Give me one minute, and I’ll improve your Claude Code experience immediately. This is the first skill I built. And it’s the skill I use most often. *drumroll* It’s a SCREENSHOT skill. And honestly, I’m shocked Anthropic hasn’t built this functionality into Claude Code itself. Claude has access 🔑 But Claude needs EYES 👁️ Here’s what you’re going to do: 1) locate what folder all your screenshots go to (and if it’s your desktop, you’re a maniac, change it). Mine goes to a folder on my desktop called “organized screenshots” 2) prompt Claude Code with the following: Build me a skill called ‘/ss’ that lists out the files in <screenshots folder path> from newest to oldest, and grabs the newest. This is how I will speak to you visually. I also want an argument for the screenshot count – if I type ‘/ss 4’, you should grab the four most recent screenshots in that folder. If I type no number after ‘ss’ then only grab the most recent screenshot. Then, whatever follows after that argument is the action I want you to take. ‘/ss huh’ means I need you to explain the screenshots’ content to me. ‘/ss 3 make infographic plz’ means I need you to grab the last 3 screenshots and use their content to make me a unified infographic. ‘/ss fix’ likely means that I’m screenshotting an error message in code we’re building out and I need you to understand the error message, figure out the bug, and edit the code to fix it. Or, if we’re in the middle of a front end design project, it might mean the design has an error (like overlapping text) to fix. ‘/ss do this’ likely means that I screenshotted a smart thing someone did online and I want us to learn from it and do the same and remix it so it’s the most goal-oriented outcome for me based on what you know about me 3) let it build you the skill 4) go on X 5) scroll through your feed and screenshot one thing you find valuable 6) open a new terminal and prompt Claude with “/ss” + “do this” or “explain” or “turn this into an infographic” 7) enjoy – you just gave Claude eyes 🎉 Let me know how it goes. Again, this is my most used Claude Code skill by a landslide and easily saves me an hour a week. Cc @bcherny @trq212
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