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sag Text-to-Speech

Turns text into spoken audio with ElevenLabs voices, plus local playback and voice-reply files.

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

What it does

Once installed, the agent can read text aloud using ElevenLabs AI voices by running the sag command-line tool. It can play audio locally, list available voices, and tune delivery with pronunciation fixes, number normalization, and expressive tags such as [whispers] or [short pause]. It can also generate an MP3 file and attach it to a chat reply as a 'voice' message.

Great for

  • Creators who want narration or voiceover drafts from an AI assistant
  • Developers building voice features who want a quick ElevenLabs test from the terminal
  • Anyone who wants the assistant to answer in a spoken voice in chat

Skip it if

  • Offline or privacy-sensitive text, because the text is sent to ElevenLabs servers to generate audio (usage incurs API costs on your account)
  • Cloning or imitating a real person's voice without consent, since the skill only selects voices and does not address rights or consent
  • Situations where no ElevenLabs account or API key is available, since the skill cannot work without one

Try asking

  • “Read this paragraph aloud in a calm voice and play it on my laptop”
  • “Generate an MP3 of my product announcement using the Rachel voice”
  • “List the ElevenLabs voices available to my account”
  • “Explain this recipe in a dramatic 'crazy scientist' voice and send it as audio”
Step-by-step guide: how to use sag Text-to-SpeechInstall, 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.

    sag.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

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

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip sag.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

  • Confirm the voice and speaker with the agent before generating long audio, since each generation uses your ElevenLabs quota.
  • Respell hard-to-pronounce words (for example 'key-note') and use --normalize auto for numbers, units, and URLs.
  • Use the default eleven_v3 model for expressive audio tags; v2 models support SSML break tags instead.

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.