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Hooktheory MCP Server

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
HOOKTHEORY_PASSWORDYesYour Hooktheory account password
HOOKTHEORY_USERNAMEYesYour Hooktheory account username

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
get_songs_by_progression
Get songs that contain a specific chord progression from Hooktheory. Args: cp: Chord progression using comma-separated chord IDs (e.g., "1,5,6,4" for I-V-vi-IV, "4,1" for IV-I) page: Page number for pagination (default: 1, each page contains ~20 results) key: Musical key filter (e.g., "C", "Am") mode: Scale mode filter (e.g., "major", "minor") Returns: JSON string containing array of songs with artist, song, section, and URL
get_chord_transitions
Get chord statistics and transition probabilities from Hooktheory database. Args: cp: Optional chord progression to get transitions from (e.g., "4" for chords after IV, "4,1" for chords after IV-I) If not provided, returns overall chord frequency statistics key: Musical key filter (e.g., "C", "Am") mode: Scale mode filter ("major" or "minor") Returns: JSON string containing chord nodes with chord_ID, chord_HTML (Roman numeral), probability, and child_path - Without cp: Shows overall chord frequencies (I=18.9%, IV=17.2%, etc.) - With cp: Shows what chords follow the progression (e.g., after IV: I=32.4%, V=28.9%)

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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