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Authoring Patch Sets

Teaches an agent how to declare, gate and name firmware patches in the vphone patch-set system

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Repository
Lakr233/vphone-cli
Stars
16,382
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent the project's conventions for adding firmware patches to the vphone virtual-iPhone tool. Once installed, when asked to add or change a patch, the agent knows to declare it in a patch set, pick a correct identifier name, set version gates and boot-essential flags, and avoid common mistakes such as identifier prefix clashes. It is a set of written rules and examples, not a tool that performs patching itself.

Great for

  • Developers contributing new firmware patches to the vphone-cli codebase
  • Maintainers creating a new patch set or preset for out-of-tree .vphonepatchset bundles

Skip it if

  • People who just want to run or use the vphone tool; this skill only matters when editing its source code
  • Anyone expecting it to modify firmware on its own, since it only gives guidance and does not run patches

Try asking

  • “Add a new kernel patch for iOS 27 and declare it in the right patch set”
  • “Make this patch off by default and selectable in the Launchpad editor”
  • “Give this patch a version gate so it only applies to iOS 26.0”
  • “Create a new patch set for a group of related sandbox hooks”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Authoring Patch SetsInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    authoring-patch-sets.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip authoring-patch-sets.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip authoring-patch-sets.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Point the agent at the relevant patch set file, such as FirmwarePatcher/PatchSets, so it follows existing examples
  • Ask the agent to run the golden corpus build and check logs for 'declared by no patch set' before finishing
  • Review the generated identifiers, since the naming scheme and prefix rules are easy to get subtly wrong

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from Lakr233/vphone-cli under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.