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screenshot

openaiby openai20 days ago18.9k

Use when the user explicitly asks for a desktop or system screenshot (full screen, specific app or window, or a pixel region), or when tool-specific capture capabilities are unavailable and an OS-level capture is needed.

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/openai/skills --skill screenshot
Show step-by-step
  1. 1

    Open your terminal

    • Mac: Press ⌘ Space, type "Terminal", press Enter
    • Windows: Press Win R, type "cmd", press Enter
  2. 2

    Paste the command above and press Enter

    Use the Copy command button, then paste in your terminal (Mac: ⌘V, Windows: Ctrl V).

  3. 3

    Restart Claude Code

    Close and reopen Claude Code, or start a new session, so it picks up the new skill.

Where it lives
~/.claude/skills/openai--skills--skills--curated--screenshot/
├── SKILL.md
└── ... (skill resource files)
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Always review skill code before installing. Third-party skills may contain scripts that run on your machine.

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