# Spotify MCP Server

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A [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that provides tools for interacting with the Spotify Web API. Enables AI assistants like Claude to search music, control playback, manage playlists, and more.

## Features

- **Search** - Find tracks, albums, artists, playlists, shows, episodes, and audiobooks
- **Playback Control** - Play, pause, skip, seek, volume, shuffle, repeat, queue management
- **Playlists** - Create, update, add/remove/reorder tracks (auto-chunks large batches)
- **Library** - View and manage saved tracks, albums, shows, episodes, and audiobooks
- **Browse** - Get details on tracks, albums, artists, episodes, and chapters
- **Podcasts & Audiobooks** - Browse shows, episodes, audiobooks, and chapters
- **Follow** - List followed artists; follow/unfollow artists, users, and playlists through the library tools by URI
- **User Profile** - View profile, top artists/tracks, diagnostic `whoami`
- **Resources** - Subscribable snapshots of profile, playback, queue, top items
- **Prompts** - Pre-baked workflows for playlist building, listening summaries, library cleanup
- **Transports** - `stdio` (default), `sse`, and `streamable-http`
- Uses only non-deprecated Spotify Web API endpoints

## Example interactions

- _"What am I listening to right now?"_
- _"Play some Radiohead on my living room speaker."_
- _"Skip this track and turn the volume down to 30."_
- _"Build me a playlist of 25 chill tracks based on what I've been listening to this week."_
- _"Add the last three songs I played to my 'Focus' playlist."_
- _"Show me my top artists from the last six months."_
- _"Search for live albums by Nils Frahm and save the best one to my library."_
- _"Unfollow every playlist I haven't opened that wasn't made by me."_
- _"Queue up the next episode of the show I was listening to yesterday."_

## Prerequisites

- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) — install with `curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh`
- A [Spotify Developer](https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard) account
- A Spotify app with Client ID and Client Secret

## Getting Your Spotify Credentials

1. Go to the [Spotify Developer Dashboard](https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard)
2. Click **Create App**
3. Fill in the app details:
   - **App name**: Choose any name (e.g., "My MCP Server")
   - **App description**: Optional
   - **Redirect URI**: `http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback`
   - **Which API/SDKs are you planning to use?**: Select **Web API**
4. Click **Save**
5. On your app's page, find your **Client ID**
6. Click **Show client secret** to reveal your **Client Secret**

> **Important**: The redirect URI must exactly match `http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback` (or whatever you set in `SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI`). Do not use `localhost` — use `127.0.0.1`.

## Installation

Pick your client below. All examples use `uvx` to fetch the server on demand — no clone, no manual install.

### Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add spotify \
  -e SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id \
  -e SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret \
  -- uvx mcp-server-spotify
```

### Other MCP clients

Most MCP clients configure servers via a JSON file. Add this entry to your client's MCP config:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotify": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-spotify"],
      "env": {
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Running from a local checkout

For development, or if you want to run a modified copy:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/llyfn/spotify-mcp.git
cd spotify-mcp && uv sync
```

Then point your client at the local checkout instead of `uvx`:

```jsonc
"command": "uv",
"args": ["--directory", "/absolute/path/to/spotify-mcp", "run", "mcp-server-spotify"]
```

## Configuration

| Variable | Required | Default | Description |
|----------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID` | Yes | — | Your Spotify app's Client ID |
| `SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET` | Yes | — | Your Spotify app's Client Secret |
| `SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI` | No | `http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback` | OAuth redirect URI |
| `SPOTIFY_MCP_TRANSPORT` | No | `stdio` | MCP transport: `stdio`, `sse`, or `streamable-http` |

## Spotify API notes

Development-mode Spotify apps have these restrictions (see the
[February 2026 migration guide](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/february-2026-migration-guide)):

- The app owner needs an active Spotify Premium subscription.
- API quota is shared by all Client IDs on the developer account. When it runs out, tools report `Quota exceeded`.
- Search returns at most 10 results per type.
- Full playlist contents are only returned for playlists you own or collaborate on.
- Following artists via `save_to_library`/`remove_from_library` relies on live API behaviour; the OpenAPI spec documents artist URIs only for the check endpoint.

## Upgrading from 0.2.x

Spotify removed several endpoints and fields from its Web API. If you're
upgrading from an older version of this server, note the following:

- `follow_artists_or_users` / `unfollow_artists_or_users` / `check_following` /
  `follow_playlist` / `unfollow_playlist` are gone. Use `save_to_library` /
  `remove_from_library` / `check_saved_in_library` instead, passing
  `spotify:artist:...`, `spotify:user:...`, or `spotify:playlist:...` URIs.
- `get_albums` / `get_artists` / `get_tracks` / `get_shows` / `get_episodes` /
  `get_audiobooks` / `get_chapters` (the batch lookup tools) are gone — Spotify
  removed the batch endpoints, which now return 403 for development-mode apps.
  Call the single-item tools (`get_album`, `get_artist`, `get_track`, `get_show`,
  `get_episode`, `get_audiobook`, `get_chapter`) once per ID instead.
- `follow_playlist`'s public/private flag has no equivalent in `/me/library` —
  playlists followed via `save_to_library` can't be marked public or private.
- Profile output (`get_my_profile`) no longer includes email, country, plan, or
  follower count; the `user-read-email` scope is no longer requested.

