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name: ai_music_production
description: Make AI-generated music for agent-produced video. Picks the right tool for the job, prompts for stems and moods, keeps licensing clean, and mixes AI tracks under dialogue with correct loudness. Triggers on "AI music for video", "generate background music", "AI music licensing", "mix music under dialogue", "Suno or Udio for video", "make a bumper theme".
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# AI Music Production

## Purpose

Give an agent everything needed to score video with AI-generated music without
copyright claims, licensing surprises, or dialogue drowned under the bed track.
Covers the full path: tool choice, prompting, rights capture, mixing, loudness.

## Workflow

1. **Pick the tool** for the specific job, using `references/tool-licensing.md`.
   Full song with vocals (Suno), vocal-forward polish (Udio, when exports work),
   royalty-safe BGM (Soundraw, Beatoven), cinematic scoring (AIVA). The tool
   that sounds best is not always the tool whose license you can use.
2. **Write the prompt** with the style formula in `references/prompt-patterns.md`:
   genre first, then tempo, instruments (2-4), vocal description or "instrumental",
   one mood, production texture last. Style field holds the sound; structure tags
   go in the lyrics field, never the style field.
3. **Generate wide, pick tight.** Make at least 6 takes per slot. Keep 2-3
   finalists. Check vocal articulation and section transitions before committing.
4. **Capture the rights.** Download through the official tool path on a paid plan
   (never a player rip), save the receipt: tool, plan, date, track id, license
   terms snapshot. See `references/tool-licensing.md` for the non-negotiables.
5. **Mix it.** Bed under dialogue with ducking, not just a low volume fader.
   Use the tested ffmpeg recipes in `references/mixing-recipes.md`.
6. **Loudness pass.** Finished dialogue-led programme: -16 LUFS integrated,
   -1 dBTP true peak ceiling (dense short-form may go -14). Podcast releases:
   -16 LUFS; check the destination spec first whenever one exists.

## Output Contract

Every scored video ships with:
- The bed/hook file (WAV or FLAC kept alongside the project, lossy only at final encode).
- A license receipt: tool, plan, download date, track id, and the commercial-use terms as they stood. Stored in the project folder, not in chat memory.
- The loudnorm measurement log for the final master (integrated LUFS + true peak).
- A final master that meets the loudness target, with music ducked under dialogue, not just faded.

## Operating Rules

1. **Rights are contractual, not copyright.** A paid plan's commercial license is a contract with the platform. It does not register a copyright, it does not clear a claim if the output lands too close to an existing recording, and it does not stop someone else from generating something similar. Say this plainly whenever asked; never imply AI output is "owned" in the copyright sense.
2. **Free tier is never commercial.** Suno free: personal non-commercial, Suno keeps ownership. Same default for every other tool: read the terms before shipping. Upgrading later does not retroactively license free-tier tracks.
3. **The download is the license (Suno).** Since the 3 Sept 2026 ToS, commercial rights attach to a permitted official download on a paid plan, not to generation. Ripping from the player is explicitly prohibited and carries no rights. Re-check the terms before any paid campaign; they have changed before.
4. **Never name real artists in prompts.** Describe the sound instead. Artist names in prompts are a legal risk and most tools penalize or block them anyway.
5. **Prompt discipline:** one main mood, 4-7 descriptors, 20-50 words, 2-4 instruments, "instrumental" or "no vocals" stated outright for beds. No contradictory cues, no eight-style stacks.
6. **The music serves the dialogue.** Bed level is 15-20% of narration level. If a listener has to strain to hear a word, the mix is wrong. Duck with sidechain, ride sections by hand where it matters.
7. **Measure, don't eyeball.** Raw AI output is often too quiet or too peaky. Always run a loudnorm pass and read the numbers before shipping.
8. **Refresh licensing knowledge before high-stakes use.** Platform terms, settlements, and export availability shift (Udio exports were disabled as of Sep 2026; Suno and Udio both settled with major labels in late 2025). For brand film, client work, or anything broadcast-adjacent, confirm the current terms the week you ship.