# Agent Desktop (agent skill)

> Agent Desktop is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from vercel-labs/agent-desktop. Operate desktop applications on macOS, Windows and Linux through native accessibility trees, using the agent-desktop CLI. It works with Claude Code and Cursor and has 18,372 GitHub stars across a repository of 4 listed skills.

Operate desktop applications on macOS, Windows and Linux through native accessibility trees, using the agent-desktop CLI. Use when an AI agent must see or act on a desktop GUI: click buttons, fill forms, read UI state, navigate menus, toggle checkboxes, scroll, drag, type text, press shortcuts, take screenshots, manage windows, use the clipboard, launch or close apps, read notifications.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-desktop |
| Skill path | skills/agent-desktop/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | agent-desktop |
| GitHub stars | 18,372 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 647 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 4 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Cursor |
| Category | Design & frontend |
| Last commit | Nov 5, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when an AI agent must see or act on a desktop GUI: click buttons, fill forms, read UI state, navigate menus, toggle checkboxes, scroll, drag, type text, press shortcuts, take screenshots, manage windows, use the clipboard, launch or clo
- Triggers on: "click button", "fill form", "open app", "read UI", "computer use", "operate desktop", "accessibility tree", "snapshot app", "type into field", "navigate menu", "toggle checkbox", "take screenshot", "desktop automation", "agent
- "click button"
- "fill form"
- "open app"
- "read UI"
- "computer use"
- "operate desktop"

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-desktop.git
cp -r agent-desktop/skills/agent-desktop ~/.claude/skills/agent-desktop   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-desktop.git
cp -r agent-desktop/skills/agent-desktop .agents/skills/agent-desktop   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-desktop.git
cp -r agent-desktop/skills/agent-desktop .cursor/skills/agent-desktop   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/vercel-labs/agent-desktop/agent-desktop

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