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Agent skill

Voice Update

by pchalasani in pchalasani/claude-code-tools

This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback.

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Install Voice Update

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill voice-update -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pchalasani/claude-code-tools voice-update --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/pchalasani/claude-code-tools.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/voice/skills/voice-update .claude/skills/voice-update && 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
voice-update
GitHub stars
2k
Token cost
~432 tokens
SKILL.md length
184 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback.

  • Works in 2 steps: Summarize what was accomplished in 1-2… → Call the say script with the summary text
  • Speak a short summary of what was accomplished
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Calling the Say Script and Summary Guidelines, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Voice Update is an agent skill from pchalasani/claude-code-tools. This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback. Use this skill to speak a short summary of what was accomplished.

Its SKILL.md is about 430 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Practical productivity tools for Claude Code, Codex-CLI, and similar CLI coding agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Speak a short summary of what was accomplished

Example prompts

  • “/voice-update”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Summarize what was accomplished in 1-2 short, conversational sentences
  2. Call the say script with the summary text

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ae5504. 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 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

Voice Update loads about 432 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 184 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~57
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~432

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 pchalasani/claude-code-tools at commit 4ae5504, republished under its MIT licence (© pchalasani). 184 words, ~432 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/voice-update/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
voice-update
description
This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback. Use this skill to speak a short summary of what was accomplished.

Voice Update Skill

Provide spoken audio feedback to the user using pocket-tts.

When to Use

  • When finishing a task and a Stop hook reminds to give voice feedback
  • When the user explicitly asks for a spoken summary
  • When providing important status updates that benefit from audio

How to Use

  1. Summarize what was accomplished in 1-2 short, conversational sentences
  2. Call the say script with the summary text

Calling the Say Script

Use Bash to call the say script:

bash
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/say "Your summary here"

Example:

bash
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/say "I've fixed the bug in the login handler and added the unit tests."

With a specific voice:

bash
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/say --voice azure "Task completed successfully."

Summary Guidelines

  • Keep it to 1-2 sentences maximum
  • Be conversational, not robotic
  • Match the user's communication style - if they're casual or use colorful language, mirror that tone
  • Focus on what was accomplished, not technical details
  • Avoid code snippets, file paths, or technical jargon
  • Examples:
    • "I've updated the configuration file and restarted the server."
    • "The tests are now passing. I fixed three type errors."
    • "Done! I created the new component and added it to the main page."

Notes

  • The say script auto-starts the pocket-tts server if not running (first use may take ~30-60s)
  • Requires uvx and afplay (macOS) or aplay (Linux)

© pchalasani, 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 plugins/voice/skills/voice-update of pchalasani/claude-code-tools.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ae5504

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Questions about Voice Update

What does Voice Update do?

This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback. Voice Update is an agent skill from pchalasani/claude-code-tools. This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback.

When should I use Voice Update?

Voice Update fits situations like: speak a short summary of what was accomplished.

How do I install Voice Update in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Voice Update in Codex?

Run `npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill voice-update -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/voice/skills/voice-update in pchalasani/claude-code-tools) into .agents/skills/voice-update in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Voice Update 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 pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill voice-update -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-update, .gemini/skills/voice-update, .github/skills/voice-update and .opencode/skills/voice-update in your project.

What does Voice Update need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Voice Update is instructions for the agent only.

Does Voice Update 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 Update 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 Update use?

Voice Update 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 Voice Update use?

About 432 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k 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 Voice Update?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Voice Update: Give Me Tips (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Giving Feedback (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), Giving Feedback (RefoundAI/lenny-skills, 1.4k stars) and Give Hard Feedback Kindly (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Voice Update?

pchalasani (a GitHub user) maintains it in pchalasani/claude-code-tools, which has 2,011 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: pchalasani/claude-code-tools on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.