CodeDrobe Skills
Installable Agent Skills for creating and managing reversible themes across supported Chromium/Electron AI desktop apps, including OpenAI Codex and Tencent WorkBuddy. Runtime behavior lives in @codedrobe/core; this repository contains concise workflows and app-specific guidance only.
Two Skills ship here:
codedrobe-theme— create, apply, verify, repair, restore, and publish themes. For users and theme authors.codedrobe-adapter-dev— adapter development workflows for Core maintainers and contributors.
New apps are added as Core adapters, not as new Skills.
Install
The installer command is npx skills (plural):
npx skills add CodeDrobe/skills \
--skill codedrobe-theme \
--global \
--agent codex \
--yes
--agent codex selects the AI agent that receives the Skill. It does not select the desktop app to theme — the target app is chosen later through codedrobe --app codex or codedrobe --app workbuddy. Maintainers install codedrobe-adapter-dev the same way, and npx skills add CodeDrobe/skills --list shows everything available.
Ask the AI
After installing codedrobe-theme, attach a reference image when relevant and describe the target app. For example:
Use this reference image to create a Codex skin. Preserve the native interaction, create a portable theme package, and verify both the home and conversation screens in the real app.
Other useful requests:
- “Turn this visual style into one theme for both Codex and WorkBuddy.”
- “Use the bundled Doll Sister example as a starting point and make a blue Codex version.”
- “This WorkBuddy theme broke after an app update. Analyze the live CDP DOM and repair it.”
- “Inspect, apply, and verify this
.codedrobe-themefile in Codex.” - “Find a retro theme in the CodeDrobe store and install it into Codex.”
- “Restore Codex to its native look and confirm the theme left nothing behind.”
- “Fill in the store listing metadata and publish this theme to the CodeDrobe store.”
The Skill uses the image for art direction and a privacy-preserving live CDP DOM snapshot for selectors — it styles the real application instead of overlaying a screenshot. Applying a theme may require launching the app with CDP enabled, and restarting a running app always requires your explicit approval.
Runtime
The Skill drives the @codedrobe/core CLI; install it once (no-install runners like npx/bunx are covered inside the Skill):
npm install --global @codedrobe/core
codedrobe apps
Day-to-day commands — snapshot, apply, verify, restore — are run by the AI on your behalf. Publishing to the CodeDrobe store requires sign-in and your confirmation:
codedrobe auth login
codedrobe theme publish /absolute/theme.codedrobe-theme --submit
Theme authoring resources
The installed codedrobe-theme Skill includes two copyable source resources:
assets/theme-starter/: a complete neutral Codex/WorkBuddy CSS starting point.assets/examples/doll-sister/: the complete Doll Sister / 玩偶姐姐 multi-app theme with generated hero and texture artwork.
Templates are not permanent DOM contracts: the Skill captures a live codedrobe dom snapshot per app context, selects semantic nodes from it, then packs, probes, applies, screenshots, and repairs.
Community
- Linux.do: https://linux.do/
- Theme store: https://codedrobe.app
Related repositories
CodeDrobe/core: CLI, adapters, CDP runtime, host settings, package validation, and public API.CodeDrobe/desktop: visual theme manager built on Core.- Store publishing runs through
codedrobe theme publish: device-flow sign-in, server-side package validation, and review before a listing goes live.
See CONTRIBUTING.md before adding or changing a Skill.
License and trademarks
Instructions and documentation are available under the Apache License 2.0. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. CodeDrobe is an independent project and is not endorsed by OpenAI or Tencent.