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electron-screenshot

This skill should be used when the user asks to "take a desktop screenshot", "screenshot the electron app", "show me the desktop app", "what does the app look like", or mentions checking the Electron/desktop UI visually.

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This skill should be used when the user asks to "take a desktop screenshot", "screenshot the electron app", "show me the desktop app", "what does the app look like", or mentions checking the Electron/desktop UI visually.
Take a screenshot of the running Electron app with `playwright-cli` and display it. The playwright-cli skill's "Connecting to the Electron App" section has the details on attaching and tab selection. ## Prerequisites The Electron app must be running with remote debugging enabled: ``` cd shared && KB_ENABLE_REMOTE_DEBUG=1 yarn desktop:start:hot ``` This launches Electron with `--remote-debugging-port=9222`. ## Steps 1. Attach (once per session; `--persistent` is required for Electron): ``` PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CDP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9222 playwright-cli open --persistent ``` 2. Select the main app window. Tab order is not stable, so never reuse a remembered index: run `playwright-cli tab-list`, `playwright-cli tab-select <index>` on the row whose URL contains `main.html`, and confirm with `playwright-cli eval "location.href"`. 3. Take the screenshot: ``` playwright-cli screenshot --filename=/tmp/electron-screenshot-full.png ``` 4. Resize it for token efficiency: ``` sips -Z 800 /tmp/electron-screenshot-full.png --out /tmp/electron-screenshot.png ``` 5. Use the Read tool to display `/tmp/electron-screenshot.png` to the user. If it shows the menubar or DevTools instead of the main window, go back to step 2. ## Error Handling - If playwright-cli cannot connect, tell the user the Electron app may not be running with remote debugging. Suggest launching with `cd shared && KB_ENABLE_REMOTE_DEBUG=1 yarn desktop:start:hot`. - If `sips` fails, fall back to displaying the full-size screenshot directly. ## Notes - 800px max dimension gives good legibility with ~90% token savings.
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