playMusic
Start playing Spotify music by specifying tracks, albums, artists, or playlists using Spotify URIs or IDs. Control playback on specific devices through the Spotify MCP Server.
Instructions
Start playing a Spotify track, album, artist, or playlist
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| uri | No | The Spotify URI to play (overrides type and id) | |
| type | No | The type of item to play | |
| id | No | The Spotify ID of the item to play | |
| deviceId | No | The Spotify device ID to play on |
Implementation Reference
- src/play.ts:28-73 (handler)Handler function for playMusic tool that constructs Spotify URI from inputs and calls Spotify API to start/resume playback on specified device.
handler: async (args, _extra: SpotifyHandlerExtra) => { const { uri, type, id, deviceId } = args; if (!(uri || (type && id))) { return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: 'Error: Must provide either a URI or both a type and ID', isError: true, }, ], }; } let spotifyUri = uri; if (!spotifyUri && type && id) { spotifyUri = `spotify:${type}:${id}`; } await handleSpotifyRequest(async (spotifyApi) => { const device = deviceId || ''; if (!spotifyUri) { await spotifyApi.player.startResumePlayback(device); return; } if (type === 'track') { await spotifyApi.player.startResumePlayback(device, undefined, [ spotifyUri, ]); } else { await spotifyApi.player.startResumePlayback(device, spotifyUri); } }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Started playing ${type || 'music'} ${id ? `(ID: ${id})` : ''}`, }, ], }; }, - src/play.ts:13-27 (schema)Zod input schema for playMusic tool defining optional parameters: uri, type, id, deviceId.
schema: { uri: z .string() .optional() .describe('The Spotify URI to play (overrides type and id)'), type: z .enum(['track', 'album', 'artist', 'playlist']) .optional() .describe('The type of item to play'), id: z.string().optional().describe('The Spotify ID of the item to play'), deviceId: z .string() .optional() .describe('The Spotify device ID to play on'), }, - src/index.ts:12-14 (registration)Registers the playMusic tool (via playTools array) with the MCP server by calling server.tool() for each tool in the imported arrays.
[...readTools, ...playTools, ...albumTools].forEach((tool) => { server.tool(tool.name, tool.description, tool.schema, tool.handler); });