Crate rdesktop_dev 

rdesktop-dev: Agent-first development server.

This crate provides a browser-based development mode for rdesktop applications. Instead of opening a native window, it serves the frontend as a web page that AI agents can interact with using mature browser automation tools.

Why Browser Mode for Development?

AI agents (Claude, GPT, etc.) have excellent browser automation capabilities via Playwright/Puppeteer MCP tools, but very limited native desktop control. By serving the app in a browser during development, agents can:

• Inspect the DOM directly (no screenshots needed)
• Query elements by CSS selector or text content
• Execute actions (click, type, scroll) with precise targeting
• Take snapshots of the full application state
• Run automated tests against the UI

Agent API Endpoints

When agent_mode is enabled, these endpoints are available:

• GET /__rdesktop__/agent/dom - Full DOM snapshot as JSON
• GET /__rdesktop__/agent/elements?selector=... - Query elements
• POST /__rdesktop__/agent/action - Execute UI actions
• GET /__rdesktop__/agent/state - Application state snapshot
• POST /__rdesktop__/agent/ipc - Send IPC message from agent
• GET /__rdesktop__/agent/screenshot - Capture current view
• POST /__rdesktop__/agent/recording/start - Start or reuse the one video recording
• POST /__rdesktop__/agent/recording/stop - Stop and finalize the recording
• GET /__rdesktop__/agent/recording/file - Download the finalized recording

Re-exports

pub use server::DevServer;

pub use server::PublishedScreenshot;

pub use server::ScreenshotPublisher;

Modules

agent_api

Agent API endpoints.

server

Development server implementation.