How do I install the Recording skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/recording in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Recording skill do?

Capture screen recordings and screenshots on any registered computer (macOS, Windows, Linux, HarmonyOS) and manage the recording library. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Recording safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Recording?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Recording free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Recording?

gabrielmoreira (@gabrielmoreira) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Recording by gabrielmoreira — Agent Skill

Name: Recording
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: gabrielmoreira

File contents

Recording and screenshots

Pick the computer (computer_list, or pass computer — it switches).
recording_start with optional display (macOS/Linux), region (Linux/ Windows), fps (Linux/Windows), durationSec (macOS auto-stop), and intervalMs (HarmonyOS snapshot cadence).
Do the work (or let the user do it).
recording_stop with the returned id → finalized file path + bytes.
recording_list shows everything saved; recording_status checks one.

Platform truths:

macOS: ScreenCaptureKit inside the signed helper captures a display or region straight to .mov — no system recorder selection UI and no desktop dimming overlay. If capture is denied, Screen Recording permission is missing for whoever ran it: the Codewhale Computer Use app when request_access says via: "app", else the terminal that hosts the server — tell the user which, do not retry.
Windows: ffmpeg gdigrab of the desktop or a region.
Linux X11: ffmpeg x11grab (honors $DISPLAY, region, fps). Wayland: wf-recorder (per-output via CU_WAYLAND_OUTPUT).
HarmonyOS: no native CLI recorder; the backend captures snapshot_display frames at intervalMs and muxes with ffmpeg on stop. The receipt labels the mode snapshot-series — never call it real-time.

Screenshots: screenshot returns the saved path and raster geometry; zoom crops the latest raster when a target is too small to read.

Frequently asked questions

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