# save-to-spotify

Turns your notes, articles or transcripts into a narrated episode and pushes it to Spotify. Handy for briefings, explainers and meeting recaps.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 406
- Author: Spotify
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/spotify/save-to-spotify/tree/HEAD/plugin
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/save-to-spotify

## What it does

The plugin installs the `save-to-spotify` CLI and exposes a skill to the agent. You describe the episode in plain English — a morning briefing from your calendar and tasks, an explainer built from an article or PDF, a recap of a meeting transcript — and the agent sources the material, writes the script, narrates it and saves the finished episode to Spotify.

The CLI does not generate speech on its own, so you bring a voice engine. With no keys around, Kokoro is the default: local, free, roughly 340 MB. If `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` is already set, the agent spots it and offers to use it. Run `save-to-spotify tts status` to see what is available.

You log in once with `save-to-spotify auth login`, which opens a browser; the token lands in `~/.config/save-to-spotify/token.json` and refreshes itself. On a remote box use `--no-browser`. One thing to watch: with DPoP-bound tokens, which are the default, the sibling `dpop_key.json` has to stay in place or the session breaks. Uploads go through `save-to-spotify upload`, accepting `.mp3`, `.m4a`, `.wav` and `.ogg`, with cover art as `.jpg` or `.png` up to 1 MB.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install save-to-spotify@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- build a morning briefing from calendar and tasks
- turn an article or PDF into an audio explainer
- summarize a meeting transcript into a short episode
- narrate a news roundup from your feeds
- record a bedtime story with a kid's name in it

## Example prompts
- make a 3-minute morning briefing from my calendar and save it to Spotify
- turn ./article.pdf into an audio explainer and upload it with ./cover.jpg
- summarize the meeting transcript and drop it into the Meeting Recaps show

## Source text · plugin · Apache-2.0

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# Save to Spotify

A command-line tool for saving audio content to Spotify. Built for agents and automation, generate a daily briefing, language lesson, or meeting recap, then push it to Spotify where it's available alongside your other listening.

## What you can make

Point your agent at content you have, and get a finished episode on Spotify:

- **Morning briefing** — your calendar, tasks, and overnight repo activity as a 3-minute daily brief
- **Deep dive** — turn a topic, article, or PDF into a personalized audio explainer
- **Meeting recap** — drop in a transcript, get a 2-minute summary with action items
- **Travel guide** — a private audio itinerary for your next trip
- **News roundup** — a daily roundup from the newsletters, feeds, and sites you follow
- **Bedtime story** — a custom story using your kid's name and favorite setting

Describe what you want in plain English; the agent sources, scripts, narrates, and saves it.

## Making the audio

This CLI *saves* audio to Spotify — it does not generate speech itself. You bring a voice engine:

- **Kokoro** (recommended) — free, local, no API key, no limits (~340 MB)
- **OpenAI TTS** — high quality, needs `OPENAI_API_KEY`
- **ElevenLabs** — most natural, needs `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY`

No key? Kokoro is the default. Already have an OpenAI or ElevenLabs key? The agent detects it and offers to use it — no extra setup.

Run `save-to-spotify tts status` to see what's available, or `save-to-spotify tts add` to register any other engine.

## Quick Start

Prompt your agent to install:

```text
> Install Save to Spotify by running https://saveto.spotify.com/install.sh
```

Installs the CLI and exposes the skill to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any agent that reads `.agents/skills/`.

Once installed, invoke with `/save-to-spotify` (Claude Code) or `$save-to-spotify` (Codex), or just describe what you want in plain English.

## Install

### Curl-bash

Same script the Quick Start prompt runs:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://saveto.spotify.com/install.sh | bash
```

Common options:

```bash
# Pin a specific version
curl -fsSL https://saveto.spotify.com/install.sh | bash -s -- --version 0.2.0

# Custom install directory
curl -fsSL https://saveto.spotify.com/install.sh | bash -s -- --dir ~/.local/bin

# Binary only, skip the agent skill
curl -fsSL https://saveto.spotify.com/install.sh | bash -s -- --no-skills
```

### Skills.sh

Install the agent skill to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and 50+ other agents:

```bash
npx skills add spotify/save-to-spotify
```

### ClawHub / OpenClaw

Save to Spotify is listed on ClawHub as [`@spotify/save-to-spotify`](https://clawhub.ai/spotify/save-to-spotify). Install it into your active OpenClaw workspace:

```bash
openclaw skills install @spotify/save-to-spotify
```

The ClawHub listing installs the agent skill. The skill uses the `save-to-spotify` CLI, so if the binary is not already on your `PATH`, run the curl-bash installer above.

### Claude Code plugin marketplace

```
/plugin marketplace add spotify/save-to-spotify
/plugin install save-to-spotify@save-to-spotify
```

### Manual

If you can't run the install script:

1. Download `save-to-spotify-{os}-{arch}-v{version}.zip` and its matching `.sha256` from the [releases page](https://github.com/spotify/save-to-spotify/releases).
2. Verify integrity:
   ```bash
   shasum -c save-to-spotify-darwin-arm64-v0.2.0.zip.sha256
   ```
3. Unzip, you get the binary plus a `skills/save-to-spotify/` tree.
4. Move the binary to a directory on your `PATH` and `chmod +x` it (not needed on Windows).
5. (Optional) Copy `skills/save-to-spotify/` into your agent's skill directory, e.g. `~/.claude/skills/save-to-spotify/` or `~/.cursor/skills/save-to-spotify/`.

### Windows notes

- Run the install script in **Git Bash** (ships with Git for Windows); it installs `save-to-spotify.exe` to `~/.local/bin` and offers a PATH fix.
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