install-openwork skillA
install-openwork is agent-read markdown (skill) from different-ai/openwork: Install the free OpenWork desktop app on macOS, Windows, or Linux and get the user to a first task. Use when someone wants OpenWork, an open-source Claude Cowork alternative, on their own computer..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified before it reaches your agent: the main file against the SHA-256 recorded here, the others against the git hashes of its source commit. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Install OpenWork OpenWork is a free, open-source desktop app for doing work with AI agents on local files. No account is needed. Never run `npx openwork` or `npm install openwork`. The npm package named `openwork` is a different project. ## 1. Detect the OS and CPU ```sh uname -s # Darwin = macOS, Linux = Linux uname -m # arm64/aarch64 = ARM, x86_64 = Intel/AMD ``` On Windows, check `$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE` in PowerShell (`AMD64` = x64, `ARM64` = ARM). ## 2. Install Ask the user before installing anything. | OS | Command or download | |---|---| | macOS with Homebrew | `brew install --cask openwork` | | macOS Apple Silicon | https://openworklabs.com/download/mac-arm64 (.dmg) | | macOS Intel | https://openworklabs.com/download/mac-x64 (.dmg) | | Windows x64 | https://openworklabs.com/download/win-x64 (.exe) | | Windows ARM64 | https://openworklabs.com/download/win-arm64 (.exe) | | Linux x64 | https://openworklabs.com/download/linux-x64 (.AppImage) | | Linux ARM64 | https://openworklabs.com/download/linux-arm64 (.AppImage) | …
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How to install
mdr add different-ai/openwork/install-openwork@git:20260926.74d06b7mdr add different-ai/openwork/install-openwork@sha256:0f0c9fe405bf68f4Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 for exact bytes. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install fetches those bytes again and checks them, so it installs them exactly or fails.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_kw2mzbdstvyulybe)
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Versions
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 (2253 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
different-ai/openwork · 23,748 stars · license NOASSERTION · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch dev
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kw2mzbdstvyulybe GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=different-ai/openwork/install-openwork GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0f0c9fe405bf68f482187c55bea73e3e46b79a298a2977cd36c704798154114e
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