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SnapAI — AI skill for Claude Code

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Fast macOS screenshot & screen-recording tool written in Rust, built for handing captures to AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.).

How to install SnapAI

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open idalavye/SnapAI and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What SnapAI does

Fast macOS screenshot & screen-recording tool written in Rust, built for handing captures to AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.). Everything lands on the clipboard immediately; files are written to `~/Pictures/SnapAI` as well.

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README

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SnapAI

Single binary: menu-bar daemon and CLI (Raycast / skhd / scripts).
Screenshot → clipboard gets a PNG downscaled for AI (long edge 1568 px by default), so Cmd+V in Claude Code pastes the picture. Full-resolution PNG goes to disk and its path is printed on stdout (set clipboard.mode = "image+path" to also copy the path).
Recording → H.264 MP4 on disk; clipboard gets the path and a keyframe contact sheet PNG (agents can't watch video, but they can read a grid of frames).
Native ScreenCaptureKit, no Electron, no Swift runtime; capture-to-clipboard is typically well under 100 ms.

Build & install

cargo build --release            # target/release/snapai
scripts/bundle.sh --install      # SnapAI.app in /Applications + ~/.local/bin/snapai

First run asks for **Screen Recording** permission (System Settings → Privacy & Security). Run `scripts/make-signing-cert.sh` once first: it creates a self-signed "SnapAI Dev" certificate so the permission survives rebuilds (ad-hoc signatures change every build and macOS then forgets the grant), resets the stale permission entry, reinstalls the app and opens the Screen Recording pane. Toggle SnapAI on there, then **quit and reopen SnapAI**: macOS caches the answer per process, so a grant only takes effect after a relaunch.

If SnapAI shows as enabled in System Settings but still reports "permission denied", the toggle belongs to an older build's signature. Run the script above (or `tccutil reset ScreenCapture dev.snapai.app`, reinstall, re-grant, relaunch).

SnapAI uses the **native macOS screenshot shortcuts**. Hand them over once with