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Powerskills Desktop by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Powerskills Desktop
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Powerskills Desktop

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.

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

File contents

PowerSkills — Desktop

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

Requirements

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

Actions

.\powerskills.ps1 desktop <action> [--params]

Action	Params	Description
`screenshot`	`--out-file path.png [--window "title"]`	Full screen or window capture
`windows`		List 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

Key	Syntax
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)

---name: powerskills-desktopdescription: 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.license: MIT---# PowerSkills — DesktopDesktop automation: screenshots, window management, keystrokes, app launching.## Requirements- Windows with .NET Framework (System.Windows.Forms, System.Drawing)## Actions```powershell.\powerskills.ps1 desktop <action> [--params]```| Action | Params | Description ||--------|--------|-------------|| `screenshot` | `--out-file path.png [--window "title"]` | Full screen or window capture || `windows` | | List 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```powershell# 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| Key | Syntax ||-----|--------|| Enter | `{ENTER}` || Tab | `{TAB}` || Escape | `{ESC}` || Ctrl+C | `^c` || Alt+F4 | `%{F4}` || Shift+Tab | `+{TAB}` |See [Microsoft SendKeys docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.sendkeys) for full syntax.## Output Fields### windows`title`, `pid`, `process`, `hwnd`### screenshot`saved`, `width`, `height`, `window` (if window capture)

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