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What you can do with Skill Recorder

Skill Recorder is a desktop app that records your on-screen work session and uses the GitHub Copilot CLI to turn it into an intent, ordered steps, and a reusable Skill or scheduled Automation.

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What do you want to do?

4 use cases

  • Turn one recorded task into a reusable Skill

    Record a task once, analyze it with Copilot, and generate a SKILL.md an agent can run.

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    Use the Skill Recorder repo at microsoft/skill-recorder to turn my recording of <task name> into a Skill. Expected output: a SKILL.md file with frontmatter and ordered steps that prefer native tools over UI clicks. Verify that the procedure applies to a second example of the same task before you rely on it.

  • Schedule a recorded task as a recurring Automation

    Turn an approved analysis into an Automation that runs the same procedure on a schedule or trigger.

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    Use the Skill Recorder repo at microsoft/skill-recorder to build an Automation from my approved analysis of <recurring task>. Expected output: a scheduled Automation that runs the same ordered procedure. Verify on the first scheduled run that the output matches what you recorded.

  • Capture a terminal workflow as a Skill with native tools

    Record commands run in the app's recorded terminal and turn them into a Skill that uses native tools.

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    Use the Skill Recorder repo at microsoft/skill-recorder to convert my terminal session for <workflow> into a Skill. Expected output: a SKILL.md that calls native tools such as the gh CLI instead of replaying keystrokes. Verify that no secrets appear in the generated file.

  • Score the describer and builder with the eval suite

    Run the fixture-based evals to check how well a Skill generalizes from one recording.

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    Use the microsoft/skill-recorder repo to run the builder eval after my change to <file>. Expected output: scores for skill and automation generalization compared with the previous revision. Verify that the score for terminal redaction did not drop.

How to use Skill Recorder

  1. Check you have what it needs: A GitHub account with Copilot access (the Copilot CLI ships with the app); macOS, Windows 11 (x64 or ARM64), or Ubuntu; Screen Recording permission on macOS, granted on first launch.
  2. Open microsoft/skill-recorder on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Open the latest release page and copy the Commit-pinned installation command for your operating system, then paste it into PowerShell or Terminal and press Enter.
  4. On macOS, grant Screen Recording permission when Skill Recorder asks on first launch.
  5. Press record (or Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, ⌘⇧R on macOS), do the task once, then finish the recording.
  6. Click Analyze, sign in to Copilot if prompted, then review and edit the intent and ordered steps until they read right.

These steps come from our top use case, Turn one recorded task into a reusable Skill, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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Requirements

  • A GitHub account with Copilot access (the Copilot CLI ships with the app)
  • macOS, Windows 11 (x64 or ARM64), or Ubuntu
  • Screen Recording permission on macOS, granted on first launch
  • Node.js 24 only if you develop from source
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Questions about Skill Recorder

What is Skill Recorder?

Skill Recorder is a desktop app that records your on-screen work session and uses the GitHub Copilot CLI to turn it into an intent, ordered steps, and a reusable Skill or scheduled Automation. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder.

Who is Skill Recorder for?

Built for people who repeat the same computer task and want their AI agent to run it again, and for developers who want to change the code.

What can I do with Skill Recorder?

4 use cases so far, for example: Turn one recorded task into a reusable Skill; Schedule a recorded task as a recurring Automation; Capture a terminal workflow as a Skill with native tools. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Skill Recorder?

A GitHub account with Copilot access (the Copilot CLI ships with the app); macOS, Windows 11 (x64 or ARM64), or Ubuntu; Screen Recording permission on macOS, granted on first launch; Node.js 24 only if you develop from source.

What are alternatives to Skill Recorder?

Other hot AI repos in Work and operations: AI Job Search, Solidcraft, Fastbrowse, Awesome AI Agent Platforms, Nautilo.

Is Skill Recorder safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.