Agent skill

Linux Sysadmin

by ChrisTitusTech in ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai

Diagnose and operate Linux hosts, services, packages, permissions, SELinux, firewalls, and SSH.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Linux Sysadmin

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai --skill linux-sysadmin -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai linux-sysadmin --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/ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/linux-sysadmin .claude/skills/linux-sysadmin && 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
linux-sysadmin
GitHub stars
146
Token cost
~422 tokens
SKILL.md length
175 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Diagnose and operate Linux hosts, services, packages, permissions, SELinux, firewalls, and SSH.

  • Works in 4 steps: Gather diagnostics for the reported… → Determine whether the failure is… → For an authorized fix, identify impact… → …
  • Host-level work that is not primarily an application-specific
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Diagnostics, Safety Rules and Validation
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Linux Sysadmin is an agent skill from ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai. Diagnose and operate Linux hosts, services, packages, permissions, SELinux, firewalls, and SSH. Use for host-level work that is not primarily an application-specific or container task.

Its SKILL.md is about 420 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Linux administration. It works with Linux.

When your agent uses it

  • Host-level work that is not primarily an application-specific
  • Tasks that involve Linux administration

Example prompts

  • “/linux-sysadmin”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather diagnostics for the reported symptom and complete relevant log
  2. Determine whether the failure is host-level or primarily belongs to a
  3. For an authorized fix, identify impact and recent changes, then prepare
  4. Implement the smallest host-level fix and validate runtime behavior, remote

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 162d624. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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

Linux Sysadmin loads about 422 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 175 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~422

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 175 words (~422 tokens).

“interval. Do not run every example below for an isolated service issue.”

— opening of SKILL.md by ChrisTitusTech
name
linux-sysadmin

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/linux-sysadmin of ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 162d624

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Minimegasandia-minimega/minimega160—~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassGPL-3.0-only
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Questions about Linux Sysadmin

What does Linux Sysadmin do?

Diagnose and operate Linux hosts, services, packages, permissions, SELinux, firewalls, and SSH. Linux Sysadmin is an agent skill from ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai. Diagnose and operate Linux hosts, services, packages, permissions, SELinux, firewalls, and SSH.

When should I use Linux Sysadmin?

Linux Sysadmin fits situations like: host-level work that is not primarily an application-specific; tasks that involve Linux administration.

How do I install Linux Sysadmin in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai --skill linux-sysadmin -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/linux-sysadmin in ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai) into .claude/skills/linux-sysadmin in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Linux Sysadmin in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai --skill linux-sysadmin -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/linux-sysadmin in ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai) into .agents/skills/linux-sysadmin in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Linux Sysadmin 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 ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai --skill linux-sysadmin -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/linux-sysadmin, .gemini/skills/linux-sysadmin, .github/skills/linux-sysadmin and .opencode/skills/linux-sysadmin in your project.

What does Linux Sysadmin need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Linux Sysadmin is instructions for the agent only.

Does Linux Sysadmin 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 Linux Sysadmin 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 Linux Sysadmin use?

No licence was found for Linux Sysadmin or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Linux Sysadmin use?

About 422 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k 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 Linux Sysadmin?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Linux Sysadmin: Openclaw Live Updater (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars), Openbkn Deploy (openbkn-ai/bkn-foundry, 636 stars), Aliyun Swas Manage (cinience/alicloud-skills, 397 stars) and Minimega (sandia-minimega/minimega, 160 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Linux Sysadmin?

ChrisTitusTech (a GitHub user) maintains it in ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai, which has 146 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: ChrisTitusTech/titus-ai on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.