How to connect Bandsintown to Claude Code, ChatGPT and any AI agent

Yes, Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents can work in your Bandsintown artist page. Cotlet connects your own signed-in Bandsintown for Artists account to any AI agent, so you can manage tour dates, read fan activity and inspect stats in plain words.

What you can ask

Add the dates from my tour spreadsheet, match each one to the right venue and show me the drafts.

Move the Berlin show to Friday and mark the Leeds event sold out.

Post a message to followers when tickets go on sale, and show me the draft first.

Which cities have the most fan demand but no upcoming date?

Show follower, RSVP and ticket-click trends for the last 30 days.

Connect in 2 minutes

Get your API key at https://cotlet.dev/app and export it as COTLET_API_KEY.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cotlet https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps → add connector URL https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1, then sign in with Cotlet.dev. No API key needed.

Cursor

Copy .cursor/mcp.json from this repo into your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run it locally (stdio)

This repo is a real MCP server. It speaks MCP over stdio, lists its Bandsintown tools without any key, and forwards every tool call to the hosted Cotlet.dev server. The hosted URL above stays the recommended way. Use this when your client only starts local servers.

{"mcpServers":{"bandsintown":{"command":"uvx","args":["bandsintown-mcp"],"env":{"COTLET_API_KEY":"your-key"}}}}

Or with Docker:

docker build -t bandsintown-mcp .
docker run -i --rm -e COTLET_API_KEY bandsintown-mcp

Tools: bandsintown_guide, bandsintown_status, bandsintown_open, bandsintown_read, bandsintown_click, bandsintown_type, bandsintown_close. Without COTLET_API_KEY a tool call answers: "Set COTLET_API_KEY. Get a key at https://cotlet.dev/app".

Command line

Python 3.10+, nothing else to install. From PyPI:

pip install bandsintown-mcp        # or run it once: uvx bandsintown-mcp connect
bandsintown-mcp connect

Or straight from this repo:

export COTLET_API_KEY="your-key"
python3 bandsintown_agent.py connect   # ready config for Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT
python3 bandsintown_agent.py status    # is Bandsintown ready in your Cotlet.dev account
python3 bandsintown_agent.py guide     # Bandsintown screens and sign-in link
python3 bandsintown_agent.py read      # open Bandsintown, read the page, close the browser
python3 bandsintown_agent.py tools     # list Cotlet.dev tools
python3 bandsintown_agent.py serve     # start the stdio MCP server (same as no argument)

Questions from Bandsintown users

Does Bandsintown have an API or MCP server?

Bandsintown has a public API for artist information and events, but no MCP server for artists. Cotlet provides 11 hosted tools over MCP and REST, including five write operations that require your approval.

How do I connect Bandsintown to ChatGPT?

Sign up at Cotlet.dev, sign in to Bandsintown for Artists in your Cotlet Cloud Browser, enable Bandsintown for agents, then add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/connect in ChatGPT and complete the Cotlet sign-in.

Can Claude manage my Bandsintown events?

Yes. Add the Cotlet MCP server in Claude or Claude Code, connect your Bandsintown artist account, and ask Claude to create, edit, publish or delete events. Cotlet asks for approval before edits and posts reach fans.

How many Bandsintown tools are available?

Cotlet provides 11 tools: seven for events and venues, one for follower posts and three for insights such as follower trends, RSVPs and top markets.

Find it on

Also works with

All apps connected through Cotlet.dev

More: https://cotlet.dev/integrations/bandsintown-api-mcp-server?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=bandsintown

Start free: https://cotlet.dev/signup?app=bandsintown&utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=bandsintown

How to connect Bandsintown to Claude Code, ChatGPT and any AI agent