Overview
automate-this is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by github. Its author describes it as: “Analyze a screen recording of a manual process and produce targeted, working automation scripts. Extracts frames and audio narration from video files, reconstructs the step-by-step workflow, and proposes automation at…”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/automate-this`.
What automate-this does
Analyze a screen recording of a manual process and build working automation for it.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for automate-this is organised into these sections:
- Prerequisites Check
- Phase 1: Extract Content from the Recording
- Frame Extraction
- Audio Extraction and Transcription
- Phase 2: Reconstruct the Process
- Phase 3: Environment Fingerprint
- Phase 4: Propose Automation
- Tier Structure
- Proposal Format
- Application-Specific Automation Strategies
- Making Proposals Targeted
- Phase 5: Build and Test
Installation
Add automate-this to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/automate-thisReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- GitHub Copilot — declared in the repository topics
License
automate-this is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in github/awesome-copilot, an established project with 37,982 GitHub stars
- Works with GitHub Copilot
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does automate-this do?
- Analyze a screen recording of a manual process and produce targeted, working automation scripts. Extracts frames and audio narration from video files, reconstructs the step-by-step workflow, and proposes automation at multiple complexity levels using tools already installed on the user machine.
- How do I install automate-this?
- Run git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/automate-this in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot before installing.
- Is automate-this free to use?
- Yes. automate-this is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does automate-this work with?
- automate-this lists GitHub Copilot — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does automate-this come from?
- automate-this ships inside github/awesome-copilot, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 37,982 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
