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Hydrogen Desktop Bootstrap for Windows (apps + skills)
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The Windows (WSL2) platform layer for Hydrogen Desktop.
name: hd-topology description: > MUST READ before ANY HD work. Explains the three-layer topology: cloud Docker (where Claude runs), Windows machine (where HD + Adom Desktop run), and the HD local WSL2 workspace (the Adom-Workspace distro). Every command you run goes through the relay to Windows. You CANNOT directly access the WSL2 distro — you must shell through Windows. Trigger words — HD topology, cloud vs local, wsl exec, where am I, which workspace, adom-desktop relay, test from container, three tiers, architecture, windows machine.
Hydrogen Desktop — Topology (READ FIRST)
WSL2-runtime version (default). Legacy Docker container runtime (HD_RUNTIME=docker) is in the docker/ bucket.
You are NOT on the user's machine
You (Claude) run inside an Adom cloud Docker container. The user's
Windows machine is a remote target you reach through the adom-desktop
CLI relay. There are THREE separate environments:
1. Cloud Docker (where you run)
- Your shell, your filesystem, your git repos
adom-desktopCLI connects to Adom Desktop on Windows via relay- This container has NOTHING to do with HD's local WSL2 workspace
- Restarting the WSL2 distro on Windows does NOT affect you
- You can freely
git push, edit code, run builds here
2. Windows Machine (user's desktop)
- Adom Desktop — relay client app, listens on port 8770 (direct connect)
- Hydrogen Desktop — the Tauri app you're building
- WSL2 — hosts the
Adom-Workspacedistro - You reach this via
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"..."}' - Commands run in
cmd.exeon Windows
3. HD Local WSL2 Workspace (the Adom-Workspace distro)
- Distro name:
Adom-Workspace(fixed — no random suffix, no container name) - Runs code-server, adom-desktop CLI, relay server
- You reach this via:
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- <cmd>"}' - This is TWO hops: cloud → relay → Windows → wsl exec → distro
Command Patterns
Run something on Windows
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"dir C:\\Github"}'
Run something in the HD local WSL2 workspace
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- ls /home/adom"}'
Test adom-desktop CLI inside the WSL2 workspace
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- adom-desktop ping"}'
This tests the FULL chain: distro → local relay → Adom Desktop on Windows.
Screenshot HD window
adom-desktop desktop_screenshot_window '{"hwnd":HWND}'
Pull file from Windows to cloud
adom-desktop pull_file '{"filePaths":["C:\\path\\file"],"saveTo":"/tmp"}'
The WSL2 distro ≠ Your Container
- If the
Adom-Workspacedistro on Windows goes down, YOUR cloud container is fine - You can still talk to Adom Desktop, screenshot windows, run shell commands
- You just can't
wsl -d Adom-Workspace ...into the workspace until it's back - Starting/stopping the distro on Windows is done via shell_execute. Only ever
touch
Adom-Workspace(wsl --terminate Adom-Workspace) — NEVER a globalwsl --shutdown, which would knock out any other WSL distro the user has (e.g. a Docker Desktop integration).
The Relay Chain
Cloud adom-desktop CLI
→ WS relay (cloud :8765)
→ internet
→ Adom Desktop on Windows (relay client)
→ executes command locally
→ returns result
→ back through relay to your CLI
For the HD local WSL2 workspace, there's a SECOND relay:
Workspace's adom-desktop CLI
→ local relay (distro :8765)
→ code-server proxy (:7380/proxy/8765/)
→ Adom Desktop on Windows (connected as WS client)
→ executes command
→ returns through same chain
Critical Setup Steps for the HD Local WSL2 Workspace
The HD install flow MUST verify this chain works:
- Verify Adom Desktop running on Windows — probe port 8770 If not running: tell user to install from wiki and launch it
- Install adom-desktop CLI into the workspace — download binary
- Start relay inside the workspace —
adom-desktop serve - Register relay with Adom Desktop —
server_addvia direct connect URL:ws://127.0.0.1:{code_server}/proxy/8765/ - Test round-trip —
wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- adom-desktop pingMust returnpong— proves the full chain works
NEVER Do These
- NEVER confuse your cloud Docker with the HD local WSL2 workspace.
curl http://127.0.0.1:8766/healthhits YOUR relay, not the workspace's. - NEVER try to
wsl -d Adom-Workspacefrom your shell. The distro lives on Windows WSL2, not here. - NEVER assume the workspace's status affects your container. They're completely independent.
- NEVER run a global
wsl --shutdownorwsl --unregisterof anything other thanAdom-Workspace. Those hit every distro on the user's machine. - NEVER skip the adom-desktop round-trip test. The relay chain has many links — test end-to-end, not individual parts.
