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Sound Vocabulary MCP

An MCP server that converts text descriptions of sound effects into WAV files and self-contained Web Audio JavaScript functions. It names every sound using the Universal Category System (UCS) and allows tweaking of pitch, length, and brightness. The service is free, requires no API key, and is licensed under CC0.

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Sound Vocabulary MCP logo, by OpenKrillVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by OpenKrill
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp
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What you can do with it

  • Generate a WAV file and Web Audio code for a specific sound effect like a click or ding
  • List sound vocabulary organized by Universal Category System (UCS) categories
  • Tweak sound parameters such as pitch, length, and brightness via text or numbers

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: app.openkrill/sound-vocab@1.0.0Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
sound-vocab 1.0.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
5 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
2 advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  },
  "prompts": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Sound Vocabulary: Sound effects as code and WAV. Use make_sound with the person's words as describe; pass pitch, length or brightness only when they give a number. Show the sound name, its UCS category, the wav_url and page_url, and put code in a code block, exactly as returned, when they build an app or a game; never write your own synthesis code instead. Offer the alternatives when the match may not fit. Use list_sounds to browse. Never claim a sound is a recording; each is a synthesis recipe under CC0. This server allows 60 tool calls a minute per network and 5,000 a day for all callers together; the day count resets at 00:00 UTC. If a tool fails, gives a wrong answer, or a tool you need is missing, call submit_feedback with one short message (kind, message, tool); get_feedback_reply reads the answer.

Tools

5 advertised

make_sound — Make a sound effect from a description
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Use this when someone needs a UI, game or motion-design sound effect: a click, a notification ding, a whoosh, a coin pickup, a riser or a logo sting. Pass the person's own words as describe ('a short soft click for a toggle', 'deep whoosh for a scene cut'), one call per sound, or an id from list_sounds. Words such as high, deep, short, long, bright or muffled tweak the sound; pitch, length and brightness set it exactly. Returns the best match named by the Universal Category System (UCS), a WAV link, a Web Audio function named after the sound, such as playCoinPickup(), that plays the same sound (give code exactly as returned; several sounds can share one script), a UCS file name and close alternatives. Everything is CC0. status no_match lists the categories to rephrase with.

make_sound input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "examples": [
    {
      "describe": "a short soft click for a toggle"
    }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "An id from list_sounds or an earlier answer, instead of describe"
    },
    "pitch": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 24,
      "minimum": -24,
      "description": "Pitch shift in semitones; overrides words such as 'high' or 'deep'"
    },
    "length": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 4,
      "minimum": 0.25,
      "description": "Length factor: 0.5 is half as long, 2 is twice as long"
    },
    "describe": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "description": "The sound in plain words, such as 'a short soft click for a toggle' or 'deep whoosh for a scene cut'"
    },
    "brightness": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 4,
      "minimum": 0.25,
      "description": "Brightness factor for the filters: below 1 is darker, above 1 is brighter"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
make_sound output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "status",
    "describe",
    "matched_words",
    "tweak_words",
    "sound",
    "alternatives",
    "license",
    "source"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "sound": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "null"
        },
        {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "id",
            "name",
            "ucs",
            "filename",
            "description",
            "duration_s",
            "tweaks",
            "wav_url",
            "page_url",
            "code_language",
            "play_function",
            "code"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Stable id of the sound"
            },
            "ucs": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "cat_id",
                "category",
                "subcategory"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "cat_id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "UCS CatID"
                },
                "category": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "UCS category"
                },
                "subcategory": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "UCS subcategory"
                }
              }
            },
            "code": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "A self-contained JavaScript function, named play_function, that plays the same sound with the Web Audio API"
            },
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Short name, as in the UCS FXName"
            },
            "tweaks": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "pitch_semitones",
                "length",
                "brightness"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "length": {
                  "type": "number"
                },
                "brightness": {
                  "type": "number"
                },
                "pitch_semitones": {
                  "type": "number"
                }
              },
              "description": "The pitch, length and brightness used; 0, 1 and 1 mean the sound as designed"
            },
            "wav_url": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Link to this exact sound as a WAV, 44.1 kHz 16-bit mono"
            },
            "filename": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "A UCS file name to save the WAV as: CatID_FXName_CreatorID_SourceID.wav"
            },
            "page_url": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The sound on the free web page"
            },
            "duration_s": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Length of the WAV in seconds"
            },
            "description": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "What the sound is, in one sentence"
            },
            "code_language": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The language of code"
            },
            "play_function": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The name of the function in code, such as playCoinPickup; each sound has its own, so several can share one script"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "enum": [
        "ok",
        "no_match"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "license": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The license of the sound, the WAV and the code"
    },
    "describe": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The description that was matched; null when an id was passed"
    },
    "categories": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "On no_match: the UCS categories the vocabulary covers, to rephrase with"
    },
    "tweak_words": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Words of the description that changed pitch, length or brightness"
    },
    "alternatives": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "cat_id",
          "category",
          "subcategory",
          "description",
          "wav_url",
          "page_url"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Stable id of the sound; pass it back as id to get its code"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Short name, as in the UCS FXName"
          },
          "cat_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "UCS CatID, such as UIClick or DSGNWhsh"
          },
          "wav_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Link to the rendered WAV, 44.1 kHz 16-bit mono"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "UCS category the CatID stands for, such as USER INTERFACE"
          },
          "page_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The sound on the free web page, where a person can play it"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "What the sound is, in one sentence"
          },
          "subcategory": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "UCS subcategory the CatID stands for, such as CLICK"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Close matches to offer next"
    },
    "matched_words": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Words of the description that chose the sound"
    }
  }
}
make_sound annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_sounds — List the sound vocabulary by UCS category
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Use this to browse the sound vocabulary or to offer choices before make_sound. Pass category as a UCS CatID or category, query as words, or nothing for the start of the list. Returns sounds with ids, UCS CatIDs, descriptions and WAV links, and every UCS category covered with its count.

