btml-generation

btml-generation is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ako/backing-tracks. It costs 13 tokens per session (2,170 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A tool that writes BTML files, a YAML-based format for guitar backing tracks. These files can describe chords, rhythm, bass, drums, melody, key, tempo, tuning, and capo settings for use with the backing-tracks command-line tool.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create guitar practice tracks with chord progressions, rhythm patterns, bass lines, drum styles, optional melodies, and scales.
Why use it?
It turns a practice idea into a structured backing-track file instead of requiring the player to describe every musical part manually.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ako/backing-tracks/btml-generation
Any agent
npx skills add ako/backing-tracks --skill btml-generation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ako/backing-tracks

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 13 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,170 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00013 $0.02170
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.01085
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00434
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00217

Measured 4d ago against content hash 3778dc03749b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

btml-generation 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 4d 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.

.claude/skills/btml-generation/SKILL.md · 316 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 316 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

BTML Generation Skill

Generate BTML (Backing Track Markup Language) files for guitar practice backing tracks.

What is BTML?

BTML is a YAML-based notation for defining complete backing tracks with chords, rhythm patterns, bass lines, drums, and melody. Files use the .btml extension and are played with the backing-tracks CLI.

File Structure

track:
  title: "Song Name"
  key: C                    # Musical key (C, G, Am, F#, Bb, etc.)
  tempo: 120                # BPM
  time_signature: 4/4
  style: rock               # Genre hint
  tuning: standard          # Guitar tuning (optional)
  capo: 0                   # Capo position (optional)

chord_progression:
  pattern: "C G Am F"       # Space-separated chord symbols
  bars_per_chord: 1
  repeat: 4

rhythm:
  style: eighth             # Chord rhythm style

bass:
  style: root_fifth

drums:
  style: rock_beat
  intensity: 0.7

melody:
  enabled: true
  style: moderate
  density: 0.5

scale:
  type: pentatonic_minor

Chord Symbols

Symbol Type
C, G, D Major triad
Am, Em, Dm Minor triad
A7, E7, D7 Dominant 7th
Cmaj7, Gmaj7 Major 7th
Am7, Em7 Minor 7th
E9, A9 Dominant 9th
E5, A5 Power chord
Asus4, Dsus2 Suspended
Bb, F#, Eb Accidentals
Am/G, C/E Slash chords (bass note)
C*2, Am*0.5 Duration override (bars)

Genre Guidelines

Blues

track:
  key: A
  tempo: 80
  style: blues
chord_progression:
  pattern: "A7 A7 A7 A7 D7 D7 A7 A7 E7 D7 A7 E7"  # 12-bar blues
rhythm:
  style: shuffle_strum
  swing: 0.67
bass:
  style: walking
  swing: 0.67
drums:
  style: blues_shuffle
  intensity: 0.7
melody:
  style: blues_head
scale:
  type: blues

Jazz

track:
  key: C
  tempo: 140
  style: jazz
chord_progression:
  pattern: "Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7"  # II-V-I
rhythm:
  style: stride
  swing: 0.67
bass:
  style: walking
drums:
  style: jazz_swing
  intensity: 0.6

Read the full file on GitHub · 316 lines

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. 4d ago First seen · 316 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A 3778dc03749b

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btml-generation is a skill published in the GitHub repository ako/backing-tracks (20 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 2,170 once invoked, about $0.0001 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.

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