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stacks-desktop · Native Stacks · model-invoked

Use when building or publishing desktop applications with Stacks - Craft native windows, local launchers, helper processes, packaging, capability probes, or Mac App Store delivery. Covers @stacksjs/desktop-build and the browser bridge boundary.

Read the skill for the implementation workflow and its current signatures. The Native capabilities catalog maps the package to source and retained evidence; driver limits are explicit.

Inside the skill

  • Key Paths
  • Runtime
  • API
  • Local-first apps: owning the launcher
  • Helper processes: one binary, not three
  • CLI Commands
  • Mac App Store
  • Required Apple configuration
  • Gotchas

Using it

This skill is model-invoked. Your agent can select it for matching tasks, and you can call it directly.

/stacks-desktop

Source: stacks-desktop/SKILL.md.

It ships in @stacksjs/defaults with its supporting files. Run buddy setup:ai to refresh the agent setup. Override it per project with app/Skills/stacks-desktop/SKILL.md. See Using skills.