glass Desktop Extension MCP Server

MCP server giving a coding agent a build→see→interact→debug loop over native GUI apps.

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103 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review. This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 12.

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windows: glass_stop returns Ok while Firefox keeps running

Reading (2026-08-24)

Windows 11, Firefox 154, crates/glass-windows/tests/web_probe.rs (fresh --profile, a11y: true):

glass.stop() returned Ok(()) and firefox.exe carrying the probe's profile marker was still running afterwards. Edge and Brave under the same probe left 0 survivors.
Same root as list_windows() returning empty for Firefox on this backend: the process glass discovered is not the one that owns the window, so the quit request and the group reap miss the real

Read the thread · 2026-08-24 · open · outside contributor · 3 comments

ios a11y: a WKWebView exposes no element through idb — web content is a blind spot with no tree signal

Reading (2026-08-24)

iOS 26.5 Simulator, idb_companion 1.1.8 and 1.5.0b3, examples/ios-role-fixture launched with --tab web (a stock WKWebView on examples/web-role-fixture/index.html, rendered in full — screenshot checked):

idb reports 2 nodes: AXApplication and AXGroup "Tab Bar". No AXWebArea, no page elements, and no element for the web view itself.
Unchanged from t+2 s to t+30 s and after two taps inside the page.
The Simulator's own Safari exposes browser c

Read the thread · 2026-08-24 · open · outside contributor · 3 comments

a11y-ios: a typed set_value intermittently does not land (~2 in 12), surfaced by the #359 fix

Measured on the mini against examples/ios-role-fixture — a UITextField in a static stack view — driving the real MCP surface from a granted GlassMcp.app. 12 consecutive runs of the pre-release smoke's interaction check:

tree at snapshot	runs	pass	fail
16 nodes (keyboard down)	9	8	1
18 nodes (keyboard up)	3	2	1

Both failures are the same verdict:

glass_set_value: set_value on element #N did not take — the element does not hold the r

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/363) · 2026-08-07 · closed · outside contributor · 3 comments

### glass-ios: support multi-touch glass_gesture (pinch via idb HIDPinch; general N-finger needs validation)

Tracking only — not scheduled.

`glass_gesture` / `PointerEvent::Gesture` (N simultaneous straight finger paths) returns `Unsupported` on iOS (`crates/glass-ios/src/injector/mod.rs`, the `Gesture` arm). This matches every non-Android backend — x11, wayland, windows, and macos also return `Unsupported`; multi-touch currently requires Android's on-device companion.

idb_companion's HID gRPC (`crates/glass-ios/src/idb/client.rs`, `hid`) exposes:
- `HIDSwipe` — one finger, start→end (already used by

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/117) · 2026-07-09 · open · outside contributor · 3 comments

### scroll_to_element: match hint-only editables when Android exposes the hint as value

## Problem

`glass_scroll_to_element` now accepts a `description` selector, but hint-only Android editables are not represented consistently across accessibility acquisition paths.

An off-screen `EditText` may expose its empty hint as `value="Search settings"` rather than `description="Search settings"`. A caller can express the expected semantic label through `description`, but the scroll sweep never matches it and eventually returns `matched:false`. Generic scrolling and repeated snapshots ar

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/544) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

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### android a11y: distinguish displayed hints from entered editable values

## Problem

With the Android accessibility companion enabled, a hint-only empty `EditText` exposes the hint separately, so Glass correctly maps it to `description`. Android also publishes the displayed hint through the node's text, and Glass currently maps that to `value`.

The role fixture therefore renders the untouched field as:

```text
#35 TextField desc="Search settings" value="Search settings"

After entry, it correctly renders:

#35 TextField desc="Search settings" value="hea

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/547) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### docs(mcp): document the Android glass_start run tuple in the tool surface

## Problem

The `glass_start` MCP schema describes `run` as a command array, but does not make the Android interpretation discoverable: the first entry is an APK path and the second entry is an exact package/activity component.

A caller that needs to install an APK and launch a specific activity cannot infer the accepted shape or whether the component should use `package/.Activity`, a fully qualified class, or another form. It must search documentation or implementation before making the first 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/543) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### android: confirm set_value after IME relayout when the editable loses its hint

## Problem

`glass_set_value` can deliver text successfully but still fail confirmation when focusing an Android `EditText` opens the IME and changes both its geometry and exposed semantic fields.

The post-focus node may retain the editable role and requested value while no longer exposing the hint that identified the original empty field. Reacquisition then rejects the moved node as potentially different, even when it is the only compatible focused editable in the active window.

## Reproducti

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/545) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### a11y snapshot: include bounded editable values in compact output

## Problem

Compact accessibility snapshots can omit the current value of editable controls even when Glass has that value and can return it through `glass_wait_for_element`.

A caller sees that a node is an editable `TextField`, but cannot directly determine its current text. Exact runtime verification requires discovering and issuing a separate wait query.

## Reproduction

Using `examples/android-role-fixture`:

1. Set the hint-only `TextField` to `expected-value`.
2. Call `glass_a11y_snapsho

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/534) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### mcp: make semantic, visual, and stability verification paths discoverable

## Problem

Glass exposes several runtime-observation and verification tools, but their intended division of responsibility is not obvious from the MCP surface:

- accessibility snapshot for current semantic state;
- screenshot for current visual state;
- wait-for-element for semantic conditions and values;
- wait-for-region and diff for pixel conditions;
- wait-stable for quiescence.

A caller can inspect an editable node without seeing its value, then take more snapshots or screenshots instead

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/535) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### glass_do: add semantic actions, bounded execution, and per-step results

## Existing behavior

`glass_do` already provides the core batching primitive: it runs an ordered, non-empty sequence server-side, fails fast with the failed action index, and can perform a terminal `settle`, `diff`, or `screenshot` observation.

Supported actions are currently:

- `click`
- `move`
- `drag`
- `scroll`
- `type`
- `key`
- `settle`

It reuses the standalone coordinate/input implementations, records sub-actions in the audit log, and correctly does not claim rollback after partial GU

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/536) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### android: reacquire editable targets across IME-driven layout changes

## Problem

On Android, focusing an editable control can open the IME, resize or scroll the activity, and replace the accessibility node between dispatch and read-back. `glass_set_value` then fails confirmation and requires the caller to take another snapshot, find the replacement node, and retry the same write.

This is a normal consequence of focusing a field, not necessarily application interference. The operation should retain enough semantic identity to reacquire the control and finish conf

[Read the thread](https://github.com/fixed-width/glass/issues/533) · 2026-08-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

[See all 21 reports Pod holds for glass Desktop Extension](/mcp/glass-desktop-extension/issues) — of 103 qualified upstream.

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