sound-effects

The sound-effects skill generates sound effects from text descriptions using ElevenLabs audio generation technology. It is designed for creating non-speech audio content such as ambient environments, cinematic impacts, UI interaction sounds, audio textures, and looping background effects. By converting descriptive prompts into generated audio files, the skill helps developers, creators, and audio designers rapidly prototype or produce sound assets without manually recording or editing audio. The skill requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key configured through the ELEVENLABS_API_KEY environment variable.

The skill supports multiple ways to interact with the API, including Python, JavaScript, and cURL examples for integration into applications and workflows. Core capabilities include customizable sound duration, seamless looping generation, and prompt influence tuning to control how closely the output follows the provided description. It also supports multiple output formats such as MP3, PCM, Opus, and telephony-oriented formats like μ-law and A-law. The documentation includes parameter references, example usage patterns, prompt-writing guidance, and basic error handling information for common API issues such as authentication failures, invalid parameters, and rate limiting.

This skill is intended for developers, game creators, multimedia application builders, audio prototyping teams, and content creators who need dynamically generated sound effects. Typical use cases include generating environmental ambience for games, creating notification and interface sounds for apps, producing cinematic transition effects, and building custom audio experiences in interactive software. It is especially useful in workflows where fast iteration and automated audio generation are more practical than sourcing or recording sound libraries manually.