Techsmith Core Workflow A

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Automating approved documentation captures
• With Snagit COM capture
• Automate Snagit screenshot
• Snagit file output

Example prompts

• “Snagit COM capture”
• “automate Snagit screenshot”
• “Snagit file output”
• “/techsmith-core-workflow-a”

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. 1Confirm the installed Snagit version, COM registration, interactive session, capture scope, and approved destination.
2. 2Load enum definitions from the installed type library or a pinned copy of TechSmith's official enum sample.
3. 3Create the image-capture object and set input, output, preview behavior, cursor inclusion, file type, and destination explicitly.
4. 4Invoke one capture and wait with a bounded deadline rather than an unbounded tight loop.
5. 5Check LastCaptureSucceeded, canonicalize LastFileWritten, and reject paths outside the approved directory.
6. 6Validate file existence, nonzero size, expected format, and retention metadata before downstream use.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 80f86df. 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 (its code samples are powershell).

  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):

  • assets.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 Core Workflow A 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 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 427 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~79

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

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 80f86df, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 427 words, ~1,129 tokens.

name

techsmith-core-workflow-a

description

Build a bounded Windows Snagit image-capture workflow with the supported COM server, exact enums, asynchronous completion, and verified file output. Use when automating approved documentation captures. Trigger with "Snagit COM capture", "automate Snagit screenshot", or "Snagit file output".

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

[script-path] [approved-output-directory]

version

1.6.0

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

license

MIT

tags

desktop-automation, techsmith, capture

model

inherit

effort

medium

$capture = New-Object -ComObject 'Snagit.ImageCapture.1'
$capture.Input = 1   # siiWindow
$capture.Output = 2  # sioFile
# Configure OutputImageFile, call Capture(), then wait with a deadline.

© 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-core-workflow-a of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 80f86df