Capture Windows Screen

Capture the current Windows desktop from this WSL/OpenClaw environment and return the PNG path for inspection or delivery. Use when the user asks to screenshot the current screen, show what is on the Windows desktop, inspect a visible app/window, or send the latest screen image back to them.

Use the bundled script for screenshot requests in this environment. It calls the Windows PowerShell helper, copies the PNG into a chosen staging folder, and prints the staged path.

Use two staging modes:

• Analysis / inspection: keep the default workspace tmp-media/ staging.
• Messaging-surface delivery: prefer ~/.openclaw/media/outbound/ so the file is already in OpenClaw's managed outbound media store.

Quick workflow

1. For analysis or inspection, run bash scripts/capture-windows-screen.sh from this skill directory.
2. For delivery back to a chat app, run STAGE_DIR=/home/lhs/.openclaw/media/outbound bash scripts/capture-windows-screen.sh.
3. Treat the printed path as the staged screenshot to use next.
4. If the user wants the image in chat, prefer the managed outbound path from step 2 and send it with a bare MEDIA: line when possible.
5. If the user wants analysis, inspect the staged image after capture.

Commands

Analysis / inspection path:

bash

bash scripts/capture-windows-screen.sh

Delivery-safe path for chat apps:

bash

STAGE_DIR=/home/lhs/.openclaw/media/outbound bash scripts/capture-windows-screen.sh

Expected output:

text

/home/lhs/.openclaw/workspace/tmp-media/latest-screen-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.png

or, for delivery-safe staging:

text

/home/lhs/.openclaw/media/outbound/latest-screen-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.png

Environment assumptions

This skill assumes these host-side paths exist:

• PowerShell: /mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe
• Capture helper: C:\OpenClaw\capture-screen.ps1
• Screenshot output: C:\OpenClaw\latest-screen.png
• WSL mirror path: /mnt/c/OpenClaw/latest-screen.png
• Workspace staging directory for inspection copies: /home/lhs/.openclaw/workspace/tmp-media
• Managed outbound media store for delivery retries / chat attachments: /home/lhs/.openclaw/media/outbound

Failure handling

• If PowerShell or the helper script is missing, check local machine-specific notes before changing paths.
• If the command succeeds but the PNG is missing, rerun once, then verify the helper still writes to C:\OpenClaw\latest-screen.png.
• If the browser shows the image but Telegram or another chat app does not receive it, assume the file stayed at local-preview level. Restage it into /home/lhs/.openclaw/media/outbound and retry using only the managed outbound path.
• Do not assume a workspace tmp-media/ path is delivery-safe just because the web UI can preview it.
• Do not invent alternate screenshot commands unless the configured path is clearly broken.