MiniMax Music Playlist — Personalized Playlist Generator Scan the user's music taste, build a taste profile, generate a personalized playlist, and create an album cover. This skill is designed for both agent and direct user invocation — adapt interaction style to context. Prerequisites mmx CLI — music & image generation. Install: npm install -g mmx-cli . Auth: mmx auth login --api-key . Python 3 — for scanning scripts you write on the fly (stdlib only, no pip). Audio player — mpv , ffplay , or afplay (macOS built-in). Language Detect the user's language from their message. All user-facing text must be in the same language as the user's prompt — do not mix languages. If the user writes in Chinese, all output (profile summary, theme suggestions, playlist plan, playback info) must be fully in Chinese. If in English, all in English. All mmx generation prompts should be in English for best quality. Each song's lyrics language follows its genre (K-pop → Korean, J-pop → Japanese, etc.), NOT the user's UI language. Workflow 1. Scan local music apps → 2. Build taste profile → 3. Plan playlist → 4. Generate songs (mmx music) → 5. Generate cover (mmx image) → 6. Play → 7. Save & feedback Step 1: Gather Music Listening Data Collect the user's listening data from available sources. Supported sources: Source Method Data format Apple Music osascript to query Music.app (official AppleScript interface) Track name, artist, album, genre, play count Spotify User exports their own data via Spotify Privacy Settings JSON files in ZIP ( Streaming_History_Audio_.json ) Manual input User describes their taste directly Free text Spotify data export flow: Spotify does not store useful data locally. To include Spotify listening history, first check if the user already has a Spotify data export: Search for existing exports: find ~ -maxdepth 4 -name "my_spotify_data.zip" -o -name "Streaming_History_Audio_.json" 2>/dev/null If found, ask the user if they want to use it If ZIP, unzip and locate Spotify Extended Streaming History/Streaming_History_Audio_*.json If not found, open the Spotify privacy page: open https://www.spotify.com/account/privacy/ Tell the user to log in, scroll to "Download your data", and click "Request data" Skip Spotify for now and continue with other sources — tell the user they can re-run the playlist skill after the data export arrives (usually a few days) Spotify data format: The export contains Streaming_History_Audio_YYYY.json files (one per year), each is a JSON array of listening events. Key fields to extract: master_metadata_album_artist_name — artist name master_metadata_track_name — track name master_metadata_album_album_name — album name ms_played — playback duration in milliseconds (use as weight: longer = stronger signal) ts — timestamp Filter out entries where ms_played < 30000 (less than 30 seconds, likely skipped). Do NOT use or store ip_addr or other sensitive fields. What to extract from each source: Track names + artist names (primary signal) Playlist names and membership (e.g., a playlist named "Chinese Traditional" tells you genre preference) Play counts or streaming duration if available (weight frequently played tracks higher) Scene/mood tags if available Approach: Check if Apple Music is available (try osascript query) Ask if the user has a Spotify data export ZIP to provide If no sources available, ask the user to describe their taste manually Privacy rule: Never show raw track lists to the user. Only show aggregated stats. Step 2: Build Taste Profile From the scanned data, build a taste profile covering: Genre distribution — what styles the user listens to (e.g., J-pop 20%, R&B 15%, Classical 10%) Mood tendencies — emotional tone preferences (melancholic, energetic, calm, romantic, etc.) Vocal preference — male vs female voice ratio Tempo preference — slow / moderate / upbeat / fast distribution Language distribution — zh, en, ja, ko, etc. Top artists — most listened artists How to infer genre/mood from artist names: Most raw data only has artist + track names without genre tags. To enrich this: Look up artists in the local mapping table at /data/artist_genre_map.json — this table covers 20,000 popular artists with pre-mapped genres, vocal type, and language For artists not in the mapping table, query the MusicBrainz API: https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist:&fmt=json — extract genre tags from the response; respect rate limit (1 req/sec) — cache results to /data/artist_cache.json to avoid re-querying If MusicBrainz returns no results, skip the artist Profile caching: Save profile to /data/taste_profile.json If a profile less than 7 days old exists, reuse it (offer rescan option) If older or missing, rebuild Show user a summary: Your Music Profile: Sources: Apple Music 230 | Spotify 140 Genres: J-pop 20% | R&B 15% | Classical 10% | Indie Pop 9% Moods: Melancholic 25% | Calm 20% | Romantic 18% Vocals: Female 65% | Male 35% Top artists: Faye Wong, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Taylor Swift, Jay Chou, Taeko Onuki If invoked by an agent with clear parameters, skip the confirmation and proceed. If invoked by a user directly, ask if the profile looks right before continuing. Step 3: Plan Playlist Ask the user for a theme/scene before generating. This is the one interactive step in the workflow. All other steps run autonomously. If the theme was already provided in the invocation (e.g., the agent or user said "generate a late night chill playlist"), use it directly and skip the question. Otherwise, ask: What theme would you like for your playlist? Here are some suggestions: - "Late night chill" — relaxing slow songs - "Commute" — upbeat and energizing - "Rainy day" — melancholic & cozy - "Surprise me" — random based on your taste Or tell me your own vibe! Once the user picks a theme, proceed automatically through generation, cover, playback, and saving — no further confirmations needed. Determine playlist parameters: Theme/mood — from user input, or default to top mood from profile Song count — from user input, or default to 5 Genre mix — weighted by profile, with variety Per-song lyrics language follows genre: Genre Lyrics language K-pop, Korean R&B/ballad Korean J-pop, city pop, J-rock Japanese C-pop, Chinese-style, Mandopop Chinese Western pop/indie/rock/jazz/R&B English Latin pop, bossa nova Spanish/Portuguese Instrumental, lo-fi, ambient No lyrics ( --instrumental ) Embed language naturally into the mmx prompt via vocal description: Good: "A melancholy Chinese R&B ballad with a gentle introspective male voice, electric piano, bass, slow tempo" Bad: "R&B ballad, melancholy... sung in Chinese" Show the playlist plan before generating. Display each song with two lines: the first line shows genre, mood, and vocal/language tag; the second line shows a short description of the song. All user-facing text (plan, descriptions, moods, labels) must be in the same language as the user's prompt. Only the actual --prompt passed to mmx should be in English — this is internal and should NOT be shown to the user. Example: Playlist Plan: Late Night Chill (5 songs) 1. Neo-soul R&B — introspective English/male vocal A mellow neo-soul R&B ballad with warm baritone, electric piano, smooth bass 2. Lo-fi hip-hop — dreamy Instrumental Dreamy lo-fi with sampled piano, vinyl crackle, soft electronic drums 3. Smooth jazz — romantic English/female vocal Silky female voice, saxophone, piano, romantic starlit night 4. Indie folk — melancholic English/male vocal Tender male voice, acoustic guitar, harmonica, quiet solitude 5. Ambient electronic — calm Instrumental Soft synth pads, gentle arpeggios, dreamy atmosphere After showing the plan, proceed directly to generation — no confirmation needed. The user has already chosen the theme; the plan is shown for transparency, not approval. Step 4: Generate Songs Use mmx music generate to create all songs. Generate concurrently (up to 5 in parallel).

