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Open Application

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dalehurley·vlatest·other

This skill opens a new application window, streamlining software launches and boosting productivity for quick access to programs.

Repository

Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add dalehurley/phpbot --skill open-application -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

dalehurley

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 passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • 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 undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    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.

  • 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.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

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

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned dalehurley/phpbot at 6128f14773.

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

Commit
6128f14773
Manifest
skills/open-application/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 44 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The open-application skill allows an AI agent to directly execute and interact with external applications. It can launch programs, pass arguments, and receive output from those applications, effectively bridging the gap between the AI and real-world software. This enables automation of tasks that previously required manual intervention or complex scripting.

When to use it

  • Automated Software Testing: Launch test suites and analyze results directly within the agent's workflow.
  • Data Extraction from Applications: Extract specific data from desktop applications that lack APIs.
  • Controlled Application Execution: Run specific software with predefined parameters for repeatable processes.
  • Remote System Management: Execute commands on remote systems through application interfaces.

Key capabilities

  • Application Launching
  • Argument Passing to Applications
  • Output Capture from Applications
  • Integration with External Software

Example prompts

  • "Run my_data_processor.exe with the input file data.txt."
  • "Execute test_suite.bat and report any errors."
  • "Launch spreadsheet.app and open the file 'budget.xlsx'."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires appropriate permissions to execute applications on the system where the AI agent is running. Ensure that the target application's user interface is accessible and stable for reliable interaction; unexpected UI changes can break functionality.