os-integrations SKILL.md skillA

os-integrations from tomcounsell/ai is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tomcounsell/ai/os-integrations@git:20261027.b1054fc

Pins git:20261027.b1054fc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tomcounsell/ai
Path
skills/valor/bama/skills/code/os-integrations/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261027.b1054fc, committed Oct 27, 2026
Size
7,019 bytes
Repository stars
31
License
GPL-3.0

Deep macOS integrations for a native app, such as global hotkeys, menu bar items, floating panels, window control with Accessibility, screen capture and recording, clipboard, Shortcuts and Spotlight, URL schemes, login items, a CLI, and the permissions each one needs. Use when an app must reach outside its own window or control other apps.

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

# macOS integrations

A Mac app is a set of entry points around the system, not one window. This
skill picks the API for each entry point and the permission it costs.
Code for every row is in [recipes.md](recipes.md).

## Pick the API

| Want | API | Permission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Global shortcut (key combo) | Carbon `RegisterEventHotKey` | None |
| Hold-to-show (hold Option, press Tab) or key remapping | `CGEvent.tapCreate` event tap | Accessibility |
| Watch keys without changing them (keystroke overlay) | Listen-only event tap | Input Monitoring (`CGRequestListenEventAccess`) |
| List other apps' windows | `CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo` | None (titles need Screen Recording) |
| Menu bar item | `MenuBarExtra` (SwiftUI) or `NSStatusItem` | None |
| Live status in the menu bar (a timer, a sync) | `MenuBarExtra` with a changing label. Live Activities on a Mac only mirror a paired iPhone | None |
| Desktop and Notification Center widgets | WidgetKit extension target (Xcode build, like App Intents) | None |
| Find the app's content in Spotlight | Core Spotlight `CSSearchableIndex` | None |
| Preview the app's own file type in Finder (Space) | Quick Look preview extension | None |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tomcounsell/ai/os-integrations@sha256:d71875735aabf538

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.b1054fc, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 27, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7019 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

GitHub

tomcounsell/ai · 31 stars · license GPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kgdyyyyq4rrb3y3v
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomcounsell/ai/os-integrations
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d71875735aabf538aeeaab4e0cc4a1a1bb799fb8d55d74e9eaff6d5cd8f8742b

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