How do I install the Working With Qemu skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add coredevices/working-with-qemu in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Working With Qemu skill do?

Use when building, launching, debugging, or capturing screenshots of PebbleOS under QEMU. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Working With Qemu safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Working With Qemu?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Working With Qemu free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Working With Qemu?

coredevices (@coredevices) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Working With Qemu by coredevices — Agent Skill

Name: Working With Qemu
Author: coredevices

File contents

Working with QEMU

Read docs/development/qemu.md — it documents the full workflow: qemu_* boards, ./pbl qemu (monitor sockets, serial ports, uart1.log), ./pbl console, ./pbl screenshot, programmatic key input via sendkey, touch injection via ./pbl touch/./pbl swipe, and ./pbl debug.

Agent notes:

Use ./pbl screenshot to validate UI changes; read the resulting PNG.
Drive the UI over the socket monitor (build/qemu-mon.sock) with sendkey rather than the interactive QEMU window.

Touch

On touch-capable boards you can inject touch into a running QEMU (./pbl qemu exposes the QMP socket used for injection). Coordinates are screen pixels; the display size is read from the emulated pebble-touch device and scaled automatically.

./pbl touch 130 130                          # tap at (130, 130)
./pbl swipe 130 220 130 40                   # swipe up (finger bottom -> top)
./pbl swipe 130 220 130 40 --steps 20 --duration 0.4

A tap is a finger down then up; a swipe streams intermediate moves so drag gestures are seen as continuous. Injection uses the absolute-pointer input path; multi-touch is not wired up in the device.

Frequently asked questions

Working With Qemu