Related skills
hd-container— facts about theAdom-Workspacedistro you run insidehd-volume— where your files live and how to back up / copy out the distro
---
name: hd-topology
description: >
MUST READ before ANY HD work. Explains the three-layer topology: cloud
Docker (where Claude runs), Windows machine (where HD + Adom Desktop run),
and the HD local WSL2 workspace (the Adom-Workspace distro). Every command
you run goes through the relay to Windows. You CANNOT directly access the
WSL2 distro — you must shell through Windows. Trigger words — HD topology,
cloud vs local, wsl exec, where am I, which workspace, adom-desktop
relay, test from container, three tiers, architecture, windows machine.
---
# Hydrogen Desktop — Topology (READ FIRST)
WSL2-runtime version (default). Legacy Docker container runtime (`HD_RUNTIME=docker`) is in the docker/ bucket.
## You are NOT on the user's machine
You (Claude) run inside an **Adom cloud Docker container**. The user's
Windows machine is a remote target you reach through the `adom-desktop`
CLI relay. There are THREE separate environments:
### 1. Cloud Docker (where you run)
- Your shell, your filesystem, your git repos
- `adom-desktop` CLI connects to Adom Desktop on Windows via relay
- This container has NOTHING to do with HD's local WSL2 workspace
- Restarting the WSL2 distro on Windows does NOT affect you
- You can freely `git push`, edit code, run builds here
### 2. Windows Machine (user's desktop)
- **Adom Desktop** — relay client app, listens on port 8770 (direct connect)
- **Hydrogen Desktop** — the Tauri app you're building
- **WSL2** — hosts the `Adom-Workspace` distro
- You reach this via `adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"..."}'`
- Commands run in `cmd.exe` on Windows
### 3. HD Local WSL2 Workspace (the `Adom-Workspace` distro)
- Distro name: `Adom-Workspace` (fixed — no random suffix, no container name)
- Runs code-server, adom-desktop CLI, relay server
- You reach this via: `adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- <cmd>"}'`
- This is TWO hops: cloud → relay → Windows → wsl exec → distro
## Command Patterns
### Run something on Windows
```bash
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"dir C:\\Github"}'
```
### Run something in the HD local WSL2 workspace
```bash
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- ls /home/adom"}'
```
### Test adom-desktop CLI inside the WSL2 workspace
```bash
adom-desktop shell_execute '{"command":"wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- adom-desktop ping"}'
```
This tests the FULL chain: distro → local relay → Adom Desktop on Windows.
### Screenshot HD window
```bash
adom-desktop desktop_screenshot_window '{"hwnd":HWND}'
```
### Pull file from Windows to cloud
```bash
adom-desktop pull_file '{"filePaths":["C:\\path\\file"],"saveTo":"/tmp"}'
```
## The WSL2 distro ≠ Your Container
- If the `Adom-Workspace` distro on Windows goes down, YOUR cloud container is fine
- You can still talk to Adom Desktop, screenshot windows, run shell commands
- You just can't `wsl -d Adom-Workspace ...` into the workspace until it's back
- Starting/stopping the distro on Windows is done via shell_execute. Only ever
touch `Adom-Workspace` (`wsl --terminate Adom-Workspace`) — NEVER a global
`wsl --shutdown`, which would knock out any other WSL distro the user has
(e.g. a Docker Desktop integration).
## The Relay Chain
```
Cloud adom-desktop CLI
→ WS relay (cloud :8765)
→ internet
→ Adom Desktop on Windows (relay client)
→ executes command locally
→ returns result
→ back through relay to your CLI
```
For the HD local WSL2 workspace, there's a SECOND relay:
```
Workspace's adom-desktop CLI
→ local relay (distro :8765)
→ code-server proxy (:7380/proxy/8765/)
→ Adom Desktop on Windows (connected as WS client)
→ executes command
→ returns through same chain
```
## Critical Setup Steps for the HD Local WSL2 Workspace
The HD install flow MUST verify this chain works:
1. **Verify Adom Desktop running on Windows** — probe port 8770
If not running: tell user to install from wiki and launch it
2. **Install adom-desktop CLI into the workspace** — download binary
3. **Start relay inside the workspace** — `adom-desktop serve`
4. **Register relay with Adom Desktop** — `server_add` via direct connect
URL: `ws://127.0.0.1:{code_server}/proxy/8765/`
5. **Test round-trip** — `wsl -d Adom-Workspace -u adom -- adom-desktop ping`
Must return `pong` — proves the full chain works
## NEVER Do These
1. **NEVER confuse your cloud Docker with the HD local WSL2 workspace.**
`curl http://127.0.0.1:8766/health` hits YOUR relay, not the workspace's.
2. **NEVER try to `wsl -d Adom-Workspace` from your shell.**
The distro lives on Windows WSL2, not here.
3. **NEVER assume the workspace's status affects your container.**
They're completely independent.
4. **NEVER run a global `wsl --shutdown` or `wsl --unregister` of anything
other than `Adom-Workspace`.** Those hit every distro on the user's machine.
5. **NEVER skip the adom-desktop round-trip test.**
The relay chain has many links — test end-to-end, not individual parts.
## Related skills
- `hd-container` — facts about the `Adom-Workspace` distro you run inside
- `hd-volume` — where your files live and how to back up / copy out the distro