# connect-chatcut-desktop

Walks the agent through installing, opening or repairing ChatCut Desktop when the chatcut_desktop tools are missing. Instructions only, no installer.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 1 install · ★ 7604
- Author: ChatCut · official OpenAI repository
- License: GPL-3.0-only · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/chatcut/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop

## What it does

The skill gives the agent a fixed sequence: work out the OS and architecture, pull the official artifact into a temp folder, then unpack it and place `ChatCut.app` under `/Applications` on macOS, or run the installer on Windows. Once the app starts, it registers `chatcut_desktop` on its own and pushes its editing skills into Codex.

Downloads come from official addresses only: `https://api.chatcut.io/desktop/download/macos` for Apple Silicon, `https://api.chatcut.io/desktop/download/macos-x64` for Intel, `https://api.chatcut.io/desktop/download/windows` for Windows x64. ChatCut Desktop runs on macOS 13 or newer and on Windows x64. Linux is not supported. Mirrors and the older `chatcut@chatcut-inc` plugin are off the table.

When the host cannot download, mount, extract or launch the installer, the skill stops and hands the user the matching official link so they can finish through the normal system flow. Credentials stay with the user, and nothing gets appended to `config.toml`. Codex picks up MCP tools and skills when a task begins, so a new task is needed after Desktop connects.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill connect-chatcut-desktop -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill connect-chatcut-desktop -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins connect-chatcut-desktop
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/chatcut/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/chatcut/skills/connect-chatcut-desktop/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- install ChatCut Desktop when the `chatcut_desktop` tools never answer
- repair an app that is installed but refuses to open
- pick the right build for Apple Silicon, Intel or Windows x64
- work through a macOS signing or quarantine failure
- hand the user a download link when automation is blocked

## Example prompts
- The `chatcut_desktop` tools are missing — install and open ChatCut Desktop
- ChatCut Desktop is installed but won't launch, check signing and quarantine
- Download the official ChatCut Desktop build for my machine and start it

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