# elevenlabs

Generates speech, sound effects, and voice clones via ElevenLabs APIs. Useful when producing narration, game audio, or video voiceovers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 2352
- Author: digitalsamba
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/elevenlabs

## What it does

The skill provides patterns for ElevenLabs text-to-speech, sound effects, and transcription via Scribe. It sets up voiceovers using `eleven_multilingual_v2` as the default for 29 languages, and handles `eleven_v4` via the Text to Dialogue API. Delivery in `eleven_v4` is guided directly through audio tags such as `[warm]` or `[whispering]`.

File handling requires attention to formats. Instant voice cloning through `client.voices.ivc.create()` takes open binary file handles rather than file paths, and `.m4a` recordings must be converted to MP3 with ffmpeg beforehand. The toolkit limits single sound effect generations to 22 seconds.

You must supply `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` in your `.env` file, and Text to Dialogue calls require `elevenlabs>=2.21`. Do not use ellipses for pauses, as models can vocalize them as audible words.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit --skill elevenlabs -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/elevenlabs/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit --skill elevenlabs -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit --skill elevenlabs -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit elevenlabs
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit --skill elevenlabs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit --path .claude/skills/elevenlabs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit --skill elevenlabs -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/elevenlabs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate voiceover narration using `eleven_multilingual_v2` or `eleven_v4`
- create instant voice clones from MP3 audio samples
- generate custom sound effects up to 22 seconds long
- transcribe audio recordings with word timestamps using `scribe_v2`

## Example prompts
- Generate a voiceover for this script using the eleven_multilingual_v2 model
- Create a 5-second sound effect of thunder rumbling followed by heavy rain
- Create an instant voice clone named SpeakerOne from sample.mp3

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: elevenlabs
description: Generate AI voiceovers, sound effects, and music using ElevenLabs APIs. Use when creating audio content for videos, podcasts, or games. Triggers include generating voiceovers, narration, dialogue, sound effects from descriptions, background music, soundtrack generation, voice cloning, or any audio synthesis task.
---

# ElevenLabs Audio Generation

Requires `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` in `.env`.

## Text-to-Speech

```python
from elevenlabs.client import ElevenLabs
from elevenlabs import save, VoiceSettings
import os

client = ElevenLabs(api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"))

audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="Welcome to my video!",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    model_id="eleven_multilingual_v2",
    voice_settings=VoiceSettings(
        stability=0.5,
        similarity_boost=0.75,
        style=0.5,
        speed=1.0
    )
)
save(audio, "voiceover.mp3")
```

### Models

| Model | Quality | SSML Support | Notes |
|-------|---------|--------------|-------|
| `eleven_multilingual_v2` | Highest consistency | None | Stable, production-ready, 29 languages. Toolkit default; supports style + speed |
| `eleven_v4` | Most expressive | None (audio tags, IPA) | Newest (released 2026-09-28), 90+ languages, best clone accuracy. Stability + similarity only, no style/speed |
| `eleven_flash_v2_5` | Good | `<break>`, `<phoneme>` | Fastest, cheapest; supports pause/pronunciation tags |
| `eleven_v3` | Expressive | None | Previous generation — prefer v4 |

**Choose:** multilingual_v2 for reliability and speed/style control, v4 for maximum expressiveness and cloned voices (test a few takes), flash for SSML control.

**Deprecated:** `eleven_turbo_v2_5` → use `eleven_flash_v2_5` (same quality, lower latency; see [deprecated models](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/models#deprecated-models)). The toolkit still accepts `--model eleven_turbo_v2_5`: it prints a one-line warning and sends `eleven_flash_v2_5`.

### Eleven v4

Released 2026-09-28 ([changelog](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog/2026/9/28), [model page](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/text-to-speech/eleven-v4#model-variants)). The toolkit calls v4 through the **Text to Dialogue** API with one input (the narrator voice), as ElevenLabs recommends for content creation and long-form audio:

```python
from elevenlabs import DialogueInput

audio = client.text_to_dialogue.convert(
    inputs=[DialogueInput(text="[warm] Welcome to my video!", voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb")],
    model_id="eleven_v4",
    settings={"stability": 0.5, "similarity": 0.75},  # the only two settings v4 takes
)
save(audio, "voiceover.mp3")
```
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