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Musicbrainz Mcp Server

io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server · v0.3.0

Search MusicBrainz artists, releases, works, labels; resolve ISRC/ISWC/barcode; fetch cover art.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http musicbrainz-mcp-server https://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools 10 found in our last check

  • musicbrainz_search_entities

    Full-text search across a MusicBrainz entity type (artist, release-group, release, recording, work, label) using a Lucene query string. Returns ranked matches with MBID, name/title, disambiguation, subtype where applicable, release status, release-group secondary types, recordin…

  • musicbrainz_get_artist

    Artist profile by MBID: type, country, life span, gender, area with areaId, birth/formation and death/dissolution areas, IPI/ISNI identifiers, aliases, tags/genres, release-groups, band-membership / collaboration relationships, and external links. Chain areaId into musicbrainz_b…

  • musicbrainz_get_release_group

    Release-group ("the album" above specific pressings) by MBID: primary type (Album/Single/EP) and secondary types (Live/Compilation), first-release date, artist credit, the list of releases (editions), tags/genres, external album links, and cover-art availability from the Cover A…

  • musicbrainz_get_release

    One edition by MBID: ordered media with tracks, track-specific artist credits when supplied, lengths and recording MBIDs, label + catalog number, barcode, country, release date, packaging, text representation, external links, and a cover-art availability stub. media_offset (defa…

  • musicbrainz_get_recording

    Recording (a specific performance, distinct from the abstract work) by MBID: length, artist credits, ISRCs, one upstream page of release appearances with completeness metadata, work relationships, and performer/production credits with attributes and dates. Relationships are not…

  • musicbrainz_get_work

    Work (a composition, distinct from a recording) by MBID: type, languages, ISWCs, ordered work attributes (rights-society registrations, musical key and other metadata), writers/composers/lyricists, movements, arrangements, aliases, tags, and external links. Attributes remain ava…

  • musicbrainz_get_label

    Label by MBID: type (Original Production, Reissue, Imprint, …), country, life span, label code (the LC number), area and areaId, IPI/ISNI identifiers, aliases, tags, ownership/imprint/distribution relationships, and external links (url-rels — Wikidata, Discogs, official site). C…

  • musicbrainz_lookup_identifier

    Resolve a standard identifier to MusicBrainz entities without a name search — the deterministic path when you already hold an ID. id_type=isrc → recordings (a recording-level code, often shared by several recordings); id_type=iswc → works (a composition-level code); id_type=barc…

  • musicbrainz_browse_entities

    Paginate entities linked to one parent MBID. Accepted parents by target: artist → area, recording, release, release-group, work; label → area, release; release-group → artist, release; release → area, artist, label, recording, release-group, track_artist; recording → artist, rel…

  • musicbrainz_get_cover_art

    Cover Art Archive images for a release or release-group MBID: front/back flags, image types, full-resolution URLs, and 250/500/1200px thumbnail URLs. limit defaults to 25 and clamps above 100; offset defaults to 0. Pages retain archive order, totalCount counts all images, and ha…

Details

Endpointhttps://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
Package@cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
Package@cyanheads/[email protected] (NPM, streamable-http)
First published3 Nov 2026
Last updated3 Nov 2026
Registry nameio.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server

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