Agent skill

Techsmith CI Integration

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Gate Snagit COM and Camtasia automation changes with secretless contract tests plus an explicitly licensed Windows smoke lane.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Techsmith CI Integration

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill techsmith-ci-integration -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace techsmith-ci-integration --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/techsmith-ci-integration .claude/skills/techsmith-ci-integration && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
techsmith-ci-integration
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
457 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Gate Snagit COM and Camtasia automation changes with secretless contract tests plus an explicitly licensed Windows smoke lane.

  • Works in 6 steps: Inventory scripts, manifests, expected… → Add parser, lint, and unit checks for… → Use fakes for IsCaptureDone,… → …
  • Adding CI for TechSmith scripts
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Tool Discipline and Current Contract, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Techsmith CI Integration is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Gate Snagit COM and Camtasia automation changes with secretless contract tests plus an explicitly licensed Windows smoke lane. Use when adding CI for TechSmith scripts or deployment assets. Trigger with "TechSmith CI", "Snagit contract tests", or "Camtasia automation checks".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code; TechSmith product execution requires an approved Windows or macOS desktop as documented

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Integration testing. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Adding CI for TechSmith scripts
  • Deployment assets
  • With TechSmith CI
  • Snagit contract tests

Example prompts

  • “TechSmith CI”
  • “Snagit contract tests”
  • “Camtasia automation checks”
  • “/techsmith-ci-integration”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; TechSmith product execution requires an approved Windows or macOS desktop as documented
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Inventory scripts, manifests, expected output paths, and all places that instantiate a COM object or product executable.
  2. Add parser, lint, and unit checks for argument construction, bounded polling, exit handling, redaction, and cleanup.
  3. Use fakes for IsCaptureDone, LastCaptureSucceeded, and LastFileWritten; cover timeout and wrong-path cases.
  4. Pin a Windows runner label for the product smoke job and require a protected environment with no fork-secret exposure.
  5. Run one non-destructive COM creation probe or recorder version probe; never create an unattended recording in pull requests.
  6. Publish JUnit-style results and a redacted environment manifest, then remove temporary artifacts.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • WebFetch
    • Write
    • Edit

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • support.techsmith.com
    • github.com

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code; TechSmith product execution requires an approved Windows or macOS desktop as documented

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Techsmith CI Integration loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 457 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.2k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 457 words, ~1,137 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/techsmith-ci-integration/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
techsmith-ci-integration
description
Gate Snagit COM and Camtasia automation changes with secretless contract tests plus an explicitly licensed Windows smoke lane. Use when adding CI for TechSmith scripts or deployment assets. Trigger with "TechSmith CI", "Snagit contract tests", or "Camtasia automation checks".
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code; TechSmith product execution requires an approved Windows or macOS desktop as documented
argument-hint
[repository-path] [windows-runner-label]
version
1.6.0
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license
MIT
tags
desktop-automation, techsmith, ci
model
inherit
effort
medium

TechSmith Desktop Automation CI

Overview

This skill separates portable checks from workstation-only product execution. Pull requests can validate scripts, enum contracts, manifests, and fixtures without installing licensed desktop software; a protected Windows lane may run a bounded smoke test only when the organization supplies an approved license and interactive session.

Prerequisites

  • A repository containing the PowerShell, C#, deployment, or packaging assets
  • A CI runner matrix that distinguishes ordinary hosted runners from approved TechSmith workstations
  • Sanitized fixtures for COM success, missing registration, timeout, and file-output failure
  • A named owner for any licensed smoke-runner credential and cleanup

Tool Discipline

Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect local scripts, manifests, logs, and tests. Use WebFetch only for current primary TechSmith documentation. Use Write or Edit only after confirming the target repository file and approval boundary.

Current Contract

  • Keep the default pull-request lane secretless and independent of Snagit or Camtasia installation.
  • Validate official Snagit enum values: window 1, region 4, file output 2, clipboard output 4.
  • Do not make CamtasiaProducer.exe or a legacy exporter a CI prerequisite for current releases.
  • Treat the licensed Windows smoke lane as optional, protected, serialized, and manually dispatchable.

Licensing and Authentication

TechSmith desktop activation is not API authentication. Resolve individual sign-in versus business-key or approved offline activation before execution. Redact all keys, account identifiers, activation artifacts, and sensitive endpoint details.

Instructions

  1. Inventory scripts, manifests, expected output paths, and all places that instantiate a COM object or product executable.
  2. Add parser, lint, and unit checks for argument construction, bounded polling, exit handling, redaction, and cleanup.
  3. Use fakes for IsCaptureDone, LastCaptureSucceeded, and LastFileWritten; cover timeout and wrong-path cases.
  4. Pin a Windows runner label for the product smoke job and require a protected environment with no fork-secret exposure.
  5. Run one non-destructive COM creation probe or recorder version probe; never create an unattended recording in pull requests.
  6. Publish JUnit-style results and a redacted environment manifest, then remove temporary artifacts.
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Approval Boundaries

Do not place a software key in repository secrets available to forked workflows. Do not install, activate, record, capture, or upload user content on an unapproved hosted runner.

Output

Return portable-gate results, fixture coverage, licensed-lane disposition, runner identity, product/version evidence, artifact cleanup, and any blocked approval.

Error Handling

ConditionResponse
No Windows smoke runnerPass portable gates and report the product smoke as explicitly skipped.
COM class not registeredFail the smoke lane with registration diagnostics; do not retry installation.
Interactive desktop unavailableStop before capture and classify the runner as unsuitable.
Secret detected in logsCancel publication, rotate the credential, and purge the artifact.

Examples

The example below shows the minimum redacted evidence expected from a successful invocation of this operator workflow.

text
lane=portable; scripts=pass; enum_contract=pass; licensed_smoke=skipped(no-approved-runner)

Resources

© jeremylongshore, MIT. 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 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/techsmith-ci-integration of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Techsmith CI Integration

What does Techsmith CI Integration do?

Gate Snagit COM and Camtasia automation changes with secretless contract tests plus an explicitly licensed Windows smoke lane. Techsmith CI Integration is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Gate Snagit COM and Camtasia automation changes with secretless contract tests plus an explicitly licensed Windows smoke lane.

When should I use Techsmith CI Integration?

Techsmith CI Integration fits situations like: adding CI for TechSmith scripts; deployment assets; with TechSmith CI; snagit contract tests.

How do I install Techsmith CI Integration in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill techsmith-ci-integration -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/techsmith-ci-integration in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/techsmith-ci-integration in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Techsmith CI Integration in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill techsmith-ci-integration -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/techsmith-ci-integration in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/techsmith-ci-integration in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Techsmith CI Integration in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill techsmith-ci-integration -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/techsmith-ci-integration, .gemini/skills/techsmith-ci-integration, .github/skills/techsmith-ci-integration and .opencode/skills/techsmith-ci-integration in your project.

What does Techsmith CI Integration need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Techsmith CI Integration is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; TechSmith product execution requires an approved Windows or macOS desktop as documented.

Does Techsmith CI Integration access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: support.techsmith.com and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Techsmith CI Integration safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Techsmith CI Integration use?

Techsmith CI Integration is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Techsmith CI Integration use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Techsmith CI Integration?

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Who maintains Techsmith CI Integration?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.