Tutorial

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user is new to the plugin
• Asks for a walkthrough of the album creation process

Example prompts

• “Use the tutorial skill to provide interactive guided album creation for new users. An agent skill from bitwize-music-studio/claude-ai-music-skills”
• “/tutorial”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, bitwize-music-mcp

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Check config first - Call get_config() to get content_root
2. 2Welcome them warmly
3. 3Work through the 7 planning phases ONE QUESTION AT A TIME
4. 4Confirm understanding before moving to next question
5. 5Create album directory structure as answers come in (after Phase 1)
6. 6Link to specialized skills at decision points
7. 7Track progress conversationally

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 58f32c2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • Bash
  • AskUserQuestion
  • bitwize-music-mcp

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

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

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Tutorial loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 732 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~41

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.3k

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

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, bitwize-music-mcp

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 bitwize-music-studio/claude-ai-music-skills at commit 58f32c2, republished under its CC0-1.0 licence (© bitwize-music-studio). 732 words, ~2,339 tokens.

name

tutorial

description

Provides interactive guided album creation for new users. Use when the user is new to the plugin or asks for a walkthrough of the album creation process.

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, bitwize-music-mcp

argument-hint

<new-album | resume | help>

model

sonnet

effort

low

Config loaded: content_root = ~/music-projects

Found 2 albums in progress:

1. "Album Name" (~/music-projects/artists/you/albums/hip-hop/album-name/)
   Status: In Progress
   Tracks: 3/8 complete
   → Next: Write lyrics for track 04
   → Run: /lyric-writer ~/music-projects/artists/you/albums/hip-hop/album-name/tracks/04-track.md

2. "Other Album" (~/music-projects/artists/you/albums/folk/other-album/)
   Status: Research Complete
   Tracks: 0/6 started
   Sources: 4/6 verified
   → Next: Verify remaining sources, then start writing

The tutorial helps you create albums interactively.

Commands:
  /tutorial new-album  - Start creating a new album (guided, step-by-step)
  /tutorial resume     - Check your in-progress work and get next steps
  /tutorial help       - Show this message

The guided process walks you through:
  1. Foundation - Artist, genre, album type
  2. Concept - Story, theme, emotional core
  3. Sonic Direction - Sound, influences, mood
  4. Structure - Tracklist, track concepts
  5. Album Art - Visual concept (generated later)
  6. Practical Details - Title, research needs, explicit content
  7. Confirmation - Review plan, get your go-ahead

At each step, I'll ask one question at a time and explain why it matters.

[calls get_config()]

Config loaded:
  content_root: ~/music-projects
  audio_root: ~/Music/mastered

Let's create an album together.

First, the basics: Who's the artist?
- An existing artist you've already set up?
- Or someone new we need to create first?

(If existing, tell me the name. If new, we'll create them first.)

Before we start, let's set up your configuration.

Option 1 - Interactive setup:
  Run /configure

Option 2 - Manual setup:
  mkdir -p ~/.bitwize-music
  cp config/config.example.yaml ~/.bitwize-music/config.yaml
  # Then edit the file with your settings

Let me know when you're ready!

Alex Techno - got it. Let me check if they're set up...

[reads artists/alex-techno/README.md]

Found them. Nice electronic artist profile.

What genre/style for this album?
- Staying in their electronic wheelhouse?
- Trying something different?

(This determines which folder the album lives in: electronic, hip-hop, etc.)

Dark industrial electronic - that's a strong direction.

Now: What type of album is this?

- **Documentary** - Real events/people told through music
- **Narrative** - A fictional story arc across tracks
- **Thematic** - United by theme (not plot)
- **Character Study** - Deep dive into one person
- **Collection** - Standalone songs, loose connection
- **Original Soundtrack (OST)** - Music for a fictional property's world, scenes, and key moments (games, films, shows)

Which fits your vision?

[calls get_config(), list_albums(status_filter="In Progress")]

Config loaded: content_root = ~/music-projects

Let me check what you have in progress...

Found 1 album in progress:

"Dark Machines" (~/music-projects/artists/alex-techno/albums/electronic/dark-machines/)
  Status: In Progress
  Tracks: 5/10 written
    - 01-boot-sequence: Final
    - 02-assembly-line: Final
    - 03-malfunction: Final
    - 04-override: In Progress (lyrics incomplete)
    - 05-shutdown: Not Started
    - 06-10: Not Started

Looks like you were working on track 04 "Override".

Want to continue there? Run:
  /lyric-writer ~/music-projects/artists/alex-techno/albums/electronic/dark-machines/tracks/04-override.md

© bitwize-music-studio, CC0-1.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/tutorial of bitwize-music-studio/claude-ai-music-skills.

• SKILL.md
• phases.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 58f32c2