Spotify MCP server

This MCP server allows you to connect Claude with Spotify, giving you the ability to control Spotify playback and access various features through Claude's interface. It leverages the spotipy-dev API to provide seamless integration between Claude and your Spotify account.

Installation and Setup

Prerequisites

• Spotify Premium account (required for the Spotify Developer API)
• Claude Desktop application
• uv package manager (version >=0.54 recommended)

Getting Spotify API Keys

1. Create an account on developer.spotify.com
2. Navigate to the dashboard
3. Create a new application
4. Set the redirect URI to http://127.0.0.1:8080/callback (you can use a different port if needed)
5. Note your Client ID and Client Secret for later use

Installing the MCP Server

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/varunneal/spotify-mcp.git

2. Configure Claude Desktop to use the MCP server by modifying the config file:

For MacOS:

~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

For Windows:

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

3. Add the following configuration to the JSON file:

"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://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"
    }
}

Replace /path/to/spotify_mcp with the actual path where you cloned the repository, and fill in your actual Spotify API credentials.

Usage

Once installed, you can use Claude to control your Spotify playback with natural language commands. The MCP server supports the following features:

Playback Control

• Start, pause, and skip tracks
• Control volume and playback settings

Search Functionality

• Search for tracks, albums, artists, or playlists
• Get detailed information about music content

Queue Management

• Add tracks to your queue
• View and modify the current queue

Playlist Management

• Create new playlists
• Add or remove tracks from playlists
• Update playlist details

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues with the MCP server:

1. Ensure your uv package manager is up to date (version >=0.54)
2. Check file permissions: chmod -R 755 /path/to/spotify_mcp
3. Verify you have a Spotify Premium subscription
4. Check the logs:
   • MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/Claude
   • Other platforms: Follow the MCP logging documentation

Using the MCP Inspector

For debugging purposes, you can launch the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/spotify_mcp run spotify-mcp

This will provide a URL to access the Inspector in your browser for detailed debugging information.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-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://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

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.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

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": {
        "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://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

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.

How to use the MCP server

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.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "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://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect