--- name: spotify description: Control Spotify — play music, search the catalog, manage playlists and library, inspect devices and playback state. Loads when the user asks to play/pause/queue music, search tracks/albums/artists, manage playlists, or check what's playing. Assumes the Hermes Spotify toolset is enabled and `hermes auth spotify` has been run. version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT prerequisites: tools: [spotify_playback, spotify_devices, spotify_queue, spotify_search, spotify_playlists, spotify_albums, spotify_library] metadata: hermes: tags: [spotify, music, playback, playlists, media] related_skills: [gif-search] --- # Spotify Control the user's Spotify account via the Hermes Spotify toolset (7 tools). Setup guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/spotify ## When to use this skill The user says something like "play X", "pause", "skip", "queue up X", "what's playing", "search for X", "add to my X playlist", "make a playlist", "save this to my library", etc. ## The 7 tools - `spotify_playback` — play, pause, next, previous, seek, set_repeat, set_shuffle, set_volume, get_state, get_currently_playing, recently_played - `spotify_devices` — list, transfer - `spotify_queue` — get, add - `spotify_search` — search the catalog - `spotify_playlists` — list, get, create, add_items, remove_items, update_details - `spotify_albums` — get, tracks - `spotify_library` — list/save/remove with `kind: "tracks"|"albums"` Playback-mutating actions require Spotify Premium; search/library/playlist ops work on Free. ## Canonical patterns (minimize tool calls) ### "Play " One search, then play by URI. Do NOT loop through search results describing them unless the user asked for options. ``` spotify_search({"query": "miles davis kind of blue", "types": ["album"], "limit": 1}) → got album URI spotify:album:1weenld61qoidwYuZ1GESA spotify_playback({"action": "play", "context_uri": "spotify:album:1weenld61qoidwYuZ1GESA"}) ``` For "play some " (no specific song), prefer `types: ["artist"]` and play the artist context URI — Spotify handles smart shuffle. If the user says "the song" or "that track", search `types: ["track"]` and pass `uris: [track_uri]` to play. ### "What's playing?" / "What am I listening to?" Single call — don't chain get_state after get_currently_playing. ``` spotify_playback({"action": "get_currently_playing"}) ``` If it returns 204/empty (`is_playing: false`), tell the user nothing is playing. Don't retry. ### "Pause" / "Skip" / "Volume 50" Direct action, no preflight inspection needed. ``` spotify_playback({"action": "pause"}) spotify_playback({"action": "next"}) spotify_playback({"action": "set_volume", "volume_percent": 50}) ``` ### "Add to my playlist" 1. `spotify_playlists list` to find the playlist ID by name 2. Get the track URI (from currently playing, or search) 3. `spotify_playlists add_items` with the playlist_id and URIs ``` spotify_playlists({"action": "list"}) → found "Late Night Jazz" = 37i9dQZF1DX4wta20PHgwo spotify_playback({"action": "get_currently_playing"}) → current track uri = spotify:track:0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV spotify_playlists({"action": "add_items", "playlist_id": "37i9dQZF1DX4wta20PHgwo", "uris": ["spotify:track:0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV"]}) ``` ### "Create a playlist called X and add the last 3 songs I played" ``` spotify_playback({"action": "recently_played", "limit": 3}) spotify_playlists({"action": "create", "name": "Focus 2026"}) → got playlist_id back in response spotify_playlists({"action": "add_items", "playlist_id": , "uris": [<3 uris>]}) ``` ### "Save / unsave / is this saved?" Use `spotify_library` with the right `kind`. ``` spotify_library({"kind": "tracks", "action": "save", "uris": ["spotify:track:..."]}) spotify_library({"kind": "albums", "action": "list", "limit": 50}) ``` ### "Transfer playback to my " ``` spotify_devices({"action": "list"}) → pick the device_id by matching name/type spotify_devices({"action": "transfer", "device_id": "", "play": true}) ``` ## Critical failure modes **`403 Forbidden — No active device found`** on any playback action means Spotify isn't running anywhere. Tell the user: "Open Spotify on your phone/desktop/web player first, start any track for a second, then retry." Don't retry the tool call blindly — it will fail the same way. You can call `spotify_devices list` to confirm; an empty list means no active device. **`403 Forbidden — Premium required`** means the user is on Free and tried to mutate playback. Don't retry; tell them this action needs Premium. Reads still work (search, playlists, library, get_state). **`204 No Content` on `get_currently_playing`** is NOT an error — it means nothing is playing. The tool returns `is_playing: false`. Just report that to the user. **`429 Too Many Requests`** = rate limit. Wait and retry once. If it keeps happening, you're looping — stop. **`401 Unauthorized` after a retry** — refresh token revoked. Tell the user to run `hermes auth spotify` again. ## URI and ID formats Spotify uses three interchangeable ID formats. The tools accept all three and normalize: - URI: `spotify:track:0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV` (preferred) - URL: `https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV` - Bare ID: `0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV` When in doubt, use full URIs. Search results return URIs in the `uri` field — pass those directly. Entity types: `track`, `album`, `artist`, `playlist`, `show`, `episode`. Use the right type for the action — `spotify_playback.play` with a `context_uri` expects album/playlist/artist; `uris` expects an array of track URIs. ## What NOT to do - **Don't call `get_state` before every action.** Spotify accepts play/pause/skip without preflight. Only inspect state when the user asked "what's playing" or you need to reason about device/track. - **Don't describe search results unless asked.** If the user said "play X", search, grab the top URI, play it. They'll hear it's wrong if it's wrong. - **Don't retry on `403 Premium required` or `403 No active device`.** Those are permanent until user action. - **Don't use `spotify_search` to find a playlist by name** — that searches the public Spotify catalog. User playlists come from `spotify_playlists list`. - **Don't mix `kind: "tracks"` with album URIs** in `spotify_library` (or vice versa). The tool normalizes IDs but the API endpoint differs. --- Source attribution: aibot88 Original project: https://github.com/aibot88/sec_skill_store/blob/main/skills/claudskills/spotify/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Dave AI resource metadata Creator / publisher: aibot88 Original project: https://github.com/aibot88/sec_skill_store/blob/main/skills/claudskills/spotify/SKILL.md Attribution basis: Source repository record Fields of work: Sales, Customer Support Roles: Community Manager, Customer Success Manager, Support Agent Specialties: Specialty not specified Tools: Spotify Country applicability: Country not specified Classification basis: Source catalog labels Instruction SHA-256: 6461bec17bded75c6498f43d4cca0654ac411a93b702caab281f306b3490a602