readonly CONTAINER_PORT="${6:-8080}"
+
+readonly DEVCONTAINER_STARTUPSCRIPT_PATH='/home/core/devcontainer/startupscript'
+readonly NVIDIA_RUNTIME_PATH="${DEVCONTAINER_PATH}/startupscript/butane/nvidia-runtime.yaml"
 
 readonly DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH="${DEVCONTAINER_PATH}/.devcontainer.json"
 readonly DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH="${DEVCONTAINER_PATH}/docker-compose.yaml"
 
-if [[ -d /home/core/devcontainer/startupscript ]]; then
-    cp -r /home/core/devcontainer/startupscript "${DEVCONTAINER_PATH}"/startupscript
+# On first run, copy existing .devcontainer.json and docker-compose.yaml to template files
+# On subsequent runs, the template files will be used to replace the original files
+# so that if arguments change, they are properly applied to the original template files
+if [[ ! -f "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}.template" ]]; then
+    cp "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}" "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}.template"
+else
+    cp "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}.template" "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}"
+fi
+if [[ ! -f "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}.template" ]]; then
+    cp "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}" "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}.template"
+else
+    cp "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}.template" "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}"
+fi
+
+# Copy devcontainer post-startup scripts into the devcontainer folder so they
+# can be accessed by the devcontainer.json, but avoid creating a subdirectory
+# if the target directory already contains the files.
+if [[ -d "${DEVCONTAINER_STARTUPSCRIPT_PATH}" ]]; then
+    rsync -a --ignore-existing "${DEVCONTAINER_STARTUPSCRIPT_PATH}" "${DEVCONTAINER_PATH}"
 fi
 
 replace_template_options() {
@@ -46,15 +68,42 @@ replace_template_options() {
     sed -i "s|\${templateOption:containerPort}|${CONTAINER_PORT}|g" "${TEMPLATE_PATH}"
 }
 
+apply_gpu_runtime() {
+    local DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH="$1"
+    local GPU_RUNTIME_BLOCK_PATH="$2"
+    local TEMP_COMPOSE_PATH="${DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}.tmp"
+
+    echo "Applying GPU runtime configuration in ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}"
+
+    # Use awk to insert the GPU runtime block after the "app:" line in the docker-compose.yaml file
+    awk -v gpu_config_path="$GPU_RUNTIME_BLOCK_PATH" '
+    /^[[:space:]]*app:/ {                 # Match the line containing "app:" (can be indented)
+        print $0;                         # Print the "app:" line as-is
+        system("cat " gpu_config_path);   # Insert the GPU runtime block by reading from the specified file
+    }
+    {
+        print $0;                         # For all other lines, print them unchanged
+    }
+    ' "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}" > "${TEMP_COMPOSE_PATH}"  # Redirect output to a temporary file
+
+    # Replace the original docker-compose.yaml file with the modified temporary file
+    mv "${TEMP_COMPOSE_PATH}" "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}"
+}
+
 # Substitute template options in devcontainer.json and docker-compose.yaml
 replace_template_options "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}"
 replace_template_options "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}"
 
-echo "publishing devcontainer.json to metadata"
+# apply gpu runtime block if accelerator is nvidia and cloud is gcp
+if [[ "${ACCELERATOR}" == "nvidia" && "${CLOUD}" == "gcp" ]]; then
+    apply_gpu_runtime "${DEVCONTAINER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH}" "${NVIDIA_RUNTIME_PATH}"
+fi
+
+echo 'publishing devcontainer.json to metadata'
 export PATH="/opt/bin:$PATH"
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
-source /home/core/metadata-utils.sh
+source '/home/core/metadata-utils.sh'
 readonly JSONC_STRIP_COMMENTS=/home/core/jsoncStripComments.mjs
 DEVCONTAINER_CUSTOMIZATIONS="$("${JSONC_STRIP_COMMENTS}" < "${DEVCONTAINER_CONFIG_PATH}" | jq -c .customizations.workbench)"
 readonly DEVCONTAINER_CUSTOMIZATIONS
-set_metadata "devcontainer/customizations" "${DEVCONTAINER_CUSTOMIZATIONS}"
+set_metadata 'devcontainer/customizations' "${DEVCONTAINER_CUSTOMIZATIONS}"
diff --git a/startupscript/butane/nvidia-runtime.yaml b/startupscript/butane/nvidia-runtime.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c280919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startupscript/butane/nvidia-runtime.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Name: nvidia-runtime.yaml
+# Description: This snippet is used to reserve all GPUs on the host machine for the NVIDIA runtime.
+# Start of snippet from startupscript/butane/nvidia-runtime.yaml
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        reservations:
+          devices:
+            - driver: nvidia
+              count: all
+              capabilities: [gpu]
+# End of snippet from startupscript/butane/nvidia-runtime.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/startupscript/dataproc/startup.sh b/startupscript/dataproc/startup.sh
index 7682fde..9c3c0ca 100644
--- a/startupscript/dataproc/startup.sh
+++ b/startupscript/dataproc/startup.sh
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ function get_service_url() {
     "dev-stable") echo "https://workbench-dev.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
     "dev-unstable") echo "https://workbench-dev-unstable.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
     "test") echo "https://workbench-test.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
+    "staging") echo "https://workbench-staging.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
+    "prod") echo "https://workbench-prod.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
     *) return 1 ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/startupscript/install-cli.sh b/startupscript/install-cli.sh
index f37875f..e5b154c 100755
--- a/startupscript/install-cli.sh
+++ b/startupscript/install-cli.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ function get_axon_version_url() {
     "dev-stable") echo "https://workbench-dev.verily.com/api/axon/version" ;;
     "dev-unstable") echo "https://workbench-dev-unstable.verily.com/api/axon/version" ;;
     "test") echo "https://workbench-test.verily.com/api/axon/version" ;;
+    "staging") echo "https://workbench-staging.verily.com/api/axon/version" ;;
+    "prod") echo "https://workbench-prod.verily.com/api/axon/version" ;;
     *) return 1 ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/startupscript/vertex-ai-user-managed-notebook/post-startup.sh b/startupscript/vertex-ai-user-managed-notebook/post-startup.sh
index f6b4988..f62a8dd 100644
--- a/startupscript/vertex-ai-user-managed-notebook/post-startup.sh
+++ b/startupscript/vertex-ai-user-managed-notebook/post-startup.sh
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ function get_service_url() {
     "dev-stable") echo "https://workbench-dev.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
     "dev-unstable") echo "https://workbench-dev-unstable.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
     "test") echo "https://workbench-test.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
+    "staging") echo "https://workbench-staging.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
+    "prod") echo "https://workbench-prod.verily.com/api/$2" ;;
     *) return 1 ;;
   esac
 }