spotify-mcp
Provides tools for controlling playback, searching for music, managing playlists, and accessing personalized recommendations and top-played tracks on Spotify.
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Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@spotify-mcpCreate a 'Focus' playlist and add some lo-fi tracks"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
spotify-mcp
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Spotify. Control playback, search for music, manage playlists, and get personalized recommendations -- all through any MCP-compatible client like Claude.
Tools
Tool | Description |
| Authenticate with Spotify via OAuth |
| Search for tracks, albums, artists, or playlists |
| Get the current playback state (track, device, progress) |
| Play a specific track on an active device |
| Pause playback |
| Skip to the next track |
| Skip to the previous track |
| List the user's playlists |
| Create a new playlist |
| Add tracks to a playlist |
| Get the tracks in a playlist |
| Rename a playlist (and optionally update description/visibility) |
| Unfollow (or delete) a playlist |
| Get track recommendations based on seed tracks, artists, or genres |
| Get the user's top played tracks over a time range |
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Environment Variables
Variable | Required | Description |
| Yes | Spotify app client ID |
| Yes | Spotify app client secret |
| No | OAuth redirect URI (defaults to |
Create a Spotify app at developer.spotify.com and add your redirect URI to the app's settings.
Setup
npm ciUsage
Stdio mode (for MCP clients that launch the server directly)
node build/index.jsHTTP mode (using mcp-proxy)
mcp-proxy --port 8002 -- node build/index.jsAuthentication
On first use, call the auth-spotify tool. It will open a browser window for Spotify OAuth. Tokens are persisted to ~/.spotify-mcp/tokens.json so you only need to authenticate once.
License
MIT
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