What is deskbrid CLAUDE.md?

Development instructions for Deskbrid, a Linux desktop-control daemon that detects the desktop environment and installs the required input, screenshot, and clipboard tools.

Use them to install Deskbrid, configure permissions and startup, identify desktop-specific dependencies, and run its manual setup steps.

They document installation choices and dependencies for environments such as GNOME, KDE, Hyprland, and X11, reducing setup errors.

How coe0718/deskbrid configures Claude Code

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to coe0718/deskbrid. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coe0718/deskbrid/main/CLAUDE.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coe0718/deskbrid

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 633 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 633 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan B 2 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.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00633	$0.00633
Opus 5.5	$0.00253	$0.00253
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00127	$0.00127
Haiku 4.5	$0.00063	$0.00063

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 5f6f71f1e3c2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

deskbrid CLAUDE.md scanned grade B with 2 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 2mo 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo mv deskbrid /usr/local/bin/

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

bash <(curl -fsSL https://deskbrid.patchhive.dev/install.sh)

CLAUDE.md · 65 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Deskbrid — Desktop Control Daemon

Deskbrid bridges AI agents to any Linux desktop over a Unix socket. Control windows, inject keystrokes, take screenshots, manage clipboards — on GNOME, KDE, Hyprland, or X11.

Install on Any Machine

The one-shot install script auto-detects the desktop environment and installs everything:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://deskbrid.patchhive.dev/install.sh)

Or directly from the repo:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coe0718/deskbrid/main/site/install.sh)

What the script does:

Detects distro (apt/pacman/dnf/zypper/apk) and desktop (GNOME/KDE/Hyprland/X11)
Installs missing dependencies — grim, wl-clipboard, ydotool, xdotool, etc. per DE
Sets up /dev/uinput permissions for Wayland (udev rule + input group)
Downloads the latest binary to /usr/local/bin/deskbrid
Configures ydotoold autostart (Hyprland/KDE)
Prints next steps

Quick Manual Install

# Deps for your DE
#   GNOME:    grim wl-clipboard
#   Hyprland: grim wl-clipboard ydotool
#   KDE:      spectacle imagemagick ydotool qt6-tools
#   X11:      xdotool wmctrl xclip imagemagick

# Download binary
curl -LO https://github.com/coe0718/deskbrid/releases/latest/download/deskbrid
chmod +x deskbrid
sudo mv deskbrid /usr/local/bin/

# Start daemon
deskbrid daemon

After Install

# Check health
deskbrid health

# Test the socket
echo '{"type":"system.info","id":"1"}' | nc -U /run/user/1000/deskbrid.sock -w 2

# Full docs
open https://deskbrid.patchhive.dev

Project Structure

src/ — Rust source (GNOME, KDE, Hyprland, COSMIC, Sway, Niri, Wayfire, labwc, X11 backends)
src/mcp/ — MCP server: 100+ rmcp tools over stdio (deskbrid mcp) and TCP (deskbrid daemon --mcp-port)
src/protocol/ — 100+ NDJSON action types: windows, input, clipboard, audio, system, files, browser/CDP, MPRIS, process, terminal, monitor, notifications, hotkeys, layouts, bluetooth, network, confirmation, agent messaging, unified search
site/ — landing page + install.sh
extensions/ — GNOME Shell extension
hermes/ — Hermes agent plugin with bundled skill (100+ tools) and direct Unix socket integration

Read the full file on GitHub · 65 lines

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.

2mo ago First seen · 65 lines · 633 tokens per session scan B 5f6f71f1e3c2

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deskbrid CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository coe0718/deskbrid (31 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 633 tokens to every session, about $0.0025 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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