Spotify MCP Server

A simple MCP server to control Spotify playback and manage your liked songs via LLM's.

Features

• Play and pause Spotify playback
• Get info about the current track
• Add the current track to your Liked Songs

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/spotify-mcp-server.git
   cd spotify-mcp-server
   

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install uv
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Create a .env file:

   SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=your_spotify_client_id
   SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=your_spotify_client_secret
   SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:8888/callback
   

5. Run the server:

   python main.py
   

Integration with Claude Desktop (MCP Server)

To use this server as an MCP server with Claude, add the following entry to your Claude config file (usually located at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotify-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PROJECT/spotify-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

• Replace /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PROJECT/spotify-mcp-server with the actual path to your project
• If command uv is not recognized, give the absolute path for uv executable (can be found with which uv on MacOS)
• Make sure your environment variables are set either in the config or via a .env file.
• Restart Claude after editing the config file.

Notes

• You need to register your app at the Spotify Developer Dashboard to get your client ID and secret.

Example Session

Below is an example session using Claude with the Spotify MCP server:

Sample interaction:

User: Play the current track using Spotify MCP server
Claude: Playback started successfully

User: What song is playing?
Claude: Currently playing: Shape of You by Ed Sheeran

User: Like this song
Claude: Added 'Shape of You' to your Liked Songs.