---
title: "orchestra"
url: "https://claudemods.dev/en/builds/orchestra-22a024"
source: "https://github.com/lemonade-ai/claude_orchestra"
source_type: "github"
repo: "https://github.com/lemonade-ai/claude_orchestra"
author: "lemonade-ai"
author_handle: "lemonade-ai"
stars: 1
category: "Audio & multimedia"
categories: ["audio"]
tags: ["hooks", "macos", "plugin-marketplace", "sound", "sound-packs"]
permission_level: 0
scan_complete: true
install: "claude plugin marketplace add lemonade-ai/claude_orchestra\nclaude plugin install orchestra@claude_orchestra"
added: "2026-10-12T04:12:59.100Z"
updated: "2026-10-12T00:31:46Z"
locale: "en"
content_locale: "en"
---

# orchestra

Add sound to your Claude session while Claude thinks, types and works: a laptop keyboard, a typewriter, a mechanical keyboard, a lounge piano or an orchestra.

## Description

Claude Orchestra adds audio feedback to Claude Code sessions. Each sound pack provides four cues: writing while Claude types a reply, thinking while Claude reasons, a tool-call accent, and a done sound at the end of a turn. Nothing plays while Claude is idle.

Install from a Claude Code session:

```
/plugin install orchestra --marketplace lemonade-ai/claude_orchestra
```

Sound packs (selectable via /config → orchestra → Sound pack): Busy Dev (default laptop keyboard), Newsroom (manual typewriter), In the Zone (clicky mechanical keyboard), Lounge (solo piano), Vienna (live orchestra), Tick (single soft tick), None. Sounds are cut from recordings shared on Freesound.

Requirements: a recent Claude Code with mods support (built and tested on 2.1.296) and macOS, since playback uses the built-in afplay. On Linux and Windows the plugin loads but stays silent. Licensed under Apache 2.0.

## Install

```
claude plugin marketplace add lemonade-ai/claude_orchestra
claude plugin install orchestra@claude_orchestra
```

## Original README

<p align="center">
  <img src="assets/logo.png" alt="Claude Orchestra logo: a conductor among musical notes" width="240">
</p>

# Claude Orchestra

**Add some music to your Claude session, and turn your multi-agent workflows into an orchestra.**

Claude works quietly. With this mod you can *hear* it as Claude thinks, writes and runs tools: a soft tick, a room full of busy people, or a full orchestra.

## Hear it

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b2633e0-db12-46fb-a241-705d11703d18

## Install

At the prompt of a Claude Code session in your terminal:

```
/plugin install orchestra --marketplace lemonade-ai/claude_orchestra
```

Answer `y` to add the marketplace, then pick a scope (user scope plays in every session). That's it: send a prompt and listen.

### Requirements

- **A recent Claude Code with mods.** Mods are an early-access feature of Claude Code. This mod is built and tested on Claude Code 2.1.296; check yours with `claude --version`. On an older version it may not load.
- **macOS.** Sound plays through the built-in `afplay`. On Linux and Windows the mod loads but stays silent.

## What you'll hear

Each sound pack has a sound for four moments:

- **Writing**: while Claude types out a reply.
- **Thinking**: softer, while Claude thinks.
- **A tool call**: an accent each time Claude runs a tool.
- **Done**: a closing sound when Claude finishes your turn.

Nothing plays while Claude is idle or waiting on you. Every session plays on its own, so parallel sessions layer on top of each other.

## Pick your sound

Run `/config`, find **orchestra → Sound pack**, and choose:

| Pack | Sounds like |
|---|---|
| **Busy Dev** (default) | A laptop keyboard: soft, quick taps |
| **Newsroom** | A manual typewriter, with a carriage return and a bell |
| **In the Zone** | A clicky mechanical keyboard |
| **Lounge** | A solo piano |
| **Vienna** | A live orchestra |
| **Tick** | A single soft tick |
| **None** | Silence |

The packs are cut from real recordings shared on [Freesound](https://freesound.org/); see [the credits](sounds/CREDITS.md).

## More

- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md): run your own copy, check it and send changes.
- [How it works](docs/how-it-works.md): the hooks and the sounds.
- [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md): notes for AI agents working in this repo.

## License

[Apache 2.0](LICENSE)