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Apple Music MCP

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Apple Music MCP

MCP server for controlling Apple Music on macOS. Uses JXA (JavaScript for Automation) to talk to Music.app directly — no API keys or authentication needed.

Install

Requires Bun and macOS.

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-music": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["apple-music-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

From source

git clone https://github.com/lucasilverentand/apple-music-mcp.git
cd apple-music-mcp
bun install
bun run src/index.ts

Related MCP server: MCP AppleMusic Server

Tools

Playback

Tool

Description

get_player_state

Current track, position, volume, shuffle & repeat state

play_pause

Toggle play/pause

next_track

Skip to next track

previous_track

Go to previous track

set_volume

Set volume (0–100)

set_shuffle

Enable/disable shuffle

set_repeat

Set repeat mode (off, one, all)

Search & Browse

Tool

Description

search_tracks

Search library by name, artist, or album

get_track_details

Full metadata for a track by persistent ID

get_tracks_by_criteria

Filter tracks by genre, BPM, year, play count, artist, favorites

get_library_stats

Aggregated stats: genres, top artists, most played, decades

Playlists

Tool

Description

list_playlists

List all playlists with track counts

get_playlist_tracks

Get tracks from a playlist (paginated)

create_playlist

Create a playlist or folder

create_smart_playlist

Create a playlist from filter criteria in one step

add_to_playlist

Add tracks to a playlist by persistent ID

remove_from_playlist

Remove tracks from a playlist

delete_playlist

Delete a playlist

move_playlist_to_folder

Move a playlist into a folder

Playback Control

Tool

Description

play_track

Play a specific track by persistent ID

play_playlist

Start playing a playlist by name

Track Actions

Tool

Description

favorite

Favorite/unfavorite a track

dislike

Dislike/un-dislike a track

set_rating

Rate a track (0–5 stars)

add_to_library

Add the currently playing track to your library

set_bpm

Manually tag BPM on a track

Wikidata Lookup

Tool

Description

wikidata_lookup

Look up a song on Wikidata for rich metadata: genres, musical key, BPM, record label, producers, songwriters, ISRC, Spotify/MusicBrainz IDs, and Wikipedia summary

How it works

The server shells out to osascript -l JavaScript (JXA) to control Music.app. Track persistentID is the stable identifier used across all tools. Streaming tracks from Apple Music have bpm: 0 — use set_bpm to tag them manually, or use wikidata_lookup to find the BPM.

Requirements

  • macOS (uses Music.app via JXA)

  • Bun runtime

License

MIT

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