skill-recorder

What it is

Skill Recorder records a work session on the screen and uses the GitHub Copilot CLI to reconstruct what you did as an intent plus an ordered list of steps, then generates a reusable Skill or an Automation for scheduling or triggering.

How it works

1. Record: Hit record and perform the task; the app captures screen activity locally.
2. Analyze: Click Analyze and Copilot reconstructs an overall intent and an ordered list of steps.
3. Create: Generate a reusable Skill and/or a scheduled Automation from the analysis.

Getting started

Skill Recorder is published as a source release. It downloads a pinned Node.js runtime, builds the exact release commit, and adds a Skill Recorder (Source) app. The app requires a GitHub account with Copilot access; the Copilot CLI ships with the app.

Install it

macOS / Ubuntu

commit="<40-character-release-commit>"; curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/skill-recorder/$commit/install.sh" | SKILL_RECORDER_COMMIT="$commit" bash

The commit pins both the downloaded script and the source it builds. To keep the app running after the terminal closes, add SKILL_RECORDER_DETACHED=1 after the pipe:

commit="<40-character-release-commit>"; curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/skill-recorder/$commit/install.sh" | SKILL_RECORDER_COMMIT="$commit" SKILL_RECORDER_DETACHED=1 bash

Windows (PowerShell)

$commit="<40-character-release-commit>"; $env:SKILL_RECORDER_COMMIT=$commit; irm "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/skill-recorder/$commit/install.ps1" | iex

This adds Skill Recorder (Source) shortcuts to your desktop and Start Menu.

Then record by granting screen recording permissions when prompted and using Analyze to process the captured data.

Note

The README emphasizes the source release model and Copilot integration; exact platform commands pin to release commits per release.