ACE-Step 1.5 songs — guide skill for greetings & celebrations

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Official skills for the open-source ACE-Step 1.5 music model: write the lyrics, then a full sung song made locally, such as a birthday song with a name.

• Type: Guide · Greetings & celebrations
• Slug: acestep-song-skills
• Status: live
• Publisher: ace-step (community)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5/tree/main/.claude/skills
• Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
• Requires: local ACE-Step 1.5 server (GPU recommended)
• Adoption: 14,216 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-30)

What it does

acestep-songwriting writes caption + structured lyrics + BPM/key/duration; acestep calls a local ACE-Step API (text-to-music, continuation, repaint); acestep-lyrics-transcription makes LRC/SRT for a lyric video. README: under 4 GB VRAM for the 2B model, under 10 s per song on an RTX 3090; MIT license.

Use when

• Batches of personalized birthday songs at zero per-song cost, or when cloud music terms do not fit.

Not for

• People without a GPU/local setup (use lyria_3_5 or mureka_9_5 on varg).

Install

• Claude Code: npx skills add ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5 --skill acestep -a claude-code -y
• Codex: npx skills add ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5 --skill acestep -a codex -y
• Cursor: npx skills add ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5 --skill acestep -a cursor -y
• Gemini CLI: npx skills add ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5 --skill acestep -a gemini-cli -y
• Any agent, with the vargai CLI: vargai install acestep-song-skills

Models it drives: ACE-Step 1.5 (2B, XL 4B)

How-to tutorials that use it

• How to make an AI birthday song with their name: An original song that sings their name on the chorus, with two or three true details, as an MP3 or a video over their photos or the lyrics.

More greetings & celebrations skills

• Turn photos and a name into a personalized AI birthday video: A birthday video that is theirs: a song that sings the name, their photo blowing out the candles, a retro camcorder tape, then-and-now; tested on varg.
• Turn photos into an AI invitation, holiday greeting or tribute video: Invitations and save-the-dates that print the names right, Christmas, Diwali and Eid greetings, old photos brought to life and calm tributes; tested on varg.
• Eachlabs Age Transformation: Age progression and de-aging from one photo, for a then-and-now milestone birthday with the person's consent.
• Eachlabs Photo Restoration: Repair scratches, tears and fading, restore faces and colorize black-and-white family photos before you animate them.
• Eachlabs Wedding Invitation Generation: Invitations, save-the-dates, RSVP cards and e-invites in classic, floral, rustic, destination and cultural styles; design the card, then animate it.
• iart Wrapped Video: Wrapped-style personalized videos in Remotion: one template, one data row per person, up to 100,000 copies, such as customer birthday videos.