Agent skill

Platform Device Model

by mohitmishra786 in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills

Platform device model skill for Linux driver binding. An agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Platform Device Model

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill platform-device-model -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills platform-device-model --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/mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kernel-dev/platform-device-model .claude/skills/platform-device-model && 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
platform-device-model
GitHub stars
253
Token cost
~865 tokens
SKILL.md length
180 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
138
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Platform device model skill for Linux driver binding. An agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.

  • Works in 7 steps: Object hierarchy → Platform driver skeleton → Device properties (DT / ACPI) → …
  • Implementing platformdriver probe/remove
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When to Use, Workflow and Common Problems, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Platform Device Model is an agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills. Platform device model skill for Linux driver binding. Use when implementing platformdriver probe/remove, sysfs attributes, device properties, or deferred probe. Activates on queries about platformdevice, platformdriver, driver model, sysfs, probe remove, or Linux device bus.

Its SKILL.md is about 870 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 Development. It works with Linux. The repository describes itself as: A curated suite of AI agent skills for systems and low-level programming with C/C++, Rust, and Zig toolchains, covering compilers, debuggers, profilers, build systems…. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Implementing platformdriver probe/remove
  • Sysfs attributes
  • Device properties

Example prompts

  • “/platform-device-model”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Object hierarchy
  2. Platform driver skeleton
  3. Device properties (DT / ACPI)
  4. Sysfs (driver visibility)
  5. Deferred probe
  6. Debug
  7. Agent usage

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bdc5847. 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 c and 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

Platform Device Model loads about 865 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 180 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~865

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 mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills at commit bdc5847, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitmishra786). 180 words, ~865 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/platform-device-model/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
platform-device-model
description
Platform device model skill for Linux driver binding. Use when implementing platform_driver probe/remove, sysfs attributes, device properties, or deferred probe. Activates on queries about platform_device, platform_driver, driver model, sysfs, probe remove, or Linux device bus.

Platform Device Model

Purpose

Explain the Linux driver model for platform (and similar) buses: struct device, device_driver, probe/remove, resource acquisition, sysfs, and deferred probe — the glue between device tree and driver code.

When to Use

  • Implementing or debugging platform_driver lifecycle
  • Exposing driver state via sysfs
  • Understanding uevent / udev device node creation
  • Before skills/kernel-dev/writing-char-drivers

Workflow

1. Object hierarchy
bus_type (platform, amba, pci, i2c, spi)
├── struct device        — hardware instance
└── struct device_driver — driver logic
        └── probe(dev) / remove(dev)

Platform devices often come from DT (of_platform) or legacy board files.

2. Platform driver skeleton
c
static int my_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
    struct resource *res;
    void __iomem *base;

    res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
    base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
    if (IS_ERR(base))
        return PTR_ERR(base);

    platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
    return 0;
}

static void my_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
    /* devm_* auto-cleanup on remove */
}

static struct platform_driver my_pdrv = {
    .probe  = my_probe,
    .remove = my_remove,
    .driver = {
        .name = "my-dev",
        .of_match_table = my_of_match,
    },
};
module_platform_driver(my_pdrv);

Prefer devm_* helpers for automatic unwind.

3. Device properties (DT / ACPI)
c
u32 speed;
device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "clock-speed", &speed);
bool flag = device_property_present(&pdev->dev, "feature-x");
4. Sysfs (driver visibility)
c
static ssize_t status_show(struct device *dev,
                           struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
    return sysfs_emit(buf, "ok\n");
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(status);

/* in probe */
device_create_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_status);
5. Deferred probe

Return -EPROBE_DEFER when a clock, regulator, or bus is not ready — core retries later.

6. Debug
bash
ls /sys/bus/platform/devices/
ls /sys/bus/platform/drivers/
cat /sys/kernel/debug/devices_deferred  # if debugfs enabled
udevadm monitor
7. Agent usage
/platform-device-model Convert legacy board file driver to DT platform_driver with devm_ioremap

Common Problems

SymptomCauseFix
-EBUSY on probeResource claimed twiceCheck status / duplicate nodes
No /dev nodeChar device not registeredSee writing-char-drivers
Deferred foreverSupplier driver missingFix DT dependency chain
Remove crashManual free vs devm mismatchUse devm consistently
Name mismatch.name vs compatibleOF uses of_match_table
  • skills/kernel-dev/device-tree — hardware description
  • skills/kernel/device-drivers — IRQ, DMA, regmap depth
  • skills/kernel-dev/writing-char-drivers — userspace interface
  • skills/kernel-dev/bus-drivers-i2c-spi — other bus types
  • skills/low-level-programming/linux-kernel-modules — module loading

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/kernel-dev/platform-device-model of mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bdc5847

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Questions about Platform Device Model

What does Platform Device Model do?

Platform device model skill for Linux driver binding. An agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills. Platform Device Model is an agent skill from mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills. Platform device model skill for Linux driver binding.

When should I use Platform Device Model?

Platform Device Model fits situations like: implementing platformdriver probe/remove; sysfs attributes; device properties.

How do I install Platform Device Model in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill platform-device-model -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kernel-dev/platform-device-model in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills) into .claude/skills/platform-device-model in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Platform Device Model in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill platform-device-model -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kernel-dev/platform-device-model in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills) into .agents/skills/platform-device-model in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Platform Device Model 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 mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills --skill platform-device-model -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/platform-device-model, .gemini/skills/platform-device-model, .github/skills/platform-device-model and .opencode/skills/platform-device-model in your project.

What does Platform Device Model need to run?

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

Does Platform Device Model 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 Platform Device Model 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 Platform Device Model use?

Platform Device Model is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Platform Device Model use?

About 865 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Platform Device Model?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Platform Device Model: Update .NET OS Packages (dotnet/core, 22k stars), Cut Release (jfernandez/bpftop, 2.7k stars), Native Feel Cross Platform Desktop (yetone/native-feel-skill, 1.9k stars) and PlotJuggler 4 Perf Profiling (PlotJuggler/PlotJuggler, 6.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Platform Device Model?

mohitmishra786 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills, which has 253 GitHub stars. The repository holds 138 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 27, 2026.

Source: mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.