Flatpak Manifest Generator

DevOps & Security

flatpak-manifest-generator

Flatpak Manifest Generator is an Agent Skill for devops & security published in the a5c-ai/babysitter repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Generate Flatpak manifest with proper permissions and sandboxing

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Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/blob/HEAD/library/specializations/desktop-development/skills/flatpak-manifest-generator/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/flatpak-manifest-generator, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.

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flatpak-manifest-generator

Generate Flatpak manifests with proper permissions, sandboxing, and Flathub compatibility.

Capabilities

Generate YAML/JSON manifests
Configure sandbox permissions
Set up build modules
Configure finish-args
Set up Flathub submission
Handle extensions

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "projectPath": { "type": "string" },
    "appId": { "type": "string" },
    "runtime": { "type": "string" },
    "permissions": { "type": "array" }
  },
  "required": ["projectPath", "appId"]
}

Manifest Example

app-id: com.example.MyApp
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: '23.08'
sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
command: myapp
finish-args:
  - --share=ipc
  - --socket=x11
  - --socket=wayland
  - --device=dri
  - --share=network
  - --filesystem=home
modules:
  - name: myapp
    buildsystem: simple
    build-commands:
      - install -D myapp /app/bin/myapp
    sources:
      - type: archive
        url: https://example.com/myapp-1.0.0.tar.gz
        sha256: abc123...

Build Commands

flatpak-builder build-dir com.example.MyApp.yaml
flatpak-builder --install --user build-dir com.example.MyApp.yaml

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