app — Application Control

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`app` — Application Control#

from opendesk.tools.app import AppTool
tool = AppTool()

Actions#

Action	Parameters	Description
`open`	`name`	Launch application by name or path
`close`	`name`	Quit application
`focus`	`name`	Bring window to foreground
`list`	—	List all running applications

Ask Claude#

“Open TextEdit”

“Open Spotify”

“Close Safari”

“Switch to Finder”

“What apps are currently running?”

SDK examples#

params = AppTool.Params

await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="open", name="TextEdit"))
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="focus", name="Safari"))
result = await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="list"))
print(result.output)
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="close", name="TextEdit"))

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