Adom Hydrogen (platform base)
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Layer Hydrogen's workspace onto a standard Adom workstation.
adom/hydrogen-bootstrap
Hydrogen's platform-generic workspace layer, as an adompkg bootstrap. It's a thin package: a dependency list, the bundled hydrogen-* skills, and one config hook. Installing it converges a workspace to "ready to run inside Hydrogen."
adompkg install adom/hydrogen-bootstrap
The golden image runs exactly that line at bake time and ships the result pre-converged. A live workspace can run the same line on demand. The bake is an optimization of the runtime flow, not a different mechanism.
How it layers
adom/hydrogen-bootstrap depends on adom/core and adds only what's specific
to running inside Hydrogen. Layering is not a special feature: a layer is just
a bootstrap that depends on the one below it. core is pulled unmodified.
adom/core ← the Adom ecosystem (shared with Hydrogen Cloud)
└─ adom/hydrogen-bootstrap ← THIS: Hydrogen runtime skills + editor config
Platform layers depend on this one: adom/hydrogen-windows-bootstrap
and adom/hydrogen-mac-bootstrap. This is also the public reference
design: a vendor publishes <org>/bootstrap depending on adom/core (plus
adom/hydrogen-bootstrap only if their capability needs Hydrogen's runtime),
and their users get set up by telling their AI "I use ." See
../BOOTSTRAP-CONVENTION.md for the naming and
layering convention.
What's a dependency vs. what's in the hook
The rule: anything that is a package is a dependency; environment config
that isn't a package is the postinstall hook; the OS baseline is the golden
image's Dockerfile (not this package at all).
Dependencies (all resolve anonymously, sudo-free)
| Dep | Why it's here |
|---|---|
adom/core |
The whole Adom ecosystem: skills hub, distributor search, KiCad/Fusion, pup, adom-cli, the adom-vscode binary, adompkg. |
adom/adom-bridge |
Adom Bridge: the adom-bridge-cli verb CLI and the relay that reaches the user's desktop. |
The
hydrogen-*skills are bundled into this package (theskills/dir), not a dependency; they're Hydrogen-specific with no independent lifecycle. Ecosystem CLIs (adom-google,adom-tts,adom-gchat) are inherited viaadom/core.
postinstall.sh (deploy bundled skills + environment config)
Runs as the workspace user after all deps install (sudo only for the
system-owned workbench file). Mirrors the config sections of the golden-image
bake script (bake-hydrogen-setup.sh in the image repo):
- Deploy the bundled
hydrogen-*skills (skills/dir →~/.claude/skills/) - Claude Code CLI (claude.ai installer →
~/.local/bin/claude) - Claude Code extension (Open VSX) registered in code-server
adom-vscodeextension.vsixregistered in code-server (binary from thecoredep)- code-server
settings.json(dark theme, Claude Code perms, chat/agent panel off, silent ports, no model pin) - code-server
config.yaml(telemetry + update-check off) workbench.htmlIndexedDB seed (trusted domains*+ activity-bar unpin)- tidy (
rm ~/project/.mcp.json)
NOT in this package (golden-image Dockerfile)
apt baseline, code-server, systemd/systemd-sysv, cron, the gh CLI, user/group/linger/pam fixes. The "hardware" the bootstrap runs on. A live install assumes a workspace that already has it.
NOT in this package (per-machine, injected by Hydrogen at import)
The Carbon API key, DefaultUid=1001, the host.docker.internal alias.
Notes
- The bundled set is the platform-generic
hydrogen-*skills; the Windows-specific ones live inadom/hydrogen-windows-bootstrap, the mac ones inadom/hydrogen-mac-bootstrap. Mixed skills were split: generic core here, a platform companion in the platform layer. - The generic bundle includes
hydrogen-instapcb(andhydrogen-who-am-i's InstaPCB lines): an explicit owner decision (2026-06-19) overriding the general InstaPCB embargo for this package.
Status (2026-08-08)
PUBLISHED + PUBLIC on wiki.adom.inc as part of the 2026-08 naming cutover
(formerly adom/hd-bootstrap). Deps resolve anonymously and the whole tree is
sudo-free (needs_sudo: false; the retired updater daemon was the only sudo
dependency). Build the golden image on the laptop via Adom Bridge or in CI,
never in the cloud container.
# adom/hydrogen-bootstrap
Hydrogen's platform-generic workspace layer, as an adompkg bootstrap. It's a
thin package: a dependency list, the bundled hydrogen-* skills, and one config
hook. Installing it converges a workspace to "ready to run inside Hydrogen."
