selkies/skills/wayvnc/SKILL.md
WayVNC server on port tcp:5900 for remote access to Wayland desktops. Use when working with VNC access, remote desktop, or wayvnc configuration.
npx skillsauth add overthinkos/overthink-plugins wayvncInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Dependencies | supervisord |
| Ports | tcp:5900 (non-HTTP protocol) |
| Service | wayvnc (supervisord, priority 20) |
| Install files | task:, wayvnc-wrapper |
wayvnc (RPM)# charly.yml -- typically included via sway-desktop composition
my-desktop:
candy:
- wayvnc
charly check live my-image --filter vnc # run the candy's vnc: screenshot / status steps
charly settings set vnc.password.my-image … # store auth in the VNC credential store
# the candy's vnc: passwd step then configures VeNCrypt/TLS server-side
VNC screenshots work correctly on NVIDIA headless when used via sway-desktop-vnc (the standard VNC composition). Two fixes make this work:
Pixman renderer — sway-desktop-vnc sets WLR_RENDERER=pixman in its candy env, forcing software rendering. The sway-wrapper skips GPU auto-detection when WLR_RENDERER is pre-set.
DPMS workaround — wayvnc 0.9.1 gates screen capture on zwlr_output_power_v1 mode events, but sway's headless backend never emits them. The wayvnc-wrapper performs a minimal VNC handshake to trigger wayvnc to bind the power manager, then swaymsg "output HEADLESS-1 power on" forces the missing event. Fixed in wayvnc git main (post-0.9.1) — remove workaround when Fedora ships the fix.
For boxes NOT using sway-desktop-vnc (custom sway + wayvnc setups), the wl: screenshot method (grim) remains a reliable fallback.
The wayvnc-wrapper uses a two-phase wait:
wayland-0)sway-ipc.*.sock) + 2s delayThis ensures sway has set the output resolution (default 1920x1080) before wayvnc connects.
Part of /charly-selkies:sway-desktop composition.
/charly-infrastructure:supervisord -- process manager dependency/charly-selkies:sway -- Wayland compositor (provides display)/charly-selkies:sway-desktop -- composition that includes wayvnc/charly-selkies:pipewire -- sibling in desktop stack/charly-check:vnc — VNC screenshot, click, type, key, mouse commandsUse when the user asks about:
/charly-image:layer — candy authoring reference (charly.yml schema, task verbs, service declarations)/charly-check:check — declarative testing (check: block, charly check box, charly check live)tools
Use when authoring or modifying a charly PLUGIN — a candy with a `plugin:` block that contributes Providers (verbs/kinds/deploy-targets/steps/builders/commands), its own CUE schema, builtin (compiled-in) or external (out-of-tree git repo). Covers the unified Provider model, the per-plugin CUE-schema contract (single source → Go params for dev + schema-over-Describe RPC for runtime), the SDK, and the loader.
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The CUE data-validation / configuration CLI (cue), pinned to v0.16.1. Use when working with the cue candy, installing the cue binary into a box or onto a target:local dev host, or running the offline schema-vendoring pipeline that feeds charly's egress validation.
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CUE EGRESS validation — validating (and, where it adds value, generating) the config files charly WRITES to a system BEFORE the bytes hit disk. MUST be invoked before working on charly/egress.go, the vendored schemas under candy/plugin-egress/egress-schemas/vendor/, the ValidateEgress / registerVendoredEgressKind path, the offline `task cue:vendor` pipeline, or adding an egress schema for any written artifact (cloud-init, k8s manifests, traefik routes, runtime config, install ledger, systemd/quadlet units, ssh_config, libvirt XML).
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Kubernetes cluster-probe declarative check verb — the `kube:` check verb (nodes, pods, ingress, storage class, addon health, apply/delete, and arbitrary resource GETs) served out-of-process by the candy/plugin-kube plugin (vendored client-go; no external kubectl required).