ElevenLabs AI music generation - create original music from text prompts via inference.sh CLI. Capabilities: text-to-music, custom duration up to 10 minutes, genre/mood/instrument control, royalty-free commercial use. Use for: background music, soundtracks, jingles, podcasts, video scores, game audio. Triggers: elevenlabs music, eleven labs music, ai music, generate music, music generation, compose music, ai composer, create song, soundtrack, background music, jingle, elevenlabs compose, music a
Install with the open skills CLI (global, non-interactive — available in every Claude Code session):
npx skills add 101-skills/skills --skill "elevenlabs-music" -g -a claude-code -yOr manually — copy the SKILL.md below into:
~/.claude/skills/elevenlabs-music-101-skills/SKILL.md---
name: elevenlabs-music
description: "ElevenLabs AI music generation - create original music from text prompts via inference.sh CLI. Capabilities: text-to-music, custom duration up to 10 minutes, genre/mood/instrument control, royalty-free commercial use. Use for: background music, soundtracks, jingles, podcasts, video scores, game audio. Triggers: elevenlabs music, eleven labs music, ai music, generate music, music generation, compose music, ai composer, create song, soundtrack, background music, jingle, elevenlabs compose, music ai"
allowed-tools: Bash(belt *)
---
> **Install the belt CLI skill:** `npx skills add belt-sh/cli`
# ElevenLabs Music Generation
Generate original music from text prompts via [inference.sh](https://inference.sh) CLI.

## Quick Start
> Requires inference.sh CLI (`belt`). [Install instructions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inference-sh/skills/refs/heads/main/cli-install.md)
```bash
belt login
# Generate music
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{"prompt": "Upbeat electronic dance track with driving synths"}'
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `prompt` | string | required | Description of desired music (max 2000 chars) |
| `duration_seconds` | number | 30 | Duration in seconds (5-600, max 10 minutes) |
## Examples
### Background Music
```bash
# Lo-fi study beats
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Lo-fi hip hop beat, chill study music, vinyl crackle, mellow piano",
"duration_seconds": 120
}'
# Corporate background
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Light corporate background music, positive, motivational, clean",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
```
### Cinematic Scores
```bash
# Epic trailer
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Epic cinematic orchestral score, dramatic build-up, brass and strings, trailer music",
"duration_seconds": 45
}'
# Suspense
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Dark suspenseful score, tension building, minimal piano, horror atmosphere",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
```
### Genre-Specific
```bash
# Jazz
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Smooth jazz quartet, saxophone lead, walking bass, brushed drums",
"duration_seconds": 90
}'
# Electronic
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Techno beat, 128 BPM, driving bass, atmospheric synths, club music",
"duration_seconds": 120
}'
# Acoustic
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Acoustic guitar folk song, fingerpicking, warm and intimate",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
```
### Short-Form Content
```bash
# Podcast intro (10 seconds)
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Podcast intro jingle, professional, tech-themed, catchy",
"duration_seconds": 10
}'
# Social media clip
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Trendy upbeat pop, social media vibe, energetic, youthful",
"duration_seconds": 15
}'
# Notification sound
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Short positive notification melody, clean, satisfying",
"duration_seconds": 5
}'
```
### Game Audio
```bash
# Battle theme
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Intense battle music, fast tempo, orchestral with electric guitar, boss fight",
"duration_seconds": 120
}'
# Exploration theme
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Peaceful exploration music, fantasy RPG, harp and flute, magical atmosphere",
"duration_seconds": 180
}'
# Menu music
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Ambient menu screen music, sci-fi, ethereal synths, space theme",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
```
## Prompt Tips
**Genre**: pop, rock, electronic, jazz, classical, hip-hop, lo-fi, ambient, orchestral, folk, R&B, metal, country
**Mood**: happy, sad, energetic, calm, dramatic, epic, mysterious, uplifting, dark, romantic, tense
**Instruments**: piano, guitar, synth, drums, bass, strings, brass, choir, saxophone, violin, flute, harp
**Tempo**: slow, moderate, fast, 80 BPM, 120 BPM, 140 BPM
**Style**: cinematic, minimal, layered, atmospheric, rhythmic, melodic, ambient
## Workflow: Music + Voiceover
```bash
# 1. Generate background music
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Soft ambient background music for narration, non-intrusive",
"duration_seconds": 60
}' > music.json
# 2. Generate voiceover
belt app run elevenlabs/tts --input '{
"text": "Welcome to our product tour. Let me show you what we have built.",
"voice": "george"
}' > voice.json
# 3. Merge together
belt app run infsh/media-merger --input '{
"media": ["<music-url>", "<voice-url>"]
}'
```
## Use Cases
- **Video Production**: Background scores, transitions
- **Podcasts**: Intro/outro, segment breaks
- **Games**: Soundtracks, menu music, battle themes
- **Ads**: Jingles, commercial backgrounds
- **Social Media**: Trending audio for short-form content
- **Presentations**: Professional background music
- **Film**: Scoring, mood setting
## Related Skills
```bash
# ElevenLabs sound effects (combine with music)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-sound-effects
# ElevenLabs TTS (add voice over music)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-tts
# Other music models (Diffrythm, Tencent)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-music-generation
# Full platform skill (all apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli
```
Browse all audio apps: `belt app store --category audio`
Give the agent its own dedicated email inbox via AgentMail. Send, receive, and manage email autonomously using agent-owned email addresses (e.g. hermes-agent@agentmail.to).
ASCII video: convert video/audio to colored ASCII MP4/GIF.
AudioCraft: MusicGen text-to-music, AudioGen text-to-sound.