Sound Effects

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Creating sound effects
• Generating audio textures
• Producing ambient sounds
• Cinematic impacts

Example prompts

• “/sound-effects”

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 452e950. 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

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • api.elevenlabs.io

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

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • ELEVENLABS_API_KEY

  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

Sound Effects loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 205 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~73

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

~1.1k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~1.5k

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 tadaspetra/loop at commit 452e950, republished under its MIT licence (© tadaspetra). 205 words, ~1,120 tokens.

name

sound-effects

description

Generate sound effects from text descriptions using ElevenLabs. Use when creating sound effects, generating audio textures, producing ambient sounds, cinematic impacts, UI sounds, or any audio that isn't speech. Supports looping, duration control, and prompt influence tuning.

compatibility

Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY).

license

MIT

from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs()

audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(
    text="Thunder rumbling in the distance with light rain",
)

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

import { ElevenLabsClient } from '@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js';
import { createWriteStream } from 'fs';

const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
const audio = await client.textToSoundEffects.convert({
  text: 'Thunder rumbling in the distance with light rain'
});
audio.pipe(createWriteStream('thunder.mp3'));

curl -X POST "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/sound-generation" \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "Thunder rumbling in the distance with light rain"}' \
  --output thunder.mp3

# Looping ambient sound, 10 seconds
audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(
    text="Gentle forest ambiance with birds chirping",
    duration_seconds=10.0,
    prompt_influence=0.5,
    loop=True,
)

# Short UI sound, high prompt adherence
audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(
    text="Soft notification chime",
    duration_seconds=1.0,
    prompt_influence=0.8,
)

try:
    audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(text="Explosion")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"API error: {e}")

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/sound-effects of tadaspetra/loop.

• SKILL.md
• references/installation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 452e950

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in tadaspetra/loop, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• calesthio/OpenMontage.agents/skills/sound-effects.claude/skills/sound-effects
• elevenlabs/skillssound-effects