This computer — folders & out-box — Synaplan Desktop

You decide what a skill can touch. Synaplan Desktop keeps a folder allowlist on the This computer screen.

Out-box#

Skills write into a single folder in your home directory (Synaplan/out), so a generated file is easy to find. Use Reveal next to the path to open it in Explorer, Finder, or your file manager.

Chat also links each created file: Open launches it in the default app; Show in folder opens the containing directory.

Read folders#

Empty by default. Add the folders you want skills to read from — a project directory, a folder of CSVs, a drafts folder. Remove a folder at any time.

A skill cannot read a path you did not add (and it cannot write there either). Generated files always go to the out-box.

Deny rules#

Sensitive paths are always blocked, even inside an allowed folder. Typical entries include SSH keys, .env files, credential stores, and similar secrets. The list is shown on the same screen so you can see what is excluded.

How paths are checked#

Paths are shown the way your operating system writes them (C:\Users\anna\Synaplan\out on Windows, a home-directory path on macOS and Linux). Every path a skill uses is canonicalized and checked to stay inside the allowlist. Junctions, symlinks, and .. escapes are refused before anything is read or written.

Related#

• Skills — what runs inside these folders.
• Check this computer — the programs that may run.
• Desktop overview — pairing, consent, and disconnect.