Camerax

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Implementing camera features
• Handling asynchronous recording lifecycles
• Wiring low-level hardware interop using CameraX
• Integrating ML Kit

Example prompts

• “/camerax”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7c36352. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are kotlin).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Camerax loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 610 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~63

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.6k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~11k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from arindamxd/camerax-android at commit 7c36352, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© arindamxd). 610 words, ~1,603 tokens.

name

camerax

description

Provide technical guidance for Android camera development with CameraX. Use when implementing camera features, handling asynchronous recording lifecycles, wiring low-level hardware interop using CameraX, or integrating ML Kit or Media3 effects.

license

Complete terms in LICENSE.txt

metadata.author

Google LLC

metadata.last-updated

2026-08-06

metadata.keywords

recipe, Android, Camera, Camera1, Camera2, CameraX, migration, Compose, guide, dependencies, PreviewView, CameraXViewfinder, ImageCapture, VideoCapture…

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// WRONG
run {
  val pending = recorder.prepareRecording(context, opts)
  pending.withAudioEnabled() // This returns a new instance which is ignored
  val active = pending.start(exec, listener)
}

// CORRECT
run {
  val pending = recorder.prepareRecording(context, opts)
      .withAudioEnabled() // Chaining works
  val active = pending.start(exec, listener)
}

// ALSO CORRECT
run {
  var pending = recorder.prepareRecording(context, opts)
  pending = pending.withAudioEnabled() // Reassignment
  val active = pending.start(exec, listener)
}
   

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© arindamxd, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (references) in .agents/skills/camerax of arindamxd/camerax-android.

• SKILL.md
• references/camera1-to-camerax.md
• references/camera2-to-camerax.md
• references/expert-blueprints.md
• references/foldables.md
• references/immutability.md
• references/low-light.md
• references/mlkit-spatial.md
• references/modern-apis.md
• references/testing.md
• references/thermals.md
• references/wear-os.md
• references/xr.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7c36352

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in arindamxd/camerax-android, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• rosuH/EasyWatermarkskills/camerax.agents/skills/camerax+1 more
• android/skillscamera/camerax