AI automation

Automation skill capture from screen recordings

Showstep · Record your work once. Get a clean, reviewable skill with intent and ordered steps.

WatchingDraft scoreEstablished market · since 2014 · Verified

53PWAS score

Confidence

Based on 9 of 9 factors

Overview

AIThis description was written by a model from public signals. The facts behind it are listed under Evidence.

Problem: Knowledge workers spend significant time on repetitive digital tasks that require multiple steps and context to document. Creating reusable automations or agent skills today requires manual definition of intent and steps, creating friction in automation adoption.
Solution concept: A tool that records actual on-screen work sessions and uses AI to automatically extract the intent and ordered steps, then converts these into reusable skills or automations that integrate directly with Microsoft automation platforms. This removes manual documentation and reduces the barrier to creating automations from observed behavior.
Who has it: Knowledge workers and business process automation teams who use Microsoft automation platforms like Copilot Studio, Scout, or Copilot Cowork.
How they handle it today: Currently, to create an automation or agent skill, users must manually define the intent, list steps, and configure them in automation platforms. This is time-consuming and error-prone.
Why now: The GitHub Copilot SDK enables AI-powered intent extraction and structured reconstruction of tasks. Microsoft is actively promoting its automation platforms (Scout, Copilot Studio, Copilot Cowork), creating demand for easier skill authoring. Screen recording and AI analysis technology has matured to support real-time task understanding.
How it could charge: Inference: Subscription or usage-based pricing for enterprise automation platforms; integration fees or premium features within Copilot Studio, Scout, or Copilot Cowork ecosystems; per-skill or per-automation licensing.

Verdict

Computed from the factor scores below, never written by a model. It decides nothing on its own: only the gate makes an opportunity a build candidate.

Score breakdown

A model sorted each factor into a rubric bucket; code turned buckets into numbers. Unknown factors are left out of the score and lower confidence instead.

Market validation

Confidence 30 · 1 evidence · The GitHub repository shows 4,205 stars and 441 forks, indicating clear demand and interest from the developer community for screen-recording-to-automation tooling.

Revenue evidence

Confidence 95 · 5 evidence · Microsoft Copilot Studio has published pricing ($25.20–$38.40/month per user, $200/tenant/month plans, and $0.01/credit pay-as-you-go), and Minit (a comparable process automation acquisition) demonstrated $2M annual revenue and raised €7M Series A.

Growth

Confidence 95 · 1 evidence · The GitHub repository gained 4,205 stars in 71 days, indicating breakout growth velocity comparable to major open-source launches.

Problem severity

Confidence 30 · Judged from the description · The opportunity describes that knowledge workers spend significant time on repetitive digital tasks with high friction in documentation and automation adoption, causing lost hours and friction in business process automation.

Economic proximity

Confidence 30 · Judged from the description · The solution directly integrates with Microsoft's commercial automation and Copilot platforms (Scout, Copilot Studio, Copilot Cowork) where money changes hands in the form of subscriptions and per-credit usage fees.

Distribution

Confidence 70 · 1 evidence · Generated automations integrate directly with multiple widely-adopted Microsoft platforms where they are deployed and shared across enterprise teams, exposing the tool's value to many non-users.

Buildability

Confidence 70 · 1 evidence · The tool uses GitHub Copilot SDK to record on-screen sessions and reconstruct them as intent and steps, requiring integration with Microsoft APIs and AI inference but leveraging existing commodity ML platforms.

Differentiation

Confidence 30 · Judged from the description · The concept addresses a named gap: manual documentation is the current friction point users identify, and automating intent extraction from recorded behavior is a clear structural improvement that incumbents (Copilot Studio, Scout) do not yet offer natively.

Retention and timing

Confidence 30 · Judged from the description · Automation skill creation is a recurring workflow in enterprise process automation teams, and the timing is strong: Microsoft is actively expanding Copilot automation platforms (Copilot Cowork, Scout) with growing enterprise adoption.

Risk penalties

Depends on one platformThe product is entirely dependent on Microsoft's automation platforms (Scout, Copilot Studio, Copilot Cowork) for distribution and monetization; if Microsoft changes APIs, pricing, or deprioritizes these platforms, the product loses its core value.−10
IP or trademark riskThe solution is designed to integrate deeply with and generate outputs for Microsoft proprietary platforms; Microsoft could acquire or build competing functionality directly into these platforms, leveraging their distribution and integration advantages.−11

Score history

55 · confidence 41 · config v1First score · 8 Oct 2026
55 · confidence 59 · config v1Evidence changed · 16 Oct 2026
53 · confidence 53 · config v1Evidence changed · 17 Oct 2026

Evidence · 10 items

Market validation

The repository has significant adoption with 4,205 stars and 441 forks
AI inference
The model stated this without a quote found in the source.
GitHubRetrieved 8 Oct 2026

Revenue evidence

Microsoft Copilot Studio's pricing page lists 6 paid plans, from $25.20 to $38.40 a month
Verified
Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Copilot An integrated solution for productivity and security, with Microsoft Copilot built in to elevate how work gets done $32.00 user/month, paid yearly · Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot Powerful apps across devices, with Copilot built in to enhance creativity, collaboration, and efficiency $23.50 user/month, paid yearly · Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Originally starting from $21.00 now starting from $18.00 $21.00 $18.00 user/month, paid yearly · $38.40 user/month (Monthly subscription-auto renews) · $28.20 user/month (Monthly subscription-a
microsoft.comRetrieved 16 Oct 2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: $200 per tenant per month, 25,000 Copilot Credits, no rollover (August 2026)
Estimate
a prepaid pack ($200 / 25,000 credits per month, no rollover)
aguidetocloud.comRetrieved 17 Oct 2026
Minit: €7 million Series A led by Target Global
Public claim
announced a €7 million Series A led by Target Global
tech.euRetrieved 17 Oct 2026
Minit (task/process mining, acquired by Microsoft): $2M annual revenue (April 2021)
Estimate
Minit's annual revenue was $2M in April 2021, its last figure before Microsoft bought it (source not recorded).
getlatka.comRetrieved 17 Oct 2026
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Pay-as-you-go $0.01 per credit via Azure (August 2026)
Estimate
$0.01/credit via an Azure subscription
aguidetocloud.comRetrieved 17 Oct 2026

Growth

GitHub repository gained 4205 stars in 71 days
Verified
GitHubRetrieved 8 Oct 2026

Distribution

Generated automations integrate directly with multiple Microsoft platforms (Scout, Copilot Cowork, Copilot Studio)
Public claim
builds a reusable Skill or Automation for Microsoft Autopilots like Scout, Microsoft Copilot Cowork, or Copilot Studio
GitHubRetrieved 8 Oct 2026

Buildability

Tool records on-screen work sessions and reconstructs them as intent plus ordered steps using GitHub Copilot SDK
Public claim
Desktop app that records your on-screen work session and uses the GitHub Copilot SDK to reconstruct it as an intent + ordered steps
GitHubRetrieved 8 Oct 2026

Retention and timing

Minit: 2014
Estimate
Founded 2014
getlatka.comRetrieved 17 Oct 2026

Automation skill capture from screen recordings

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Evidence · 10 items

Market validation

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Growth

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