Allows controlling a MIDI device (specifically the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II) by sending MIDI commands such as triggering pads, playing notes, sequences, and scales through natural language.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@kobox play a C major scale on group A"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Play your Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II by talking to Claude. kobox is a small MCP server that turns plain language into MIDI — trigger pads, lay down grooves, run scales — straight to the hardware.
"Connect to my K.O. II, then play an ascending C minor pentatonic on group A."
That works. So does asking for a 16-step beat, a single note, or a melody in any of eleven scales.
You don't need to know any Python. Claude does the setup.
Plug the K.O. II into your computer over USB and turn it on.
Paste this repo's URL into Claude Code and say: "Install this MCP for me."
It reads CLAUDE.md and handles the environment, dependencies,
registration, and a connection check on its own.
Restart Claude Code, then say "connect to my K.O. II" and start playing.
Related MCP server: mcp-koii
uv)uvx --from git+https://github.com/yangyue1974/kobox koboxThen point your MCP client at the command
uvx --from git+https://github.com/yangyue1974/kobox kobox.
Desktop can't run setup commands. Install once on a machine that has Claude Code
(above), then copy the command + absolute path shown by claude mcp get kobox
into Desktop's MCP server config.
You say | kobox does |
"Connect to my K.O. II" | Auto-detects and opens the EP-133 MIDI port |
"Trigger the pad printed 5 on group B" | Fires |
"Play a 16-step groove with pads A., A0 and A1" | Sequences a beat with timing |
"Run an ascending C major scale on group A" | Plays the scale by degrees |
"Play C3, then F#4" | Sends raw notes |
"What scales can you do?" | Lists all eleven |
Tool | Purpose |
| Open / close the device (auto-detects the EP-133) |
| List available MIDI output ports |
| Fire a pad by its printed label ( |
| Play a MIDI note number or name ( |
| Sequence a series of hits with per-hit timing |
| Play a melody as scale degrees — 11 scales, any root |
| List the supported scales and their intervals |
| Report the device's note map and pad layout |
A pad reference is the group letter (A–D) plus the symbol printed on the keypad — not a 1-to-12 index. Within a group the labels run from the lowest note upward:
. 0 enter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9So A. is the lowest pad in group A and A1 is the pad printed "1" (the fourth
one). The four groups sit in their own octave bands: A = MIDI 36–47, B = 48–59,
C = 60–71, D = 72–83. This was measured on real hardware, not guessed.
It doesn't claim to know your sounds. Every K.O. II has different samples loaded, so kobox addresses pads by position and never pretends to know what a pad sounds like.
It doesn't switch sounds. On current firmware, MIDI program change doesn't change pad sounds — so there's no tool that fakes it.
A Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II, a USB cable, and either Claude Code or uv.
Python and the MIDI backend are installed for you during setup.
MIT — see LICENSE.
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