Play music — start or switch genre/station
npx skills add https://github.com/kennethleungty/claude-music --skill playCopy and paste this command into Claude Code to install the skill
| name | play |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| description | Play music — start or switch genre/station |
| model | haiku |
| effort | low |
| allowed-tools | Bash |
This skill is part of the claude-music plugin. Only invoke when the user explicitly uses the slash command.
Start background music. Optionally specify a genre or station name (e.g. /play jazz, /play groove salad).
Run "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/music-controller.sh" play $ARGUMENTS.
"status": "playing": ♪ Now playing {genre} — {station} ♪
takeover is true: prefix with Switched over from another session{prev_genre ? " (was playing {prev_genre})" : ""} — before the now-playing linegenre_reason is "preference": add (resumed from your last session)genre_reason is "default": add (default genre — use /play <genre> to change)genre_reason is "requested": no extra note neededinstall_command (if has_sudo is true) or nosudo_hint (if false) from the JSON, then retry play automatically./next or a different genre.Genres: lofi, jazz, classical, ambient, electronic, synthwave, lounge, indie. Also accepts station names (e.g. "groove salad").
DJ — auto-picks the best genre for your session
Shuffle — pick a completely random genre and station
Mood — tell the DJ how you're feeling and it picks the right music
Previous — go back to the last stream you were on
Vibe — reads your session and picks the perfect genre
Feedback — report a bug or share feedback on GitHub