Capture Screen

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc

Programmatic screenshot capture on macOS. Find window IDs with Swift CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo, control application windows via AppleScript (zoom, scroll, select), and capture with screencapture. Use when automating screenshots, capturing application windows for documentation, or building multi-shot visual workflows.

What this skill does

Capture Screen is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/capture-screen/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when automating screenshots, capturing application windows for documentation, or building multi-shot visual workflows.

Who uses this skill

The Capture Screen skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/capture-screen
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/capture-screen/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/capture-screen/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/capture-screen/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/capture-screen/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\capture-screen\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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