install-wsl-auto

install-wsl-auto is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from X-School-Academy/skill-pilot. It costs 47 tokens per session (1,206 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

An automated setup and repair tool for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which runs a Linux environment inside Windows. It chooses an installation path, checks the result, and explains the next steps.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to install WSL or Ubuntu, validate an existing setup, diagnose installation problems, and follow a beginner-friendly recovery guide.
Why use it?
It reduces the manual work and uncertainty involved in setting up Linux development tools on Windows or fixing a broken WSL installation.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to install WSL or Ubuntu, validate an existing setup, diagnose installation problems, and follow a beginner-friendly recovery guide.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/x-school-academy/skill-pilot/install-wsl-auto
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add X-School-Academy/skill-pilot --skill install-wsl-auto
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/X-School-Academy/skill-pilot

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 47 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,206 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 $0.00047 $0.01206
Opus 5.5 $0.00019 $0.00482
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00241
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00121

Measured 16d ago against content hash a810fed2594d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

install-wsl-auto 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 16d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 4 executable files (scripts/check-wsl-compatibility.ps1, scripts/install-wsl-manual.ps1, scripts/install-wsl-modern.ps1, …), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

- Quick-start commands for daily use (`wsl`, `wsl --shutdown`, `sudo apt update`)
core/skills/system/install-wsl-auto/SKILL.md · 139 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 139 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AI Builder - Install WSL Auto

This skill installs Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) safely, chooses the correct installation path, validates the environment, and gives the user a practical post-install guide.

When to Use This Skill

  • User asks to install WSL or Ubuntu on Windows.
  • User needs Linux tooling on Windows for development.
  • Existing WSL installation is broken and needs diagnosis or repair.
  • User needs beginner-friendly setup plus verification.

Your Roles in This Skill

  • SysOps Engineer: Assess system readiness, run installation scripts, and apply platform-safe defaults.
  • QA Engineer: Validate installation with deterministic checks and capture pass/fail results.
  • Customer Support: Explain each step in plain language, confirm user decisions, and provide recovery paths.
  • Technical Writer: Deliver a concise quick-start and troubleshooting handoff.

Role Communication

As an expert in your assigned roles, you must announce your actions before performing them using the following format:

As a {Role, and Role-XYZ if have more roles}, I will {action description}

This communication pattern ensures transparency and allows for human-in-the-loop oversight at key decision points.

Key Principles

  • Prefer the modern one-command flow on Windows 10 build 19041+ and Windows 11.
  • Keep user-impacting actions explicit (especially restart and BIOS changes).
  • Use scripts for repeatability; avoid ad-hoc command variations.
  • Do not claim success until validation passes.
  • If installation cannot be completed automatically, provide exact manual next steps.

Instructions

Follow these steps in order.

Step 1: Confirm Context and Safety

  1. Confirm the user is on Windows and can run PowerShell as Administrator.
  2. Explain that enabling Windows features and restarting are expected.
  3. Ask whether to use the default distribution (Ubuntu-22.04) or a user-specified distro.
  4. If the user is unsure, use: references/distributions.md and choose a beginner-safe default (Ubuntu-22.04).

Read the full file on GitHub · 139 lines

Files

What ships with it

7 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. 16d ago First seen · 139 lines · 47 tokens per session scan B a810fed2594d

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install-wsl-auto is a skill published in the GitHub repository X-School-Academy/skill-pilot (20 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 47 tokens to every session and 1,206 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-10-02.

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