# Computer Use > Use Orca's computer-use CLI to inspect and operate local desktop app windows through accessibility trees, screenshots, and safe UI actions. Use for desktop app interaction: list apps/windows, get app state, read visible UI, click controls, type, press keys, scroll, drag, set values, or perform accessibility actions. Also use for browser windows, webviews, Orca app UI, or other desktop UI. Triggers include "computer use", "orca computer", "read Spotify", "read Slack", "control/click/read in a desktop app", and "get app state". Source: https://skillsagentes.com/skills/stablyai/orca/computer-use Repository: https://github.com/stablyai/orca Author: stablyai License: MIT Updated: hace 23 días Context cost: 133 tok installed, 917 tok once triggered, 917 tok with every bundled file Bundle: 1 file, 4 KB Permissions requested: none declared ## Install ```bash npx -y skills add stablyai/orca --skill computer-use --agent claude-code ``` ## What it does - Resuelve qué ejecutable de Orca usar en la sesión actual (ORCA_CLI_COMMAND, orca-dev, orca-ide u orca) - Carga la guía completa y versionada con `ORCA skills get computer-use` antes de ejecutar comandos - Inspecciona y opera ventanas de apps de escritorio vía árboles de accesibilidad, capturas y acciones seguras de UI ## Use it when - Necesitas listar apps/ventanas o leer el estado de una app - Necesitas hacer clic, escribir, presionar teclas, hacer scroll, arrastrar o fijar valores en una app de escritorio - Necesitas leer o controlar ventanas de navegador, webviews o la UI de Orca ## What triggers it - "Lee lo que está sonando en Spotify" - "Haz clic en el botón de enviar en Slack" - "Dame el estado actual de esta app de escritorio" - "Escribe este texto en el campo de búsqueda de la app" ## Before you install - Requiere el binario `orca` (o `orca-dev`/`orca-ide` según la sesión) y ejecutar `ORCA skills get computer-use` para obtener la guía completa antes de usar comandos. ## Files - SKILL.md — 4 KB ## SKILL.md Reproduced verbatim from stablyai/orca under MIT. This section is the upstream document and is in English. # Computer Use This file is a discovery stub, not the usage guide. The full, version-matched computer-use reference is served by the `orca` binary itself — kept out of this file on purpose so it can never drift from the binary that will actually run your commands. Engage Orca's computer-use surface whenever you must inspect or operate a local desktop app window — reading its accessibility tree, taking screenshots, or performing safe UI actions (click controls, type, press keys, scroll, drag, set values). It also covers browser windows, webviews, and Orca's own UI. Triggers include "computer use", "orca computer", "read Spotify", "read Slack", "control/click/read in a desktop app", and "get app state". ## 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 full guide before running Orca commands ```text ORCA skills get computer-use ``` That prints the complete, version-matched guide for the exact binary that will handle your next commands — listing apps/windows, reading UI, and driving clicks, typing, and other accessibility actions. Read it first, then run the specific command you need. Don't guess subcommands or flags from memory or from a cached copy of this stub. They change between Orca releases, and this file deliberately no longer lists them. Confirm the app is up with `ORCA status --json` (start it with `ORCA open --json` if needed), and prefer `--json` for agent-driven calls. ## If an older Orca does not recognize `skills get` Use this fallback only when the selected binary explicitly reports that `skills get` is an unknown command. Another failure is not proof of an older binary; report it rather than guessing or changing executables. For a confirmed pre-guide binary, use only this bounded, read-only bootstrap to orient. Do not dead-end and do not invent commands: ```text ORCA status --json ORCA computer capabilities --json ORCA computer list-apps --json ``` Then tell the user that updating Orca restores the full, version-matched guide via `ORCA skills get computer-use`. Beyond these commands, ask the user rather than guessing a command surface this older binary may not support. --- Skills Agentes — https://skillsagentes.com/skills/stablyai/orca/computer-use