## Authentication

The server uses Spotify's **Authorization Code** flow:

1. On first use, the server opens your browser to Spotify's login page
2. Spotify will ask you to approve access — the server requests all scopes needed for the full tool set (playback, library, playlists, and user data)
3. After you authorize, Spotify redirects to the local callback server
4. The server exchanges the authorization code for access/refresh tokens
5. Tokens are stored securely in `~/.spotify-mcp/credentials.json`
6. Tokens are automatically refreshed when they expire

If running in a headless environment (SSH, Docker), the auth URL will be printed to stderr — copy and paste it into a browser manually.

### Re-authenticating

To re-authenticate (e.g., after revoking access), delete the stored credentials:

```bash
rm ~/.spotify-mcp/credentials.json
```

## Available Tools

### Search
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `search` | Search for tracks, albums, artists, playlists, shows, episodes, or audiobooks |

### Albums
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_album` | Get album details by ID |
| `get_album_tracks` | Get tracks in an album |

### Artists
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_artist` | Get artist details by ID |
| `get_artist_albums` | Get albums by an artist |

### Tracks
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_track` | Get track details by ID |

### Playlists
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_playlist` | Get playlist details |
| `update_playlist` | Update playlist name, description, or visibility |
| `get_playlist_items` | Get items in a playlist |
| `add_playlist_items` | Add tracks/episodes to a playlist |
| `remove_playlist_items` | Remove items from a playlist |
| `reorder_playlist_items` | Reorder items in a playlist |
| `get_my_playlists` | Get the current user's playlists |
| `create_playlist` | Create a new playlist |

### Library
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_saved_tracks` | Get saved tracks |
| `get_saved_albums` | Get saved albums |
| `get_saved_shows` | Get saved shows |
| `get_saved_episodes` | Get saved episodes |
| `get_saved_audiobooks` | Get saved audiobooks |
| `save_to_library` | Save items to library, or follow artists/users/playlists by URI (max 40/request, auto-chunked) |
| `remove_from_library` | Remove items from library, or unfollow artists/users/playlists by URI (max 40/request, auto-chunked) |
| `check_saved_in_library` | Check if items are saved, or artists/users/playlists are followed, by URI (max 40/request, auto-chunked) |

### Player
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_playback_state` | Get current playback state |
| `get_currently_playing` | Get the currently playing track |
| `play` | Start or resume playback |
| `pause` | Pause playback |
| `next_track` | Skip to next track |
| `previous_track` | Skip to previous track |
| `seek` | Seek to position in track |
| `set_repeat` | Set repeat mode (track/context/off) |
| `set_volume` | Set playback volume |
| `toggle_shuffle` | Toggle shuffle mode |
| `transfer_playback` | Transfer playback to another device |
| `get_devices` | Get available devices |
| `add_to_queue` | Add item to playback queue |
| `get_queue` | Get the playback queue |
| `get_recently_played` | Get recently played tracks |

### Shows & Podcasts
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_show` | Get show details |
| `get_show_episodes` | Get episodes of a show |
| `get_episode` | Get a single episode by ID |

### Audiobooks
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_audiobook` | Get audiobook details |
| `get_audiobook_chapters` | Get chapters of an audiobook |
| `get_chapter` | Get chapter details |

### Follow
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_followed_artists` | List artists the user follows (cursor-paginated) |

### Users
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `get_my_profile` | Get current user's profile |
| `get_my_top_items` | Get top artists or tracks |
| `whoami` | Diagnostic — auth status, active device, configured scopes |

## Resources

Snapshots of user state exposed under the `spotify://` URI scheme. MCP clients can
include them as context or subscribe for updates without calling a tool.

| URI | Description |
|-----|-------------|
| `spotify://me/profile` | Profile basics — display name, user ID, account ID |
| `spotify://me/playback` | Current playback state (episode-aware) |
| `spotify://me/queue` | Currently playing + next-up queue |
| `spotify://me/top/tracks` | Top tracks (last ~6 months) |
| `spotify://me/top/artists` | Top artists (last ~6 months) |

## Prompts

Canned workflows MCP clients can offer in their prompt picker. Each one walks the
assistant through a multi-step task using the tools above.

| Prompt | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `build_playlist_from_recent` | Build a new playlist seeded by recent listening (`n_tracks`) |
| `weekly_listening_summary` | Summarize the past week's listening grouped by artist/album |
| `playlist_from_artists` | Build a playlist from a comma-separated list of artists (`artists`, `tracks_per_artist`) |
| `library_cleanup` | Scan saved tracks and propose cleanup candidates (`scan_size`) |

## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for development setup and guidelines.

## License

MIT - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.