ConeheadAI · leftover lesson
SNK3-114 · Curriculum How-to
Desktop AI sidekicks see your screen — treat capture as a paste
L1–L3 · Hands On–Verifier (bootstrap — system rebalances) · ~3m
Look for this insight
Always-on desktop AI helpers that read the screen or clipboard are a continuous paste surface. Before you enable capture, decide what must never appear on screen.
Lesson hook
Products that watch your desktop, clipboard, or active window can genuinely speed up work — and they can just as easily ship secrets into an AI log without you ever deliberately pasting anything. The skill isn't building your own capture agent; it's using the sidekick alongside a red-zone list (passwords, SSO, client PII, unreleased numbers). What stays on screen is still your call.
Do this now
Open your notes and write a 3-line desktop AI capture gate: (1) tools that can see your screen or clipboard (2) three red-zone items that should never share a screen with capture on (3) how you turn capture off. You're done when you've set or documented one real off-switch or policy, in 12 words or less.
Completion check: names_desktop_capture_gate
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