```
adompkg install adom/hydrogen-bootstrap
```
The golden image runs exactly that line at bake time and ships the result
pre-converged. A live workspace can run the same line on demand. The bake is
an optimization of the runtime flow, not a different mechanism.
## How it layers
`adom/hydrogen-bootstrap` depends on `adom/core` and adds only what's specific
to running inside Hydrogen. Layering is not a special feature: a layer is just
a bootstrap that depends on the one below it. `core` is pulled unmodified.
```
adom/core ← the Adom ecosystem (shared with Hydrogen Cloud)
└─ adom/hydrogen-bootstrap ← THIS: Hydrogen runtime skills + editor config
```
Platform layers depend on this one: `adom/hydrogen-windows-bootstrap`
and `adom/hydrogen-mac-bootstrap`. This is also the public **reference
design**: a vendor publishes `<org>/bootstrap` depending on `adom/core` (plus
`adom/hydrogen-bootstrap` only if their capability needs Hydrogen's runtime),
and their users get set up by telling their AI "I use <org>." See
[../BOOTSTRAP-CONVENTION.md](../BOOTSTRAP-CONVENTION.md) for the naming and
layering convention.
## What's a dependency vs. what's in the hook
The rule: **anything that is a package is a dependency; environment config
that isn't a package is the `postinstall` hook; the OS baseline is the golden
image's Dockerfile (not this package at all).**
### Dependencies (all resolve anonymously, sudo-free)
| Dep | Why it's here |
|-----|---------------|
| `adom/core` | The whole Adom ecosystem: skills hub, distributor search, KiCad/Fusion, pup, `adom-cli`, the `adom-vscode` binary, `adompkg`. |
| `adom/adom-bridge` | Adom Bridge: the `adom-bridge-cli` verb CLI and the relay that reaches the user's desktop. |
> The `hydrogen-*` skills are **bundled into this package** (the `skills/`
> dir), not a dependency; they're Hydrogen-specific with no independent
> lifecycle. Ecosystem CLIs (`adom-google`, `adom-tts`, `adom-gchat`) are
> inherited via `adom/core`.
### postinstall.sh (deploy bundled skills + environment config)
Runs as the workspace user after all deps install (`sudo` only for the
system-owned workbench file). Mirrors the config sections of the golden-image
bake script (`bake-hydrogen-setup.sh` in the image repo):
0. Deploy the bundled `hydrogen-*` skills (`skills/` dir → `~/.claude/skills/`)
1. Claude Code CLI (claude.ai installer → `~/.local/bin/claude`)
2. Claude Code extension (Open VSX) registered in code-server
3. `adom-vscode` extension `.vsix` registered in code-server (binary from the `core` dep)
4. code-server `settings.json` (dark theme, Claude Code perms, chat/agent panel off, silent ports, no model pin)
5. code-server `config.yaml` (telemetry + update-check off)
6. `workbench.html` IndexedDB seed (trusted domains `*` + activity-bar unpin)
7. tidy (`rm ~/project/.mcp.json`)
### NOT in this package (golden-image Dockerfile)
apt baseline, code-server, systemd/systemd-sysv, cron, the gh CLI,
user/group/linger/pam fixes. The "hardware" the bootstrap runs on. A live
install assumes a workspace that already has it.
### NOT in this package (per-machine, injected by Hydrogen at import)
The Carbon API key, `DefaultUid=1001`, the `host.docker.internal` alias.
## Notes
- The bundled set is the **platform-generic** `hydrogen-*` skills; the
Windows-specific ones live in `adom/hydrogen-windows-bootstrap`, the mac ones
in `adom/hydrogen-mac-bootstrap`. Mixed skills were split: generic core here,
a platform companion in the platform layer.
- The generic bundle **includes `hydrogen-instapcb`** (and `hydrogen-who-am-i`'s
InstaPCB lines): an explicit owner decision (2026-06-19) overriding the
general InstaPCB embargo for this package.
## Status (2026-08-08)
**PUBLISHED + PUBLIC** on wiki.adom.inc as part of the 2026-08 naming cutover
(formerly `adom/hd-bootstrap`). Deps resolve anonymously and the whole tree is
sudo-free (`needs_sudo: false`; the retired updater daemon was the only sudo
dependency). Build the golden image on the laptop via Adom Bridge or in CI,
never in the cloud container.