| name | voice-compose |
| description | Designs and attaches voice samples or final narration/line audio on the filmmaking canvas via the local generate_voice.js CLI. Use before calling generate_voice.js; when the user asks to give a character a voice, preview how a character sounds, create reusable timbre anchors for every speaking character or VO/narration, or create exact narration/VO/final line audio. |
Default to one short reusable timbre sample per speaking character and one VO/narrator sample when narration exists. video-compose keeps actual shot dialogue/VO in the video prompt. Treat audio_result.data.text as downstream speech only for approved final narration/line reads.
Patterns
Follow PROJECT_AGENT.md for context/staging. This skill owns voice prompt + CLI shape.
1. Character voice sample
Triggers: "give / design a voice for [character]", "what does [character] sound like", "voices for all the characters on the canvas".
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Target: any image_result for the person; don't gate on subtype. Read data.local_path before prompt; layer name/role/description on top.
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Call:
node "$PAI_REPO_ROOT/server/cli/generate_voice.js" \
--text "<line>" \
--prompt "<voice design brief>" \
--source-node-id <character.id>
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Prompt describes the voice, not the character:
[age bracket] [gender], [timbre], [register], [pace], [accent if relevant]. [optional emotional color].
✅ "Mid-50s man, gravelly baritone, measured pace, slight rasp from decades of smoking, weary but steady."
✅ "Young woman, bright mezzo, warm, quick and percussive. Slight Southern lilt."
❌ "Detective Morris's voice." — names the character, not the voice. The model needs sound qualities.
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text: 1-3 sentence in-character sample (≤200 chars), not every script line.
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Script breakdowns: one staged call per speaker; preserve labels. Add separate VO/narrator via Pattern 2.
2. Narrator / VO voice sample or final line audio
Triggers: narrator voice, voice-over, "a voice that says X" without character, narration track, or explicit final line-read audio.
