# Screenpipe Windows Dev

Tests Screenpipe Windows changes on a disposable Azure VM from a prepared image.

- Repository: https://github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe (22202 stars)
- Category: DevOps
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add screenpipe/screenpipe --skill develop-screenpipe-windows -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add screenpipe/screenpipe --skill develop-screenpipe-windows -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add screenpipe/screenpipe --skill develop-screenpipe-windows -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add screenpipe/screenpipe --skill develop-screenpipe-windows -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Develop and test Screenpipe Windows-native changes on a disposable Azure VM created from the prepared Screenpipe Windows dev image. Use for Windows compiler, process, service, local API, desktop, capture, installer, or permission behavior. Do not use for React-only work proved by the browser mock.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

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# Develop Screenpipe on Windows

Use a disposable VM created from the validated Screenpipe Windows dev image for
all Windows-native work. The image includes the desktop, Codex, build toolchain,
native caches, and evidence tooling. Read
[`references/dev-image.md`](references/dev-image.md) completely before creating,
updating, or using the image.

The disposable VM owns the entire task after one dispatch: Codex execution,
native validation, its interactive console desktop, video recording, durable
evidence upload, branch push, PR creation and update, credential cleanup, and
shutdown. The dispatching computer may disconnect or power off immediately.
There is no inbound RDP rule, operator desktop session, or host-held agent.
Do not cross-compile and present that as Windows evidence.

Never develop or test on the live release builder, and never clone it as a
per-task fallback. If no validated dev image exists, stop and report that the
one-time image build is required.

## Shared workflow

The rest: https://github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/develop-screenpipe-windows/SKILL.md