cua-driver SKILL.md skillA
cua-driver from davidondrej/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add davidondrej/skills/cua-driver@git:20261014.04fc097Pins git:20261014.04fc097 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- davidondrej/skills
- Path
skills/ops-and-setup/cua-driver/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261014.04fc097, committed Oct 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 25, 2026
- Size
- 3,293 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,161
- License
- MIT
Use Cua Driver for desktop or browser tasks that are awkward or unavailable through Bash/APIs, or when the user explicitly wants GUI interaction: app testing, visual bug reproduction, form filling, calendar entry, screenshots, and demo recording. Also covers Cua setup; not OpenAI Codex Computer Use or web research.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Cua Driver Cua Driver is an MIT-licensed local automation tool, not a model. Pi or another agent supplies the reasoning; the driver reads accessibility trees/screenshots and sends input to apps. No Cua cloud account or VM is needed. Host control is not sandboxed, and desktop content sent to a cloud model leaves the machine. ## Before acting ```bash command -v cua-driver cua-driver --version cua-driver status cua-driver permissions status --json ``` Missing driver, stopped daemon, or missing Accessibility: stop and read [setup](references/setup.md). Without Screen Recording, use accessibility-only snapshots (`include_screenshot:false`); do not attempt screenshots or pixel input. Never trigger permission prompts automatically. Respect any configured policy; a skill does not grant permissions. Do not add restrictions or timeouts unless requested. ## Observe → act → verify 1. Prefer Bash/APIs for straightforward non-GUI work; use Cua when those routes are insufficient or the user requests GUI interaction. Use DeepAPI for web research. 2. Discover the intended app/window with `list_apps` / `list_windows`. 3. Read `cua-driver describe TOOL` before using unfamiliar parameters. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add davidondrej/skills/cua-driver@sha256:0fdff8550306b9b6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.04fc097, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_blysixqcrm53tiaw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 25, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 19 days.
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| git:20261014.04fc097 latest | 2026-10-14 | 04fc097 | 3,293 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.cb72780 | 2026-09-25 | cb72780 | 3,288 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3293 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
davidondrej/skills · 4,161 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_blysixqcrm53tiaw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davidondrej/skills/cua-driver GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0fdff8550306b9b6171d64a501293e4d80bcde7db0f019dac5127dc27eec8fb0
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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