willysvarela/machine-blip

Machine Blip

A Claude Code plugin that plays a short droid-style chatter every time Claude finishes a turn, so you can look away and still hear when it's done.

Every blip is synthesized on the spot, so no two sound the same: a few chirps, trills and warbles that end in an impressed "fiu fiu", a happy rising "wheep!" or a curious "dwoo?". Nothing to download; the sound is generated by a tiny Python script using only the standard library.

Install

As a Claude Code plugin (plays automatically)

claude plugin marketplace add willysvarela/machine-blip
claude plugin install machine-blip@machine-blip

Or inside a session: /plugin install machine-blip --marketplace willysvarela/machine-blip.

This installs the skill and a Stop hook that plays the blip whenever Claude finishes responding. Start a new session (or run /reload-plugins) and you will hear it at the end of the next reply.

As a standalone skill (on demand)

npx skills add willysvarela/machine-blip

This installs only the skill, so it plays when you ask ("play the blip", "make it sound sadder"). To also play it automatically, add a Stop hook to ~/.claude/settings.json that runs bash /path/to/skills/machine-blip/scripts/blip.sh.

Requirements

• python3
• macOS (afplay, built in) or Linux with pw-play, paplay or aplay

Customize

Ask Claude: "make the blip calmer", "more trills", "only end with fiu fiu". Or edit skills/machine-blip/scripts/make_blip.py yourself: each syllable is a small function, and the weights at the bottom decide how often each one appears.

Turn it off

claude plugin disable machine-blip@machine-blip

License

MIT