Music Studio MCP Server

Two-mode creative music studio for AI: scored composition (ABC notation with sheet music) and live performance (Strudel live coding with TidalCycles). Interactive UI renders inline in Claude Desktop, claude.ai, and other MCP clients.

People who work with abcjs, mcpapps and strudel and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-14 · ★ 71 · #34 OF 173 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Music Studio

Claude Code

claude mcp add linxule-mcp-music-studio --transport http https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linxule-mcp-music-studio": {
      "url": "https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-17

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 · remote - your agent's requests go to mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package mcp-music-studio - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

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

03 · What Music Studio can do

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

Latest releases

v0.5.6 · 2026-09-14

Dependency and runtime compatibility maintenance for Music Studio. · Updated and audited the root and worker dependency locks; Dependabot now maintains Bun locks. · Upgraded ext-apps widgets while retaining the…

v0.5.3 · 2026-09-08

Two independent reviews (Opus, Codex) of what an agent actually reads about the visuals, and the fixes: · visuals presets fill the missing layer (a hydra preset under your own .pianoroll() is fine) - the description…

v0.5.2 · 2026-09-08

Server instructions now point every client at the 'visuals' guide topic and the visuals/theme parameters of play-live-pattern; the guide gains the feedStrudel + a.fft recipe used in the attached live set.…

04 · Who maintains Music Studio

Music Studio is maintained by linxule. We track 6 MCP servers from linxule - 6 actively maintained, 115 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Apr 2025. Full record: all servers from linxule.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/linxule/mcp-music-studio
website: https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/
category: media - ranked #34 of 173 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-14)
registry: io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio (active, first published 2026-03-18 · 16 versions)
packages: npm:mcp-music-studio

06 · Music Studio FAQ

What is Music Studio?

Is Music Studio still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-14 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Music Studio?

Run `npx -y mcp-music-studio`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Music Studio require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Music Studio

Alternatives to Music Studio

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