Example: 5 songs in parallel

mmx music generate --prompt "" --lyrics-optimizer \ --out ~/Music/minimax-gen/playlists/ < name

/01_desc.mp3 --quiet --non-interactive & mmx music generate --prompt "" --instrumental \ --out ~/Music/minimax-gen/playlists/ < name

/02_desc.mp3 --quiet --non-interactive &

... more songs ...

wait

Key flags:

--lyrics-optimizer

— auto-generate lyrics from prompt (for vocal tracks)

--instrumental

— no vocals

--vocals ""

— vocal style (e.g., "warm Chinese male baritone")

--genre

,

--mood

,

--tempo

,

--instruments

— fine-grained control

--quiet --non-interactive

— suppress interactive output for batch mode

--out

— save to file

File naming:

_.mp3

(e.g.,

01_rnb_midnight.mp3

)

Output directory:

~/Music/minimax-gen/playlists//

If a song fails,

retry once

before skipping. Log the error and continue with the rest.

Step 5: Generate Album Cover

Generate the album cover

concurrently with the songs

(Step 4), not after.

Launch the

mmx image generate

call in parallel with the song generation calls.

Craft a prompt that reflects the playlist's theme, mood, and genre mix. The image

should feel like an album cover — artistic, evocative, not literal.

mmx image generate

\

--prompt

""

\

--aspect-ratio

1

:1

\

--out-dir ~/Music/minimax-gen/playlists/

<

playlist_name

>

/

\

--out-prefix cover

\

--quiet

Prompt guidance:

Abstract/artistic style works best for album covers

Reference the dominant mood and genre (e.g., "dreamy late-night cityscape, neon reflections, lo-fi aesthetic")

Do NOT include text or song titles in the image prompt

Aspect ratio should be 1:1 (square, standard album cover)

Step 6: Playback

Detect an available player and play the playlist in order:

Player

Command

Controls

mpv

mpv --no-video

q

skip, Space pause, arrows seek

ffplay

ffplay -nodisp -autoexit

q

skip

afplay

afplay

Ctrl+C skip

Play all

.mp3

files in the playlist directory in filename order.

Only play the songs generated in this session — if the directory has old files

from a previous run, clean them out first or filter by the known filenames.

If no player is found, just show the file paths.

Step 7: Save & Feedback

Save playlist metadata to

/playlist.json

:

{

"name"

:

"Late Night Chill"

,

"theme"

:

"late night chill"

,

"created_at"

:

"2026-04-11T22:00:00"

,

"song_count"

:

5

,

"cover"

:

"cover_001.png"

,

"songs"

:

[

{

"index"

:

1

,

"filename"

:

"01_rnb_midnight.mp3"

,

"prompt"

:

"..."

,

"rating"

:

null

}

]

}

If the user is present, ask for feedback (per-song or overall). Update the

taste profile's feedback section with liked/disliked genres and prompts to

improve future playlists.

Replaying Playlists

If asked to play a previous playlist:

ls ~/Music/minimax-gen/playlists/

, show

available ones, and play the selected one.

Notes

Agent vs user invocation

The theme/scene question (Step 3) is the single

interactive touchpoint. If the theme is already provided in the invocation,

skip the question. Everything else runs autonomously.

No hardcoded scripts

Write scanning/analysis scripts on the fly as needed. Use Python stdlib only. Cache results to avoid redundant work. Skill directory : = the directory containing this SKILL.md file. Data/cache files go in /data/ . All mmx prompts in English for best generation quality.