# Macos Screen Recorder

> macOS screen recorder that captures the main display PLUS system audio via ScreenCaptureKit — no BlackHole/loopback driver, no sudo, just the standard Screen Recording permission. CLI-driven; fills the headless-screen-recording-with-system-sound gap QuickTime and `screencapture -v` can't.

- Skill: `thedixitjain/macos-screen-recorder` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add thedixitjain/macos-screen-recorder`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/thedixitjain/macos-screen-recorder/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: thedixitjain (https://skillmd.com/u/thedixitjain)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/thedixitjain/macos-screen-recorder

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## When to Use

Use when you need to script a screen recording WITH system sound on macOS from the CLI (demos, captures, voice-demo recording) — the case QuickTime and `screencapture -v` can't cover without a virtual audio device.

_Source: [connerkward/macos-screen-recorder-system-audio](https://github.com/connerkward/macos-screen-recorder-system-audio) (MIT)._

# macos-screen-recorder (sck-record)

`sck-record.swift` → compiled `sck-record` (binary gitignored; built by `setup-machine`, or
`swiftc -O sck-record.swift -o sck-record`). Records the main display + system audio via
ScreenCaptureKit.

```
./sck-record <out.mp4> <seconds>
```

**The one true differentiator:** system audio from the CLI with **zero install** — no
BlackHole / loopback virtual device, no sudo; only the standard Screen Recording permission
(granted once to whatever app shells out). It is *not* a general "better than OBS/Screen
Studio" tool — it fills exactly the headless-CLI-with-system-audio gap.

`sck-record` is the raw capture primitive — it records, nothing more. To polish a
recording afterward (idle speed-up, auto-zoom, keystroke chips, smoothed cursor,
vertical export), pair it with
[screenstudio-alternative-skill](https://github.com/connerkward/screenstudio-alternative-skill):
record with `sck-record --no-cursor <out.mp4> <seconds>`, then run its post-production
pass on the resulting mp4. (Auto-zoom and keystroke overlays additionally need an
input-event log captured *during* recording, which that skill supplies; `sck-record`'s
pixels alone cover idle speed-up, cursor smoothing, and vertical export.)

## Limitations

- macOS only; it depends on ScreenCaptureKit and the user's Screen Recording permission.
- The recorder captures raw display and system audio but does not provide editing, auto-zoom, captions, or social-format polish by itself.
- Input-event overlays require a separate event log captured during recording; pixels alone cannot reconstruct keystrokes or precise click metadata.

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**Source:** [`sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills`](https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) → `skills/macos-screen-recorder/SKILL.md`