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Spotify by claude-world — Agent Skill

Name: Spotify
Author: claude-world

Spotify

Control Spotify playback via CLI. Play, pause, skip, search tracks/albums/artists, manage the queue, and browse playlists. Use when user says "play", "pause", "skip", "queue", "search Spotify", "what's playing", or any music control request.

claude-world f3d37e5 2.2 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Spotify Control

Control Spotify playback from the terminal.

Prerequisites

Install spotify_player (TUI client with daemon mode):

brew install spotify_player
# or cargo install spotify_player

Or install spogo (simpler CLI):

cargo install spogo

First-time auth: run spotify_player once to complete OAuth login. Credentials are cached after that.

Commands

spotify_player (recommended)

# Status / now playing
spotify_player playback

# Playback controls
spotify_player playback play-pause
spotify_player playback next
spotify_player playback previous
spotify_player playback volume --percent 50

# Search and play
spotify_player search "query"          # interactive search
spotify_player play --name "song" --type track

# Queue
spotify_player queue list
spotify_player queue add "track uri"

# Playlists
spotify_player list --format json

spogo (simpler alternative)

spogo status          # now playing
spogo play            # resume
spogo pause
spogo next
spogo prev
spogo search "query"
spogo volume 80       # 0-100

Usage Examples

"What's playing?"

spotify_player playback 2>/dev/null || spogo status 2>/dev/null

"Play some jazz"

spotify_player search "jazz" || spogo search "jazz"

"Pause"

spotify_player playback play-pause || spogo pause

"Volume to 40%"

spotify_player playback volume --percent 40 || spogo volume 40

"Skip"

spotify_player playback next || spogo next

Rules

Check if CLI is installed first: which spotify_player || which spogo
If neither installed, show install instructions and stop
Try spotify_player first, fall back to spogo
If authentication fails, tell user to run spotify_player once interactively to log in
Keep responses concise: one line per track/status
Never expose OAuth tokens in output
Volume accepts 0-100 integer values

---name: spotifydescription: Control Spotify playback via CLI. Play, pause, skip, search tracks/albums/artists, manage the queue, and browse playlists. Use when user says "play", "pause", "skip", "queue", "search Spotify", "what's playing", or any music control request.---# Spotify ControlControl Spotify playback from the terminal.## PrerequisitesInstall `spotify_player` (TUI client with daemon mode):```bashbrew install spotify_player# or cargo install spotify_player```Or install `spogo` (simpler CLI):```bashcargo install spogo```First-time auth: run `spotify_player` once to complete OAuth login. Credentials are cached after that.## Commands### spotify_player (recommended)```bash# Status / now playingspotify_player playback# Playback controlsspotify_player playback play-pausespotify_player playback nextspotify_player playback previousspotify_player playback volume --percent 50# Search and playspotify_player search "query" # interactive searchspotify_player play --name "song" --type track# Queuespotify_player queue listspotify_player queue add "track uri"# Playlistsspotify_player list --format json```### spogo (simpler alternative)```bashspogo status # now playingspogo play # resumespogo pausespogo nextspogo prevspogo search "query"spogo volume 80 # 0-100```## Usage Examples**"What's playing?"**```bashspotify_player playback 2>/dev/null || spogo status 2>/dev/null```**"Play some jazz"**```bashspotify_player search "jazz" || spogo search "jazz"```**"Pause"**```bashspotify_player playback play-pause || spogo pause```**"Volume to 40%"**```bashspotify_player playback volume --percent 40 || spogo volume 40```**"Skip"**```bashspotify_player playback next || spogo next```## Rules- Check if CLI is installed first: `which spotify_player || which spogo`- If neither installed, show install instructions and stop- Try `spotify_player` first, fall back to `spogo`- If authentication fails, tell user to run `spotify_player` once interactively to log in- Keep responses concise: one line per track/status- Never expose OAuth tokens in output- Volume accepts 0-100 integer values

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