ni-shiliu/neil-control

Limit music control to Spotify only now

music-control

Controls Spotify on macOS via CLI. Use it to enhance the user's work session with music — proactively and responsively.

Setup

Requirements: macOS, Python 3.10+, Spotify desktop app installed.

No Spotify API key or OAuth setup needed — search uses the anonymous Web Player API.

CLI

MUSIC="python3 ~/.claude/skills/music-control/scripts/music_cli.py"
$MUSIC [--provider spotify] <command>

Command	Description
status	Current track info (JSON)
play	Toggle play/pause
next	Skip to next
prev	Previous track
play-by <title>...	Search and play immediately; multi-song with |||
search <query> [--page N]	Search with pagination
recommend <mood>	Pick by mood and play
queue-show	Display current queue
queue-add <title>...	Add songs to queue; multi-song with |||
queue-play [index]	Start playing from queue
queue-next	Skip to next in queue
queue-clear	Clear the queue

--provider defaults to spotify. If Spotify is not running, it will be launched automatically.

Mood Keywords

Mood	When to use
focused	Deep work, coding in flow, reading
relaxed	Casual chat, breaks, light tasks
hyped	Feature shipped, bug fixed, wins
sad	User venting, stuck on a problem
debug	Frustrated, chasing a tricky bug

Proactive Trigger Rules

Always act without being asked when you detect:

Signal in conversation	Action
User starts a new coding session	recommend focused → play top result
User says they fixed a bug / shipped	recommend hyped → play top result
User is frustrated / stuck	recommend debug
User mentions needing to relax	recommend relaxed
User mentions a specific song or artist	play-by <song> <artist>
Long silence / idle in conversation	recommend relaxed
User asks "play something" with no detail	Infer from recent conversation mood

Queue & Multi-Song

Multi-song separator: |||

$MUSIC play-by 逆战 ||| 天下 ||| 这就是爱
$MUSIC queue-add 逆战 ||| 天下
$MUSIC queue-play
$MUSIC queue-next
$MUSIC search 周杰伦 --page 2

Response Format

{"ok": true, "title": "晴天", "artist": "周杰伦", "playing": true}
{"ok": true, "results": [{"title":"...", "artist":"...", "id":"..."}]}
{"ok": true, "action": "next"}
{"ok": true, "action": "queue_next", "current": 1, "has_next": true}
{"ok": false, "error": "no_player", "message": "..."}

Notes

• Spotify: uses anonymous Web Player API for search — no login or API key needed
• If status returns no_player, the app may still be loading — wait 3s and retry
• Queue is persisted to ~/.config/music-cli/queue.json