MusicBrainz MCP Server

An open-source MCP server that provides tools to search and retrieve detailed music metadata from MusicBrainz and the Cover Art Archive. It supports searching by name, looking up entities by MBID, ISRC, ISWC, or barcode, browsing discographies, and fetching cover art images for releases.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cyanheads

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What you can do with it

Search for artists, releases, or recordings by name
Resolve ISRC, ISWC, or barcode to specific music entities
Fetch cover art images for a release or release group
Retrieve detailed artist profiles and discographies

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.1

mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server@0.2.1 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server 0.2.1

npmnpx

@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.2.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "true",
      "description": "Clamp search/browse page limits above 100 with a notice; off restores maximum-100 validation."
    },
    {
      "name": "MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Contact (email or URL) embedded in the mandatory descriptive MusicBrainz User-Agent. Not start-blocking — the server ships a default contact — but operators running a shared or hosted instance should set their own so MusicBrainz can reach them about traffic."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS>",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS>",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS>",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CLAMP_OVERSIZED_LIMITS>",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT": "<YOUR_MUSICBRAINZ_CONTACT>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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