Automated summary

Controls Spotify playback on macOS using AppleScript commands via osascript.

Strengths

Retrieves current track info (title, artist, album) and playback position.
Simple play, pause, next, and previous track commands.
Lightweight and relies only on built-in macOS tools.
Provides conversational responses for a natural interaction.

Limitations

MacOS only; requires the Spotify desktop app to be installed and running.
Cannot handle playlists, search, or volume control.
If Spotify is not running, the skill will ask the user to open it.

When to use it

When the user wants to check or control Spotify playback from a terminal-based AI agent on macOS.

When not to use it

On non-macOS systems or when the user does not use the Spotify desktop app (e.g., Spotify Web).

Security analysis

Safe

Quality score90/100

The skill only executes predefined AppleScript commands to control Spotify, with no file system modifications, network calls, or user input injection. It poses no execution risk.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Check current track

What song is currently playing on Spotify?

Pause playback

Pause the music on Spotify.

Skip to next track

Skip to the next track on Spotify.

name: spotify description: Control Spotify playback and check what's currently playing. Use when the user asks what music or song is playing, wants to play/pause/stop music, skip tracks, or interact with Spotify in any way. allowed-tools: Bash(osascript -e *)

Spotify Control Skill

Name: Spotify Control
Author: Skills Guide Bot

Use AppleScript via osascript to interact with the Spotify desktop app on macOS.

When the user asks what music is playing

Run this command to get the current track info:

osascript -e '
tell application "Spotify"
  if player state is playing then
    set trackName to name of current track
    set artistName to artist of current track
    set albumName to album of current track
    set trackDuration to duration of current track
    set trackPosition to player position
    set durationSec to trackDuration / 1000
    set mins to (durationSec div 60) as integer
    set secs to (durationSec mod 60) as integer
    set posMins to (trackPosition div 60) as integer
    set posSecs to (trackPosition mod 60 div 1) as integer
    return "Now playing: " & trackName & " by " & artistName & " from the album " & albumName & " (" & posMins & ":" & (text -2 thru -1 of ("0" & posSecs)) & " / " & mins & ":" & (text -2 thru -1 of ("0" & secs)) & ")"
  else
    return "Spotify is not currently playing anything."
  end if
end tell'

Present the result conversationally to the user.

When the user asks to play music

Run: osascript -e 'tell application "Spotify" to play'

When the user asks to pause or stop music

Run: osascript -e 'tell application "Spotify" to pause'

When the user asks to skip or play the next track

Run: osascript -e 'tell application "Spotify" to next track'

When the user asks to go back or play the previous track

Run: osascript -e 'tell application "Spotify" to previous track'

Important notes

If Spotify is not running, tell the user to open Spotify first.
Keep responses short and conversational.
Do not use the Skill tool recursively.

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1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

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2. Check prerequisites

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Tools declared by the author (check availability in your agent): Bash(osascript -e *)

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OpenSkills

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Official OpenSkills installation

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