Skill
verify
How to verify media.sh changes end-to-end on a real Mac — isolated data dir, real native build, and a controllable fake now-playing app (no dependency on the…
Automation
Skill
/artwork
Show the album artwork (cover art) of the currently playing track. Use when the user asks to see the album art, cover image, or artwork of what's playing.
Install
$ npx -y skills add Bangs00/claude-media-control --skill artwork --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/artwork
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Show the album artwork (cover art) of the currently playing track. Use when the user asks to see the album art, cover image, or artwork of what's playing.
SKILL.md
artwork.SKILL.mdname: artwork description: Show the album artwork (cover art) of the currently playing track. Use when the user asks to see the album art, cover image, or artwork of what's playing. allowed-tools: Bash, Read
Artwork fetch result (JSON):
!`"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/media.sh" artwork`
- If the JSON has a `path`: display the image by using the Read tool on that
exact path, then caption it in one markdown line: `**<title>** — *<artist>*` (run `"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/media.sh" now` with Bash only if you still need the track info).
- If the JSON is `null`: the current track has no artwork, or nothing is
playing — tell the user which (check `media.sh now` if unsure).
- If the command failed: relay the stderr hint briefly. Artwork requires the
native helper (the fallback cannot read it) — point to `/media:doctor`.
The image file lives under `$TMPDIR` and is overwritten on each call; never paste its contents as base64 into the conversation.
Ships withmedia
The current track, live in your Claude Code statusline — ticking every second, ⌘+clickable, styleable down to the bar characters: And whatever your Mac is playing — Spotify, Apple Music, a browser tab, VLC — you can control it from the chat too: "what song is
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