Byted Music Generate

Generate music using Volcengine Imagination API. Supports vocal songs, instrumental BGM, and lyrics generation. Use when the user wants to create songs, background music, soundtracks, write lyrics, or mentions "music generation", "BGM", or "songwriting".

Music Generate Skill

This skill generates music using the Volcengine Music Generation API. It supports vocal songs, instrumental BGM, and AI lyrics generation.

Trigger Conditions

1. User wants to generate a song (with lyrics or a text prompt)
2. User needs background music, instrumental tracks, or soundtracks
3. User wants AI-generated lyrics
4. User mentions "write a song", "music generation", "BGM", "background music", "lyrics"

Environment Variables

Before using this skill, ensure the following environment variables are set:

• VOLCENGINE_ACCESS_KEY — AccessKey ID
• VOLCENGINE_SECRET_KEY — AccessKey Secret

How to obtain: Volcengine Console → Account (top-right) → Key Management → Create Key.

Usage

1. Determine user intent and select the mode (song / bgm / lyrics).
2. cd to the skill directory: skills/byted-music-generate.
3. Run the script. The script polls the API internally and may take several minutes to complete (typically 1–5 minutes for song/bgm).
4. Monitor execution: If the runtime environment moves the command to background, you MUST periodically (every 10 seconds) read the terminal output to check whether the script has finished. The script prints polling progress to stderr and outputs a single JSON line to stdout upon completion.
5. Once completed, return the audio_url or lyrics from the JSON output to the user.

Three Modes

1. song — Vocal Song

User provides lyrics (Lyrics) or a text prompt (Prompt) to generate a vocal song.

bash

# With text prompt
python scripts/music_generate.py song --prompt "A song about summer at the beach" --genre Pop --gender Female

# With lyrics
python scripts/music_generate.py song --lyrics "[verse]\nMoonlight on the windowsill\nMemories flowing like water\n[chorus]\nYou are my moonlight" --genre Folk --mood "Sentimental/Melancholic/Lonely"

Note: --lyrics and --prompt are mutually exclusive; lyrics takes priority. If the user hasn't provided lyrics, you can first use the lyrics mode to generate them, then pass the result to the song mode.

2. bgm — Instrumental BGM

Describe the desired music in natural language. The v5.0 model does not require Genre/Mood parameters — just describe everything in the --text field.

bash

python scripts/music_generate.py bgm --text "Relaxed coffee shop ambiance music with piano and guitar" --duration 60

# With song structure segments
python scripts/music_generate.py bgm --text "Epic game soundtrack" --segments '[{"Name":"intro","Duration":10},{"Name":"chorus","Duration":30}]'

3. lyrics — Lyrics Generation

Returns synchronously (no polling needed). Can be used standalone or as a pre-step for the song mode.

bash

python scripts/music_generate.py lyrics --prompt "A song about graduation farewell" --genre Folk --mood "Sentimental/Melancholic/Lonely" --gender Female

Manual Task Query (timeout fallback)

bash

python scripts/music_generate.py query --task-id "202601397834584670076931"

Mode Detection Logic

text

User Request
    ↓
Contains "instrumental/BGM/background music/soundtrack"?
    ├─ Yes → bgm mode
    └─ No → Contains "lyrics/write lyrics" and does NOT request audio?
        ├─ Yes → lyrics mode
        └─ No → song mode
            ├─ User provided lyrics → --lyrics
            └─ User only described a theme → --prompt (or lyrics first, then song)

Script Parameters

song mode

Parameter	Required	Description
--lyrics	either	Lyrics with structure tags
--prompt	either	Text prompt (Chinese, 5-700 chars)
--model-version	no	v4.0 or v4.3 (default: v4.3)
--genre	no	Music genre
--mood	no	Music mood
--gender	no	Female / Male
--timbre	no	Vocal timbre
--duration	no	Duration in seconds [30-240]
--key	no	Musical key (v4.3 only)
--kmode	no	Major / Minor (v4.3 only)
--tempo	no	Tempo (v4.3 only)
--instrument	no	Instruments, comma-separated (v4.3 only)
--genre-extra	no	Secondary genres, comma-separated, max 2 (v4.3 only)
--scene	no	Scene tags, comma-separated (v4.3 only)
--lang	no	Language (v4.3 only)
--vod-format	no	wav / mp3 (v4.3 only)
--billing	no	prepaid / postpaid (default: postpaid)
--timeout	no	Max wait seconds (default: 300)

bgm mode

Parameter	Required	Description
--text	yes	Natural language description
--duration	no	Duration in seconds [30-120]
--segments	no	JSON array of song structure segments
--version	no	Model version (default: v5.0)
--enable-input-rewrite	no	Enable prompt rewriting
--billing	no	prepaid / postpaid (default: postpaid)
--timeout	no	Max wait seconds (default: 300)

lyrics mode

Parameter	Required	Description
--prompt	yes	Lyrics prompt (Chinese only, <500 chars)
--genre	no	Music genre
--mood	no	Music mood
--gender	no	Female / Male

Script Return Info

The script outputs JSON with the following fields:

json

{
    "status": "success | timeout | error",
    "mode": "song | bgm | lyrics | query",
    "task_id": "...",
    "audio_url": "https://...",
    "duration": 46.0,
    "lyrics": "...",
    "error": null
}

Return the audio_url to the user for download or playback. URLs are valid for approximately 1 year, but users should save the file promptly.

Error Handling

• PermissionError: VOLCENGINE_ACCESS_KEY ...: Inform the user to configure the environment variables. Write them to the workspace environment variable file, then retry.
• status: "timeout": The task is still generating. Provide the user with the task_id and the manual query command from the output.
• Copyright check failure (code 50000001): Suggest the user enrich the description or increase the audio duration, then retry.

References

• Available parameter values (Genre/Mood/Timbre/Instrument etc.): references/parameters.md
• Volcengine Music Generation Docs
• API Signature Guide