| name | cli-recorder |
| description | Use when authoring a CLI session recording for the cli-recorder skill. Translates a user's intent ("video of installing kubectl") into a valid recipe.toml through interactive Q&A. |
CLI Recorder — Recipe Author
Help users turn an idea ("a video of installing kubectl on macOS", "a tour of git rebase -i") into a valid recipe.toml for the feinschnitt record command.
When to use
- User says "create a recording for X" / "record a demo of Y" / "let's make a video of Z"
- User invokes
/record or otherwise references this skill
- User has a finished video idea but no recipe file yet
Hard gate
Do NOT run the recorder. Do NOT scaffold the surrounding Remotion video. Stop after the recipe is written and validated. The user runs feinschnitt record themselves once they're happy.
Process
1. Discover intent → What CLI? What's the audience? What's the takeaway?
2. Pick a profile → claude-code | generic | interactive-tui
3. Sketch the steps → 3-9 beats; each beat ≈ one screen of action
4. Resolve modal/interactive → which steps need dismiss keys, pattern waits, pauses
5. Tune cadence → typing_wpm, idle compression, idle_time_limit
6. Write the recipe → ${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR}/.recordings/recipes/<name>.recipe.toml
7. Show + validate → display the file; offer a dry-run for verification
Apply one question at a time — prefer multiple choice over open-ended. The
storyboard is the step labels; sketch those before the text content. Validate
the written recipe against schema/recipe.schema.json before declaring done.
See references/steps.md for the full per-step
procedure, anti-patterns, and examples of good step labels.
See also
references/steps.md — per-step detail, anti-patterns, label examplesschema/recipe.schema.json — full validation surfaceprofiles/*.toml — what each profile presetsREADME.md — recorder overview
