Agent skill

Zai Tts

by aahl in aahl/skills

Text-to-speech conversion using GLM-TTS service via the uvx zai-tts command for generating audio from text.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Zai Tts

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aahl/skills --skill zai-tts -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aahl/skills zai-tts --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aahl/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/zai-tts .claude/skills/zai-tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
zai-tts
GitHub stars
162
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~385 tokens
SKILL.md length
98 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Text-to-speech conversion using GLM-TTS service via the uvx zai-tts command for generating audio from text.

  • User requests audio/voice output with the tts trigger
  • SKILL.md covers Usage, Changing speed, volume, Changing the voice and Available voices
  • Calls uvx; needs ZAI_AUDIO_TOKEN
  • Tasks that involve Text to speech and voice

What it does

Zai Tts is an agent skill from aahl/skills. Text-to-speech conversion using GLM-TTS service via the uvx zai-tts command for generating audio from text. Use when (1) User requests audio/voice output with the "tts" trigger or keyword. (2) Content needs to be spoken rather than read (multitasking, accessibility, podcast, driving, cooking). (3) Using pre-cloned voices for speech.

Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Text to speech and voice. The repository describes itself as: AAHL's Agent Skills. 汇集了多种实用的智能体技能,涵盖Home Assistant智能家居控制、微软Edge TTS和智谱GLM-TTS文本转语音、DuckDuckGo搜索、DeepWiki文档检索、加密货币行情、天气预报、Lark/飞书、影视搜索、商品比价等功能. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • User requests audio/voice output with the tts trigger
  • Tasks that involve Text to speech and voice

Example prompts

  • “/zai-tts”

Requirements

  • A credential in ZAI_AUDIO_TOKEN

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 47edd62. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uvx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uvx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • ZAI_AUDIO_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Zai Tts loads about 385 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 98 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~385

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aahl/skills at commit 47edd62, republished under its MIT licence (© aahl). 98 words, ~385 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/zai-tts/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
zai-tts
description
Text-to-speech conversion using GLM-TTS service via the `uvx zai-tts` command for generating audio from text. Use when (1) User requests audio/voice output with the "tts" trigger or keyword. (2) Content needs to be spoken rather than read (multitasking, accessibility, podcast, driving, cooking). (3) Using pre-cloned voices for speech.

Zai-TTS

Generate high-quality text-to-speech audio using GLM-TTS service via the uvx zai-tts command. Before using this skill, you need to configure the environment variables ZAI_AUDIO_USERID and ZAI_AUDIO_TOKEN, which can be obtained by login audio.z.ai and executing localStorage['auth-storage'] in the console via F12 Developer Tools.

Usage

shell
uvx zai-tts -t "{msg}" -o {tempdir}/{filename}.wav
uvx zai-tts -f path/to/file.txt -o {tempdir}/{filename}.wav

Changing speed, volume

shell
uvx zai-tts -t "{msg}" -o {tempdir}/{filename}.wav --speed 1.5
uvx zai-tts -t "{msg}" -o {tempdir}/{filename}.wav --speed 1.5 --volume 2

Changing the voice

shell
uvx zai-tts -t "{msg}" -o {tempdir}/{filename}.wav --voice system_002

Available voices

system_001: Lila. A cheerful, standard-pronunciation female voice system_002: Chloe. A gentle, elegant, intelligent female voice system_003: Ethan. A sunny, standard-pronunciation male voice

Retrieve all available voices using shell commands:

shell
uvx zai-tts -l

If you want to use custom voices, please complete voice cloning on the website audio.z.ai first.

© aahl, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/zai-tts of aahl/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 47edd62

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aahl/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Zai Tts

What does Zai Tts do?

Text-to-speech conversion using GLM-TTS service via the uvx zai-tts command for generating audio from text. Zai Tts is an agent skill from aahl/skills. Text-to-speech conversion using GLM-TTS service via the uvx zai-tts command for generating audio from text.

When should I use Zai Tts?

Zai Tts fits situations like: user requests audio/voice output with the tts trigger; tasks that involve Text to speech and voice.

How do I install Zai Tts in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aahl/skills --skill zai-tts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/zai-tts in aahl/skills) into .claude/skills/zai-tts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Zai Tts in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aahl/skills --skill zai-tts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/zai-tts in aahl/skills) into .agents/skills/zai-tts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Zai Tts in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aahl/skills --skill zai-tts -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/zai-tts, .gemini/skills/zai-tts, .github/skills/zai-tts and .opencode/skills/zai-tts in your project.

What does Zai Tts need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Zai Tts needs the command-line tools its instructions call (uvx) and credentials named ZAI_AUDIO_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A credential in ZAI_AUDIO_TOKEN.

Does Zai Tts access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uvx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Zai Tts safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Zai Tts use?

Zai Tts is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Zai Tts use?

About 385 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Zai Tts?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Zai Tts: MoneyPrinterTurbo Video Generator (harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo, 129k stars), HyperFrames Media Use (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars), Openspec Onboard (SAP/e-mobility-charging-stations-simulator, 227 stars) and Blog Audio (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Zai Tts?

aahl (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aahl/skills, which has 162 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 15, 2026.

Source: aahl/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.