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home-music

v1.0.0

Control whole-house music scenes combining Spotify playback with Airfoil speaker routing. Quick presets for morning, party, chill modes.

Sourced from ClawHub, Authored by Andy Steinberger

Installation

Please help me install the skill `home-music` from SkillHub official store. npx skills add asteinberger/home-music
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    🏠  H O M E   M U S I C  🎵

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    ║   Whole-House Music Scenes               ║
    ║   One command. All speakers. Perfect.    ║
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"Why click 17 times when one command does the job?" – Owen 🐸


🎯 What Does This Skill Do?

Home Music combines Spotify + Airfoil into magical music scenes. One command – and the right playlist plays on the right speakers at the perfect volume.

Imagine: - You wake up → home-music morning → Gentle tunes in the bathroom - Friends arrive → home-music party → All speakers blasting rock - Time to relax → home-music chill → Lounge vibes everywhere - Done for the day → home-music off → Silence. Peace. Serenity.


📋 Dependencies

What Why Link
🍏 macOS This skill uses AppleScript
🟢 Spotify Desktop App The music source! Must be running. spotify.com
📡 Airfoil Routes audio to AirPlay speakers rogueamoeba.com
🎵 spotify-applescript Clawdbot skill for Spotify control skills/spotify-applescript/

⚠️ Important: Both Spotify and Airfoil must be running before you start any scenes!


🎬 Scenes

🌅 Morning

A gentle start to your day

home-music morning
  • Speaker: Sonos Move
  • Volume: 40%
  • Playlist: Morning Playlist
  • Vibe: ☕ Coffee + good vibes

🎉 Party

Time to celebrate!

home-music party
  • Speaker: ALL (Computer, MacBook, Sonos Move, Living Room TV)
  • Volume: 70%
  • Playlist: Rock Party Mix
  • Vibe: 🤘 Neighbors hate this one trick

😌 Chill

Pure relaxation

home-music chill
  • Speaker: Sonos Move
  • Volume: 30%
  • Playlist: Chill Lounge
  • Vibe: 🧘 Om...

🔇 Off

Silence

home-music off
  • Pauses Spotify
  • Disconnects all speakers
  • Vibe: 🤫 Finally, peace and quiet

📊 Status

What's playing right now?

home-music status

Shows: - Current Spotify track - Connected speakers


🔧 Installation

# Make the script executable
chmod +x ~/clawd/skills/home-music/home-music.sh

# Symlink for global access
sudo ln -sf ~/clawd/skills/home-music/home-music.sh /usr/local/bin/home-music

Now home-music works from anywhere in your terminal! 🎉


🎨 Custom Playlists & Scenes

Changing Playlists

Open home-music.sh and find the playlist configuration:

# === PLAYLIST CONFIGURATION ===
PLAYLIST_MORNING="spotify:playlist:19n65kQ5NEKgkvSAla5IF6"
PLAYLIST_PARTY="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DXaXB8fQg7xif"
PLAYLIST_CHILL="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWTwnEm1IYyoj"

How to find Playlist URIs: 1. Right-click on a playlist in Spotify 2. "Share" → "Copy Spotify URI" 3. Or copy the URL and extract the /playlist/ part

Adding a New Scene

Add a new case in the main block:

# In home-music.sh after the "scene_chill" function:

scene_workout() {
    echo "💪 Starting Workout scene..."
    airfoil_set_source_spotify
    airfoil_connect "Sonos Move"
    sleep 0.5
    airfoil_volume "Sonos Move" 0.8
    "$SPOTIFY_CMD" play "spotify:playlist:YOUR_WORKOUT_PLAYLIST"
    "$SPOTIFY_CMD" volume 100
    echo "✅ Workout: Sonos Move @ 80%, Pump it up!"
}

# And in the case block:
    workout)
        scene_workout
        ;;

Available Speakers

ALL_SPEAKERS=("Computer" "Andy's M5 Macbook" "Sonos Move" "Living Room TV")

You can add any AirPlay speaker – they just need to be visible in Airfoil.


🐛 Troubleshooting

❌ "Speaker won't connect"

Check 1: Is Airfoil running?

pgrep -x Airfoil || echo "Airfoil is not running!"

Check 2: Is the speaker on the network? - Open the Airfoil app - Check if the speaker appears in the list - Try connecting manually

Check 3: Is the name exactly correct? - Speaker names are case-sensitive! - Open Airfoil and copy the exact name


❌ "No sound"

Check 1: Is Spotify playing?

~/clawd/skills/spotify-applescript/spotify.sh status

Check 2: Is the Airfoil source correct? - Open Airfoil - Check if "Spotify" is selected as the audio source - If not: Click "Source" → Select Spotify

Check 3: Speaker volume?

# Manually check volume
osascript -e 'tell application "Airfoil" to get volume of (first speaker whose name is "Sonos Move")'

❌ "Spotify won't start"

Is Spotify open?

pgrep -x Spotify || open -a Spotify

Is spotify-applescript installed?

ls ~/clawd/skills/spotify-applescript/spotify.sh

❌ "Permission denied"

chmod +x ~/clawd/skills/home-music/home-music.sh

🔊 Direct Airfoil Commands

If you want to control Airfoil manually:

# Connect a speaker
osascript -e 'tell application "Airfoil" to connect to (first speaker whose name is "Sonos Move")'

# Set speaker volume (0.0 - 1.0)
osascript -e 'tell application "Airfoil" to set (volume of (first speaker whose name is "Sonos Move")) to 0.5'

# Disconnect a speaker
osascript -e 'tell application "Airfoil" to disconnect from (first speaker whose name is "Sonos Move")'

# List connected speakers
osascript -e 'tell application "Airfoil" to get name of every speaker whose connected is true'

# Set audio source
osascript -e 'tell application "Airfoil"
    set theSource to (first application source whose name contains "Spotify")
    set current audio source to theSource
end tell'

📁 Files

skills/home-music/
├── SKILL.md        # This documentation
└── home-music.sh   # The main script

💡 Pro Tips

  1. Set aliases for even faster access: bash alias mm="home-music morning" alias mp="home-music party" alias mc="home-music chill" alias mo="home-music off"

  2. Use with Clawdbot:

    "Hey, start party mode" "Put on some chill music" "Stop the music"

  3. Combine scenes: Create a dinner scene with a jazz playlist at 25% – perfect for guests!


🐸 Credits

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────╮
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│   Crafted with 💚 by Owen the Frog 🐸      │
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│   "Ribbit. Music makes everything better."  │
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Author: Andy Steinberger (with help from his Clawdbot Owen the Frog 🐸)
Version: 1.0.0
License: MIT
Pond: The one with the water lilies 🪷


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