Drive an engine app headlessly in a pty, record a video of the whole verification, and open a summary page (video + timeline + checks) with pixel open.

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Install Verify

skills CLI
$ npx skills add zenbu-labs/terminal-browser --skill verify -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install zenbu-labs/terminal-browser verify --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/zenbu-labs/terminal-browser.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/verify .claude/skills/verify && 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
verify
GitHub stars
3.7k
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
381 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Drive an engine app headlessly in a pty, record a video of the whole verification, and open a summary page (video + timeline + checks) with pixel open.

  • SKILL.md covers Writing a verification, Ending a verification (required) and Gotchas
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Verify is an agent skill from zenbu-labs/terminal-browser. Drive an engine app headlessly in a pty, record a video of the whole verification, and open a summary page (video + timeline + checks) with pixel open.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Rust. The repository describes itself as: A browser inside your terminal. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/verify”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2165ae7. 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 python).

    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

Verify loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 381 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
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

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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 zenbu-labs/terminal-browser at commit 2165ae7, republished under its MIT licence (© zenbu-labs). 381 words, ~1,021 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/verify/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
verify
description
Drive an engine app headlessly in a pty, record a video of the whole verification, and open a summary page (video + timeline + checks) with pixel open.

Apps here render via the kitty graphics protocol, so they can be verified without a real terminal. Every verification is recorded: the harness in tools/verify-recorder/ captures every frame the app emits, overlays your inputs (click ripples, caption bar), encodes a video, and generates a summary page. Do not hand-roll one-off pty scripts that only dump PNGs.

Writing a verification

Write a driver script (in /tmp is fine) using the checked-in package:

python
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "<repo>/tools/verify-recorder")
from driver import Driver
from recorder import Recorder

rec = Recorder("wheel-pan", title="Wheel pan keeps cursor anchored")
d = Driver(["<repo>/engine/target/debug/typing"], rec,
           cols=120, rows=32, xpixel=1200, ypixel=800)

d.pump(3.0)                                  # pump between actions so frames arrive
rec.check("app painted", d.frame_size is not None, f"{d.frame_size}")
w, h = d.frame_size                          # REAL framebuffer size — always use this

d.text("hello", "type into editor")          # every input takes a description
d.click(w // 2, h // 3, "select the note")   # mouse coords are pixels (1016 mode)
d.wheel(w // 2, h // 2, down=True, n=3, description="scroll content")
d.pump(1.0)
rec.check("scroll redrew", len(rec.frames) > 40, f"{len(rec.frames)} frames")
rec.still("after-scroll")                    # named snapshot for the summary page

d.stop("ctrl+c")                             # or "ctrl+q" depending on the app
rec.finish()                                 # composites markers, encodes mp4, writes summary
  • Driver spawns the argv in a pty (TERM=xterm-kitty, TIOCSWINSZ with pixel dims, answers the \x1b[?1016$p mouse probe), decodes kitty a=T,f=32,o=z frames, and feeds them to the recorder. Node apps: spawn ["npx", "tsx", "src/main.tsx", ...] with cwd= the package dir (tsx resolves tsconfig from cwd; a wrong cwd silently drops jsx config).
  • Input methods: key("enter"/"esc"/"ctrl+q"/"super+shift+z"), text, click, press/drag/release (a drag needs all three — click sends press+release together), move, wheel. Descriptions become the video caption bar and the summary timeline — write what the step is testing.
  • rec.check(name, ok, detail) for every assertion; rec.still(name) to pin the current frame into the summary.
  • Give checks real assertions (frame deltas, decoded pixel colors via recorder.png_read(rec.frames[-1]["path"])) — the summary shows pass/fail.

Ending a verification (required)

rec.finish() prints the run dir and summary path. Always end by opening the summary in a split:

pixel open file:///tmp/verify-runs/<name>-<stamp>/summary.html

That page is the deliverable: what was tested (clickable timeline that seeks the video), the checks table, the stills, and the video of the whole run. Watch out for FAIL rows before declaring the verification passed.

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Gotchas

  • The engine rounds the window down to the cell grid, so the framebuffer can be narrower than the requested winsize. Take coordinates from d.frame_size, never from the requested pixels, or clicks land ~5% off.
  • Keep pumping after quit (d.stop does) or the exit is never observed.
  • Escape must be kitty CSI-u (d.key("esc") handles it); a bare \x1b makes the app swallow the next escape sequence as literal text.
  • If a press lands on a node without handlers, the engine dispatches the click at the release position — a missed drag can silently click something else.
  • Hover state only updates on move events; end interactions with a move if the screenshot should show hover styling.
  • Apps taking a file path argv need an ABSOLUTE path (their cwd is the package dir).
  • Run artifacts live in /tmp/verify-runs/<name>-<stamp>/: frames/, events.jsonl, run.json, verification.mp4, summary.html.

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/verify of zenbu-labs/terminal-browser.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2165ae7

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Questions about Verify

What does Verify do?

Drive an engine app headlessly in a pty, record a video of the whole verification, and open a summary page (video + timeline + checks) with pixel open. Verify is an agent skill from zenbu-labs/terminal-browser. Drive an engine app headlessly in a pty, record a video of the whole verification, and open a summary page (video + timeline + checks) with pixel open.

How do I install Verify in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add zenbu-labs/terminal-browser --skill verify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/verify in zenbu-labs/terminal-browser) into .claude/skills/verify in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Verify in Codex?

Run `npx skills add zenbu-labs/terminal-browser --skill verify -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/verify in zenbu-labs/terminal-browser) into .agents/skills/verify in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Verify 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 zenbu-labs/terminal-browser --skill verify -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/verify, .gemini/skills/verify, .github/skills/verify and .opencode/skills/verify in your project.

What does Verify need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Verify is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Verify access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Verify 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 Verify use?

Verify is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Verify 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 Verify?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Verify: Update V8 Version (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Firecrawl Page Scrape Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars), Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars) and Rust TDD Workflow (rtk-ai/rtk, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Verify?

zenbu-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in zenbu-labs/terminal-browser, which has 3,735 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: zenbu-labs/terminal-browser on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.