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VHS Recording Skill · athola | DecimalAI

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VHS Recording Skill

athola/vhs-recording

Source athola/claude-night-market ↗License MIT

Generates terminal recordings using VHS tape scripts and produces GIF outputs.

SkillScore82Maintained

Automatic

Doc Ops pack

Last verified 8/21/2026

What it changes

Passed 16 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 19 without it.

Without skill55%

With skill82%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Launches virtual terminal ttyd
References modules/execution.md
References modules/tape-syntax.md

and 4 more in the full report

7 fixed11 passed either way3 still failing1 broke

Pass-rate lift: +27 pp
Tokens: -30%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -67%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/21/2026v118 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/athola-vhs-recording/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/athola-vhs-recording/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add athola-vhs-recording, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/athola-vhs-recording/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add athola-vhs-recording

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/athola-vhs-recording/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/athola-vhs-recording/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/athola-vhs-recording/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/athola-vhs-recording.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 7 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 7

Prompt

I am on macOS and need to install the VHS terminal recording tool. What Homebrew command should I run?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Recommends running brew install charmbracelet/tap/vhs	Missed	Passed

case-06 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/21/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md89 linessingle file

VHS Recording Skill

Generate professional terminal recordings from VHS tape files.

When To Use

Recording terminal sessions with VHS tape scripts
Creating terminal demo recordings for documentation

When NOT To Use

Browser-based workflows - use scry:browser-recording instead
Non-terminal demos or GUI applications

Overview

VHS converts declarative tape files into animated GIFs of terminal sessions. Tape files define commands, timing, and terminal appearance.

Required TodoWrite Items

- Locate and validate tape file
- Check VHS installation status
- Execute VHS recording
- Verify output GIF creation

Module Reference

See modules/tape-syntax.md for VHS tape file directives
See modules/execution.md for recording workflow details

Workflow

Phase 1: Validate Tape File

Confirm tape file exists at specified path
Read tape file contents
Verify required directives:

Track record

Benchmark

16 / 19

test cases passed, vs 10 / 19 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

athola / claude-night-market

plugins/scry/skills/vhs-recording/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1

Other skills for the same job

Published skills whose descriptions closely match this one, with their headline benchmark lift.

tmchow/vhs-terminal-recorderThis skill should be used when the user names Charmbracelet VHS, asks to use the `vhs` CLI, wants a terminal recording, terminal GIF, terminal MP4/WebM, `.tape` file, scripted terminal demo, or a reproducible command-line screencast. Do NOT use for generic browser recording, full desktop screen capture, or unscripted secret-bearing interactive sessions.Close match+9 pp pass-rate lift

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What's inside

VHS Recording Skill

When To Use

When NOT To Use

Overview

Required TodoWrite Items

Module Reference

Workflow

Phase 1: Validate Tape File

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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