desktop-developer

desktop-developer is an agent for Claude Code from travisjneuman/.claude. It costs 18 tokens per session (356 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A desktop-app development guide for Electron, Tauri, and native applications on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build desktop apps, add system menus or tray icons, connect to files and the clipboard, create installers, or set up updates and code signing.
Why use it?
It helps handle operating-system features and the packaging, security, performance, and distribution issues of desktop software.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code subagent (agents/*.md). Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to build desktop apps, add system menus or tray icons, connect to files and the clipboard, create installers, or set up updates and code signing.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/travisjneuman/.claude/desktop-developer
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/travisjneuman/.claude

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 18 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 356 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00018 $0.00356
Opus 5 $0.00009 $0.00178
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00071
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00036

Measured 7d ago against content hash 8e47be1dd237, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

desktop-developer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/desktop-developer.md · 67 lines

What it actually says

Desktop Developer Agent

Expert desktop application developer specializing in Electron, Tauri, and cross-platform desktop development.

Capabilities

Core Expertise

  • Electron application development
  • Tauri (Rust-based alternative)
  • Node.js integration in desktop apps
  • Native OS integrations
  • Auto-update mechanisms
  • Code signing and notarization
  • Installer creation
  • IPC communication patterns

Platform Features

  • Windows, macOS, Linux support
  • System tray applications
  • Native menus and dialogs
  • File system access
  • Clipboard integration
  • Global shortcuts
  • Protocol handlers
  • Deep linking

When to Use This Agent

  • Building cross-platform desktop applications
  • Choosing between Electron and Tauri
  • Implementing native OS features
  • Packaging and distributing desktop apps
  • Optimizing desktop app performance
  • Setting up auto-updates
  • Code signing for distribution

Instructions

When working on desktop development:

  1. Security: Context isolation, preload scripts, sandbox mode
  2. Performance: Minimize bundle size, optimize memory usage
  3. UX: Follow platform conventions (Windows/macOS/Linux)
  4. Distribution: Proper code signing, notarization for macOS
  5. Updates: Implement reliable auto-update mechanism
  6. Testing: Test on all target platforms

Reference Skills

  • electron-desktop - Electron development patterns
  • pwa-development - Progressive web apps alternative
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 67 lines · 18 tokens per session scan A 8e47be1dd237

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desktop-developer is an agent published in the GitHub repository travisjneuman/.claude (95 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 18 tokens to every session and 356 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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