spotify-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Claude with Spotify. Control your Spotify playback, search music, manage playlists, and more -- all through natural conversation with Claude.

Fork Notice: This project is forked from varunneal/spotify-mcp and updated for the Spotify Web API February 2026 changes. Built and maintained with Claude Code.

What's Changed (v0.4.0)

Architecture Rewrite

• Dropped spotipy -- uses httpx async directly (native async, no asyncio.to_thread wrapping)

• Single module -- server.py, spotify_api.py, utils.py consolidated into one file

• FastMCP -- clean @mcp.tool() decorators instead of manual ToolModel + match/case routing

• 2 dependencies -- only mcp + httpx (was mcp + spotipy + python-dotenv)

• Explicit OAuth -- spotify-mcp --auth for initial setup, auto-refresh on subsequent use

Features (preserved from v0.3.0)

• Start, pause, and skip playback

• Search for tracks, albums, artists, and playlists

• Get detailed info about any Spotify item

• Manage the playback queue

• Full playlist CRUD (create, read, update, delete tracks)

• Retrieve liked/saved songs with optional genre enrichment

• Adapted for Spotify Feb 2026 API changes

How It Works

Claude <--MCP (stdio)--> spotify-mcp <--httpx async--> Spotify Web API

1. Claude sends tool calls via the MCP protocol

2. The server translates them into Spotify Web API requests using httpx

3. OAuth tokens auto-refresh; initial auth via spotify-mcp --auth

4. Results are parsed into concise JSON and returned to Claude

Available Tools

Architecture

src/spotify_mcp/
  __init__.py   # Entry point (stdio / --auth)
  server.py     # FastMCP server, API client, parsers — all in one

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12+

• Spotify Premium account (required for Dev Mode API access since Feb 2026)

• Spotify Developer App credentials

Configuration

1. Create Spotify Developer App

1. Go to developer.spotify.com/dashboard

2. Create a new app

3. Set redirect URI to http://127.0.0.1:8080/callback

4. Note your Client ID and Client Secret

Important (Feb 2026): Dev Mode apps are limited to 5 authorized users and require the app owner to have Spotify Premium.

2. Initial Authentication

Run the auth flow once to get your OAuth token:

SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=your_id SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=your_secret uv run spotify-mcp --auth

This opens a browser for Spotify login, then saves the token to ~/.spotify_mcp_cache.json.

3. Add to MCP Client

Run locally (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/verIdyia/spotify-mcp.git

Add to your MCP config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotify": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/spotify-mcp",
        "run",
        "spotify-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret",
        "SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run with uvx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotify": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--python", "3.12",
        "--from", "git+https://github.com/verIdyia/spotify-mcp",
        "spotify-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret",
        "SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

Troubleshooting

1. First run: Run spotify-mcp --auth to complete the OAuth flow before using with an MCP client

2. Token expired: Tokens auto-refresh. If issues persist, re-run --auth

3. No active device: Make sure Spotify is open and playing on at least one device

4. Make sure uv is updated -- version >=0.54 recommended

Debugging

Launch the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/spotify-mcp run spotify-mcp

Spotify API Feb 2026 Changes Summary

Credits

• Original project: varunneal/spotify-mcp by Varun Srivastava (MIT License)

• Original contributors: @jamiew, @davidpadbury, @manncodes, @hyuma7, @aanurraj, @JJGO and others

• Built with: httpx, MCP SDK

• Maintained with: Claude Code (Anthropic)

License

MIT License -- see LICENSE for details.