robot-dev

robot-dev is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ncssm-robotics/ftc-claude. It costs 48 tokens per session (859 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command-based workflow for developing software for FTC robots, including connecting to the robot, compiling code, deploying it to the Control Hub, viewing logs, and controlling OpModes.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to check ADB setup, connect over Wi-Fi or USB, build and deploy robot code, inspect errors, list OpModes, and start or stop a running OpMode.
Why use it?
It brings setup, deployment, debugging, and runtime control into one workflow. FTC, or FIRST Tech Challenge, is a robotics competition where teams program robots; an OpMode is a robot program that can be started and stopped.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions Claude Code; mentions Codex.

Good fit Use it to check ADB setup, connect over Wi-Fi or USB, build and deploy robot code, inspect errors, list OpModes, and start or stop a running OpMode.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ncssm-robotics/ftc-claude/robot-dev
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add ncssm-robotics/ftc-claude --skill robot-dev
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ncssm-robotics/ftc-claude

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Its marketplace also offers this one on its own, as the plugin robot-dev — /plugin install robot-dev after adding the marketplace above.

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Per session 48 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 859 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00048 $0.00859
Opus 5.5 $0.00019 $0.00344
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00172
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00086

Measured 2mo ago against content hash ab7ceec0b509, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

robot-dev scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 2mo 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/robot-dev/skills/robot-dev/SKILL.md · 154 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 154 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

FTC Robot Development Tools

Commands and guidance for the FTC robot development workflow. Designed to help rookies get up and running quickly.

Quick Start

1. Check Your Setup

/doctor

This checks if ADB is installed and helps you install it if needed.

2. Connect to Robot

/connect

Connects to your robot via WiFi (default) or USB.

3. Build and Deploy

/build    # Compile your code
/deploy   # Build and install to robot

4. Debug

/log              # View robot logs
/log --errors     # View only errors

5. Control OpModes

/opmodes          # List available OpModes
/init TeleOp      # Initialize an OpMode
/start            # Start the OpMode
/stop             # Stop the OpMode

Available Commands

Command Description
/doctor Check environment setup (ADB, connection)
/connect Connect to robot via WiFi or USB
/build Compile robot code
/deploy Build and deploy to robot
/log View filtered robot logs
/opmodes List available OpModes
/init Initialize an OpMode
/start Start the initialized OpMode
/stop Stop the running OpMode

Connection Basics

WiFi Connection (Recommended)

  1. Power on your robot
  2. Connect your computer to the robot's WiFi network (usually TEAMNUMBER-RC)
  3. Run /connect

USB Connection

  1. Connect USB cable from computer to Control Hub
  2. Run /connect --usb

Common Issues

See TROUBLESHOOTING.md for solutions to:

  • "ADB not found"
  • "Cannot connect to robot"
  • "Deploy failed"

Environment Setup

See ADB_SETUP.md for platform-specific ADB installation instructions.

Status HUD

When connected, the status line shows:

🤖 Connected (12.4V) │ TeleOp Test [INIT] │ 192.168.43.1

See HUD.md for configuration options.

Anti-Patterns

Don't: Skip /doctor on a new machine

# BAD - Jump straight to connecting
/connect  # "ADB not found" error

# GOOD - Check environment first
/doctor   # Identifies missing dependencies
/connect  # Now it works

Read the full file on GitHub · 154 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 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. 2mo ago First seen · 154 lines · 48 tokens per session scan A ab7ceec0b509

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robot-dev is a skill published in the GitHub repository ncssm-robotics/ftc-claude (5 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 48 tokens to every session and 859 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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