Agent skill

Voice Isolator

Remove background noise and isolate vocals/speech from audio using ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (audio isolation) API.

Install Voice Isolator

skills CLI

$ npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install elevenlabs/skills voice-isolator --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/elevenlabs/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/voice-isolator .claude/skills/voice-isolator && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "voice-isolator" agent skill from https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator into .claude/skills/voice-isolator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-isolator", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install elevenlabs/skills voice-isolator --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/voice-isolator .agents/skills/voice-isolator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "voice-isolator" agent skill from https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator into .agents/skills/voice-isolator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-isolator", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install elevenlabs/skills voice-isolator --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/voice-isolator .cursor/skills/voice-isolator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "voice-isolator" agent skill from https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator into .cursor/skills/voice-isolator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-isolator", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git --path voice-isolator

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install elevenlabs/skills voice-isolator --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/voice-isolator .gemini/skills/voice-isolator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "voice-isolator" agent skill from https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator into .gemini/skills/voice-isolator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-isolator", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install elevenlabs/skills voice-isolator

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/voice-isolator .github/skills/voice-isolator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "voice-isolator" agent skill from https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator into .github/skills/voice-isolator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-isolator", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install elevenlabs/skills voice-isolator --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/voice-isolator .opencode/skills/voice-isolator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "voice-isolator" agent skill from https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/main/voice-isolator into .opencode/skills/voice-isolator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-isolator", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: voice-isolator
GitHub stars: 482
Token cost: ~923 tokens
SKILL.md length: 203 words
Files: 2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 8
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Remove background noise and isolate vocals/speech from audio using ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (audio isolation) API.

Cleaning up noisy recordings
SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Parameters, Isolating from a URL and Low-Latency PCM Input, plus 4 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
Background ambience from dialogue

What it does

Voice Isolator is an agent skill from elevenlabs/skills. Remove background noise and isolate vocals/speech from audio using ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (audio isolation) API. Use when cleaning up noisy recordings, removing music or background ambience from dialogue, isolating speech from field recordings, preparing audio for transcription, extracting vocals, or any "denoise / clean up / isolate voice" task.

Its SKILL.md is about 920 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/installation.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABSAPIKEY).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Text to speech and voice, Transcription and Image editing. It works with ElevenLabs. The repository describes itself as: Collections of skills for building with ElevenLabs. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Cleaning up noisy recordings
Background ambience from dialogue
Isolating speech from field recordings
Preparing audio for transcription

Example prompts

“denoise / clean up / isolate voice”
“/voice-isolator”

Requirements

Python 3
A credential in ELEVENLABS_API_KEY
Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1d08a4a. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python, javascript and 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.
Compatibility
Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY).
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Voice Isolator loads about 923 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 203 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~92
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~923
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~1.4k

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 elevenlabs/skills at commit 1d08a4a, republished under its MIT licence (© elevenlabs). 203 words, ~923 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/voice-isolator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: voice-isolator
description: Remove background noise and isolate vocals/speech from audio using ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (audio isolation) API. Use when cleaning up noisy recordings, removing music or background ambience from dialogue, isolating speech from field recordings, preparing audio for transcription, extracting vocals, or any "denoise / clean up / isolate voice" task.
compatibility: Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY).
license: MIT

ElevenLabs Voice Isolator

Removes background noise from audio and isolates vocals/speech — useful for cleaning up noisy recordings, prepping audio for transcription, or pulling dialogue out of a mixed track.

Setup: See Installation Guide. For JavaScript, use @elevenlabs/* packages only.

Quick Start

Python

python

from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs()

with open("noisy.mp3", "rb") as audio_file:
    audio_stream = client.audio_isolation.convert(audio=audio_file)

with open("clean.mp3", "wb") as f:
    for chunk in audio_stream:
        f.write(chunk)

JavaScript

javascript

import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";
import { createReadStream, createWriteStream } from "fs";

const client = new ElevenLabsClient();

const audioStream = await client.audioIsolation.convert({
  audio: createReadStream("noisy.mp3"),
});

audioStream.pipe(createWriteStream("clean.mp3"));

CLI

bash

elevenlabs audio-isolation convert --audio noisy.mp3 --output clean.mp3

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`audio`	file (required)	—	Audio file with vocals/speech to isolate
`file_format`	string	`other`	`other` for any encoded audio, or `pcm_s16le_16` for 16-bit PCM mono @ 16kHz little-endian (lower latency)

Isolating from a URL

python

import requests
from io import BytesIO
from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs()

audio_url = "https://example.com/noisy.mp3"
response = requests.get(audio_url)
audio_data = BytesIO(response.content)

audio_stream = client.audio_isolation.convert(audio=audio_data)

with open("clean.mp3", "wb") as f:
    for chunk in audio_stream:
        f.write(chunk)

Low-Latency PCM Input

If you already have raw 16-bit PCM mono @ 16kHz, passing file_format="pcm_s16le_16" skips decoding and reduces latency:

python

audio_stream = client.audio_isolation.convert(
    audio=pcm_bytes,
    file_format="pcm_s16le_16",
)

Supported Formats

Any common encoded audio/video container works as input (MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, WebM, MP4, etc.). Response is a streamed MP3 by default.

Common Workflows

Clean up interview/podcast recordings — strip room tone, HVAC, traffic before editing.
Prep noisy audio for Speech-to-Text — isolate voice first, then pass through speech_to_text.convert() for better transcription accuracy.
Extract dialogue from mixed tracks — pull vocals out of a track with music/SFX.
Pre-processing for Voice Changer — isolate the source voice before applying voice transformation.

Error Handling

python

try:
    audio_stream = client.audio_isolation.convert(audio=audio_file)
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Voice isolation failed: {e}")

Common errors:

401: Invalid API key
422: Invalid parameters (e.g. wrong file_format for the supplied audio)
429: Rate limit exceeded

References

Installation Guide

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in voice-isolator of elevenlabs/skills.

SKILL.md
references/installation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1d08a4a

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Questions about Voice Isolator

What does Voice Isolator do?

Remove background noise and isolate vocals/speech from audio using ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (audio isolation) API. Voice Isolator is an agent skill from elevenlabs/skills. Remove background noise and isolate vocals/speech from audio using ElevenLabs Voice Isolator (audio isolation) API.

When should I use Voice Isolator?

Voice Isolator fits situations like: cleaning up noisy recordings; background ambience from dialogue; isolating speech from field recordings; preparing audio for transcription.

How do I install Voice Isolator in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Voice Isolator in Codex?

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

Can I use Voice Isolator 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 elevenlabs/skills --skill voice-isolator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/voice-isolator, .gemini/skills/voice-isolator, .github/skills/voice-isolator and .opencode/skills/voice-isolator in your project.

What does Voice Isolator need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Voice Isolator is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in ELEVENLABS_API_KEY. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY)..

Does Voice Isolator access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Voice Isolator 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 Voice Isolator use?

Voice Isolator is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Voice Isolator use?

About 923 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 495 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Voice Isolator?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Voice Isolator: Elevenlabs Core Workflow B (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), HyperFrames Media Use (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars), Media Use (edenfunf/reelmimic, 1.9k stars) and Hyperframes (scott-fryxell/brayness, 125 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Voice Isolator?

elevenlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in elevenlabs/skills, which has 482 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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

Install Voice Isolator

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Compatibility

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

ElevenLabs Voice Isolator

Quick Start

Python

JavaScript

CLI

Parameters

Isolating from a URL

Low-Latency PCM Input

Supported Formats

Common Workflows

Error Handling

References

Files

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