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Capture desktop, app windows, or pixel regions across OS platforms. Useful for marketing screenshots, design reviews, and bug reports.

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About screenshot

screenshot is a catalogue entry in the Open Design collection that advertises a cross-platform screen capture capability. Its stated purpose is to capture the full desktop, specific application windows, or pixel regions across operating systems, useful for marketing screenshots, design reviews, and bug reports. The problem it addresses is producing consistent screen captures at different scopes without manual tooling.

As shipped in this catalogue, the entry is a thin pointer rather than a full implementation. The SKILL.md provides frontmatter with trigger phrases ("screenshot", "capture screen", "window screenshot", "pixel region capture") and a short description, while the actual assets, scripts, and references live in the upstream OpenAI skills repository at github.com/openai/skills. Users are instructed to inspect the upstream README for exact paths and install the upstream bundle into their active agent's skills directory to run the real workflow.

The target users are designers, developers, marketers, and QA engineers who need desktop, window, or region captures for reviews, marketing assets, and bug reports across different OS platforms. It is best understood as a discovery entry that routes screen-capture requests to the upstream OpenAI skill rather than a standalone capture utility.

FAQ

What does the screenshot skill do?

It captures the desktop, application windows, or pixel regions across OS platforms, useful for marketing screenshots, design reviews, and bug reports.

Is this a complete implementation?

No. It is a catalogue entry advertising the capability. The full workflow and assets come from the upstream OpenAI skills repository at github.com/openai/skills.

What capture scopes are supported?

The description lists full desktop, application windows, and specific pixel regions across operating system platforms.

How do I invoke it?

Use the skill name (screenshot) or a trigger phrase such as "capture screen", "window screenshot", or "pixel region capture".

Install screenshot

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill