AI SKILL

Stream Doctor

Helps an AI assistant locate the break from encoder to listener, and estimate bandwidth and monthly transfer for a number of listeners with a tested calculator.

What it does

Tell it your encoder, server and symptom. It walks the path from source to listener.

  • Find the break. Encoder, source connection, server and listener path, one by one.
  • Capacity maths. Mbps and TB per month for any bitrate and number of listeners.
  • Metadata and latency. Why titles go wrong and where the delay comes from.

Where it helps

For Icecast, Shoutcast and HLS streams that buffer, drop or show wrong titles, and for choosing bitrate. No legal advice on licences, and it never asks for passwords or stream keys.

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

  • 26.10.1 2026-10-29

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