Agent skill

Aosp Kernel And Boot

by aospbooks in aospbooks/aosp-internal-book

AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot. An agent skill from aospbooks/aosp-internal-book.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMobile

Install Aosp Kernel And Boot

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aospbooks/aosp-internal-book --skill aosp-kernel-and-boot -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aospbooks/aosp-internal-book aosp-kernel-and-boot --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aospbooks/aosp-internal-book.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/_content/parts/kernel-and-boot .claude/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
aosp-kernel-and-boot
GitHub stars
138
Token cost
~393 tokens
SKILL.md length
106 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot. An agent skill from aospbooks/aosp-internal-book.

  • Reasoning about Androids bootloader handoff
  • SKILL.md covers Chapters in this Part and When to load which chapter
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Init.rc / first-stage init / second-stage init

What it does

Aosp Kernel And Boot is an agent skill from aospbooks/aosp-internal-book. AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot. Use when reasoning about Android's bootloader handoff, init.rc / first-stage init / second-stage init, the Generic Kernel Image (GKI) and KMI stability, dm-verity / Android Verified Boot, the kernel's Android-specific subsystems (binder driver, ashmem→memfd, low-memory killer, PSI), vendor modules, or system properties (propertyservice, property contexts, ro/persist/sys/build prefixes). Chapters 4–6.

Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Mobile. It works with Android. The repository describes itself as: The book introduces the internal of AOSP. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Reasoning about Androids bootloader handoff
  • Init.rc / first-stage init / second-stage init
  • The Generic Kernel Image (GKI) and KMI stability
  • Dm-verity / Android Verified Boot

Example prompts

  • “/aosp-kernel-and-boot”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fc0b48b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Aosp Kernel And Boot loads about 393 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 114 tokens; SKILL.md has 106 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~114
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~393

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aospbooks/aosp-internal-book at commit fc0b48b, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© aospbooks). 106 words, ~393 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
aosp-kernel-and-boot
description
AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot. Use when reasoning about Android's bootloader handoff, init.rc / first-stage init / second-stage init, the Generic Kernel Image (GKI) and KMI stability, dm-verity / Android Verified Boot, the kernel's Android-specific subsystems (binder driver, ashmem→memfd, low-memory killer, PSI), vendor modules, or system properties (property_service, property contexts, ro/persist/sys/build prefixes). Chapters 4–6.
metadata.author
utzcoz
metadata.version
2026.06.24
metadata.last-updated
2026-10-05

AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot

How an Android device boots, how the Generic Kernel Image keeps vendor and platform decoupled, and how system properties fan out across the early-boot trust chain.

Chapters in this Part

  • 04-boot-and-init.md — bootloader handoff, first/second-stage init, init.rc parsing, services and triggers, early-mount, Zygote startup
  • 05-kernel.md — Generic Kernel Image, vendor modules, KMI stability, dm-verity / AVB, Android-specific subsystems
  • 06-system-properties.md — property_service, property contexts/SELinux, persistent properties, ro/persist/sys/build prefixes, getprop/setprop plumbing

When to load which chapter

  • Question mentions init, init.rc, services, triggers, Zygote startup, bootloader → 04-boot-and-init.md
  • Question mentions GKI, KMI, kernel modules, dm-verity, AVB, LMK, PSI, ashmem, memfd → 05-kernel.md
  • Question mentions getprop/setprop, system properties, ro./persist./sys./build. prefixes → 06-system-properties.md

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Files

Just SKILL.md in agents/_content/parts/kernel-and-boot of aospbooks/aosp-internal-book.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fc0b48b

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Questions about Aosp Kernel And Boot

What does Aosp Kernel And Boot do?

AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot. An agent skill from aospbooks/aosp-internal-book. Aosp Kernel And Boot is an agent skill from aospbooks/aosp-internal-book. AOSP Part II — Kernel & Boot.

When should I use Aosp Kernel And Boot?

Aosp Kernel And Boot fits situations like: reasoning about Androids bootloader handoff; init.rc / first-stage init / second-stage init; the Generic Kernel Image (GKI) and KMI stability; dm-verity / Android Verified Boot.

How do I install Aosp Kernel And Boot in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aospbooks/aosp-internal-book --skill aosp-kernel-and-boot -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (agents/_content/parts/kernel-and-boot in aospbooks/aosp-internal-book) into .claude/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aosp Kernel And Boot in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aospbooks/aosp-internal-book --skill aosp-kernel-and-boot -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agents/_content/parts/kernel-and-boot in aospbooks/aosp-internal-book) into .agents/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Aosp Kernel And Boot in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aospbooks/aosp-internal-book --skill aosp-kernel-and-boot -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot, .gemini/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot, .github/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot and .opencode/skills/aosp-kernel-and-boot in your project.

What does Aosp Kernel And Boot need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Aosp Kernel And Boot is instructions for the agent only.

Does Aosp Kernel And Boot access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Aosp Kernel And Boot safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Aosp Kernel And Boot use?

Aosp Kernel And Boot is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Aosp Kernel And Boot use?

About 393 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Aosp Kernel And Boot?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aosp Kernel And Boot: Compose Multiplatform Patterns (monta-app/ocpp-emulator, 180 stars), Phone Harness (ShawnPana/phone-harness, 3.2k stars), Styles (arindamxd/camerax-android, 132 stars) and Verified Email (arindamxd/camerax-android, 132 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Aosp Kernel And Boot?

aospbooks (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aospbooks/aosp-internal-book, which has 138 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: aospbooks/aosp-internal-book on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.