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macOS / Linux (Homebrew):
brew install elevenlabs/tap/elevenlabsWindows (Scoop):
scoop bucket add elevenlabs https://github.com/elevenlabs/scoop-bucket
scoop install elevenlabsShell installer:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/elevenlabs/cli/releases/latest/download/elevenlabs-cli-installer.sh | shAuthenticate either way:
# Option 1: Environment variable (picked up automatically)
export ELEVENLABS_API_KEY="your-api-key"
# Option 2: OAuth login (stores credentials in the OS keyring)
elevenlabs auth loginnpm install @elevenlabs/elevenlabs-jsImportant: Always use
@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js. The oldelevenlabsnpm package (v1.x) is deprecated and should not be used.
import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";
// Option 1: Environment variable (recommended)
// Set ELEVENLABS_API_KEY in your environment
const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
// Option 2: Pass directly
const client = new ElevenLabsClient({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });pip install elevenlabsfrom elevenlabs import ElevenLabs
# Option 1: Environment variable (recommended)
# Set ELEVENLABS_API_KEY in your environment
client = ElevenLabs()
# Option 2: Pass directly
client = ElevenLabs(api_key="your-api-key")The CLI reads ELEVENLABS_API_KEY automatically — no key flags or headers needed:
elevenlabs speech-to-speech convert \
--voice-id JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb \
--audio source.mp3 \
--model-id eleven_multilingual_sts_v2 \
--output-format mp3_44100_128 \
--output converted.mp3Or use the setup-api-key skill for guided setup.