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Palot Desktop Dev

by ItsWendell in ItsWendell/palot

Operate Palot's Electron build and channel lifecycle. An agent skill from ItsWendell/palot.

MITAuto-check passedMobile

Install Palot Desktop Dev

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ItsWendell/palot --skill palot-desktop-dev -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ItsWendell/palot palot-desktop-dev --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ItsWendell/palot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/palot-desktop-dev .claude/skills/palot-desktop-dev && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
palot-desktop-dev
GitHub stars
191
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
541 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Operate Palot's Electron build and channel lifecycle. An agent skill from ItsWendell/palot.

  • Works in 5 steps: Start the supervisor with bun run dev… → Run bun run dev:info in that worktree to… → Let Vite HMR apply renderer-only… → …
  • Lifecycle changes
  • SKILL.md covers Choose The Loop, Iterate, Install Nightly and Verify
  • Calls bun

What it does

Palot Desktop Dev is an agent skill from ItsWendell/palot. Operate Palot's Electron build and channel lifecycle. Use for main, preload, or lifecycle changes; dev supervisor or launcher work; native dependencies or generated binaries; Dev/Nightly channel configuration; packaging or installation; and start, restart, build, or channel failures. Use test-palot-desktop for native UI QA.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Mobile, covering Mobile UI design. The repository describes itself as: Just another desktop client for OpenCode 2. Manage projects, sessions, parallel agents, requests, and changes on Linux and macOS. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Lifecycle changes
  • Native dependencies
  • Generated binaries
  • Dev/Nightly channel configuration

Example prompts

  • “/palot-desktop-dev”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Start the supervisor with bun run dev from the repository root for background integration. Use bun run dev:visible when the QA evidence…
  2. Run bun run dev:info in that worktree to get its renderer URL, Electron PID, CDP port, and data root.
  3. Let Vite HMR apply renderer-only changes. Let the supervisor restart Electron after main or preload builds.
  4. After native dependency or generated-binary changes, run bun run dev:restart -- "reason" as the final tool call.
  5. After supervisor or control-script changes, stop its terminal with Ctrl-C and start it again. A running supervisor cannot replace itself.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5b71bf9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bun

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Palot Desktop Dev loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 541 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ItsWendell/palot at commit 5b71bf9, republished under its MIT licence (© ItsWendell). 541 words, ~1,041 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/palot-desktop-dev/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
palot-desktop-dev
description
Operate Palot's Electron build and channel lifecycle. Use for main, preload, or lifecycle changes; dev supervisor or launcher work; native dependencies or generated binaries; Dev/Nightly channel configuration; packaging or installation; and start, restart, build, or channel failures. Use test-palot-desktop for native UI QA.

Palot Desktop Development

Keep the OpenCode task host stable while the development client changes.

Choose The Loop

  • Use installed Palot Nightly as the host when changing Palot itself.
  • In agent worktrees, default to the smallest matching bun run test:e2e -- <scenario>. Add --visible only when the user wants to watch it.
  • Use bun run dev for live integration. It connects to the shared user OpenCode service and starts hidden so it does not cover or focus another app.
  • Use bun run dev:visible when rendering, interaction, accessibility, screenshots, or visual inspection require a visible native window. It does not take keyboard focus.
  • Use bun run dev:focus only when focus behavior matters or the user explicitly asks for a foreground launch.
  • Build Nightly and Dev against the exact declared @opencode/client version. Reuse healthy compatible stable 2.x services and reviewed beta services; an unreviewed beta needs exact-version consent. A different patch version is not permission to replace a service. Service replacement can interrupt active turns.
  • Existing user-installed OpenCode is preferred for confirmed local startup; packaged/app-cached binaries are fallbacks or an explicit user preference. Delegate confirmed package-manager updates to the official CLI, and keep executable updates separate from service restarts. Never update the task host as a side effect of implementing or testing these controls.

