AI SKILL

FlowCast Guide

Teaches an AI assistant to help you build and fix FlowCast shows from the app's manual: audio sources and the update check, formats, FTP, local output and archive, FFmpeg problems and alerts.

What it does

Describe the show you produce, or paste the message from the Log tab.

  • The update check explained. Why a show is not produced, what the Check box does, when to use Force or a Dry Run.
  • FFmpeg and FTP fixes. Missing encoders, FTP and FTPS, bookmarks, remote folders and timeouts.
  • Alerts and backups. Email, Telegram, recovery and summary messages; export before each update.

Where it helps

For anyone producing and delivering shows with FlowCast. It follows the manual of version 26.11.1 and cannot see your FFmpeg build, shows or FTP server. Redistributing programmes may need rights the app does not give.

How to use it

  1. Add the skill folder to Claude as a Skill, or open the universal prompt file and paste it into ChatGPT, Gemini or any assistant (custom GPT, Gem, system prompt, or the start of a chat).
  2. Describe your problem in your own words. The skill asks the few questions that change the answer.
  3. Check the answer against your equipment manuals and, where it matters, a measurement.

Limits

A skill makes an AI assistant more careful, not infallible. It cannot see your equipment, it can be wrong, and standards and platforms change. Every skill lists its sources and what it does not know, and shows whether a person has validated it. Mains power, RF power and structural work always need a qualified person.

Changelog

  • 26.10.2 2026-10-29

    First release. Status: to validate (not yet reviewed by a broadcast engineer).