solstone doesn't capture anything on its own — it needs an observer. pick the one for your platform, copy the prompt below into your coding agent, and it handles the rest.
native macOS screen and audio capture
install the solstone-macos observer — a native swift menu bar app that captures screen and audio. requires Xcode (full IDE, not just command line tools). cd "$(sol root)/observers" && git clone https://github.com/solpbc/solstone-macos.git && cd solstone-macos then read INSTALL.md and follow it.
linux desktop screen and audio capture
install the solstone-linux observer — captures screen and audio on linux desktops using PipeWire and GStreamer. cd "$(sol root)/observers" && git clone https://github.com/solpbc/solstone-linux.git && cd solstone-linux then read INSTALL.md and follow it.
solstone-tmux captures all active tmux sessions and panes every 5 seconds. lightweight, pure python, no system dependencies. works alongside either desktop observer.
install the solstone-tmux observer — captures all active tmux sessions and panes. lightweight, pure python, no system dependencies. cd "$(sol root)/observers" && git clone https://github.com/solpbc/solstone-tmux.git && cd solstone-tmux then read INSTALL.md and follow it.