PowerSkills — Desktop

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Windows desktop automation. Take full-screen or window screenshots, list/focus/minimize/maximize windows, send keystrokes, launch applications. Use when needing to capture the Windows screen, manage windows, send keyboard input, or start programs.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the PowerSkills — Desktop skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by aloth/powerskills in skills/desktop/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Desktop automation: screenshots, window management, keystrokes, app launching.

Requirements

  • Windows with .NET Framework (System.Windows.Forms, System.Drawing)

Actions

.\powerskills.ps1 desktop <action> [--params]
ActionParamsDescription
screenshot--out-file path.png [--window "title"]Full screen or window capture
windowsList all visible windows with title, PID, process name
focus--window "title"Bring window to foreground
minimize--window "title"Minimize window
maximize--window "title"Maximize window
keys--keys "{ENTER}" [--window "title"]Send keystrokes (SendKeys syntax)
launch--app notepad [--app-args "file.txt"] [--wait-ms 3000]Launch application

Examples

# Full screen screenshot
.\powerskills.ps1 desktop screenshot --out-file screen.png

# Capture a specific window
.\powerskills.ps1 desktop screenshot --out-file outlook.png --window "Outlook"

# List all windows
.\powerskills.ps1 desktop windows

# Focus and type into Notepad
.\powerskills.ps1 desktop focus --window "Notepad"
.\powerskills.ps1 desktop keys --keys "Hello world{ENTER}" --window "Notepad"

# Launch an app
.\powerskills.ps1 desktop launch --app "notepad.exe" --app-args "C:\temp\notes.txt"

SendKeys Syntax

KeySyntax
Enter{ENTER}
Tab{TAB}
Escape{ESC}
Ctrl+C^c
Alt+F4%{F4}
Shift+Tab+{TAB}

See Microsoft SendKeys docs for full syntax.

Output Fields

windows

title, pid, process, hwnd

screenshot

saved, width, height, window (if window capture)

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
powerskills-desktop
Source
github.com/aloth/powerskills