robot-bringup

robot-bringup is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from arpitg1304/robotics-agent-skills. It costs 214 tokens per session (13,702 once invoked), scanned B, original, Apache-2.0.

A setup guide for starting a complete ROS2 robot software system on the robot’s computer. ROS2 is a framework for connecting robot software components, called nodes, and this guide covers startup, monitoring, and safe shutdown.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure systemd services, combine ROS2 launch files, start hardware and application layers in order, name cameras and sensors consistently, configure DDS communication, and stop actuators safely.
Why use it?
It addresses boot-order problems, device naming conflicts, service failures, and communication issues between the robot and other computers. It also covers keeping long-running robot software monitored and logged.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: positional $N argument.

Not installable: its command points at a path on the author’s own machine, so it runs nowhere else. The line is /home/robot/ros2_ws/install/setup.bash.

Good fit Use it to configure systemd services, combine ROS2 launch files, start hardware and application layers in order, name cameras and sensors consistently, configure DDS communication, and stop actuators safely.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

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Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 214 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 13,702 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.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00214 $0.13702
Opus 5 $0.00107 $0.06851
Sonnet 5 $0.00043 $0.02740
Haiku 4.5 $0.00021 $0.01370

Measured 11d ago against content hash a3f8f20a68d2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

robot-bringup 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 11d 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

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

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skills/robot-bringup/SKILL.md · 1,805 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 1,805 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Robot Bringup Skill

When to Use This Skill

  • Configuring a robot to automatically start its full ROS2 stack on boot via systemd
  • Writing systemd unit files that correctly source ROS2 workspaces and set DDS environment
  • Composing layered launch files (hardware, drivers, perception, application) into a single bringup
  • Setting up ordered startup with health checks to avoid race conditions between dependent nodes
  • Writing udev rules for deterministic device naming of cameras, LiDARs, and serial devices
  • Configuring CycloneDDS or FastDDS for multi-machine ROS2 discovery across robot and base station
  • Implementing watchdog and heartbeat monitoring for production robot systems
  • Setting up log rotation and structured logging for long-running robot deployments
  • Writing graceful shutdown handlers that bring actuators to a safe state before exit
  • Debugging boot-time failures, service ordering issues, or device enumeration races

The Robot Bringup Stack

A production robot bringup follows a layered startup sequence from hardware initialization through application-level nodes. Each layer depends on the one below it.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        APPLICATION LAYER                            │
│  Navigation, manipulation, mission planning, HRI                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                        PERCEPTION LAYER                             │
│  Object detection, SLAM, point cloud filtering, sensor fusion       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                         DRIVER LAYER                                │
│  Camera drivers, LiDAR drivers, motor controllers, IMU              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                        HARDWARE LAYER                               │
│  udev rules, device enumeration, USB reset, firmware check          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                      ROS2 ENVIRONMENT                               │
│  Source workspace, set RMW, ROS_DOMAIN_ID, DDS config               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                    SYSTEMD TARGETS & SERVICES                       │
│  network-online.target → robot-hw.target → robot-bringup.target     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                      LINUX BOOT (systemd)                           │
│  BIOS/UEFI → GRUB → kernel → systemd init                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                         HARDWARE BOOT                               │
│  Power supply, onboard computer, peripherals                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Read the full file on GitHub · 1,805 lines

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. 11d ago First seen · 1,805 lines · 214 tokens per session scan B a3f8f20a68d2

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robot-bringup is a skill published in the GitHub repository arpitg1304/robotics-agent-skills (356 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 214 tokens to every session and 13,702 once invoked, about $0.0011 per session on Opus 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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