bitbake-skill

An OpenCode agent (or any other agentic coding tool) skill for writing and debugging BitBake metadata — recipes (.bb), append files (.bbappend), classes (.bbclass), and configuration files used by OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project.

What it does

When active, the agent becomes an expert in:

• Writing .bb recipe files from scratch
• Using the correct variable assignment operators (=, :=, :append, :prepend, etc.)
• Fetching sources via SRC_URI (tarballs, git, npm, local files)
• Declaring build and runtime dependencies
• Writing and inheriting .bbclass files
• Creating layers and layer.conf
• Extending recipes with .bbappend files
• Debugging variables with bitbake -e
• Using the BitBake CLI effectively

Installation

npx skills add matteohoeren/bitbake-skill

Manual installation

Copy SKILL.md to one of the OpenCode skill search paths:

# Global (available in all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills/bitbake
cp SKILL.md ~/.agents/skills/bitbake/SKILL.md

Usage

Once installed, the skill is automatically available to the OpenCode agent. It will be loaded on-demand when you ask questions related to BitBake, Yocto, or OpenEmbedded.

References

• BitBake User Manual
• Yocto Project Documentation
• OpenEmbedded