Read repository-root ../../../docs/desktop-testing.md before adding an E2E scenario or using real credentials.

Iterate

  1. Start the supervisor with bun run dev from the repository root for background integration. Use bun run dev:visible when the QA evidence requires a visible window, and bun run dev:focus only for focus-specific behavior or an explicitly requested foreground launch.
  2. Run bun run dev:info in that worktree to get its renderer URL, Electron PID, CDP port, and data root.
  3. Let Vite HMR apply renderer-only changes. Let the supervisor restart Electron after main or preload builds.
  4. After native dependency or generated-binary changes, run bun run dev:restart -- "reason" as the final tool call.
  5. After supervisor or control-script changes, stop its terminal with Ctrl-C and start it again. A running supervisor cannot replace itself.

Each live worktree gets dynamic renderer and CDP ports plus separate Palot state and logs. OpenCode sessions, config, auth, and models remain shared. Use only the ports returned by dev:info and target the owned terminal session for shutdown.

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Install Nightly

  • Run bun run package:nightly:mac to create channel-specific artifacts.
  • Run bun run install:nightly:mac to build, ad-hoc sign, verify, install, and launch /Applications/Palot Nightly.app.
  • A successful routine install is complete when that command exits successfully. Trust its release and signature verification; report the installed path without repeating bundle, process, log, or UI checks.
  • Inspect identity, icon, signature, replacement behavior, launch, or OpenCode connection only when the related packaging code changed, the command failed, or the user requested package QA.
  • Leave any previous Nightly installation moved to Trash available for recovery.

Verify

  • Keep validation proportional to the changed behavior. Use focused checks before broad bun run check or full builds.
  • For desktop integration behavior, run the smallest matching E2E scenario.
  • For supervisor changes, confirm restart success, a new Electron PID, a live Vite process, native Liquid Glass, and restored task state.
  • Load test-palot-desktop only for native UI inspection, screenshots, or explicit smoke QA. Keep live QA read-only unless the user approved a disposable test task.

© ItsWendell, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/palot-desktop-dev of ItsWendell/palot.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5b71bf9

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Questions about Palot Desktop Dev

What does Palot Desktop Dev do?

Operate Palot's Electron build and channel lifecycle. An agent skill from ItsWendell/palot. Palot Desktop Dev is an agent skill from ItsWendell/palot. Operate Palot's Electron build and channel lifecycle.

When should I use Palot Desktop Dev?

Palot Desktop Dev fits situations like: lifecycle changes; native dependencies; generated binaries; dev/Nightly channel configuration.

How do I install Palot Desktop Dev in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ItsWendell/palot --skill palot-desktop-dev -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/palot-desktop-dev in ItsWendell/palot) into .claude/skills/palot-desktop-dev in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Palot Desktop Dev in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ItsWendell/palot --skill palot-desktop-dev -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/palot-desktop-dev in ItsWendell/palot) into .agents/skills/palot-desktop-dev in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Palot Desktop Dev in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ItsWendell/palot --skill palot-desktop-dev -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/palot-desktop-dev, .gemini/skills/palot-desktop-dev, .github/skills/palot-desktop-dev and .opencode/skills/palot-desktop-dev in your project.

What does Palot Desktop Dev need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Palot Desktop Dev needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bun).

Does Palot Desktop Dev access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Palot Desktop Dev safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Palot Desktop Dev use?

Palot Desktop Dev is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Palot Desktop Dev use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Palot Desktop Dev?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Palot Desktop Dev: Kortix Brand (kortix-ai/suna, 20k stars), HugeIcons Finder for Compose (sue1231513/orangechat, 408 stars), Codedrobe Theme (CodeDrobe/skills, 250 stars) and Mobile App UI Design (ceorkm/mobile-app-ui-design, 403 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Palot Desktop Dev?

ItsWendell (a GitHub user) maintains it in ItsWendell/palot, which has 191 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: ItsWendell/palot on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.