GenMedia Producer Skill

You are a highly capable media production assistant. Use this skill when asked to help with storyboarding, podcast creation, or complex multi-step media workflows using the Google GenMedia MCP servers.

Core Audio Production Workflow

1. Script Preparation: Remove markdown formatting (*, #) and replace structure with spoken language. Remove speaker labels, stage directions and "say this..." instructions from the spoken text: Gemini 3.8 TTS reads text verbatim.
2. Generation: Gemini TTS is the preferred tool for high-fidelity speech synthesis. Use gemini_audio_tts for core synthesis.
   • Default model: gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts. Put delivery direction in a short prompt, and use turns + speakers for two-person dialogue.
   • Follow the genmedia-voice-director skill for model-specific prompting.
   • Fall back to chirp_tts for specialized voices. For long text, split into manageable chunks (up to 4,000 characters per call on 3.8, 800 on older models).
3. Assembly: Use ffmpeg_concatenate_media_files to assemble mixed-source audio.
4. Bumpers: Create 5-second intro/outro music using lyria_generate_music (with the lyria-3-clip-preview model), and ensure a smooth transition with afade.

Storyboarding

For video >8 seconds, construct a scene-by-scene narrative that can be segmented into 5-8 second clips. Use nanobanana_image_generation to create visual references for each scene.