ucu-mcp 0.6.5 → 0.6.6
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- package/package.json +1 -1
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## ⚠️ Critical Rules (read before ANY action)
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1. **ALWAYS `focus_app` BEFORE any input action.** Without `focus_app`, clicks
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and typing go through the global HID tap — **your cursor will jump around
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the screen and steal foreground from the user.** With `focus_app`, events
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route per-process (no cursor move, no foreground theft).
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2. **`click_menu_bar_extra` is ONLY for menu-bar/tray-only apps** (apps with no
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window, like cc-switch, Dropbox, Bartender). **NEVER use it to interact with
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a normal app's UI.** If the app has a window, use `find_element` (AX) or
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`screenshot`+`ocr`+`click(x,y)` (vision) to interact with its UI — NOT the
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3. **When AX returns 0 results (Electron/Tauri/WebView), switch to vision.** Do
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## The Decision Loop (run this for every action)
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## 0. Common Mistakes (AVOID THESE)
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### ❌ Mistake 1: Clicking without focus_app → cursor jumps, foreground stolen
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# WRONG — cursor will jump to (100,200) and steal foreground from the user
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click({ x: 100, y: 200 })
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# RIGHT — per-process posting, no cursor move
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focus_app({ app: "Safari" })
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click({ x: 100, y: 200 }) → dispatch: "per-pid" ✓
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### ❌ Mistake 2: Using click_menu_bar_extra for normal app UI
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`click_menu_bar_extra` clicks the **macOS system menu bar** (Apple/File/Edit
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menu), NOT the app's window UI. It is ONLY for tray-only apps (cc-switch,
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Dropbox) that have no window.
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# WRONG — clicks Apple menu bar, not the app's UI button
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click_menu_bar_extra({ app: "Safari" })
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# RIGHT — use AX or vision to click the app's actual UI
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find_element({ text: "Reload", app: "Safari" })
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click_element({ elementId })
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### ❌ Mistake 3: Falling back to menu bar when AX returns 0
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When `find_element` returns 0 (Electron/Tauri), do NOT switch to
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`click_menu_bar_extra`. Switch to **vision** (screenshot + ocr + click).
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# WRONG — find_element returns 0 → clicks Apple menu (useless)
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click_menu_bar_extra({ app: "VS Code" })
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# RIGHT — find_element returns 0 → OCR the screen → click at text coordinates
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screenshot({})
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ocr({})
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click({ x: block.x + block.width/2, y: block.y + block.height/2 })
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## 1. Fill a form field (native app, AX-visible)
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