Free Tts

What it does

When your agent uses it

• This skill when the user says read aloud
• Read it out loud
• In any scenario where text needs to be converted to speech for playback

Example prompts

• “read aloud,”
• “text-to-speech,”
• “generate audio,”
• “/free-tts”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

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

1. 1The user requests that text be read aloud or says "Read it"
2. 2Determine the target voice (specified by the user or the current default)
3. 3Call edge-tts to synthesize an MP3 at /var/minis/workspace/free_tts_.mp3
4. 4Return an audio link for the user to play

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ae8c5db. 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:

  • pip

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, 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

Free Tts loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 401 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~85

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

~1.1k

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

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 OpenMinis/MinisSkills at commit ae8c5db, republished under its MIT licence (© OpenMinis). 401 words, ~1,089 tokens.

name

free-tts

description

Free text-to-speech (edge-tts), with no API key or registration required. Converts text to MP3 audio files. Trigger this skill when the user says "read aloud," "text-to-speech," "TTS," "generate audio," "read it," "read it out loud," "say it," "play it," or in any scenario where text needs to be converted to speech for playback.

version

1.0.0

pip install edge-tts

# Default voice (Xiaoxiao)
edge-tts --text "Hello, and welcome to our free text-to-speech service." --write-media /var/minis/workspace/output.mp3

# Specify a voice
edge-tts --voice zh-CN-XiaoyiNeural --text "The weather is really nice today." --write-media /var/minis/workspace/output.mp3

# Adjust speech rate and volume (percentage, -50 ~ +100)
edge-tts --voice zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural --rate=+20% --volume=+50% \
  --text "Welcome to today's news." --write-media /var/minis/workspace/output.mp3

![Audio](minis://workspace/free_tts_<timestamp>.mp3)

© OpenMinis, 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 free-tts of OpenMinis/MinisSkills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ae8c5db