VHS Terminal Recorder

When to use

Use this skill only when vhs or Charmbracelet VHS is actually the right surface:

• user says vhs, Charmbracelet VHS, .tape, terminal GIF, terminal recording, command-line screencast, or scripted terminal demo
• docs need a reproducible recording of CLI behavior
• an existing VHS tape needs authoring, validation, rendering, or debugging

Do not use it for arbitrary desktop capture, browser product tours, video editing, or one-off interactive work that cannot be made deterministic. Use a video/screen-capture workflow instead when the subject is not a terminal.

Mental model

VHS runs a tape file in a pseudo-terminal and renders the terminal session to GIF, MP4, or WebM. Treat a tape like a small executable test: