Agent skill · ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs Voice Agents skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Builds real-time voice assistants with ElevenLabs, including their tools and workflows.

Officialname: agents★ 508 (repo)pushed 2026-10-24MITSKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

Build voice AI agents with ElevenLabs. Use when creating voice assistants, customer service bots, interactive voice characters, or any real-time voice conversation experience, and when configuring an agent's tools, workflows, or procedures, including creating, editing, and publishing free-form and structured procedure drafts on an agent branch over the SDKs or REST API.

The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.

Install ElevenLabs Voice Agents

The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs

npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents

Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills (all projects) or .claude/skills (this repo). Claude Code picks it up without a restart. docs

npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents -a claude-code

# or by hand:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git /tmp/agents-src
cp -r /tmp/agents-src/agents ~/.claude/skills/agents

Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git /tmp/agents-src
cp -r /tmp/agents-src/agents ./agents
zip -r agents.zip agents

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs

npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents -a codex

gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs

gh skill install elevenlabs/skills agents

Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs

npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents -a cursor

Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs

gemini skills install https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills.git --path agents

OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs

npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents -a opencode

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs

npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents -a windsurf

Works with

Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.

The SKILL.md says: "Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY)."

What's in the SKILL.md

26 sections

Quick Start with CLI
Python
JavaScript
CLI
Starting Conversations
Configuration
System Prompt Structure
Tools
Built-in System Tools
Integration Tools
Public-API Webhook Examples
Workflows
Procedures
Guardrails
Testing Agents
Widget Embedding
Outbound Calls
Python
JavaScript
CLI
Managing Agents
Using CLI (Recommended)
Project Structure
SDK Examples
+ 2 more

Bundled files

references/agent-configuration.md
references/client-tools.md
references/installation.md
references/outbound-calls.md
references/using-procedure-api.md
references/widget-embedding.md
references/writing-procedures.md

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: agents
Publisher: ElevenLabs (official)
Repo: elevenlabs/skills
License: MIT
SKILL.md size: 2,076 words, 554 lines
Bundled files: 7, 7 docs
Repo stars: 508 (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

Pairs with the ElevenLabs MCP server: the server gives the agent the tools, the skill teaches it how to use them.

More skills from elevenlabs/skills

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ElevenLabs Text to Speech: Generates spoken audio from text with ElevenLabs voices in many languages.

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FAQ

What does the agents skill do?+

Builds real-time voice assistants with ElevenLabs, including their tools and workflows. In its own SKILL.md, ElevenLabs describes it as: "Build voice AI agents with ElevenLabs. Use when creating voice assistants, customer service bots, interactive voice characters, or any real-time voice conversation experience, and when configuring an agent's tools, workflows, or procedures, including creating, editing, and publishing free-form and..."

How do I install the agents skill?+

Run npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill agents and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/agents/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/agents/.

Does ElevenLabs Voice Agents work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+

It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more. The SKILL.md notes: Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY).

Who maintains ElevenLabs Voice Agents?+

ElevenLabs, the company or project behind it, in the elevenlabs/skills repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-24. License: MIT.

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