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This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback. Use this skill to speak a short summary of what was accomplished.

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Install
$ npx -y skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill voice-update --agent claude-code

How 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/voice-update

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This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback. Use this skill to speak a short summary of what was accomplished.

SKILL.md

voice-update.SKILL.md
name: voice-update
description: This skill should be used when the agent needs to give a spoken voice update to the user, or when reminded by a Stop hook to provide audio feedback. Use this skill to speak a short summary of what was accomplished.

Voice Update Skill

Provide spoken audio feedback to the user using pocket-tts.

When to Use

  • When finishing a task and a Stop hook reminds to give voice feedback
  • When the user explicitly asks for a spoken summary
  • When providing important status updates that benefit from audio

How to Use

1. Summarize what was accomplished in 1-2 short, conversational sentences 2. Call the `say` script with the summary text

Calling the Say Script

Use Bash to call the say script:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/say "Your summary here"

Example:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/say "I've fixed the bug in the login handler and added the unit tests."

With a specific voice:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/say --voice azure "Task completed successfully."

Summary Guidelines

  • Keep it to 1-2 sentences maximum
  • Be conversational, not robotic
  • Match the user's communication style - if they're casual or use colorful language, mirror that tone
  • Focus on what was accomplished, not technical details
  • Avoid code snippets, file paths, or technical jargon
  • Examples:
  • "I've updated the configuration file and restarted the server."
  • "The tests are now passing. I fixed three type errors."
  • "Done! I created the new component and added it to the main page."

Notes

  • The say script auto-starts the pocket-tts server if not running (first use may take ~30-60s)
  • Requires `uvx` and `afplay` (macOS) or `aplay` (Linux)
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