Text To Sfx
sonilo-ai/skills
Generate a sound effect from a text description using Sonilo — a UI chime, a whoosh, an impact, ambience, a stylized cue — when there is no video to match.
Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry.
Install Music
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark music --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/music .claude/skills/music && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "music" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/music into .claude/skills/music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "music", 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 install https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/musicType 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.
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark music --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/music .agents/skills/music && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "music" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/music into .agents/skills/music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "music", 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.
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark music --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/music .cursor/skills/music && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "music" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/music into .cursor/skills/music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "music", 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 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git --path .agents/skills/music--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark music --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/music .gemini/skills/music && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "music" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/music into .gemini/skills/music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "music", 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.
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark musicInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/music .github/skills/music && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "music" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/music into .github/skills/music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "music", 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.
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark music --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/music .opencode/skills/music && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "music" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/music into .opencode/skills/music/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "music", 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
music- GitHub stars
- 257
- Token cost
- ~710 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 250 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 15
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry.
- The user asks for a song
- SKILL.md covers A song, A sound effect or ambience and Then
- Calls curl
- Background music
What it does
Music is an agent skill from guaardvark/guaardvark. Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry. Use when the user asks for a song, a beat, a jingle, background music, or a sound effect, made locally with no subscription.
Its SKILL.md is about 710 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 Music and audio generation. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Self-hosted AI studio on your own GPU: chat with your files (RAG), screen and browser agents, coding swarms, LoRA training, an MCP server for Claude Code and Cursor, and local… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user asks for a song
- Background music
- Made locally with no subscription
Example prompts
- “s GPU through Guaardvark”
- “/music”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0299024. 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:
curl
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, 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 no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Music loads about 710 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 250 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 guaardvark/guaardvark at commit 0299024, republished under its MIT licence (© guaardvark). 250 words, ~710 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/music/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- music
- description
- Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry. Use when the user asks for a song, a beat, a jingle, background music, or a sound effect, made locally with no subscription.
Music and sound effects with Guaardvark
Read setup first; needs the audio_foundry plugin. B=${GUAARDVARK_URL:-http://localhost:5000}.
ACE-Step takes ~10 GB VRAM; the orchestrator evicts other models while it runs.
A song
Over MCP, call generate_music (style, optional lyrics, seconds up to 240,
instrumental, seed, model); it returns a job_id for get_generation_status, which reports
the file and a download link when the song is done. Without MCP, use REST:
curl -s -X POST $B/api/audio-foundry/generate/music -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{
"style_prompt": "indie folk, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, warm male vocal, 96 bpm, intimate",
"lyrics": "[verse]\nLines here\n[chorus]\nHook here",
"negative_prompt": "distorted, muddy, synth",
"duration_s": 90, "instrumental_only": false,
"output_format": "wav", "seed": 1234, "async": true
}'model: omit (or"ace-step") for ACE-Step v1;"ace-step-1.5"for ACE-Step 1.5 (MIT, 48 kHz, turbo model plus a planner) once it is installed in Audio Studio → Manage models. Not installed →400withneeds_install; nothing is downloaded.style_promptuses ACE-Step's tag vocabulary: genre, instruments, mood, tempo, vocal type. Vague words ("professional", "futuristic") drift to the model's prior; be concrete.negative_promptis accepted but neither ACE-Step model applies it (the result saysnegative_prompt_applied: false).POST $B/api/audio-foundry/rewrite-music-promptturns plain English into the tag form when the user wants help.lyricswith[verse]/[chorus]/[bridge]markers; omit or setinstrumental_only: true.duration_sup to 240. Always send"async": truefor anything over a few seconds.- Response
202 {"job_id"}→ pollGET $B/api/audio-foundry/jobs/<job_id>; done whenstatusisdone, withpath,document_id,duration_s,seed. Reuse the seed to reproduce a take.
A sound effect or ambience
curl -s -X POST $B/api/audio-foundry/generate/fx -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{
"prompt": "rain on a tin roof, distant thunder, no music", "duration_s": 20, "output_format": "wav", "async": true
}'duration_s up to 47. Same job polling.
Then
- A finished song can go straight into the music skill-video as the
song. - Jobs:
GET $B/api/audio-foundry/jobslists,DELETEclears finished ones. - Attribution comes back in the job result; keep it with the file if the user publishes.
© guaardvark, 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 .agents/skills/music of guaardvark/guaardvark.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0299024
Compare with similar skills
Music next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music this skillguaardvark/guaardvark | 257 | — | ~710 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Text To Sfxsonilo-ai/skills | 115 | 1 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Video To Musicsonilo-ai/skills | 115 | 1 repos | ~4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Text To Musicsonilo-ai/skills | 115 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Video Analysissonilo-ai/skills | 115 | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Video To Sfxsonilo-ai/skills | 115 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Music
What does Music do?
Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry. Music is an agent skill from guaardvark/guaardvark. Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry.
When should I use Music?
Music fits situations like: the user asks for a song; background music; made locally with no subscription.
How do I install Music in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/music in guaardvark/guaardvark) into .claude/skills/music in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Music in Codex?
Run `npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/music in guaardvark/guaardvark) into .agents/skills/music in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Music 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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill music -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/music, .gemini/skills/music, .github/skills/music and .opencode/skills/music in your project.
What does Music need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Music needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl).
Does Music access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Music 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 Music use?
Music 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 Music use?
About 710 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Music?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Music: Text To Sfx (sonilo-ai/skills, 115 stars), Video To Music (sonilo-ai/skills, 115 stars), Text To Music (sonilo-ai/skills, 115 stars) and Video Analysis (sonilo-ai/skills, 115 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Music?
guaardvark (a GitHub user) maintains it in guaardvark/guaardvark, which has 257 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: guaardvark/guaardvark on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.