skill-recorder — Agent Tool by microsoft

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About skill-recorder

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 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 CLI or ) 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 🔴 Record. Hit record (or / from anywhere) and just do your task. Skill Recorder captures your screen and activity locally, in the background. 🎛️ Control. While recording, a small alw

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Quick Facts

Stars2,360
Forks252
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryAgent Tool
LicenseMIT
Quality Score69.6717258734959/100
Open Issues32
Last Updated2026-08-07
Created2026-07-29
Platformscli, node
Est. Tokens~16k

Compatible Skills

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  • probity — semantic(0.27)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (59%)
  • github-copilot-api-vscode — semantic(0.27)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (59%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is skill-recorder?

skill-recorder is 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, Mic. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 2.4k GitHub stars.

What programming language is skill-recorder written in?

skill-recorder is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as agent-skills, ai-agents, automation.

How do I install or use skill-recorder?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the skill-recorder GitHub repository at github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder. The project has 2.4k stars and 252 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does skill-recorder use?

skill-recorder is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to skill-recorder?

The top alternatives to skill-recorder on Agent Skills Hub include awesome-agent-skills, claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, bytebot. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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