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Agent skill

Pair Programmer

by video-db in video-db/pair-programmer

AI pair programming with real-time screen and audio context.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Pair Programmer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add video-db/pair-programmer --skill pair-programmer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install video-db/pair-programmer pair-programmer --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/video-db/pair-programmer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pair-programmer .claude/skills/pair-programmer && 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
pair-programmer
GitHub stars
131
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
369 words
Files
14
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

AI pair programming with real-time screen and audio context.

  • Works in 5 steps: User runs /pair-programmer setup to… → User runs /pair-programmer record to… → A picker UI appears to select screen and… → …
  • The user wants to record their screen
  • SKILL.md covers Commands, How It Works, Output Files and Event File Format, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls node; needs VIDEO_DB_API_KEY

What it does

Pair Programmer is an agent skill from video-db/pair-programmer. AI pair programming with real-time screen and audio context. Use when the user wants to record their screen, start/stop recording, or get context from what they're doing.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 15 other files (for example `commands/act.md`, `commands/config.md` and `commands/record.md`).

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: Pair Programmer for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to record their screen
  • Start/stop recording
  • Get context from what theyre doing

Example prompts

  • “/pair-programmer”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in VIDEO_DB_API_KEY

Workflow steps

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

  1. User runs /pair-programmer setup to install dependencies and set VIDEO_DB_API_KEY environment variable
  2. User runs /pair-programmer record to start recording
  3. A picker UI appears to select screen and audio sources
  4. Recording starts and events are logged to /tmp/videodb_pp_events.jsonl
  5. User can stop recording from the tray icon (🔴 PP → Stop Recording)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5765616. 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

    Ships script files (JavaScript), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    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):

    • api.videodb.io

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • VIDEO_DB_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Pair Programmer loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 369 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~47
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 369 words (~1,018 tokens).

“AI pair programming with real-time screen and audio context. Record your screen and audio, with AI-powered indexing that logs visual and audio events in real-time.”

— opening of SKILL.md by video-db
name
pair-programmer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files in skills/pair-programmer of video-db/pair-programmer.

  • SKILL.md
  • commands/act.md
  • commands/config.md
  • commands/record.md
  • commands/search.md
  • commands/setup.md
  • commands/stop.md
  • commands/what-happened.md
  • package.json
  • recorder-app.js
  • search-rtstream.js
  • ui/picker.html
  • ui/widget.html
  • verify-connection.js

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5765616

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Categories

Questions about Pair Programmer

What does Pair Programmer do?

AI pair programming with real-time screen and audio context. Pair Programmer is an agent skill from video-db/pair-programmer. AI pair programming with real-time screen and audio context.

When should I use Pair Programmer?

Pair Programmer fits situations like: the user wants to record their screen; start/stop recording; get context from what theyre doing.

How do I install Pair Programmer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add video-db/pair-programmer --skill pair-programmer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pair-programmer in video-db/pair-programmer) into .claude/skills/pair-programmer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pair Programmer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add video-db/pair-programmer --skill pair-programmer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pair-programmer in video-db/pair-programmer) into .agents/skills/pair-programmer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pair Programmer 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 video-db/pair-programmer --skill pair-programmer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pair-programmer, .gemini/skills/pair-programmer, .github/skills/pair-programmer and .opencode/skills/pair-programmer in your project.

What does Pair Programmer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pair Programmer needs JavaScript for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (node) and credentials named VIDEO_DB_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in VIDEO_DB_API_KEY.

Does Pair Programmer access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: api.videodb.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pair Programmer 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 Pair Programmer use?

No licence was found for Pair Programmer or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Pair Programmer use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Pair Programmer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pair Programmer: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pair Programmer?

video-db (a GitHub organization) maintains it in video-db/pair-programmer, which has 131 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on April 16, 2026.

Source: video-db/pair-programmer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.