Agent skill

Orca Computer Use

“Drives the GUI of a visible local app window through `orca computer`: accessibility tree, clicks, typing, menus, dialogs, and screenshots in native apps and external browser…”

— description from SKILL.md by stablyai

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Orca Computer Use

skills CLI

$ npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install stablyai/orca computer-use --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/stablyai/orca.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/computer-use .claude/skills/computer-use && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "computer-use" agent skill from https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use into .claude/skills/computer-use/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "computer-use", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install stablyai/orca computer-use --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/computer-use .agents/skills/computer-use && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "computer-use" agent skill from https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use into .agents/skills/computer-use/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "computer-use", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install stablyai/orca computer-use --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/computer-use .cursor/skills/computer-use && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "computer-use" agent skill from https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use into .cursor/skills/computer-use/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "computer-use", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git --path skills/computer-use

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install stablyai/orca computer-use --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/computer-use .gemini/skills/computer-use && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "computer-use" agent skill from https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use into .gemini/skills/computer-use/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "computer-use", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install stablyai/orca computer-use

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/computer-use .github/skills/computer-use && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "computer-use" agent skill from https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use into .github/skills/computer-use/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "computer-use", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install stablyai/orca computer-use --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/computer-use .opencode/skills/computer-use && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "computer-use" agent skill from https://github.com/stablyai/orca/tree/main/skills/computer-use into .opencode/skills/computer-use/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "computer-use", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: computer-use
GitHub stars: 87k
Token cost: ~553 tokens
SKILL.md length: 250 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 8
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

SKILL.md covers Resolve the CLI for this session and Load the version-matched guide…
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

About this skill

“Drives the GUI of a visible local app window through `orca computer`: accessibility tree, clicks, typing, menus, dialogs, and screenshots in native apps and external browser windows (Chrome, Edge, Safari) or webviews. Prefer a programmatic path (shell, filesystem, git, HTTP, existing CLIs) whenever it can complete the task. Use only when a visible window needs GUI control those cannot reach. Do not use for Orca's embedded browser (`orca-cli`).”

— description from SKILL.md by stablyai

Orca Computer Use is a skill in stablyai/orca (87k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 553 tokens. Licence: MIT.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 55c86ce. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
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

Orca Computer Use loads about 553 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 250 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~553

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 stablyai/orca at commit 55c86ce, republished under its MIT licence (© stablyai). 250 words, ~553 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/computer-use/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: computer-use
description: Drives the GUI of a visible local app window through `orca computer`: accessibility tree, clicks, typing, menus, dialogs, and screenshots in native apps and external browser windows (Chrome, Edge, Safari) or webviews. Prefer a programmatic path (shell, filesystem, git, HTTP, existing CLIs) whenever it can complete the task. Use only when a visible window needs GUI control those cannot reach. Do not use for Orca's embedded browser (`orca-cli`).

Computer Use

This discovery stub loads the version-matched guide from the Orca executable used for this session.

Resolve the CLI for this session

Choose the executable once and reuse it for every later command:

If the ORCA_CLI_COMMAND environment variable is set, use its value. Orca exports this for managed WSL sessions.
Otherwise, in a dev checkout whose session exposes ORCA_DEV_REPO_ROOT, use orca-dev.
Otherwise, on Linux outside an Orca-managed terminal, use orca-ide. Never run bare orca there — outside Orca's terminals it normally resolves to the GNOME Orca screen reader (/usr/bin/orca) and starts speech on the user's machine.
Otherwise, use orca.

Below, ORCA is a placeholder for the executable you resolved. Substitute it before running anything; do not create a shell variable or run ORCA literally. This works the same way in POSIX shells, PowerShell, and cmd.exe.

If the selected executable cannot run, report its exact error and stop. Do not fall through to another executable, which could silently target a different Orca build.

Load the version-matched guide before running Orca commands

text

ORCA skills get computer-use

Prefer --json. Use the selected executable's --help for commands or flags the guide does not cover. If a command reports that Orca is not running, start it with ORCA open --json and retry. If it fails with runtime_access_denied, your sandbox blocked the connection: re-run it with escalated permissions, and do not run ORCA open or restart Orca. If skills get is unknown, explain that updating Orca restores the guide; use --help for read-only discovery and do not guess unsupported commands.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/computer-use of stablyai/orca.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 55c86ce

Compare with similar skills

Orca Computer Use next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Orca Computer Use compared with similar skills
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Orca Computer Use this skillstablyai/orca	87k	—	~553	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
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Vision SkillsAnionex/agent-vision-toolkit	1.2k	—	~3.9k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	4 days ago
Open Computer UseiFurySt/open-codex-computer-use	2.3k	—	~1.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
Mac Computer UseTo3akaRin/mac-computer-use	1.1k	—	~495	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	13 days ago
Control Browserzai-org/ZCode	7.5k	—	~4.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	8 days ago

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Questions about Orca Computer Use

How do I install Orca Computer Use in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/computer-use in stablyai/orca) into .claude/skills/computer-use in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Orca Computer Use in Codex?

Run `npx skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/computer-use in stablyai/orca) into .agents/skills/computer-use in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Orca Computer Use 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 stablyai/orca --skill computer-use -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/computer-use, .gemini/skills/computer-use, .github/skills/computer-use and .opencode/skills/computer-use in your project.

What does Orca Computer Use need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Orca Computer Use is instructions for the agent only.

Does Orca Computer Use 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 Orca Computer Use 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 Orca Computer Use use?

Orca Computer Use 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 Orca Computer Use use?

About 553 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Orca Computer Use?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Orca Computer Use: Electron App Automation (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k stars), Vision Skills (Anionex/agent-vision-toolkit, 1.2k stars), Open Computer Use (iFurySt/open-codex-computer-use, 2.3k stars) and Mac Computer Use (To3akaRin/mac-computer-use, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Orca Computer Use?

stablyai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in stablyai/orca, which has 86,603 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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

Orca Computer Use

Install Orca Computer Use

Facts

At a glance

About this skill

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Computer Use

Resolve the CLI for this session

Load the version-matched guide before running Orca commands

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Orca Computer Use

Install Orca Computer Use

Facts

At a glance

About this skill

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Computer Use

Resolve the CLI for this session

Load the version-matched guide before running Orca commands

Files

Compare with similar skills

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