Claude can now watch you do a task once and turn it into a reusable skill. Just record your screen while working or narrate what you are doing and Claude will write the skill for you.
This is the fastest way to hand off a repetitive task you do every week.
Here's how to set it up, using a job I do every week as the worked example.
What You'll Need
Claude for Mac, updated to the latest version
A Pro, Max, or Team plan (recording is not available on Free or Enterprise)
A repeatable task you do regularly, ideally one that takes 5 to 10 minutes
Note: Mac only for now. Not available in chat, on Windows, or on Free and Enterprise plans
Step 1: Grant the Permissions
The first time you record, macOS will ask for two permissions.
Accessibility so Claude can track your mouse and keyboard
Screen Recording so Claude can see what is on screen
Grant both. macOS may ask you to restart Claude afterwards.
Step 2: Clear Your Screen First
Everything on screen is captured for the length of the session, along with anything you say out loud.
Before you hit record:
Close any files, apps, or conversations you do not want captured
Log out of anything sensitive
Turn off notifications (Focus mode is easiest)
Warning: do not type passwords, display client financials, or leave private messages visible while recording. Everything on screen is captured.
Step 3: Start the Recording
Open Cowork in Claude for Mac. There are two ways in.
Click the + button in the composer, then select Record a skill
Go to Customize > Skills, click Add, then select Record your screen
Click Start recording. Leave the microphone on so you can narrate as you work.
You have roughly 10 minutes per recording. A countdown appears when you have about a minute left.
Step 4: Do the Task and Talk Through It
Now just do the task the way you normally would. The capture bar shows the recording is running and counts the steps it has captured.
Worked example: republishing the newsletter to LinkedIn
This is the task I recorded. Every week I publish The Meta in beehiiv, then republish it as a LinkedIn newsletter edition so it reaches a different audience. Yours will be a different job. The pattern is what matters: something you do repeatedly, in the same order, producing the same kind of output. My steps are always these:
Open the published issue in beehiiv
Start a new edition of the LinkedIn newsletter
Copy the issue content across
Strip the duplicate title LinkedIn inserts on paste
Add dividers between each section
Drop in the image from each section
Delete the sponsor block, which is beehiiv-only
Publish so it mirrors the email version
Do all of it while narrating. Say things like:
I'm deleting the sponsor block here because that ad placement is beehiiv-only and shouldn't appear on LinkedIn.The title always pastes in twice. I keep the top one and delete the duplicate underneath.Dividers go between every section so the LinkedIn version reads the same way the email does.Narration is the difference between a good skill and a great one. Claude can see what you click. It cannot see why you chose to skip a step or how you decide between two options unless you say it out loud.
Step 5: Review What Claude Proposes
Click Done when you finish, or Discard to throw it away without creating anything.
Claude starts a Cowork task, reviews the recording, and proposes a skill. You will see one of two things:
A new skill, marked NEW on the proposal card. Click Save to keep it or Dismiss to discard.
An update to an existing skill, if the recording overlaps something you already have. Click Update or Dismiss.
Expand Content on the proposal card to read the skill before you decide.
Step 6: Test It With Real Prompts
Saved skills appear in Customize > Skills and work like any other skill.
Try these ideas for inspiration:
Republish this week's issue of The Meta as a LinkedIn newsletter edition.Take the latest newsletter and set up the LinkedIn version, matching the formatting.Check Claude's thinking to confirm it is actually loading the skill. If it does not trigger when you expect it to, the description needs work.
Step 7: Refine the Description
The description is what tells Claude when to use the skill. If it is not firing, that is almost always why.
Open the skill in Customize > Skills, highlight the description, and click Edit with Claude. Ask for something more specific.
Weak: "Handles LinkedIn posts"
Strong: "Republish a beehiiv newsletter issue as a LinkedIn newsletter edition, matching the formatting, adding section dividers and images, and removing the sponsor block."
Customisation: be specific about when the skill applies, not just what it does. Claude reads the description to decide whether to load it.
Real-World Applications
Construction and Property
Record your handover pack, tender submission, or monthly site report process once. Every future project follows the same steps without you reopening the template each time.
Agencies and Consultancies
Record how you build a client reporting pack, onboard a new account, or prep a pitch. New team members inherit the process instead of shadowing you for a month.
Finance and Operations
Record month-end close steps, invoice reconciliation, or supplier onboarding. Anything with a fixed sequence and a specific output format is a good candidate.
Sales
Record how you research a prospect, build a tailored deck, and log the outcome in the CRM. Then run it on every new lead.
Tips for Better Results
Pick one workflow, not five. Focused skills compose better than one giant skill that tries to do everything.
Narrate the decisions, not the clicks. Claude can see the clicks. Say why you made each choice.
Do the task at normal speed. Rushing produces gaps. Going slowly wastes your 10 minutes.
Record the task you actually do, not an idealised version of it.
Run it twice before you trust it. Test with two different real projects to see where it breaks.
What Claude Keeps From a Recording
The video and audio are not retained. After Claude reviews the recording to build the skill, what stays is a set of screenshots from the session, viewable by expanding the Recorded demonstration step in the task.
Those screenshots live inside the Cowork task, so deleting the task removes them.
Next Steps
Pick the most repetitive task in your week. Not the most complicated one, the most repetitive. Record it once this afternoon and see what Claude proposes.
Good first candidates:
A weekly report you assemble from the same three sources
A client onboarding pack
A monthly invoice or reconciliation process
Anything where you follow the same steps and produce the same file format every time