I'm currently on Nobara 42, on Windows I used AutoHotKey on some games.
At the moment I'm looking to keep automatically accelerating in Redout and enable quick-fire in Herocore.
Both games were fine with mixing keyboard input from AutoHotKey and real input from a gamepad. But if possible I'd also like to simulate gamepad input.
Ideally I'd like to start the different scripts for different games individually from the pre-launch option within Lutris to avoid having to define global hotkeys that are enabled all the time.
I found AutoKey but that seems more focused on Text Input and doesn't seem to support launching scripts individually (altouigh it has a Window Filter).
Is there any other software to send input better suited to my use-case?
I don't know anything about HIPAA so don't take anything I say as advice. But I very much doubt your IT department would be ok with you running a VM, and if they were, it would be far better to use real VM Software, rather than using your browser. Using your browser would be more of a "they're not going to find out" thing.
Which brings us back to my more serious suggestion of bringing your own device. I'm fairly certain your IT department would be more ok with you bringing an audio player (that you're not connecting to the internal network) than using the "you can run anything a browser" loophole.
But if, as you mentioned, shit gets stolen that isn't really an option either. Maybe use Headphones / Earphones with your phone and keep them on your person at all times?