Podcastfy — Article-to-Podcast Skill

Convert web articles, text, or topics into multi-speaker podcast conversations as MP3 files.

Requirements

• API key: GEMINI_API_KEY (free tier at aistudio.google.com) OR OPENAI_API_KEY
• Python / packages: Auto-installed on first run (~2 min, once only)

Workflow

1. Determine input type (url, text, or topic) and preferred style
2. Run generate_podcast.py directly — it self-bootstraps if needed
3. Return the absolute MP3 path to the user

Paywall/JS-heavy sites (Wired, NYT, etc.) will fail URL extraction. Fall back to --input-type topic with a descriptive summary of the article subject.

Usage