# spotify-mcp

> MCP spotify project

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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/spotify-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:spotify-mcp

### Description (declared)

# spotify-mcp MCP server

MCP project to connect Claude with Spotify. Built on top of [spotipy-dev's API](https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/tree/2.24.0).

## Features
- Start, pause, and skip playback
- Search for tracks/albums/artists/playlists
- Get info about a track/album/artist/playlist
- Manage the Spotify queue

## Demo

Make sure to turn on audio

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/20ee1f92-f3e3-4dfa-b945-ca57bc1e0894

## Configuration

### Getting Spotify API Keys
Create an account on [developer.spotify.com](https://developer.spotify.com/). Navigate to [the dashboard](https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard). 
Create an app with redirect_uri as http://localhost:8888. (You can choose any port you want but you must use http and localhost). 
I set "APIs used" to "Web Playback SDK".

### Run this project locally
This project is not yet set up for ephemeral environments (e.g. `uvx` usage). 
Run this project locally by cloning this repo

```bash
git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers.git
```

Add this tool as a mcp server.

On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

  ```json
  "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://localhost:8888"
      }
    }
  ```

## TODO

Unfortunately, a bunch of cool features have [now been deprecated](https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/spotify-cuts-developer-access-to-several-of-its-recommendation-features/) 
from the Spotify API. Most new features will be relatively minor or for the health of the project:
- tests.
- adding API support for managing playlists.
- adding API support for paginated search results/playlists/albums.

## Deployment

(todo)

###…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)
- productivity.tasks (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/spotify-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T13:19:14.509Z)

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