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Skill Recorder

Desktop app that records your on-screen work session and uses the GitHub Copilot CLI to reconstruct it as an intent + ordered steps, then builds a reusable Skill or Automation for Microsoft Scout, Microsoft Copilot Cowork, or Copilot Studio.

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Skill Recorder

Record yourself doing a task once, then turn it into a skill your AI agent can repeat.

Skill Recorder captures a real work session on your screen: the clicks, the app and window switches, the pages you visit, and (if you want) your spoken narration. It then uses the GitHub Copilot CLI to reconstruct what you actually did as a clear intent plus an ordered list of steps. From there, one step turns that single run into something an agent can reuse:

a Skill: a SKILL.md procedure an agent runs on demand, or
an Automation: the same procedure on a schedule or trigger.

Both prefer the agent's native tools (like the gh CLI or web_fetch) over replaying UI clicks, and generalize from your one example, so recording yourself submitting one form can teach the agent to submit all of them.

Skill Recorder capture window: a record button, timer, an optional narration toggle with language and microphone settings, and readiness checks ↗ Skill Recorder sessions view: recorded sessions on the left, the reconstructed intent and ordered steps on the right ↗

How it works

🔴 Record. Hit record (or ⌘⇧R / Ctrl+Shift+R from anywhere) and just do your task. Skill Recorder captures your screen and activity locally, in the background.
🎛️ Control. While recording, a small always-on-top bar shows capture and microphone state. Mute, unmute, or switch mics on the fly, then finish, or discard (with a confirmation) if the take didn't go to plan.
🧠 Analyze. Click Analyze and GitHub Copilot reconstructs one overall intent and an ordered list of steps. Review and edit until it reads right.
✨ Create. From an approved analysis, generate a reusable Skill and/or a scheduled Automation.

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# Skill Recorder

**Record yourself doing a task once, then turn it into a skill your AI agent can repeat.**

Skill Recorder captures a real work session on your screen: the clicks, the app and
window switches, the pages you visit, and (if you want) your spoken narration. It then uses
the **GitHub Copilot CLI** to reconstruct *what you actually did* as a clear **intent plus
an ordered list of steps**. From there, one step turns that single run into something an
agent can reuse:

- a **Skill**: a `SKILL.md` procedure an agent runs on demand, or
- an **Automation**: the same procedure on a schedule or trigger.

Both prefer the agent's **native tools** (like the `gh` CLI or `web_fetch`) over replaying
UI clicks, and generalize from your one example, so recording yourself submitting *one*
form can teach the agent to submit *all* of them.

## How it works

1. 🔴 **Record.** Hit record (or `⌘⇧R` / `Ctrl+Shift+R` from anywhere) and just do your
task. Skill Recorder captures your screen and activity locally, in the background.
2. 🎛️ **Control.** While recording, a small always-on-top bar shows capture and
microphone state. Mute, unmute, or switch mics on the fly, then finish, or discard
(with a confirmation) if the take didn't go to plan.
3. 🧠 **Analyze.** Click Analyze and GitHub Copilot reconstructs one overall intent and
an ordered list of steps. Review and edit until it reads right.
4. ✨ **Create.** From an approved analysis, generate a reusable **Skill** and/or a
scheduled **Automation**.

## Get started

Skill Recorder is published as a **source

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Source repository: microsoft/skill-recorder
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 12, 2026
Registry updated: Sep 1, 2026
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