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MCP live MCP 2026-07-28 streamable-http

io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server

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

Uptime
100.0%
1 direct probes · 30d
Response
718ms
last probe
Tools
10
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools · 10

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, ty…

musicbrainz_get_artist

Artist profile by MBID: type (person/group/…), country, life span, gender, area, aliases, tags/genres, plus the discography (release-groups) and band-membership / collaboration relationships and exter…

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),…

musicbrainz_get_release

One edition's full detail by MBID: the tracklist (media → tracks → recordings with lengths and recording MBIDs), label + catalog number, barcode, country, release date, format, packaging, text represe…

musicbrainz_get_recording

Recording (a specific performance/track, distinct from the abstract work) by MBID: length, artist credits, ISRCs, the releases it appears on, the work(s) it performs (work-rels — chain to musicbrainz_…

musicbrainz_get_work

Work (a composition — the song as written, distinct from any specific recording) by MBID: type, language(s), ISWCs (the work-level standard identifier), writer/composer/lyricist relationships (with th…

musicbrainz_get_label

Label by MBID: type (Original Production, Reissue, Imprint, …), country, life span, label code (the LC number), area, aliases, tags, and external links (url-rels — Wikidata, Discogs, official site). A…

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 sev…

musicbrainz_browse_entities

Paginate the COMPLETE set of entities linked to a parent MBID — every release-group by an artist, every release on a label, every recording of a work, every release in a release-group. This is the onl…

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. Returns an empty image set (NOT an error) when the…

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://musicbrainz.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}