Spotify MCP Server

MCP server connecting Claude with Spotify. This fork of varunneal/spotify-mcp adds smart-batching tools and advanced playlist features that optimize API usage. Its 28 documented tools cover tracks, playlist, saved, playback. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with tracks, playlist and saved and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-17 · ★ 10 · #70 OF 278 MAINTAINED API INTEGRATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Spotify

before you install - you'll need

Set SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add jamiew-spotify-mcp -- uvx spotify-mcp-jamiew

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jamiew-spotify-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "spotify-mcp-jamiew"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

repository a fork of another project - check the upstream repo before trusting releases

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package spotify-mcp-jamiew - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.jamiew is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Spotify can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can search tracks, albums, artists or playlists, with filters and regime-aware page limits, move playback to another device, create a playlist, and rename a playlist or change its description/visibility.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Spotify lets an agent do.

read & search

9 tools - e.g. The signed-in user's profile; Search tracks, albums, artists or playlists, with filters and regime-aware page limits; Details for up to 50 artists in one request; top tracks when you ask for a single…

get_me · search_music · get_artist · get_album · get_playback_state · list_devices…

Tracks

8 tools - e.g. Details for up to 50 tracks in one request; individual reads when batching is unavailable; Playlist tracks, paginated to any size; Add up to 100 tracks in one call

get_tracks · get_playlist_tracks · add_tracks_to_playlist · remove_tracks_from_playlist · get_saved_tracks · save_tracks…

Playlist

5 tools - e.g. Playlist metadata without its tracks; track count when available; Create a playlist; Rename a playlist or change its description/visibility

get_playlist · create_playlist · update_playlist_details · reorder_playlist · unfollow_playlist

Queue

2 tools - e.g. Now playing plus the upcoming queue; Queue a track

get_queue · add_to_queue

Control

1 tool - e.g. Play, pause, next, previous, seek, volume, shuffle, repeat; best-effort state confirmation

control_playback

Transfer

1 tool - e.g. Move playback to another device

transfer_playback

Saved

1 tool - e.g. Which of up to 20 albums are already saved

check_saved_albums

Check

1 tool - e.g. Which of up to 50 artists the user follows

check_following_artists

Latest releases

v0.6.1 · 2026-09-17

Batch reads, library membership checks, and a library-write fix. · get_artist reads up to 50 artists per request, get_album up to 20; a withheld · batch route degrades per kind instead of disabling batching everywhere…

v0.6.0 · 2026-09-17

Tool renames for parity with the Cloudflare server. · Seven tools are renamed, with no aliases. Update any saved prompts or client · config that names them: · get_track_info -> get_tracks · get_artist_info ->…

v0.5.0 · 2026-09-17

Spotify API regime support, plus playlist reads that survive local files. · handle the Feb 2026 full/restricted API split: try the restricted path first, fall back to legacy, cache the answer per endpoint family (#19…

04 · Who maintains Spotify

Spotify is maintained by jamiew. We track 2 MCP servers from jamiew - 2 actively maintained, 32 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Jan 2025. Full record: all servers from jamiew.

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05 · Facts

repository
github.com/jamiew/spotify-mcp
category
API integration - ranked #70 of 278 actively-maintained API integration servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence
5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-17)
registry
io.github.jamiew/spotify-mcp (active, first published 2026-05-29 · 6 versions)
packages
pypi:spotify-mcp-jamiew

06 · Spotify FAQ

Is Spotify still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-17 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Spotify do?

With this server connected, an agent can search tracks, albums, artists or playlists, with filters and regime-aware page limits, move playback to another device, create a playlist, and rename a playlist or change its description/visibility.

How do I install Spotify?

Run `uvx spotify-mcp-jamiew`. The README documents 3 environment variables (SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI) to set first. Set SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Spotify run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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