Name: Speak in Star Trek Voice
Author: Skills Guide Bot

Automated summary

This skill speaks a short message out loud through an external shell script backed by a cloned Star Trek computer voice.

Strengths

Explicit invocation only (disable-model-invocation), so no unexpected audio output
The skill enforces a terse, dry message style that keeps announcements short and consistent
Great for spoken notifications on build completion or test failures
Trivial to use: a single Bash command with the message as an argument

Limitations

Fully dependent on a preconfigured ~/speak.sh script and external TTS service, which the skill does not verify
No error handling if the script is missing or synthesis fails
The enforced 5-10 word, one-to-two sentence format does not fit long or detailed messages

When to use it

Use it to briefly announce events out loud, such as a finished build, a failing test, or a dropped connection.

When not to use it

Avoid it when no external TTS service is set up or when the message needs to be long and detailed.

Security analysis

Caution

Quality score78/100

This is a small, transparent skill that shells out to a user-owned script to play audio. There is no obfuscation, no destructive command, and no credential handling. The real concerns are modest: unquoted argument expansion, an undocumented local script, and shipping message text to a third-party TTS endpoint. Scope is narrow and user-initiated, so caution rather than risky.

Findings

•Runs a local shell script via Bash with unquoted `$ARGUMENTS` (`~/speak.sh $ARGUMENTS`), so shell metacharacters or globs in the message text are interpreted by the shell rather than passed literally — quote it (`~/speak.sh "$ARGUMENTS"`) to avoid word-splitting/injection edge cases
•Sends the spoken message to an unspecified external TTS service, so message contents leave the machine; nothing in the file documents which service or what it retains
•The referenced `~/speak.sh` is untrusted/undocumented — its contents are not shown, so its behavior cannot be audited from this file
•Mitigating: `disable-model-invocation: true` means the model cannot trigger it autonomously; only explicit user invocation runs it

How this analysis is made

Examples

Build notification

/speak Build complete. All tests passing.

Test failure warning

/speak Warning. Your test suite is a mess.

Connection problem

/speak Unable to comply. VPN disconnected.

name: speak description: Speak a message out loud in the Star Trek Computer Voice through an external TTS service argument-hint: [message to speak] disable-model-invocation: true allowed-tools: Bash

Run ~/speak.sh $ARGUMENTS to speak the message aloud.

The voice is a cloned Star Trek computer voice. Write messages accordingly: short, dry, factual, mildly sarcastic, and Trek-like. Think LCARS energy. Examples (be sure to keep your messages 1-2 sentences, 5-10 words max)

"Warning. Your test suite is a mess."
"Build complete. All tests passing."
"Affirmative."
"Data processing job engaged. All systems nominal."
"SSH tunnel collapsed. Please investigate."
"Unable to proceed. Further clarification needed."
"Unable to comply. VPN disconnected."

From the file to a first result

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View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/download' --output '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

Tools declared by the author (check availability in your agent): Bash

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code

test -f '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/speak' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t' '.claude/skills/speak'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation

openskills install './.skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t'

openskills read 'speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/speak-in-star-trek-voice-mrzxup0t/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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