Electron
Automate Electron desktop apps (VS Code, Slack, Discord, Figma, Notion, Spotify, etc.)...
Install
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-browser --skill electron -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- vercel-labs/agent-browser45.1k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,530 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Automate Electron desktop apps (VS Code, Slack, Discord, Figma, Notion, Spotify, etc.) using agent-browser via Chrome DevTools Protocol. Use when the user needs to interact with an Electron app, automate a desktop app, connect to a running app, control a native app, or test an Electron application. Triggers include "automate Slack app", "control VS Code", "interact with Discord app", "test this Electron app", "connect to desktop app", or any task requiring automation of a native Electron application.
Electron App Automation
Automate any Electron desktop app using agent-browser. Electron apps are built on Chromium and expose a Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) port that agent-browser can connect to, enabling the same snapshot-interact workflow used for web pages.
Core Workflow
- Launch the Electron app with remote debugging enabled
- Connect agent-browser to the CDP port
- Snapshot to discover interactive elements
- Interact using element refs
- Re-snapshot after navigation or state changes
# Launch an Electron app with remote debugging
open -a "Slack" --args --remote-debugging-port=9222
# Connect agent-browser to the app
agent-browser connect 9222
# Standard workflow from here
agent-browser snapshot -i
agent-browser click @e5
agent-browser screenshot slack-desktop.png
Launching Electron Apps with CDP
Every Electron app supports the --remote-debugging-port flag since it's built into Chromium.
macOS
# Slack
open -a "Slack" --args --remote-debugging-port=9222
# VS Code
open -a "Visual Studio Code" --args --remote-debugging-port=9223
# Discord
open -a "Discord" --args --remote-debugging-port=9224
# Figma
open -a "Figma" --args --remote-debugging-port=9225
# Notion
open -a "Notion" --args --remote-debugging-port=9226
# Spotify
open -a "Spotify" --args --remote-debugging-port=9227
Linux
slack --remote-debugging-port=9222
code --remote-debugging-port=9223
discord --remote-debugging-port=9224
Windows
"C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\slack\slack.exe" --remote-debugging-port=9222
"C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" --remote-debugging-port=9223
Important: If the app is already running, quit it first, then relaunch with the flag. The --remote-debugging-port flag must be present at launch time.
Connecting
# Connect to a specific port
agent-browser connect 9222
