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by glincker
ableton-skills
Claude Skills for Ableton Live producers. Workflows for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI. Pairs with any Ableton MCP server. MIT.
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- 12 skills (12 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 7 forks (7 forks)
- 3w ago last update (Last updated 3w ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add glincker/ableton-skills
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add glincker/ableton-skills --skill arrangement-coach — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/glincker/ableton-skillscp -r "ableton-skills/skills/arrangement-coach" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the arrangement-coach skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add glincker/ableton-skills
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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arrangement-coach
Use when the user has a Session-view loop and wants to promote it to a full Arrangement, build sections (intro/verse/drop/break/outro), or extend a 4-bar idea into a 3-minute track. Examples - "turn this loop into a full song", "build me a 2-minute arrangement from this", "promote session to arrangement".
skills/arrangement-coach/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
chord-pro
Use when the user wants to generate, voice, or modify chord progressions. Examples - "give me a sad chord progression in C minor", "voice these chords for piano", "what's a good progression for cinematic music?", "extend this progression with more color tones".
skills/chord-pro/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
groove-builder
Use when the user wants drum patterns by genre - kick, snare, hi-hat, percussion. Examples - "give me a trap beat", "house drum pattern", "DnB drums at 174", "lo-fi drums with swing", "boom-bap pattern".
skills/groove-builder/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
mastering-prep
Use when the user is finishing a track and wants to check it's ready to send to a mastering engineer or for self-mastering. Audits headroom, peak levels, mono compatibility, frequency balance, LUFS. Examples - "is this ready to master?", "audit my mix before export", "check my levels".
skills/mastering-prep/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
midi-cleanup
Use when the user asks to humanize a MIDI part, fix voice leading, quantize notes, clean up timing, fix stuck/duplicate notes, or generally polish a MIDI clip they recorded or wrote. Examples - "humanize this hat", "voice these chords better", "the timing is too stiff", "fix the voice leading on the strings".
skills/midi-cleanup/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
mixer-doctor
Use when the user describes a mix problem ("muddy", "harsh", "no headroom", "vocals get lost", "kick and bass fighting") or asks for a mix audit. Diagnoses the issue from session state and proposes specific corrective moves with EQ, compression, sends, and routing.
skills/mixer-doctor/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
producer-mode
Use when the user asks to set up tracks, pick instruments, scaffold an arrangement, build a project template, or describe a track they want to make in Ableton Live. Examples - "make me a 4-bar lo-fi loop", "set up a film score template", "I want to start a hip-hop beat in C minor".
skills/producer-mode/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
reference-match
Use when the user references another track they want to emulate the vibe/sound of. Examples - "make this sound like Ólafur Arnalds", "I want a Tame Impala vibe", "match the mix of Kendrick's Money Trees". Translates artist/track references into actionable production decisions.
skills/reference-match/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
sidechain-setup
Use when the user wants to set up sidechain compression - typically kick → bass, kick → pads, vocals → music bed. Examples - "sidechain my bass to the kick", "make the synths duck under the vocal", "add pumping to the chords".
skills/sidechain-setup/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
sound-designer
Use when the user wants to design a synth patch from scratch or modify an existing one - lead, bass, pad, pluck, lush keys, FX. Targets stock Ableton synths (Operator, Wavetable, Analog, Drift). Examples - "make me a wide supersaw lead", "design a sub bass", "give me a lush pad like Olafur Arnalds".
skills/sound-designer/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
tempo-coach
Use when the user is unsure about tempo, time signature, or rhythmic feel choices. Examples - "what tempo should this be?", "should I switch to 3/4?", "is 95 BPM right for lo-fi?", "how do I make this feel less stiff rhythmically?".
skills/tempo-coach/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
vocal-chain
Use when the user has recorded vocals and wants a processing chain set up. Examples - "set up my vocal chain", "process this vocal", "make the vocal sit in the mix", "give me a pop vocal chain", "make this rap vocal aggressive".
skills/vocal-chain/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.