buzz/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/screenshot_skill.md

name, description, version

name	description	version
desktop-screenshot	Capture desktop app screenshots and post them to GitHub PRs with immutable URLs.	1

Desktop Screenshot Skill

CRITICAL: How to Host Screenshots for PRs

NEVER use buzz upload, the relay media endpoint, or any third-party image host (imgur, imgbb, etc.) for PR screenshots. Relay media URLs fail through GitHub's camo proxy (Non-Image content-type returned). External hosts are unreliable and may expose content.

ALWAYS use scripts/post-screenshots.sh — it hosts PNGs on a per-developer git branch with immutable commit-SHA URLs that render correctly on GitHub. If you manually compose or edit PR markdown, run scripts/check-pr-image-urls.sh <markdown-file> before posting. The checker fails on Buzz/relay media URLs so broken images are caught locally.

This hosting rule applies to any PNG you want in a PR, including mobile simulator screenshots captured outside the desktop Playwright helper.

Step 1 — Capture Screenshots

just desktop-screenshot builds the frontend, starts a preview server, and runs Playwright with the mock bridge (no relay needed).

just desktop-screenshot --name home
just desktop-screenshot --name channel --route /channels/general
just desktop-screenshot --name ctx-menu --right-click channel-random --clip 0,200,320,300
just desktop-screenshot --name sidebar --active-channel general --messages /tmp/msgs.json --clip 0,0,256,720

Flags: --name (filename, required), --route (client route), --active-channel (channel to view), --click/--right-click/--hover (interact before capture), --clip (crop as x,y,w,h), --messages (JSON file), --wait (ms, default 2000), --viewport (WxH, default 1280x720), --outdir (default test-results/screenshots).

Output: PNG path on stdout.

Injecting Messages

Write a JSON array to a temp file. channelName and content are required:

[
  {"channelName": "random", "content": "Hey check this out", "kind": 40002},
  {"channelName": "random", "content": "Another message"}
]

Without --active-channel, the helper navigates to the message channel (for showing content). With --active-channel, messages can target other channels while the camera stays put (for unread indicators, badges).

Available Mock Channels

general, random, design, sales, engineering, agents, watercooler, announcements, alice-tyler, bob-tyler.

general has pre-seeded messages (always shows hasUnread). Use engineering for "no unread" visual states.

Step 2 — Post to a PR

./scripts/post-screenshots.sh <PR-number> test-results/screenshots
./scripts/post-screenshots.sh <PR-number> test-results/screenshots body.md

The script pushes images to agent-screenshots/<github-username> and posts a PR comment with ## Screenshots and all images. Re-runs overwrite that PR's images only.

Body Templates

The optional third argument is a markdown file with {{filename}} placeholders (without .png). Images not referenced by a placeholder are appended at the end.

### Context menu
Right-click shows "Star channel".

{{01-ctx-menu}}

### Starred section
`engineering` appears under Starred.

{{02-starred}}

Gotchas

1. Stale server — reuseExistingServer: true means a prior build serves old code. Kill port 4173 and rebuild (cd desktop && pnpm run build) after code changes.
2. Clip for readability — full 1280x720 screenshots are hard to read for sidebar features. Sidebar = 256px wide; context menus ~450px.
3. post-screenshots.sh requires gh auth — the script uses gh api and gh pr comment. Ensure gh auth status succeeds.