feat(desktop): default to control-chrome executable without npx (#534)

.opencode/skills/browser-setup-devtools/SKILL.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ description: Guide users through browser automation setup using Chrome DevTools
 4. If DevTools MCP calls fail:
    - Ask the user to open Chrome and keep it running.
    - Retry `chrome-devtools_list_pages`.
-   - If it still fails, ensure `opencode.jsonc` includes `mcp.chrome-devtools` with command `['npx','-y','chrome-devtools-mcp@latest']` and ask the user to restart OpenWork/OpenCode.
+   - If it still fails, ensure `opencode.jsonc` includes `mcp.control-chrome` with command `['chrome-devtools-mcp']` and ask the user to restart OpenWork/OpenCode.
    - Retry the DevTools MCP check.
 5. If DevTools MCP is ready:
    - Offer a first task ("Let's try opening a webpage").

opencode.jsonc

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
   "mcp": {
-    "chrome-devtools": {
+    "control-chrome": {
       "type": "local",
       "command": [
-        "npx",
+        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
-        "-y",
-        "chrome-devtools-mcp@latest"
       ]
     }
   },

packages/app/src/app/constants.ts

@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ export const MCP_QUICK_CONNECT: McpDirectoryInfo[] = [
     oauth: false,
   },
   {
-    name: "Chrome DevTools",
+    name: "Control Chrome",
     description: "Drive Chrome tabs with browser automation.",
     type: "local",
-    command: ["npx", "-y", "chrome-devtools-mcp@latest"],
+    command: ["chrome-devtools-mcp"],
     oauth: false,
   },
 ];

packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/engine/spawn.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use tauri::async_runtime::Receiver;
-use tauri::AppHandle;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, Manager};
 use tauri_plugin_shell::process::{CommandChild, CommandEvent};
 use tauri_plugin_shell::ShellExt;
 
 use crate::paths::{candidate_xdg_config_dirs, candidate_xdg_data_dirs, maybe_infer_xdg_home};
+use crate::paths::{prepended_path_env, sidecar_path_candidates};
 
 pub fn find_free_port() -> Result<u16, String> {
     let listener = std::net::TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", 0)).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ pub fn spawn_engine(
     command = command.env("OPENCODE_CLIENT", "openwork");
     command = command.env("OPENWORK", "1");
 
+    let resource_dir = app.path().resource_dir().ok();
+    let current_bin_dir = tauri::process::current_binary(&app.env())
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|path| path.parent().map(|parent| parent.to_path_buf()));
+    let sidecar_paths =
+        sidecar_path_candidates(resource_dir.as_deref(), current_bin_dir.as_deref());
+    if let Some(path_env) = prepended_path_env(&sidecar_paths) {
+        command = command.env("PATH", path_env);
+    }
+
     if let Some(username) = opencode_username {
         if !username.trim().is_empty() {
             command = command.env("OPENCODE_SERVER_USERNAME", username);

packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/openwrk/mod.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use tauri::AppHandle;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, Manager};
 use tauri_plugin_shell::process::{CommandChild, CommandEvent};
 use tauri_plugin_shell::ShellExt;
 
 use crate::paths::home_dir;
+use crate::paths::{prepended_path_env, sidecar_path_candidates};
 use crate::types::{
     OpenwrkBinaryState, OpenwrkDaemonState, OpenwrkOpencodeState, OpenwrkSidecarInfo,
     OpenwrkStatus, OpenwrkWorkspace,
@@ -237,8 +238,19 @@ pub fn spawn_openwrk_daemon(
         }
     }
 
+    let mut command = command.args(args);
+
+    let resource_dir = app.path().resource_dir().ok();
+    let current_bin_dir = tauri::process::current_binary(&app.env())
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|path| path.parent().map(|parent| parent.to_path_buf()));
+    let sidecar_paths =
+        sidecar_path_candidates(resource_dir.as_deref(), current_bin_dir.as_deref());
+    if let Some(path_env) = prepended_path_env(&sidecar_paths) {
+        command = command.env("PATH", path_env);
+    }
+
     command
-        .args(args)
         .spawn()
         .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to start openwrk: {e}"))
 }

packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/paths.rs

@@ -90,3 +90,57 @@ pub fn resolve_in_path(name: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     }
     None
 }
+
+pub fn sidecar_path_candidates(
+    resource_dir: Option<&Path>,
+    current_bin_dir: Option<&Path>,
+) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut candidates = Vec::new();
+
+    if let Some(current_bin_dir) = current_bin_dir {
+        candidates.push(current_bin_dir.to_path_buf());
+    }
+
+    if let Some(resource_dir) = resource_dir {
+        candidates.push(resource_dir.join("sidecars"));
+        candidates.push(resource_dir.to_path_buf());
+    }
+
+    candidates.push(PathBuf::from("src-tauri/sidecars"));
+
+    let mut unique = Vec::new();
+    for candidate in candidates {
+        if !candidate.is_dir() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if unique
+            .iter()
+            .any(|existing: &PathBuf| existing == &candidate)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        unique.push(candidate);
+    }
+
+    unique
+}
+
+pub fn prepended_path_env(prefixes: &[PathBuf]) -> Option<std::ffi::OsString> {
+    let mut entries = Vec::<PathBuf>::new();
+
+    for prefix in prefixes {
+        if prefix.is_dir() {
+            entries.push(prefix.clone());
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(existing) = env::var_os("PATH") {
+        entries.extend(env::split_paths(&existing));
+    }
+
+    if entries.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    env::join_paths(entries).ok()
+}

packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/workspace/files.rs

@@ -460,12 +460,12 @@ pub fn ensure_workspace_files(workspace_path: &str, preset: &str) -> Result<(),
                 _ => serde_json::Map::new(),
             };
 
-            if !mcp_obj.contains_key("chrome-devtools") {
+            if !mcp_obj.contains_key("control-chrome") {
                 mcp_obj.insert(
-                    "chrome-devtools".to_string(),
+                    "control-chrome".to_string(),
                     serde_json::json!({
                       "type": "local",
-                      "command": ["npx", "-y", "chrome-devtools-mcp@latest"]
+                      "command": ["chrome-devtools-mcp"]
                     }),
                 );
                 config_changed = true;