Spotify MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID | Yes | Your Spotify API client ID from the Spotify Developer Dashboard | |
| SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI | Yes | The redirect URI configured in your Spotify Developer Dashboard | |
| SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET | Yes | Your Spotify API client secret from the Spotify Developer Dashboard |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_my_playlistsC | FastMCP tool to get user playlists using SpotifyClient. |
| start_playbackB | FastMCP tool to resume playback on the currently active Spotify device. |
| pause_playbackB | FastMCP tool to pause playback on spotify. |
| search_spotifyC | |
| next_trackA | Skip to next track in queue |
| previous_trackB | Go back to previous track |
| seek_positionC | |
| get_playback_stateB | Get current playback information |
| get_recommendationsB | |
| get_item_infoC | |
| start_playback_trackC | |
| get_top_artistsB | |
| get_queueB | Get the current queue of tracks |
| add_to_queueC | |
| skip_tracksC | |
| get_current_trackB | Get information about the currently playing track |
| start_playlist_playbackC | |
| get_artist_top_tracksC | |
| set_repeat_modeB | |
| add_to_playlistC | |
| reorder_queueB | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 21 tools
Most tools have distinct purposes targeting specific Spotify resources and actions, with clear boundaries between playback control, queue management, and content retrieval. However, some overlap exists between 'skip_tracks' and 'next_track'/'previous_track', and 'start_playback' vs 'start_playback_track'/'start_playlist_playback' could cause confusion about which to use for resuming vs starting specific content.
The server maintains strong consistency with snake_case naming throughout and mostly follows verb_noun patterns (e.g., 'get_current_track', 'add_to_queue', 'search_spotify'). Minor deviations include 'get_item_info' (noun_verb) and some tools using 'playback' while others use 'track'/'playlist' in similar contexts, but the overall pattern remains clear and predictable.
With 21 tools, this feels borderline heavy for a music streaming interface. While Spotify's API is feature-rich, the tool set includes some redundancy (e.g., multiple skip/playback variants) that could potentially be consolidated. The count is manageable but approaches the upper limit of what feels well-scoped for this domain.
The tool surface provides comprehensive coverage of Spotify's core functionality including playback control (play/pause/skip/seek/repeat), queue management, content retrieval (tracks/artists/playlists/recommendations), search capabilities, and user data access. There are no obvious gaps for typical agent workflows, with CRUD-like operations well-represented across the music streaming domain.