Sarkar Deskmate is a passion project developed under ., born from a simple goal: staying in creative and developer flow even when I’m not sitting at my desk.

I didn’t just want remote control.

I wanted an assistant that understands what I’m working on and lets me keep building, without switching mental gears or remembering commands.

That idea became .

Deskmate is a local-first agent that lets you continue working on your laptop from anywhere using natural language. It handles real, everyday “off-the-desk” moments like:

* Running a Docker build and push while you’re grabbing coffee

* Triggering tests or notebooks from bed

* Sending VPN-only emails or handling internal operations remotely

* Write code, run tests, or monitor running jobs and services remotely

* Take screenshots or join meetings even when you’re away from your machine

* Granting limited, time-bound access to your laptop when you’re not around

A simple example:

```

You: “What’s using port 3000?”

Deskmate: “node (PID 12345) – your Next.js dev server”

You: “Kill it and start the production build”

Done.

```

With Deskmate, there are no commands to memorize, no context switching, and no broken flow.

Just intent.

Under the hood

* A local agent runs on your laptop under your user account

* Instructions are interpreted and planned locally, with awareness of context

* Actions execute safely on your machine

* You get feedback through logs, screenshots, and confirmations

Building on ideas from gen-shell, Deskmate goes further by introducing agents, workflows, approvals, and remote execution, so your creative or developer mode continues even when you step away from your desk.

Current stack

* Claude Agent SDK for agentic execution

* MCP for Claude Desktop integration

* Telegram for quick remote interaction

* TypeScript, running as a macOS background service

Planning to open this up for open source soon and would love to collaborate with others who are interested in:

* Making background execution reliable across always-on machines and sleeping laptops

* Migrating the agent runtime to OpenCode or other open-source alternatives

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