itunes_next
Skip to the next track in Apple Music playback using MCP commands for macOS control.
Instructions
Skip to the next track.
Tool call template
This tool declares no required parameters. Add optional parameters from the input schema as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {},
"name": "itunes_next"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- mcp_applemusic.py:31-35 (handler)The handler function for the 'itunes_next' tool, registered via @mcp.tool(). It executes an AppleScript command to skip to the next track in the Music (iTunes) application using the run_applescript helper.
@mcp.tool() def itunes_next() -> str: """Skip to the next track.""" script = 'tell application "Music" to next track' return run_applescript(script) - mcp_applemusic.py:5-10 (helper)Shared helper function that executes AppleScript via osascript subprocess, used by the itunes_next handler and other tools to interact with the Music application.
def run_applescript(script: str) -> str: """Execute an AppleScript command via osascript and return its output.""" result = subprocess.run(["osascript", "-e", script], capture_output=True, text=True) if result.returncode != 0: return f"Error: {result.stderr.strip()}" return result.stdout.strip()