/now
Show what's currently playing on this Mac (any app — Spotify, Apple Music, browsers). Use when the user asks what song/track/music is playing, who the artist is, or wants playback status.
$ npx -y skills add Bangs00/claude-media-control --skill now --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.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/now
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Show what's currently playing on this Mac (any app — Spotify, Apple Music, browsers). Use when the user asks what song/track/music is playing, who the artist is, or wants playback status.
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
Other skills on media.
- /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 user's music apps).
Open 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.
Open skill - /config
Quick media settings — turn the now-playing statusline, the /media:now progress bar, or the playback history on/off, or reset the statusline to its default look. `config <key> [on|off|value]` changes any key directly. Use when the user wants to enable, disable, or reset a media
Open skill - /doctor
Diagnose the media plugin — native build, read/control paths, fallbacks, permissions — and suggest fixes. Use when media commands fail, return nothing, or the user asks to troubleshoot media control.
Open skill - /history
Show recently played tracks (a passive local playback log). Use when the user asks what played earlier, what song was on before, recently played music, or to clear the playback history.
Open skill - /menu
Interactive media remote — control playback via a selectable menu (toggle, next, previous, seek, volume, artwork). Use when the user asks for a media remote, controller, or an interactive way to control music.
Open skill