screenshot

--- name: "screenshot" description: "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." --- # Screenshot Capture Follow these save-location rules every time: 1) If the user specifies a path, save there. 2) If the user asks for a screenshot without a path, save to the OS default screenshot location. 3) If Codex needs a screenshot for its own inspection, save to the temp directory. ## 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. - Otherwise, treat this skill as the default for desktop apps without a better-integrated capture tool. ## macOS permission preflight (reduce repeated prompts) On macOS, run the preflight helper once before window/app capture. It checks Screen Recording permission, explains why it is needed, and requests it in one place. The helpers route Swift's module cache to `$TMPDIR/codex-swift-module-cache` to avoid extra sandbox module-cache prompts. ```bash bash <path-to-skill>/scripts/ensure_macos_permissions.sh ``` To avoid multiple sandbox approval prompts, combine preflight + capture in one command when possible: ```bash bash <path-to-skill>/scripts/ensure_macos_permissions.sh && \ python3 <path-to-skill>/scripts/take_screenshot.py --app "Codex" ``` For Codex inspection runs, keep the output in temp: ```bash bash <path-to-skill>/scripts/ensure_macos_permissions.sh && \ python3 <path-to-skill>/scripts/take_screenshot.py --app "<App>" --mode temp ``` Use the bundled scripts to avoid re-deriving OS-specific commands. ## macOS and Linux (Python helper) Run the helper from the repo root: ```ba [... prompt truncated for preview ...]