launch

launch is a Browser & computer-use automation skill for AI agents, published by microsoft in the vscode repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates launch D (62/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Launch and automate VS Code Insiders with the Copilot Chat extension using @playwright/cli via Chrome DevTools Protocol. Use when you need to interact with the VS Code UI, automate the chat panel, test the extension UI, or take screenshots. Triggers include 'automate VS Code', 'interact with chat', 'test the UI', 'take a screenshot', 'launch with debugging'.

Grade
D
Quality
62 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
192,457

Unproven: rated by static analysis only, not yet compared head-to-head.

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View source on GitHubmicrosoft/vscode

Our review

Architecture
96 / 100
Maturity
Basic: a single SKILL.md
Security scan
Low-risk patterns
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.

What the scanner flagged

  • over-broad allowed-tools ('*')

Not checked yet

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  • Not judged on the rubric yet (not a contender in its category)
  • No blind task eval yet
  • Scope (portable / vendor / repo-internal) not assessed; only the top of each category is read for scope
  • Sibling files (scripts, references) not fetched; security scan covers SKILL.md only

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