Podcast

Turns any URL or topic into a 60-second two-host podcast video with native dialogue and optional voice cloning. You get four 15-second acts with hosts positioned left and right, auto-generated portraits and backgrounds if you don't supply them, and deliberate cost gating since a single run burns 6,000 to 9,000 credits on Kling v3-omni renders. The skill is opinionated: it skips captions by default because podcast dialogue mangles domain terms, fires with preset voices unless you override, and enforces a five-minute prep timeout to stop you from endlessly polishing archetypes and jokes. If you paste "make a podcast about Rust async" or feed it a GitHub repo, it drafts a script, generates missing assets, and ships four video acts without asking permission at every step. Built for speed once you say proceed.

skills.sh installs: 1.7K
GitHub stars: 41
last updated: Aug 21, 2026

View on GitHub

Install

$ npx -y skills add pika-labs/pika-plugins --skill podcast --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

/pika:podcast

4 acts × 15s each = 60s. Host A always LEFT, Host B always RIGHT. Accepts a URL or a free-form topic / brief.

Parameters

Param	Default	Notes
`input`	required	URL to review or free-form topic / brief (e.g. "I and Elon Musk talk about Mars")
`bg_img`	auto-generated	Podcast studio background
`host_a_img`	auto-generated	Host A portrait — see Real-person handling below
`host_b_img`	auto-generated	Host B portrait — see Real-person handling below
`voice_a`	`876341503281471517`	Kling preset or cloned voice ID for Host A
`voice_b`	`829837252279803904`	Kling preset or cloned voice ID for Host B
`aspect_ratio`	`16:9`	Output aspect ratio

Cost transparency gate

Before any paid MCP call, call identity_balance({verbose: true}) once. Surface the current balance, recent burn rate, and remaining runway, then gate the run with this exact message:

SKILL.md on GitHub