Spotify MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with the Spotify Web API. Enables AI assistants like Claude to search music, control playback, manage playlists, and more.

Features

Search - Find tracks, albums, artists, playlists, shows, episodes, and audiobooks
Playback Control - Play, pause, skip, seek, volume, shuffle, repeat, queue management
Playlists - Create, update, add/remove/reorder tracks
Library - View and manage saved tracks, albums, shows, episodes, and audiobooks
Browse - Get album details, artist info, track metadata
Podcasts & Audiobooks - Browse shows, episodes, audiobooks, and chapters
User Profile - View profile, top artists/tracks, followed artists
44 tools covering non-deprecated Spotify Web API endpoints

Prerequisites

uv — install with curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
A Spotify Developer account
A Spotify app with Client ID and Client Secret

Getting Your Spotify Credentials

Go to the Spotify Developer Dashboard
Click Create App
Fill in the app details:
- App name: Choose any name (e.g., "My MCP Server")
- App description: Optional
- Redirect URI: http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback
- Which API/SDKs are you planning to use?: Select Web API
Click Save
On your app's page, find your Client ID
Click Show client secret to reveal your Client Secret

Important: The redirect URI must exactly match http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback (or whatever you set in SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI). Do not use localhost — use 127.0.0.1.

Installation

Pick your client below. All examples use uvx to fetch the server on demand — no clone, no manual install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add spotify \
  -e SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id \
  -e SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret \
  -- uvx mcp-server-spotify

Other MCP clients

Most MCP clients configure servers via a JSON file. Add this entry to your client's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotify": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-spotify"],
      "env": {
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Running from a local checkout

For development, or if you want to run a modified copy:

git clone https://github.com/llyfn/spotify-mcp.git
cd spotify-mcp && uv sync

Then point your client at the local checkout instead of uvx:

"command": "uv",
"args": ["--directory", "/absolute/path/to/spotify-mcp", "run", "mcp-server-spotify"]

Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
`SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID`	Yes	—	Your Spotify app's Client ID
`SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET`	Yes	—	Your Spotify app's Client Secret
`SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI`	No	`http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback`	OAuth redirect URI

Authentication

The server uses Spotify's Authorization Code flow:

On first use, the server opens your browser to Spotify's login page
Spotify will ask you to approve access — the server requests all scopes needed for the full tool set (playback, library, playlists, and user data)
After you authorize, Spotify redirects to the local callback server
The server exchanges the authorization code for access/refresh tokens
Tokens are stored securely in ~/.spotify-mcp/credentials.json
Tokens are automatically refreshed when they expire

If running in a headless environment (SSH, Docker), the auth URL will be printed to stderr — copy and paste it into a browser manually.

Re-authenticating

To re-authenticate (e.g., after revoking access), delete the stored credentials:

rm ~/.spotify-mcp/credentials.json

Available Tools

Search

Tool	Description
`search`	Search for tracks, albums, artists, playlists, shows, episodes, or audiobooks

Albums

Tool	Description
`get_album`	Get album details by ID
`get_album_tracks`	Get tracks in an album

Artists

Tool	Description
`get_artist`	Get artist details by ID
`get_artist_albums`	Get albums by an artist

Tracks

Tool	Description
`get_track`	Get track details by ID

Playlists

Tool	Description
`get_playlist`	Get playlist details
`update_playlist`	Update playlist name, description, or visibility
`get_playlist_items`	Get items in a playlist
`add_playlist_items`	Add tracks/episodes to a playlist
`remove_playlist_items`	Remove items from a playlist
`reorder_playlist_items`	Reorder items in a playlist
`get_my_playlists`	Get the current user's playlists
`create_playlist`	Create a new playlist

Library

Tool	Description
`get_saved_tracks`	Get saved tracks
`get_saved_albums`	Get saved albums
`get_saved_shows`	Get saved shows
`get_saved_episodes`	Get saved episodes
`get_saved_audiobooks`	Get saved audiobooks
`save_to_library`	Save items to library
`remove_from_library`	Remove items from library
`check_saved_in_library`	Check if items are in library

Player

Tool	Description
`get_playback_state`	Get current playback state
`get_currently_playing`	Get the currently playing track
`play`	Start or resume playback
`pause`	Pause playback
`next_track`	Skip to next track
`previous_track`	Skip to previous track
`seek`	Seek to position in track
`set_repeat`	Set repeat mode (track/context/off)
`set_volume`	Set playback volume
`toggle_shuffle`	Toggle shuffle mode
`transfer_playback`	Transfer playback to another device
`get_devices`	Get available devices
`add_to_queue`	Add item to playback queue
`get_queue`	Get the playback queue
`get_recently_played`	Get recently played tracks

Shows & Podcasts

Tool	Description
`get_show`	Get show details
`get_show_episodes`	Get episodes of a show

Audiobooks

Tool	Description
`get_audiobook`	Get audiobook details
`get_audiobook_chapters`	Get chapters of an audiobook
`get_chapter`	Get chapter details

Users

Tool	Description
`get_my_profile`	Get current user's profile
`get_my_top_items`	Get top artists or tracks

Following artists/users uses the same save_to_library / remove_from_library / check_saved_in_library tools — pass an artist or user URI.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

License

MIT - see LICENSE for details.

Spotify MCP Server