The MCP Sound Tool provides audio feedback for your coding experience by playing sound effects for various events in Cursor AI and other MCP-compatible environments. It enhances interactivity by adding audio cues for completions, errors, and notifications.
This package is tested with Python 3.8-3.11. If you encounter errors with Python 3.12+ (particularly BrokenResourceError
or TaskGroup
exceptions), please try using an earlier Python version.
pipx is the recommended installation method as it creates an isolated environment while making commands available globally:
# Install pipx if you don't have it
python -m pip install --user pipx
python -m pipx ensurepath
# Install mcp-sound-tool
pipx install mcp-sound-tool
You can also install directly with pip:
pip install mcp-sound-tool
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mcp-sound-tool
cd mcp-sound-tool
pipx install .
Or with pip:
pip install -e .
Place your sound files in the sounds
directory. The tool expects these files:
completion.mp3
- Played after code generationerror.mp3
- Played when an error occursnotification.mp3
- Used for general notificationsYou can find free sound effects on websites like freesound.org.
Start the server with:
mcp-sound-tool
The server will listen for events from Cursor or other MCP-compatible clients through the stdio transport.
To use this server with Cursor, add it to your MCP configuration file:
On macOS:
// ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sound": {
"command": "mcp-sound-tool",
"args": [],
"type": "stdio",
"pollingInterval": 5000,
"startupTimeout": 10000,
"restartOnFailure": true
}
}
}
On Windows:
// %APPDATA%/Cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sound": {
"command": "mcp-sound-tool",
"args": [],
"type": "stdio",
"pollingInterval": 5000,
"startupTimeout": 10000,
"restartOnFailure": true
}
}
}
The server provides three types of sound feedback:
Success Sounds (completion
)
Error Sounds (error
)
Notification Sounds (notification
)
The MCP server provides these tools:
play_sound(sound_type="completion", custom_sound_path=None)
: Play a sound effectlist_available_sounds()
: List all available sound filesinstall_to_user_dir()
: Install sound files to user's config directoryTo add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "sound" '{"command":"mcp-sound-tool","args":[],"type":"stdio","pollingInterval":5000,"startupTimeout":10000,"restartOnFailure":true}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"sound": {
"command": "mcp-sound-tool",
"args": [],
"type": "stdio",
"pollingInterval": 5000,
"startupTimeout": 10000,
"restartOnFailure": true
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"sound": {
"command": "mcp-sound-tool",
"args": [],
"type": "stdio",
"pollingInterval": 5000,
"startupTimeout": 10000,
"restartOnFailure": true
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect