emit-fn-key-on-macos SKILL.md skillA
emit-fn-key-on-macos from terrylica/cc-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/emit-fn-key-on-macos@git:20260923.cfe9725Pins git:20260923.cfe9725 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- terrylica/cc-skills
- Path
plugins/macro-keyboard/skills/emit-fn-key-on-macos/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260923.cfe9725, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 22, 2026
- Size
- 9,882 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2
- License
- MIT
Emit a real Fn key on macOS (Typeless push-to-talk, dictation, screenshots, emoji picker) via Karabiner-Elements, the only userland path. TRIGGERS - emit Fn key, Fn globe key, macro pad Fn.
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
# Emit a Real Fn Key on macOS > **Self-Evolving Skill**: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues. Macos's Fn key (also called the "globe" key on modern MacBooks) is special. It's not a regular modifier — it carries `kCGEventFlagMaskSecondaryFn`, a flag that macOS's input subsystem **discards if set from userland via `CGEventPost`**. Many "remap anything" tools assume Fn behaves like Cmd / Option / Ctrl and try to emit it via `CGEventPost` — and silently fail for dictation, Typeless, macOS's dictation shortcut, Spotlight-via-globe, emoji picker, etc. The only userland path that emits a Fn the kernel accepts is a **DriverKit VirtualHIDDevice**. Karabiner-Elements ships one. That's why Karabiner is the only FOSS tool for this job in 2026. ## When to Use This Skill - User wants a macro-pad button, mouse button, or any external key to trigger: - **Typeless** push-to-talk (`pushToTalk: "Fn"` by default) - macOS dictation (`Fn Fn` double-tap, or single-Fn in System Settings) - Emoji picker (`Fn+E`) - Spotlight-via-globe (`Fn`) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/emit-fn-key-on-macos@sha256:8811c919811b7897The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.cfe9725, 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 4 versions of this file, between Apr 22, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 52 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260923.cfe9725 latest | 2026-09-23 | cfe9725 | 9,882 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260506.fd8a4c9 | 2026-05-06 | fd8a4c9 | 9,814 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260422.8b3145a | 2026-04-22 | 8b3145a | 10,275 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260422.42975e4 | 2026-04-22 | 42975e4 | 9,445 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 (9882 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
terrylica/cc-skills · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nmlcpojfkhavxwze GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=terrylica/cc-skills/emit-fn-key-on-macos GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8811c919811b7897a7c55ffea94e38e487d8d32332eee5468507c9504d1c4042
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