keyboard — Keyboard Input

from opendesk.tools.keyboard import KeyboardTool
tool = KeyboardTool()

Actions

Action	Required	Description
type	text	Type text (clipboard-paste, full Unicode including CJK and emoji)
press	key	Press a named key: enter, escape, tab, f5, etc.
hotkey	keys	Send a key combination: ["ctrl","c"], ["command","s"]
hold	key, hold_duration	Hold a key for N seconds then release

Ask Claude

“Type ‘Hello World’ into the active window”

“Press Enter”

“Press Cmd+S to save”

“Press Ctrl+Z to undo”

“Press Escape”

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SDK examples

params = KeyboardTool.Params

# Type text
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="type", text="Hello, 世界! 🌍"))

# Press Enter
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="press", key="enter"))

# Copy (Ctrl+C)
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="hotkey", keys=["ctrl", "c"]))

# Cmd+Shift+P (VS Code command palette on macOS)
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="hotkey", keys=["command", "shift", "p"]))

# Hold Shift for 0.5s (e.g. while clicking for range select)
await tool.execute(ctx, params(action="hold", key="shift", hold_duration=0.5))

Key names follow pyautogui conventions: enter, escape, tab, backspace, delete, up, down, left, right, home, end, pageup, pagedown, f1–f12, ctrl, alt, shift, cmd/win, etc.

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