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Programmatic screenshot capture on macOS. Find window IDs with Swift CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo, control application windows via AppleScript (zoom, scroll, select), and capture with screencapture. Use when automating screenshots, capturing application windows for documentation, or building multi-shot visual workflows.

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# Capture Screen

Programmatic screenshot capture on macOS: find windows, control views, capture images.

## Select observation or foreground control

For an existing view, enumerate and capture the exact window without activating it.
Skip Step 2 when no view change is needed. A window image proves visible content in
that capture, not keyboard focus, input delivery or a successful business action.

Before opening/raising windows, scrolling, selecting, changing zoom or sending keys,
the executing agent checks user activity and other agents' ownership. Use a concrete
task handoff or an existing explicit idle-desktop authorization; under the latter,
coordinate exclusive access and proceed without asking again. Idle input alone is
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