---
title: "ACE-Step 1.5 songs — greetings & celebrations tutorial and best practices for AI video"
description: "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. Install in Claude Code, Codex and Grok with one command."
url: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/acestep-song-skills
updated: 2026-10-31
---

# 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](https://varg.ai/how-to/guides.md) · [Greetings & celebrations](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/greetings.md)
- **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](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-a-birthday-song-with-a-name.md): 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](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-birthday-video.md): 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](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-occasion-video.md): 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](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/eachlabs-age-transformation.md): Age progression and de-aging from one photo, for a then-and-now milestone birthday with the person's consent.
- [Eachlabs Photo Restoration](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/eachlabs-photo-restoration.md): Repair scratches, tears and fading, restore faces and colorize black-and-white family photos before you animate them.
- [Eachlabs Wedding Invitation Generation](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/eachlabs-wedding-invitation.md): 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](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/iart-wrapped-video.md): Wrapped-style personalized videos in Remotion: one template, one data row per person, up to 100,000 copies, such as customer birthday videos.