rudycanshoot
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rudycanshoot is an MCP server and CLI tool that enables AI assistants to capture and view screenshots across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Start with: node bin/rudycanshoot.js serve Tools exposed: - takescreenshot(mode, area?, filename?, outputDir?) → file path - readscreenshot(path) → base64 image - listscreenshots(limit?) → list of recent captures - recordvideo(durationSec?, fps?, area?, temporary?, returnFrames?, maxFrames?) → video path + frames - readvideo(path, maxFrames?) → frames as images for AI viewing - listvideos(limit?) / cleanup_videos(all?, olderThanMinutes?) Edit src/install.js, add an…
We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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- Distinctive
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No TypeScript — plain JavaScript with JSDoc if types need documenting
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 36,368 AGENTS.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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rudycanshoot — Agent Instructions
Project Overview
rudycanshoot is an MCP server and CLI tool that enables AI assistants to capture and view screenshots across Linux, macOS, and Windows.
MCP Server
Start with: node bin/rudycanshoot.js serve
Tools exposed:
take_screenshot(mode, area?, filename?, outputDir?)→ file pathread_screenshot(path)→ base64 imagelist_screenshots(limit?)→ list of recent capturesrecord_video(durationSec?, fps?, area?, temporary?, returnFrames?, maxFrames?)→ video path + framesread_video(path, maxFrames?)→ frames as images for AI viewinglist_videos(limit?)/cleanup_videos(all?, olderThanMinutes?)
Coding Conventions
- ES modules (
type: "module"in package.json), useimport/export - Node.js built-in APIs preferred over third-party where possible
- Platform detection via
process.platform(linux,darwin,win32) - Screenshot backends tried in order: prefer native/installed tools, fall back gracefully
- No TypeScript — plain JavaScript with JSDoc if types need documenting
Testing
node bin/rudycanshoot.js capture --mode fullscreen
node bin/rudycanshoot.js listAdding a New AI Tool Installer
Edit src/install.js, add an entry to TOOL_INSTALLERS:
"my-tool": () => {
const configPath = join(HOME, ".my-tool", "mcp.json");
const config = readJson(configPath);
config.mcpServers = config.mcpServers || {};
config.mcpServers["rudycanshoot"] = MCP_ENTRY;
writeJson(configPath, config);
},Where files are headingNew AGENTS.md files have more rules about keeping secrets out of the code, and fewer about code style.
Of the AGENTS.md files we read, the 28,693 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
In this repository2 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
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