Reference for the 3p / enterprise / inference-gateway deployment of Claude Desktop on Linux - how /etc/claude-desktop/managed-settings.json is read, what "3p mode" changes (separate /.config/Claude-3p userData, hidden Chat tab, the false VM-download banner), how Cowork still runs under it, which hardcoded paths are…
Explains the purpose, features, and architecture of claude-desktop-extra - which repackages Anthropic's official Claude Desktop Linux .deb for Arch/Fedora/RHEL/Nix/AppImage and layers Linux-only extras (Computer Use, themes, multi-profile, Quick Entry) on top via surgical JS patches. Use when onboarding, writing…
Full review of the claude-desktop-extra project - patches vs the official Linux .deb (still needed? new ones needed? did the surrounding code change?), docs accuracy, Linux compatibility across the distro/session matrix, and runtime logs. Orchestrates a team of sub-agents and produces a consolidated report with…
Draft (and after approval, post) a reply on a claude-desktop-extra GitHub issue in this project's house voice - short, factual, friendly, no self-blame and no speculation - ending in one copy-pasteable command block that asks the reporter for the evidence we still need. Invoke as "/comment ".
Debug a problem in claude-desktop-extra by pulling the right local evidence - the most recent local-agent-mode session transcript (your last prompt + the model's tool calls/errors) and the Claude Desktop logs - and asking you for anything else worth collecting for the specific issue. Invoke as "/debug ".
Trigger the claude-desktop-extra Build & Release GitHub Actions pipeline (build-and-release.yml). With no argument the skill inspects the changes since the last release and decides forcerebuild itself; "/deploy force" / "/deploy no-force" override.
For claude-desktop-extra - wipe any existing extracted Claude Desktop bundles and extract a fresh, CLEAN, UNPATCHED copy of the latest official Claude Desktop Linux .deb into ./tmp/ for patch analysis. Fetches + GPG/SHA256-verifies the latest .deb if missing or stale, then extracts app.asar via asar (NOT the build…
Linux compatibility reference for the claude-desktop-extra project (repackaging Anthropic's official Claude Desktop Linux .deb and patching its app.asar for the distros Anthropic does not ship). Use when working on Linux support, session managers, distros, Computer Use input/screenshot backends, glibc floors…
For claude-desktop-extra - handle a new upstream Claude Desktop version end-to-end: build, fix failing patches, diff old vs new JS for new platform gates, audit feature flags + ion-dist + platform gates, update baseline docs + CHANGELOG, bump .upstream-version, then commit. Mirrors issue #145 /…
Instructions for patrickjaja/claude-desktop-extra, a project described as: Unofficial Linux packages for Claude Desktop AI assistant with automated updates.