Purpose
Capture screenshots of the desktop, an app, a window, or a region with the right save location.
Routing
- Use when: Use when the user explicitly asks for a screenshot, for whole-system desktop captures, or when a tool-specific capture cannot get what you need.
- Do not use when: Do not use when a better-integrated screenshot tool is available for the requested surface, or when the request is unrelated to visual capture.
- Outputs: Saved screenshot path(s) plus a brief capture note when needed.
- Success criteria: Returns the saved screenshot path(s), uses the requested save location, and follows the platform-specific capture workflow without inventing unavailable tools.
Trigger Examples
Positive
- Take a screenshot of this app window.
- Capture the full desktop and save it to a file.
- Take a screenshot of Codex and put it in temp.
- Use Screenshot Capture for this desktop capture.
Negative
- Summarize this text without taking a screenshot.
- Write a plan for a capture workflow.
- This is a browser-only automation task with a better tool available.
- This request does not involve any visual capture.
Runtime Prompt
- Current runtime prompt length: defined directly in
../screenshot-capture.json. - Detailed save-location rules and command patterns live in
references/full-guidance.md.