anode-desktop SKILL.md skillA
anode-desktop from skulitom/anode is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add skulitom/anode/anode-desktop@git:20261102.9de5b47Pins git:20261102.9de5b47 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- skulitom/anode
- Path
skills/anode-desktop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261102.9de5b47, committed Nov 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 1, 2026
- Size
- 15,987 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Automate and test Windows desktop apps in a hidden background session without taking over the user's screen, mouse or keyboard - click, type, read UI Automation/accessibility trees, take screenshots, and run headed app or Playwright browser tests (Win32, WPF, WinForms, Electron), with supporting builds/servers as command jobs. Prefer it over foreground computer use when the work can run in a separate Windows session. Use direct APIs, file tools and headless tests when no desktop is needed…
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
# Anode background desktop Anode provides a Windows child session with its own screen, pointer and keyboard focus. Prefer it for desktop work that should leave the user's main desktop available. It shares the user's files, account and network; it is not a security sandbox. ## Choose the right tool | Task | Preferred approach | | --- | --- | | Automate a native Windows app or inspect its accessible controls | Anode `seat_windows`, `seat_observe`, `seat_element` | | Verify a headed app, browser, native dialog, screenshot or real input without interrupting the user | Run the app in Anode; use its seat tools | | Run a build/server that supports that desktop test | `seat_exec`, followed by `seat_job` | | Read/edit files, call an API, run a routine build or headless test | Direct file, API or shell tools; a seat adds no benefit | | Work in an explicitly requested browser/tab or an app already open on the user's main desktop | Use the requested tool/session; Anode cannot take over that window | | Run untrusted software requiring a security boundary | Use an appropriate VM or sandbox; a child session is insufficient | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add skulitom/anode/anode-desktop@sha256:d3762ec09425e203The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.9de5b47, 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_svcbym2mtis6bnml)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Oct 1, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261102.9de5b47 latest | 2026-11-02 | 9de5b47 | 15,987 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261022.a1434af | 2026-10-22 | a1434af | 15,987 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261020.dc368ec | 2026-10-20 | dc368ec | 15,877 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261017.caf4dd0 | 2026-10-17 | caf4dd0 | 14,198 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.6da3c08 | 2026-10-12 | 6da3c08 | 13,385 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.85b816b | 2026-10-04 | 85b816b | 13,334 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.32d274b | 2026-10-01 | 32d274b | 13,043 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 (15987 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
skulitom/anode · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_svcbym2mtis6bnml GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=skulitom/anode/anode-desktop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d3762ec09425e2032bd3705cbfb512453d5853e71c6b3d43df256758cf503cb5
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.