ableton-snapshot

ableton-snapshot is a command for Claude Code from glincker/ableton-skills. It costs 44 tokens per session (507 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command that records the current Ableton Live session in a Markdown file. The snapshot includes tracks, devices, settings, clips, routing, and the master chain.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to save session versions, inspect project state later, or give collaborators a detailed session handover.
Why use it?
It creates a readable checkpoint before risky edits and makes it easier to document or hand over a music project.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code command (commands/*.md).

Good fit Use it to save session versions, inspect project state later, or give collaborators a detailed session handover.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/glincker/ableton-skills/ableton-snapshot
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glincker/ableton-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 44 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 507 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00044 $0.00507
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.00253
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00101
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00051

Measured 9d ago against content hash f33467583c4e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ableton-snapshot scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/ableton-snapshot.md · 62 lines

What it actually says

/ableton-snapshot

Read the full session state and write it to a markdown file as a human-readable snapshot. Useful as:

  • A checkpoint before applying risky changes
  • A handover document for collaborators
  • Personal versioning ("snapshot before the bridge rewrite")

What it captures

  • Project metadata: name, tempo, time signature, total length
  • Tracks: name, type (MIDI/Audio/Return/Master), color, volume, panning, mute/solo state
  • Devices: per-track device chain with key parameter values
  • Clips: per-track clip names, lengths, note count for MIDI
  • Master chain: full device list with parameters
  • Sends/returns: routing matrix

Output format

Default location: ./snapshots/<timestamp>-<sessionname>.md

Example output:

# Snapshot: my-track v3
**Date:** 2026-04-25 14:32
**Tempo:** 95 BPM
**Time sig:** 4/4

## Tracks (8)

### 1. Drums (MIDI, orange)
- Volume: -2.5 dB
- Pan: 0
- Devices: Drum Rack > Compressor (3:1, 4 dB GR) > EQ Eight (HPF 30Hz)
- Clips: lo-fi-kit-loop (4 bars, 64 notes)

### 2. Bass (MIDI, yellow)
- ...

## Master chain
- Glue Compressor (2:1, slow, 1.5 dB GR, bypass)
- Limiter (-1 dB ceiling, bypass)

Workflow

  1. Read all session data.
  2. Format as markdown.
  3. Write to snapshots/ directory in the project root.
  4. Confirm: "Snapshot saved to ./snapshots/2026-04-25-1432-mytrack.md"

Don'ts

  • Don't dump every parameter — focus on what matters (volume, key device settings, not every micro-knob).
  • Don't include large clip note arrays — note count is enough.
  • Don't overwrite existing snapshots — always timestamp.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 62 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A f33467583c4e

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ableton-snapshot is a command published in the GitHub repository glincker/ableton-skills (23 stars, last pushed 15d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 507 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.