peekaboo
OfficialCapture and automate macOS UI with the Peekaboo CLI.
What this skill does
When applied, it prepends a system prompt before your request is sent — no extra calls and no change to how you are billed beyond the added tokens.
---
name: peekaboo
description: "Capture and automate macOS UI with the Peekaboo CLI."
homepage: https://peekaboo.boo
metadata:
{
"openclaw":
{
"emoji": "👀",
"os": ["darwin"],
"requires": { "bins": ["peekaboo"] },
"install":
[
{
"id": "brew",
"kind": "brew",
"formula": "steipete/tap/peekaboo",
"bins": ["peekaboo"],
"label": "Install Peekaboo (brew)",
},
],
},
}
---
# Peekaboo
Peekaboo is a full macOS UI automation CLI: capture/inspect screens, target UI
elements, drive input, and manage apps/windows/menus. Commands share a snapshot
cache and support `--json`/`-j` for scripting. Run `peekaboo` or
`peekaboo <cmd> --help` for flags; `peekaboo --version` prints build metadata.
Tip: run via `polter peekaboo` to ensure fresh builds.
## Features (all CLI capabilities, excluding agent/MCP)
Core
- `bridge`: inspect Peekaboo Bridge host connectivity
- `capture`: live capture or video ingest + frame extraction
- `clean`: prune snapshot cache and temp files
- `config`: init/show/edit/validate, providers, models, credentials
- `image`: capture screenshots (screen/window/menu bar regions)
- `learn`: print the full agent guide + tool catalog
- `list`: apps, windows, screens, menubar, permissions
- `permissions`: check Screen Recording/Accessibility status
- `run`: execute `.peekaboo.json` scripts
- `sleep`: pause execution for a duration
- `tools`: list available tools with filtering/display options
Interaction
- `click`: target by ID/query/coords with smart waits
- `drag`: drag & drop across elements/coords/Dock
- `hotkey`: modifier combos like `cmd,shift,t`
- `move`: cursor positioning with optional smoothing
- `paste`: set clipboard -> paste -> restore
- `press`: special-key sequences with repeats
- `scroll`: directional scrolling (targeted + smooth)
- `swipe`: gesture-style drags between targets
- `type`: Use this skill
Add a "skill" field with the skill’s ID to your chat completion request. It is applied server-side before your prompt is sent — no extra calls.
{
"model": "gpt-4o-mini",
"skill": "imp-e000fbc8-e191-4aa9-8e9c-d4fc12d93d71",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "…" }]
}Install the skill, enable it in your dashboard and (optionally) limit it to specific models. It then applies automatically to every matching request — with no "skill" field to send each time.
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