# screenci

This skill edits .screenci.ts files and runs ScreenCI workflows for recording videos and stills in an initialized project.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 4
- Author: screenci
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/screenci/screenci/tree/HEAD/skills/screenci/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/screenci

## What it does

screenci guides an agent through ScreenCI recording work inside an existing project. It edits `recordings/*.screenci.ts`, runs `npx screenci test` while the flow is being debugged, then creates and uploads a live preview with `npx screenci preview "<title>"`.

The skill covers narration, visible browser navigation, mock data, and ScreenCI’s built-in overlays such as `callout`, `ring`, `step`, `spotlight`, `badge`, `keys`, and `title`. Reference files handle narration, login, timing, screenshots, account settings, and export.

The project starts with `npx screenci@latest setup SC-XXXX-XXXX`. Authentication uses `npx screenci login` followed by `npx screenci login --wait`. On a production site, forms for payment, orders, messages, deletion, publishing, or account changes are left unsubmitted.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add screenci/screenci --skill screenci -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add screenci/screenci --skill screenci -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install screenci/screenci screenci
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add screenci/screenci --skill screenci -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/screenci/screenci --path skills/screenci
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add screenci/screenci --skill screenci -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/screenci/screenci/tree/HEAD/skills/screenci/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- record a ScreenCI video from a written flow
- debug a recording with `npx screenci test`
- add narration and visual callouts
- publish a live preview with `npx screenci preview "<title>"`
- capture a still image from the workflow

## Example prompts
- Record the requested page in `recordings/onboarding.screenci.ts` with narration and callouts.
- Run the flow in `recordings/demo.screenci.ts`, fix any issues, then create a live preview.
- Use the saved login state and prepare the video without submitting production forms.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: screenci
description: Create, show, and guide with ScreenCI videos in an already-initialized project by editing `.screenci.ts` files and running the Screenci workflow.
allowed-tools:
  - Bash(screenci:*)
  - Bash(npx:*)
  - Bash(npm:*)
---

# ScreenCI Video Skill

For recording videos or stills in a ScreenCI project (`.screenci.ts`, `screenci.config.ts`). Not for app source changes alone. Load a reference only when the task needs it.

Routing:

- Given a URL, explore it first: `npx screenci explore <url> --click "<name>"`, or the `playwright-cli` skill for longer flows, never a Playwright script of your own. Signed-in app: `playwright-cli state-load screenci/.screenci/auth/default.json`.
- Given the page source, exploring is usually not needed.
- **The recorder and the exploration browser differ.** If a step works in `playwright-cli` but fails or hits a bot check in `npx screenci test`, or the bundled Chromium cannot start (missing system libraries, e.g. NixOS), the browser is the cause, not the selector: set `use: { channel: 'chrome' }` in `screenci.config.ts` and re-run.

## Quick Start

- Setup code (`SC-XXXX-XXXX`): run `npx screenci@latest setup SC-XXXX-XXXX` (add `--name "<project name>"` for a new project, `--dir <path>` if `./screenci` belongs to another) and follow the brief it prints. A later Edit prompt for a project you already set up may say to skip setup: then edit the workspace directly.
- Otherwise the project exists: edit `recordings/*.screenci.ts`, remove the starter `example.screenci.ts`. `init` failing with `screenci/ already exists` is expected; never delete it to re-init.
- `npx screenci context` prints what the project knows (site, sign-in, team notes).

## Conventions (every video)

- **Narration on every video**, opening with the video's purpose; narrate the flow, not the clicks. Details: [references/narration.md](references/narration.md).
- **Company voice**: we/our/you, as the company that makes the product.
- **Mock data only, presented as real.** Plausible fictitious names and emails; the video never says the data is mock, sample, or fictitious.
- **Do not submit real-world forms on production** (orders, payments, emails, invites, deletes, publishing, account or billing changes): fill it in, end on the completed form with `hover()` on the submit button. The narration never mentions that the form is not submitted. On a dev, staging, or test deployment, submit normally.
- **Start on the page from the prompt.** When the copied prompt names a page or URL, the video opens there (`page.goto` that URL), not on the site's home page; otherwise start on the requested page. Wrap load, navigation, spinners and cookie banners in `hide()`; after the initial navigation, find and click any cookie consent accept button inside that hidden block. No sign-in steps: see login below.
- **Navigate visibly with clicks** after setup, not `page.goto()`; click visible results after typing rather than `press('Enter')`.
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