global-shortcut-manager

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Register and manage global keyboard shortcuts across desktop platforms

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the global-shortcut-manager skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by a5c-ai/babysitter in library/specializations/desktop-development/skills/global-shortcut-manager/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Register and manage global keyboard shortcuts that work even when the application is not focused.

Capabilities

  • Register global shortcuts
  • Handle modifier combinations
  • Manage shortcut conflicts
  • Platform-specific key mapping
  • Unregister shortcuts
  • Check shortcut availability

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "projectPath": { "type": "string" },
    "framework": { "enum": ["electron", "tauri", "native"] },
    "shortcuts": { "type": "array" }
  },
  "required": ["projectPath"]
}

Electron Example

const { globalShortcut } = require('electron');

function registerShortcuts() {
    globalShortcut.register('CommandOrControl+Shift+X', () => {
        console.log('Global shortcut triggered');
    });
}

app.on('will-quit', () => {
    globalShortcut.unregisterAll();
});

Related Skills

  • clipboard-handler
  • system-services-integration process

Signals

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Key
global-shortcut-manager
Source
github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter