docs: add Coder Desktop description and documentation link

blink-so[bot] · deansheather · blink-so[bot] · commit 3a6f37e44f82 · 2025-06-18T08:20:05.000Z
Add a descriptive blurb explaining what Coder Desktop does and link to the
official documentation at coder.com. This helps users understand the purpose
and capabilities of Coder Desktop before diving into the technical details.

Co-authored-by: deansheather &lt;11241812+deansheather@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Coder Desktop for Windows
 
+Coder Desktop allows you to work on your Coder workspaces as though they're on your local network, with no port-forwarding required. It provides seamless access to your remote development environments through features like Coder Connect (VPN-like connectivity) and file synchronization between local and remote directories.
+
+Learn more about Coder Desktop in the [official documentation](https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/desktop).
+
 This repo contains the C# source code for Coder Desktop for Windows. You can
 download the latest version from the GitHub releases.
 
@@ -26,4 +30,4 @@ files can be found in the same directory as the files.
 
 The binary distributions of Coder Desktop for Windows have some additional
 license disclaimers that can be found in
-[scripts/files/License.txt](scripts/files/License.txt) or during installation.
+[scripts/files/License.txt](scripts/files/License.txt) or during installation.
