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A Claude Code skill that streams Grateful Dead tapes from archive.org with
natural-language control and local playback.
- SKILL.md maps natural language ('play the Cornell show', 'next song') to
CLI commands; Claude does the language understanding.
- archive.py: archive.org search + best-tape ranking (soundboards/matrices
over audience, then ratings and popularity) + playlist building, stdlib-only.
- player.py: local playback via mpv (JSON IPC: play/pause/next/prev/status)
with a sequential ffplay/vlc fallback (play/next/prev/stop).
- state.py: background-playback state under ~/.playdead so transport commands
in separate invocations share one session.
- famous_shows.py: nickname -> date/venue lookups (Cornell, Veneta, etc.).
- 24 offline tests for the non-network logic.
…d skill The default branch held a separate, agent-driven implementation with unrelated history. This merge (strategy=ours) keeps the skill-based tree as the result while establishing a common ancestor so the change can be reviewed as a PR.
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Replaces the agent-based implementation with a Claude Code skill that streams Grateful Dead tapes from archive.org with natural-language control and local playback.
Approach
Responsibilities are split cleanly:
.claude/skills/playdead/SKILL.md.playdead.pydoes the deterministic work: search archive.org → rank → stream locally.What's included
Highlights
5/8/77), archive.org identifier, nickname (cornell), or free text ("Veneta 1972 soundboard").playthen laternext/status/stopshare one session (state in~/.playdead).mpv(recommended; pause/next/prev/status via JSON IPC) with anffplay/cvlcfallback.Testing
Note on history
This branch had unrelated history to the base (a separate agent-driven implementation). A
merge -s oursof the base establishes a common ancestor so this can be reviewed as a PR; the resulting diff removes the previous package and adds the skill in its place.https://claude.ai/code/session_01EMqnkJfNYW2Pxkn6cCuLaK
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