# claude-code-eyes

The skill pulls a frame from an HTTP camera and hands it to the agent, so it answers from a display, board or wiring instead of a log.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 52
- Author: fcavalcantirj
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-code-eyes

## What it does

Plenty of output never reaches a test, a log or an API: a display panel, an LED, a breadboard, a rack of wires. This skill captures the current frame and lets the agent read it as an image, so the answer comes from what is actually on the bench.

Run `bash <path-to-skill>/snap.sh` and it prints the path of the captured JPEG or PNG; the agent then reads that file. For something in motion, `bash <path-to-skill>/snap.sh 3 2` takes 3 frames 2 s apart, which you can compare and describe. Small markings are handled with `--zoom 5`, and `--focus` helps when the shot is soft rather than small; magnification runs from 1 to 10 and the previous value comes back afterwards. Zoom needs `CCE_CAM_TYPE=ipwebcam` — other backends say so and still capture.

You need a snapshot-capable camera over HTTP: the Android IP Webcam app, camera-streamer on a Raspberry Pi, or any snapshot URL, set through `CCE_CAM_URL`. Frames land in `./.claude-code-eyes/` in the working directory rather than `$TMPDIR`, since sandboxed commands and the read tool resolve that variable differently. Claude runs Bash in a sandbox that blocks LAN addresses, so a camera your own terminal reaches may be unreachable here: `snap.sh` detects this and prints the fix already filled in — approve the rerun outside the sandbox, or add the printed `sandbox.excludedCommands` entry to `~/.claude/settings.json`. The network allowlist does not cover private addresses.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes --skill claude-code-eyes -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/claude-code-eyes/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/claude-code-eyes/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes --skill claude-code-eyes -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/claude-code-eyes/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes --skill claude-code-eyes -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/claude-code-eyes/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes claude-code-eyes
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/claude-code-eyes/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes --skill claude-code-eyes -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/claude-code-eyes/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes --skill claude-code-eyes -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/fcavalcantirj/claude-code-eyes/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a rendered screen against the string the code should print
- catch characters silently dropped by a narrow font
- spot a number's tail drawn under a status icon
- verify polarity and voltage rails before power-on
- tell a frozen render from a live one

## Example prompts
- Look at the display — does the value match what I just changed?
- Snap a frame and check the wiring before I power it on
- Take 3 frames 2 seconds apart and tell me what changed

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: claude-code-eyes
description: Look at real hardware, screens, panels, and wiring on a desk or workbench through a camera, so Claude can SEE physical output that no unit test, log, or API can. Use whenever the user says "are you seeing this?", "olha isso", "look at this", "watch this", "can you see...", "check the camera", "look at the screen" / "look at the display", "is this wired right?", or "what's this part?"; asks to visually verify a rendered display, LCD, LED, or panel; wants a wiring, polarity, or voltage-rail check before power-on; or needs to confirm a font, layout, clipping, or on-screen value renders correctly instead of trusting green tests. Grabs the current camera frame(s) and reads them; supports a watch mode for an action in progress. Needs a snapshot-capable camera reachable over HTTP (Android IP Webcam app, Raspberry Pi camera-streamer, or any snapshot URL) set via CCE_CAM_URL.
---

# claude-code-eyes — let Claude look at the real world

Some outputs live where no test, log, or API can reach them: a display panel, an
LED, a breadboard, a rack of wires. This skill grabs the current camera frame and
lets you `Read` it, so you answer from what you actually see — not from what the
code *should* produce.

## How

1. Run: `bash <path-to-skill>/snap.sh` — it prints the path(s) of the captured
   JPEG/PNG. (It works from any directory.)
2. `Read` each printed path — the Read tool renders images visually.
3. Answer from the frame. Reference positions concretely: "the red wire on the
   left rail, third hole down", not "a wire near the top".

If a capture fails, read the error before retrying — it names the actual cause
and the fix. One case is worth knowing: Claude Code runs Bash in a sandbox that
blocks LAN addresses, so a camera your own terminal reaches fine can be
unreachable here. `snap.sh` detects that and prints the fix already filled in —
either approve Claude's offer to rerun the command outside the sandbox, or add the
printed `sandbox.excludedCommands` entry to `~/.claude/settings.json` (the network
allowlist does *not* cover private addresses). Frames are written under `./.claude-code-eyes/` in the working
directory, not `$TMPDIR`, because sandboxed commands and the Read tool resolve
`$TMPDIR` differently. See the README's Troubleshooting section.
```
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