Sound FX

**Quick take:** Solid, focused skill for generating short sound effects via ElevenLabs SFX. It’s easy to integrate into OpenClaw workflows and particularly useful when you want dynamic applause, laughter, whooshes, or ambience without maintaining a static SFX library. **Strengths:** - Natural-language prompts mapped to ready-to-use MP3 sound effects. - Duration control (0.5–30s) plus auto-duration when you don’t care about exact length. - `MEDIA: <path>` output pattern is well-aligned with bot/pipeline auto-attachment. - Straightforward path to WhatsApp-ready `.ogg/opus` via `ffmpeg`. **Key risks / limitations:** - Hard dependency on the ElevenLabs SFX API and a valid `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` (or `XI_API_KEY`); outages, rate limits, or key misconfiguration will break generation. - Audio quality and style are constrained by ElevenLabs’ SFX model; you have limited fine-grained control beyond text + duration. - `ffmpeg` conversion for WhatsApp requires `ffmpeg` to be installed and correctly configured in the runtime environment. - Text prompts could be used to request disturbing, violent, or otherwise sensitive audio; you may need your own prompt policies or filters on top of ElevenLabs’ safeguards. **Best-fit scenarios:** - Chatbots or agents that occasionally need short SFX (applause, laughter, whooshes, ambience) to enrich responses. - WhatsApp or mobile-oriented bots where you want to send quick, generated sound bites as `.ogg/opus`. - Internal tools or demos where you need fast, on-demand SFX without building or curating a sound library.