Camera Preview
SkillDev toolsUse this skill when the user asks to preview the camera, show the camera output, open the camera, run a camera demo, or test that the camera works.
Use Camera Preview in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop
Free. Sign in, add Camera Preview and connect your AI. About a minute.
Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex
Then ask your AI: use the Camera Preview skill
Details
Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.
Account requirements not reviewed. Check the skill instructions before use; Ahel provides instructions and does not run this skill.
No other account needed.
Add Ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.
About this skill
ESP-Claw Skills Lab
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by espressif/esp-claw-skills-lab in skills/camera_preview/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.
Use this skill when the user asks to preview the camera, show the camera output, open the camera, run a camera demo, or test that the camera works.
The Lua script grabs frames from the on-board camera and pushes them to the
LCD using the display module. RGB565 / RGB565X pixel formats are supported.
Requirements
- A camera device available on the board.
- A display device declared as
display_lcdin board hardware info.
If either is missing, the script prints an error and exits.
Tool Call Inputs
{
"path": "{CUR_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/camera_preview.lua",
"args": {}
}
The script takes no arguments; pass an empty args object.
Behavior
The display continuously shows the camera image until the script is stopped.
On any startup failure the script prints a single [camera_preview] ERROR: ...
line which should be reported directly to the user.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 34
- Forks
- 17
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
camera-preview- Source
- github.com/espressif/esp-claw-skills-lab
github.com/espressif/esp-claw-skills-lab