ov-selkies/skills/wf-recorder/SKILL.md
Wayland screen recorder for wlroots compositors. Use when working with the wf-recorder layer.
npx skillsauth add overthinkos/overthink-plugins wf-recorderInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Install files | layer.yml (packages only) |
| Depends | none |
RPM: wf-recorder
Native Wayland screen recorder for wlroots-based compositors (sway, labwc, etc.). Captures frames via the wlr-screencopy protocol and encodes to MP4/MKV using system ffmpeg. Supports audio capture with --audio.
Note: Does NOT work on selkies-desktop — use wl-record-pixelflux instead (labwc nested in pixelflux can't deliver screencopy frames).
# image.yml or layer.yml
layers:
- wf-recorder
# Direct usage (inside container)
wf-recorder -f output.mp4 # Record to MP4
wf-recorder -f output.mp4 --audio # With audio
wf-recorder -f output.mp4 -r 60 # 60fps
# Stop with Ctrl-C
ov eval record# Start recording sway desktop (auto-detects wf-recorder)
ov eval record start sway-browser-vnc -n demo --mode desktop
# Interact with desktop
ov eval wl click sway-browser-vnc 640 360
ov eval record cmd sway-browser-vnc "neofetch" -n demo
# Stop and copy to host
ov eval record stop sway-browser-vnc -n demo -o demo.mp4
sway-desktop metalayer (and all images using sway-desktop-vnc)/ov-selkies:sway-browser-vnc (via sway-desktop metalayer)/ov-openclaw:openclaw-sway-browser (via sway-desktop metalayer)/ov-openclaw:openclaw-ollama-sway-browser (via sway-desktop metalayer)/ov-advanced:record — ov eval record start --mode desktop auto-detects wf-recorder/ov-selkies:wl-record-pixelflux — Alternative for selkies-desktop (pixelflux pipeline)/ov-selkies:wl-screenshot-grim — Screenshot companion (same wlr-screencopy protocol)/ov-selkies:sway-desktop — Parent metalayerUse when the user asks about:
wf-recorder layer/ov-build:layer — layer authoring reference (layer.yml schema, task verbs, service declarations)/ov-build:eval — declarative testing (eval: block, ov eval image, ov eval live)tools
OpenCharly CLI (charly) binary installed into container/VM images for in-container use. Use when working with charly binary deployment inside containers, native D-Bus support, or the full charly toolchain (charly binary + virtualization + gocryptfs + socat).
development
Operator CachyOS workstation profile — a kind:local template + target:local deploy that installs the full dev stack (30 candies) onto a CachyOS host via ShellExecutor. Lives in the overthinkos/cachyos submodule. MUST be invoked before editing or applying the charly-cachyos workstation profile.
tools
Fedora box with the full charly toolchain using shared candies. Rootless-first — runs as uid=1000 with passwordless sudo (no root, no cap_add: ALL). Same candy list as charly-arch. Includes NVIDIA GPU runtime. MUST be invoked before building, deploying, configuring, or troubleshooting the charly-fedora box.
tools
Arch Linux box with the full charly toolchain. Rootless-first — runs as uid=1000 with passwordless sudo (no root, no cap_add: ALL). Composes /charly-coder:charly-mcp so the box is reachable as an MCP gateway on port 18765. NVIDIA GPU runtime composed in. MUST be invoked before building, deploying, configuring, or troubleshooting the charly-arch box.