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Enforce secure elevated privilege handling in macOS apps.

Software Engineering#security#UX#macOS#sudo#password handling
Authormarvelousempire
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill enforces a security and UX best practice by ensuring that macOS apps do not directly prompt for passwords for elevated privileges, thereby reducing security risks and improving user experience.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Command Display: Shows the exact command required for elevated operations in a native dialog.
  • Copy Functionality: Provides a button to copy the command for pasting into Terminal.
  • Terminal Open: Optionally opens Terminal with the command pre-copied.
  • Use Case: For developers creating macOS tools that require elevated privileges, this Skill ensures that the user's password prompt is handled by macOS itself, not the app.

Quick Start

Use the never-run-sudo-from-app skill to display the command for running 'sudo chown -R $(whoami) /opt/homebrew' in a dialog and copy it to the clipboard.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: never-run-sudo-from-app
Download link: https://github.com/marvelousempire/ai-skills-library/archive/main.zip#never-run-sudo-from-app

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