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Desktop Control

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patrickporto·vlatest·other·MIT

This skill remotely controls your desktop applications and windows, offering a streamlined way to automate tasks and interact with software hands-free.

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This skill no longer installs under the name desktop-control. patrickporto/desktop-agent has no skill named "desktop-control" any more. It was renamed, moved or deleted upstream.

We check each listing against its upstream repository with the rules the skills CLI uses, last on 2026-09-28. We don't show a command we know will fail.

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What we know about this skill

Publisher

patrickporto

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 2 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: astral.sh.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    astral.shundeclared

    What it found

    • scripts/install.py:44contacts astral.sh
      print("   Windows (PowerShell): irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex")
    • scripts/install.py:45contacts astral.sh
      print("   macOS/Linux: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh")

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: failed

    Runs code fetched at install time in 1 place.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

    What it found

    • scripts/install.py:45remote script piped into a shell
      print("   macOS/Linux: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh")

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned patrickporto/desktop-agent at c68e947448.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
c68e947448
Manifest
SKILL.md
Scanned
41 files, 3,917 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The desktop-control skill allows an AI agent to interact with and control a user's desktop environment. This includes performing actions like launching applications, managing files, and executing commands directly on the system.

When to use it

  • Automating repetitive tasks such as opening specific programs or organizing files.
  • Remotely troubleshooting or configuring a user’s desktop without physical access.
  • Creating custom workflows that require direct interaction with the operating system.

Key capabilities

  • Launch and close applications
  • Navigate and manage file systems
  • Execute terminal or command-line instructions

Example prompts

  • "Open Notepad and type 'Hello, world!'"
  • "Create a new folder named 'Projects' on my desktop."
  • "Run the system update command in the terminal."

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure that the AI agent has proper permissions to execute commands on your system.
  • Use this skill with caution, as it can make significant changes to your desktop environment.