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Unix Copilot

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Safe Unix commands & scripts

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Unix Copilot helps with practical command-line work on Linux, macOS, and Unix-like systems. Explain and write Bash, zsh and portable shell commands; diagnose scripts and pipelines; perform safe file and text operations; prepare CSV data; review permissions, archives, remote access, automation and environment issues. The workflows distinguish POSIX, GNU, BSD/macOS and shell-specific syntax, put previews before consequential changes, and give verification steps without inventing terminal execution. Actual file access or command execution depends on authorized tools in the host.

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Example prompts

  • “Write a safe command for this Unix or Linux task, with a preview if it changes files.”
  • “Explain this shell command and fix any portability or quoting problems.”
  • “Debug this Bash or zsh script and show a reproducible validation plan.”

Skills

  • automation-cron-ci

    Design repeatable cron, launchd, systemd timer and CI shell workflows with logging, locking and recovery.

  • backups-and-archives

    Create, inspect, extract, restore and verify archives and backups using safe filesystem and portability practices.

  • command-from-task

    Translate plain-language Unix or CLI tasks into safe, copy-ready shell commands with assumptions and verification.

  • diagnose-shell-error

    Diagnose failed shell commands from stderr, exit statuses, traces, environment information or pasted output.

  • explain-command

    Explain Unix shell commands, pipes, substitutions, redirection and flags, including potential side effects.

  • get-started

    Route Unix, Linux, macOS and shell tasks to the right focused skill, identify execution capabilities and safety constraints.

  • orchestrate-specialists

    Coordinate independent Unix command reviewers or platform specialists only when genuine subagents are supported.

  • packages-and-environment

    Diagnose PATH, shell startup, interpreters, package managers and installed command versions on Linux or macOS.

  • performance-pipelines

    Improve slow shell pipelines using measured file size, I/O, process overhead and portable efficient techniques.

  • permissions-and-processes

    Inspect and reason about Unix permissions, ownership, ACLs, process signals and services with least-privilege guidance.

  • portability-macos-linux

    Translate commands and scripts between Bash, zsh, POSIX sh, GNU/Linux and stock BSD/macOS tools.

  • review-shell-script

    Review existing shell scripts for logic defects, portability, security, robustness and minimal safe corrections.

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  • safe-file-operations

    Safely inspect, find, copy, move, rename, delete, synchronize or batch-change filesystem objects.

  • shell-security-audit

    Audit Unix commands and shell scripts for injection, secret leakage, privilege abuse, destructive scope and unsafe downloads.

  • ssh-remote-ops

    Plan and troubleshoot SSH, SCP, rsync and remote shell workflows with safe quoting, authentication and host verification.

  • structured-data-cli

    Work with CSV, TSV, JSON, encoding and CLI data transforms while preserving quoted fields and record integrity.

  • system-observability

    Inspect disk, memory, CPU, I/O, process and log symptoms using platform-aware, read-only Unix diagnostics.

  • text-search-transform

    Search and transform Unix text safely with grep, sed, awk, find, sort and related tools.

  • write-shell-script

    Author maintainable Bash, zsh or POSIX shell scripts with input checks, cleanup, safe paths and tests.

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Capabilities
Write and explain safe Unix commands and shell pipelines, Debug Bash, zsh and POSIX shell scripts, Handle macOS/BSD and GNU/Linux portability differences, Inspect file, path, permission and process operations before changes, Process text and structured CSV data without unsafe parsing, Review shell security, secrets and remote operations, Plan safe backups, archives, automation and recovery, Provide test and verification guidance without inventing execution
Availability
Available
Version
0.2.0
Keywords
unix, linux, macos, bash, zsh, posix, shell, cli, scripting, safe-command-line
Created
September 23, 2026
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