How do I install the Recording skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add hmbown/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 screenshots on registered computers, record on macOS or HarmonyOS, and manage saved captures. Probe capabilities before recording. 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. 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?

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

Recording by hmbown — Agent Skill

Name: Recording
Author: Hmbown

File contents

Recording and screenshots

Pick the computer (computer_list, or pass computer — it switches).
Check request_access when readiness is unknown. On a supported target, use recording_start with optional display, region, fps and durationSec (macOS auto-stop), or 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 and Linux: recording is unavailable pending session-owned recorder cleanup. Use screenshots; installing ffmpeg does not enable it.
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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