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BluOS Player Control

Lets an agent discover, play, pause, group and adjust volume on Bluesound/NAD speakers via the blu CLI.

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Repository
spinabot/brigade
Stars
11,367
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent to control Bluesound and NAD wireless speakers using a command-line tool called blu. Once installed, the agent can find players on your network, start, pause or stop playback, set volume, group speakers together, and search or play TuneIn radio stations. It is told to confirm which speaker is the target before changing playback.

Great for

  • Owners of Bluesound or NAD networked speakers who want to control them by typing requests to an agent
  • People scripting home audio routines who want machine-readable output from the blu CLI

Skip it if

  • Users without Bluesound or NAD players, since the skill only drives that hardware (no benefit otherwise)
  • Situations where a wrong volume change could be harmful, such as unattended speakers near sensitive hearing, because the agent acts on the local network without further checks beyond confirming the target

Try asking

  • “Pause the living room speaker”
  • “Set the kitchen Bluesound volume to 15”
  • “Group the office and patio players together”
  • “Play jazz from TuneIn on the bedroom speaker”
Step-by-step guide: how to use BluOS Player ControlInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    blucli.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip blucli.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip blucli.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Name your devices clearly in the blu config or use aliases so the agent targets the right speaker
  • Set BLU_DEVICE or a default device to avoid repeated target questions
  • Ask the agent to show status first, then make changes

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from spinabot/brigade under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.