# sonic-pi-mcp

> MCP server for controlling a local Sonic Pi runtime

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/sonic-pi-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/WEEZZ-admin/sonic-pi-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/WEEZZ-admin/sonic-pi-mcp
- version: 0.1.3
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, music, osc, sonic-pi, stdio
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:sonic-pi-mcp

### Description (declared)

# sonic-pi-mcp

`sonic-pi-mcp` is a Python MCP server that lets an MCP client control a local
Sonic Pi runtime over the standard `stdio` transport.

It starts Sonic Pi's Ruby daemon, sends OSC messages to the Spider runtime, runs
Sonic Pi code, stops jobs, reads runtime events/logs, and searches the local
Sonic Pi docs/samples/synthdefs.

## Requirements

- Python 3.11+
- A local Sonic Pi installation or checkout.
- The Sonic Pi root directory must contain:
  - `app/server/ruby/bin/daemon.rb`
  - `app/server/ruby/bin/spider-server.rb`
  - usually `etc/doc`, `etc/samples`, and `etc/synthdefs`

No machine-specific path is baked into this package. Set `SONIC_PI_ROOT` in the
MCP client environment unless you pass `root_path` to `sonic_start`.

## Install

From PyPI:

```bash
pip install sonic-pi-mcp
```

From a local checkout:

```bash
pip install .
```

Build a wheel/sdist:

```bash
python -m build
```

Then install the wheel on another machine:

```bash
pip install dist/sonic_pi_mcp-*.whl
```

The wheel only contains the Python package under `src/sonic_pi_mcp`. Generated
runtime files, exported audio, examples, tests, and local scripts are excluded
from distribution.

## Configuration

Required in most deployments:

```text
SONIC_PI_ROOT=<path to the Sonic Pi root directory>
```

Useful optional variables:

```text
SONIC_PI_MCP_RUNTIME_DIR=<writable directory for temporary run_file buffers>
SONIC_PI_MCP_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=60
SONIC_PI_MCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL=4
SONIC_PI_MCP_EVENT_BUFFER_SIZE=5000
SONIC_PI_MCP_DEFAULT_COLLECT_MS=1500
SONIC_PI_HOME=<custom Sonic Pi user-home root for logs, if needed>
```

`SONIC_PI_MCP_RUNTIME_DIR` is used when code is too large for Sonic Pi's OSC
packet size and must be submitted with `run_file`. If it is not set, the server
uses a per-user cache directory such as `%LOCALAPPDATA%\sonic-pi-mcp` on
Windows, `~/Library/Caches/sonic-pi-mcp` on macOS, or
`${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/sonic-pi-mcp` on Linux.

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## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.music (1, declared)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/sonic-pi-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T12:22:58.019Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/sonic-pi-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/sonic-pi-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:sonic-pi-mcp