# microsoft/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.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/skill-recorder
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: agent-skills, ai-agents, automation, copilot, copilot-cli, copilot-cowork, copilot-studio, electron, microsoft-scout, screen-recording
Last push: 2026-08-24T04:38:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 2
- inputs: {"age_days": 35, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3423, forks 345 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.652505+00:00)

## What it is
A desktop app that records your on-screen work session (clicks, window switches, pages, optional narration) and uses GitHub Copilot CLI to reconstruct it as an intent plus ordered steps. From that analysis it generates a reusable Skill (SKILL.md) or scheduled Automation for Microsoft Scout, Copilot Cowork, or Copilot Studio.

## Use cases
- record myself doing a task once and turn it into an AI agent skill
- create automations from screen recordings without writing code
- teach my copilot agent a repetitive workflow by demonstration
- generate SKILL.md procedures from real work sessions
- turn a form-filling demo into a reusable agent automation

## When to choose
- you have GitHub Copilot access and want to teach agents by demonstration
- you want to convert manual repetitive workflows into agent skills or scheduled automations
- you're on macOS (primary target) or Windows 11 and use Microsoft Copilot ecosystem tools

## When to avoid
- you need a polished binary installer rather than a source release build
- you don't have a GitHub account with Copilot access
- you need cross-platform support beyond macOS and Windows 11

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: screen-recording, copilot-cli, skill-generation, agent-skills, copilot-studio, microsoft-scout, ai-agents, automation, macos, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- microsoft/skill-recorder (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.652505+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:38:06.152246+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/skill-recorder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.652505+00:00, sha 1b30fc97f4c5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.