Give Player One a hand on your own computer.
Sidekick is a small app that sits in your system tray, or the Mac menu bar, and connects your computer to your Player One instance, so your agents can work with the files, apps and screen in front of you. You choose what it is allowed to do, and you can change that or switch it off at any moment.
Windows
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Installs for your account, so no administrator password.
Windows installer
x64 · updates itself
Installs for your account, so Windows never asks for an administrator password. The installer is not signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen will warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.
Not available yetmacOS
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. One universal package for both chips.
macOS installer
Apple silicon and Intel · universal · experimental build
Code signing is not available for this experimental build yet. macOS blocks it once: choose Done, then in System Settings, Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway.
Not available yetBefore you try on a Mac
One permission needs adding by hand
Seeing the screen needs Screen Recording, and this unsigned experimental background app is never prompted for it. The Mac notes say how to add it.
Read the Mac notesLinux
Not built yet.
- Linux Debian, Ubuntu and FedoraComing soon
Your computer, in reach of your agents.
Everything Player One already does stays the same. Sidekick adds your own machine to the places it can work.
- See your screen. Share a screenshot or a list of open windows so an agent can look at what you are looking at, instead of you describing it.
- Click and type for you. Let an agent drive an application on your desktop: fill a form, work through a dialog, get past the dull part of a task.
- Run commands. Open a PowerShell session on your machine so an agent can check something, run a script or sort out a local job.
- Work with your files. Read and write files in the folders you have chosen, so local documents go straight into the work without an upload.
- Sits in your tray. Sidekick runs quietly in the notification area. Its icon tells you whether anything is connected, and it is one click to pause.
- Signs in through your browser. You log in to your Player One instance the normal way. Sidekick keeps the connection in Windows Credential Manager, or your Mac login keychain, not in a file.
Nothing happens that you have not allowed.
Sidekick has one access setting with four levels. It starts at the safest one and changes only when you change it.
- Off Connected, but nothing on your computer is reachable. Sidekick is signed in and idle.
- Observe only Looking only: an agent can see the screen, the window list and what a window contains, and read folders you have shared. It cannot click, type, run commands or change a file.
- Change things Choose what an agent may do: see the screen, act on it, run shell commands, or read and write shared folders. Turn on actions and seeing is included, because an agent cannot act on what it cannot see.
- Full access (YOLO) Everything Sidekick can offer, with no sandbox: a shell running as you and every file your account can reach.
With Observe only and Change things, tick the boxes for what you want to allow. Observe only stays read-only; Change things lets you choose screen, actions, shell and files separately. If you enable shell, folder limits no longer apply because a shell already has access to your whole filesystem. Everything is enforced by Sidekick on your own machine, so a refusal is decided locally. Pause stops everything immediately, and shell sessions close on their own once they have been idle for a while. Read the full access guide.
Running in about two minutes.
- Download and run Open the installer. It sets Sidekick up for your account, so Windows will not ask for an administrator password.
- Sign in Sidekick asks for the address of your Player One instance and opens your browser so you can log in as usual.
- Choose your access level Pick one of the four levels. Start at Observe only if you would rather see how it behaves first.
- Ask an agent Your computer now appears to your agents. Tell one what you need doing on it and it will get on with it.
Common questions.
Do I need Player One to use this?
Yes. Sidekick is a companion to a Player One instance rather than a standalone app: it connects your computer to the agents you already have. It is included with your subscription at no extra cost.
Windows warned me about the installer. Is that expected?
The installer is not signed yet, so Windows shows a SmartScreen warning. Choose More info, then Run anyway. Every release lists its files on the release page, which is where to check that what you downloaded came from us.
Can an agent do things when I am not there?
Only within the level you have set, and only while Sidekick is running and connected. Close it, pause it, or set it to Off and your computer is out of reach immediately.
On a Mac, why can Sidekick not see my screen?
Because macOS never offered you the choice. Seeing the screen needs Screen Recording, and macOS shows no permission prompt to a background app, so Sidekick cannot ask and does not appear in the list on its own. Add it by hand: System Settings, Privacy & Security, Screen & System Audio Recording, press +, choose Sidekick, switch it on, then quit Sidekick from the menu bar and start it again. Because code signing is not available for this build yet, the grant does not survive an update: after installing a newer one, select Sidekick in that list, press − and add it again. Everything else, including acting on the screen, grants normally.
Where are my sign-in details kept?
On Windows, in Credential Manager. On a Mac, in your login keychain. Both are the store the system provides for exactly this. Settings and logs sit in your own user folder.
Do I need administrator rights?
No. Sidekick installs into your own user profile, which is why it does not prompt for elevation. That also means it only affects your account on that machine.
What happens if I uninstall it?
Your credentials and settings are deliberately left in place, so reinstalling later picks up where you left off without pairing again. If you want them gone, remove the Sidekick entry from Credential Manager as well.
Is there a Mac version?
Yes, as an experimental build: one universal package runs on Apple silicon and Intel, needing macOS 14 or later. Code signing is not available yet, so macOS asks you to confirm it before opening. Linux is still to come and has no date.
Ready when you are.
When Sidekick is released you will download it here, sign in to your instance and decide how much it may do. You can change your mind at any point.
Not available yet