Install Canvas Capture Browser
SkillWeb & browsingInstalls and verifies the pinned Chrome build needed for the Remotion Canvas Capture extension on Apple Silicon Macs.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
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Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the Install Canvas Capture Browser skill
About this capability
Install and verify the pinned Chrome for Testing build used by the private Remotion Canvas Capture extension on Apple Silicon macOS. Use when setting up Canvas Capture, when Recorder Chrome is missing or has the wrong version, or when the canvas-capture-extension installer reports that Chrome for Te
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by remotion-dev/remotion in .agents/skills/install-canvas-capture-browser/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Install the exact Chrome for Testing build known to support Canvas Draw Element and proprietary H.264 codecs. Keep it pinned because other Chrome builds may remove or change the experimental API.
Install
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Run the bundled installer:
.agents/skills/install-canvas-capture-browser/scripts/install-browser.shThe script only supports Apple Silicon macOS. It downloads revision
r1631007, verifies the archive checksum and version150.0.7842.0, and installs the app at/Users/jonathanburger/Applications/Recorder Chrome.app. It exits successfully without downloading when the correct version is already installed. It does not overwrite an incompatible existing app. -
Confirm the script reports the expected installed path and version.
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Launch it for Canvas Capture with:
'/Users/jonathanburger/Applications/Recorder Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome for Testing' \ --user-data-dir='/Users/jonathanburger/Library/Application Support/Chrome for Testing Canvas Capture r1631007' \ --enable-features=CanvasDrawElement \ --enable-blink-features=CanvasDrawElement \ --disable-component-update \ --no-first-run \ --no-default-browser-check
Use this browser only with trusted websites because the pinned build does not receive security updates.
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