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screenshotPurpose, usage and source
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.
Source retrieved:
- Source repository
- openai/skills
- SKILL.md
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- Repository updated
- 2026-10-29
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Workflow excerpts are reading aids, not executable instructions from Codez. No third-party Skill was run to produce this page.
The purpose and workflow passages below are upstream material, organized and translated for reading. They are distinct from the separately labeled Codez editorial analysis.
What this Skill does
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.
How the upstream workflow works
Workflow examples
"Take a look at and tell me what you see": capture to temp, then view each printed path in order. "The design from Figma is not matching what is implemented": use a Figma MCP/skill to capture the design first, then capture the running app with this skill (typically to temp) and compare the raw screenshots before any manipulation.
Upstream passage · L117 ↗Screenshot Capture
Follow these save-location rules every time: If the user specifies a path, save there.
Upstream passage · L7 ↗Tool priority
Prefer tool-specific screenshot capabilities when available (for example: a Figma MCP/skill for Figma files, or Playwright/agent-browser tools for browsers and Electron apps). Use this skill when explicitly asked, for whole-system desktop captures, or when a tool-specific capture cannot get what you need.
Upstream passage · L15 ↗bash <path-to-skill>/scripts/ensure_macos_permissions.shRequirements and setup
Linux prerequisites and selection logic
The helper automatically selects the first available tool: If none are available, ask the user to install one of them and retry.
Upstream passage · L133 ↗Limits and quality checks
No separate limits passage was selected from this file. This does not mean the Skill is safe for every input or environment. Review the complete source and validate your own result.
Start with a safe trial
- Check the supported host and the repository installation instructions. Keep the Skill directory and its referenced scripts, assets and documentation together; SKILL.md alone may omit dependencies.
- Give the agent your real input, desired output and acceptance criteria. Invocation syntax and available tools depend on the host; this site does not assume a universal install command.
- Try the source workflow in a disposable project or on a copy. Review operations that change files, remote services or billable resources before allowing them.
- Validate the output against the source quality checks and your own requirements. A successful trigger or a high repository Star count does not establish a correct result.
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