---
slug: "skill-recorder"
name: "Skill Recorder"
effect: "Records your screen work session and rebuilds it as a SKILL.md or scheduled automation an agent can repeat"
category: "devtool"
tier: "rising"
url: "https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder"
github: "microsoft/skill-recorder"
pricing: "open-source"
license: "MIT"
tags: ["agent-skills", "screen-recording", "automation", "desktop-app", "copilot"]
platforms: ["macos", "windows", "linux"]
install_kind: "download"
date_added: "2026-10-20"
rank: 25
rising_score: 50
stars: 4252
star_velocity: 51.4
velocity_basis: "since creation"
created_at: "2026-07-29T18:16:14Z"
pushed_at: "2026-10-18T18:10:43Z"
signals_status: "ok"
signals_fetched_at: "2026-10-20T11:40:36.365Z"
page: "https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/skill-recorder"
---

# Skill Recorder

Records your screen work session and rebuilds it as a SKILL.md or scheduled automation an agent can repeat

Category: Devtools. Tier: new and rising, rank 25 by new and rising score (50 of 100). Pricing: Open source. License: MIT.

Platforms: macos, windows, linux.

## Why you would want it

Skill Recorder captures a real work session on your screen: clicks, app and window switches, pages you visit, output from an optional recorded terminal, and optional spoken narration. When you click Analyze, GitHub Copilot reconstructs one intent and an ordered list of steps, which you can review and edit. From the approved analysis it generates a SKILL.md procedure or a scheduled automation, and the README says both prefer the agent's native tools, such as the gh CLI or web_fetch, over replaying UI clicks. A Review SKILL.md option shows the complete file text before you add or export it.

## Best for

- Turning a task you did once into a SKILL.md
- Building scheduled automations from a demo
- Writing a workflow down as intent and ordered steps

## Use it when

You do a repeatable task by hand on a desktop and want an agent to repeat it, and you have a GitHub account with Copilot access.

## Skip it if

Choosing Analyze sends the event timeline (window titles, URLs, clipboard previews, terminal commands), screen images and narration text to GitHub's cloud, and the README says to keep passwords, tokens and API keys out of recordings, so pass on sensitive work or if you have no Copilot access. It is published as a source release that builds the app on your machine, and macOS is the primary target with Windows 11 also supported. The README says Review SKILL.md gives visibility into the generated instructions, not a security guarantee, so read a generated skill before an agent runs it.

## Editor note

There is no prebuilt installer: the release page carries a commit-pinned command per OS (Windows 11 PowerShell, or macOS and Ubuntu terminal) that builds the app locally, plus inspect-first instructions. The README says to copy it from the release page, not from the technical docs.

## Install

Open the latest release and copy the install command for your OS.

Source: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder/releases/latest

## Live signals

Fetched 2026-10-20T11:40:36.365Z (status: ok).

- Repository: microsoft/skill-recorder
- Repository created: 2026-07-29
- Stars: 4,252 (GitHub's count; it cannot be authenticated)
- Stars per day, since repo creation: 51.4 (an average over the repo's life, not a growth rate)
- Forks: 469
- Open issues and PRs: 44
- License (GitHub): MIT
- Last push: 2026-10-18
- Latest release: v0.7.0 (2026-09-21)

## Links

- Website: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder
- GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder
- Install instructions verified at: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder/releases/latest
- Source for this entry: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder#readme
- AgentToolDrop page: https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/skill-recorder
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