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name: screenshot-detection description: Take screenshots and detect UI elements. Use when finding click positions, extracting templates, detecting icons, or when user asks "where is", "find the", "click on", "extract template", "detect", "locate". Decides between template matching (if template exists) and Gemini detection (for new elements). allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash, Glob, Grep

Screenshot & Detection Skill

Detect UI elements in game screenshots using template matching or Gemini vision.

Decision Flowchart

CopyNeed to find/click something?
│
├─ Template exists in templates/ground_truth/?
│   │
│   ├─ YES → Use template matching (fast, reliable)
│   │        See: TEMPLATE_MATCHING.md
│   │
│   └─ NO → Use Gemini detection
│           See: GEMINI_DETECTION.md
│
After Gemini detection:
└─ Extract template → Save to ground_truth → Create matcher class

Core Rules

Rule 1: NEVER Analyze Screenshots Directly

Claude's image analysis is unreliable for game UI. Always use Gemini:

Copypython calibration/detect_object.py screenshot.png "description of element"

Rule 2: ALWAYS Use WindowsScreenshotHelper

ADB screenshots have different pixel values and WILL NOT match templates.

Copyfrom utils.windows_screenshot_helper import WindowsScreenshotHelper

win = WindowsScreenshotHelper()
frame = win.get_screenshot_cv2()  # BGR numpy array, 3840x2160

Rule 3: Template Matching Method

Always use cv2.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED:

• Lower score = better match
• Score ~0.00 = perfect match
• Threshold typically 0.03-0.1

Rule 4: Template Naming

Save to templates/ground_truth/ with format: <element>_4k.png

Quick Reference

Take Screenshot

Copyfrom utils.windows_screenshot_helper import WindowsScreenshotHelper
import cv2

win = WindowsScreenshotHelper()
frame = win.get_screenshot_cv2()
cv2.imwrite("screenshot.png", frame)

Check if Template Exists

Copyls templates/ground_truth/ | grep -i "element_name"

Template Matching (Fixed Position)

Copyimport cv2

template = cv2.imread('templates/ground_truth/icon_4k.png', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
frame_gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

# Extract ROI at known position
roi = frame_gray[y:y+h, x:x+w]
result = cv2.matchTemplate(roi, template, cv2.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED)
score = cv2.minMaxLoc(result)[0]

is_present = score < 0.05  # threshold

Template Matching (Search Region)

Copyimport cv2

template = cv2.imread('templates/ground_truth/button_4k.png', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
frame_gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

# Search in region
roi = frame_gray[y1:y2, x1:x2]
result = cv2.matchTemplate(roi, template, cv2.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED)
min_val, _, min_loc, _ = cv2.minMaxLoc(result)

if min_val < 0.05:
    found_x = x1 + min_loc[0]
    found_y = y1 + min_loc[1]

Gemini Detection (New Element)

Copy# Save screenshot first
python -c "from utils.windows_screenshot_helper import WindowsScreenshotHelper; import cv2; cv2.imwrite('screenshot.png', WindowsScreenshotHelper().get_screenshot_cv2())"

# Run detection
python calibration/detect_object.py screenshot.png "the treasure map icon"

# Outputs: detect_crop.png (template), detect_debug.png (visualization)

Extract Template from Coordinates

Copy# After Gemini gives (x, y, w, h):
roi = frame[y:y+h, x:x+w]
cv2.imwrite('templates/ground_truth/element_4k.png', roi)

Threshold Guidelines

Workflow: Adding New Detection

1. Check for existing template

   Copyls templates/ground_truth/ | grep -i "keyword"
   

2. If template exists: Create matcher class (see TEMPLATE_MATCHING.md)

3. If no template:

   • Take screenshot with WindowsScreenshotHelper
   • Run Gemini detection
   • If inaccurate, refine prompt (see GEMINI_DETECTION.md)
   • Extract and save template
   • Create matcher class

4. Test the matcher

   Copymatcher = MyMatcher()
   frame = win.get_screenshot_cv2()
   is_present, score = matcher.is_present(frame)
   print(f"Present: {is_present}, Score: {score:.4f}")
   

Files

• TEMPLATE_MATCHING.md - Matcher class patterns and examples
• TEMPLATE_EXTRACTION.md - Extraction workflows (correlation, masks)
• GEMINI_DETECTION.md - Gemini workflow and prompt refinement

See Also

• template-catalog skill - Full template reference with positions/thresholds
• utils/view_state_detector.py - View detection implementation
• calibration/detect_object.py - Gemini detection script
• templates/ground_truth/ - All template images