Host Computer Use
Beta desktop control through the connected A0 CLI host.
Install
npx skills add agent0ai/agent-zero --skill host-computer-use -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- agent0ai/agent-zero19.6k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,808 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Beta desktop control through the connected A0 CLI host. Use for the user's host/local computer screenshots, screen inspection, menus, native app UI, OS-level clicking, scrolling, typing, or checking computer_use_remote status. Use instead of linux-desktop for host/local machine control. Do not use for ordinary browser navigation; host browser requests should use the browser tool.
Host Computer Use
This skill unlocks the beta computer_use_remote tool for connected local desktop control through A0 CLI or a Launcher host gateway. Prefer native background-safe computer use when the connected backend advertises window and element-index features.
When to Use
Load this skill before using computer_use_remote for local desktop and native UI tasks on the connected machine. Use it for the user's real host screen, not the internal Agent Zero Desktop.
If the task is browser-only and the user is flexible, prefer direct browser tooling because it is usually more reliable and token-efficient than screenshot-driven desktop control.
If the task needs shell execution on the CLI host, load host-code-execution separately rather than treating desktop control and shell execution as one affordance.
Host vs Docker Desktop Boundary
This skill controls the user's connected host/local computer through A0 CLI. It is not the built-in Linux Desktop/Xpra skill.
Never switch to linux-desktop, the Agent Zero Desktop/Xpra surface, desktopctl.sh, code_execution_tool, or Docker/server shell commands as a fallback for host screen actions such as screenshots, clicking, typing, desktop state changes, or checking visible host UI. Those paths only see the internal Agent Zero runtime. If computer_use_remote is unavailable, disabled, or needs re-arming, stop and ask the user to run /computer-use on in the A0 Launcher chat when using Launcher Host access, or in A0 CLI otherwise, and approve the platform permission prompt.