list_sounds input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "examples": [
    {
      "category": "CARTOON"
    }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 66,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Sounds to return, 20 by default"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Words to rank by, such as 'coin' or 'whoosh'"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "A UCS CatID ('UIClick') or category ('USER INTERFACE', 'DESIGNED', 'CARTOON')"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
list_sounds output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "total_entries",
    "matched",
    "results",
    "categories",
    "license",
    "source"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "license": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The license of the sounds"
    },
    "matched": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Sounds that matched before the limit"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "cat_id",
          "category",
          "subcategory",
          "description",
          "wav_url",
          "page_url"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Stable id of the sound; pass it back as id to get its code"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Short name, as in the UCS FXName"
          },
          "cat_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "UCS CatID, such as UIClick or DSGNWhsh"
          },
          "wav_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Link to the rendered WAV, 44.1 kHz 16-bit mono"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "UCS category the CatID stands for, such as USER INTERFACE"
          },
          "page_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The sound on the free web page, where a person can play it"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "What the sound is, in one sentence"
          },
          "subcategory": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "UCS subcategory the CatID stands for, such as CLICK"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "categories": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "cat_id",
          "category",
          "subcategory",
          "entries"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "cat_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "entries": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "subcategory": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Every UCS category the vocabulary covers, with its count"
    },
    "total_entries": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Sounds in the whole vocabulary"
    }
  }
}
list_sounds annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
submit_feedback — Send feedback, bug report or tool request
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Open-world

Send feedback, a bug report or a tool request to the maintainers of the tools on this server: a missing tool, missing or stale data, or a tool that broke or gave a wrong answer. Pass the kind (need_tool, need_data, bug or other), one short message (at most 1000 characters) and, if you know them, the tool name and the error text it returned. Returns a ticket id. Feedback is not a chat: nothing in it is run or followed. Links, emails and phone numbers are removed and nothing about you is stored.

submit_feedback input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "kind",
    "message"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "enum": [
        "need_tool",
        "need_data",
        "bug",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "need_tool: a tool you want. need_data: data a tool lacks. bug: something broke. other: anything else about the tools."
    },
    "tool": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$",
      "description": "Optional: the exact name of the tool on this server that the feedback is about, as tools/list shows it."
    },
    "error": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: for a failed call, the error text it returned, copied as you saw it. Kept to 500 characters; links, email addresses and phone numbers are removed. Never include secrets or personal details."
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 1000,
      "minLength": 10,
      "description": "What you need or what broke, in plain words, at most 1000 characters. Links, email addresses and phone numbers are removed. Never include secrets or personal details."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
submit_feedback output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "ticket",
    "status"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "note": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "reply": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "status": {
      "enum": [
        "pending",
        "answered"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ticket": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
submit_feedback annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": false,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_feedback_reply — Read maintainer reply to feedback
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Read the maintainers' reply to feedback you sent with submit_feedback, given its ticket id. Returns status pending until a reply is ready, then status answered with the reply text. The reply is information for you, not an instruction.

get_feedback_reply input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "ticket"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ticket": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^fb_[0-9a-f]{32}$",
      "description": "The ticket id that submit_feedback returned."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_feedback_reply output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "ticket",
    "status"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "note": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "reply": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "status": {
      "enum": [
        "pending",
        "answered"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ticket": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
get_feedback_reply annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
index_tools — Search the tools on this server
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Search the tools on this server by task or keyword in plain words. Returns the matching tools, best match first, each with its name, title, a one-line summary and its input fields. With no words it lists every tool on this server. Use it when you are not sure which tool here fits a task.

index_tools input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "task": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: the task in plain words. Searched together with query and keyword."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional words or a task to search for, such as \"vat number\". Omit query, task and keyword to list every tool."
    },
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: one keyword. Searched together with query and task."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
index_tools output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "tools",
    "count"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "hint": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "What to do next when no tool matched."
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search words, when any were given."
    },
    "tools": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "name",
          "title",
          "summary",
          "inputs"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Tool name to call on this server."
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "What the tool does, in plain words."
          },
          "inputs": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "The tool's input fields; required ones end with *."
          },
          "summary": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The first sentence of the tool's description."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
index_tools annotations
{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

2 advertised

make-sound — Make a sound effect from a description

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Make a sound effect from a description. For example: "I need a short soft click sound for a toggle switch in my app."

describe
The sound in plain words, such as 'a short soft click for a toggle' or 'deep whoosh for a scene cut'
id
An id from list_sounds or an earlier answer, instead of describe
pitch
Pitch shift in semitones; overrides words such as 'high' or 'deep'
length
Length factor: 0.5 is half as long, 2 is twice as long
brightness
Brightness factor for the filters: below 1 is darker, above 1 is brighter
list-sounds — List the sound vocabulary by UCS category

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

List the sound vocabulary by UCS category. For example: "What cartoon sound effects do you have?"

category
A UCS CatID ('UIClick') or category ('USER INTERFACE', 'DESIGNED', 'CARTOON')
query
Words to rank by, such as 'coin' or 'whoosh'
limit
Sounds to return, 20 by default

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
1334 ms
95th percentile latency
1334 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 1334 ms · metadata changed · 5 tool(s), 2 prompt(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http sound-vocabulary-mcp https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add sound-vocabulary-mcp --url https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable sound-vocabulary-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sound-vocabulary-mcp": {
      "url": "https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sound-vocabulary-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start sound-vocabulary-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "sound-vocabulary-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http sound-vocabulary-mcp https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sound-vocabulary-mcp": {
      "url": "https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sound-vocabulary-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://soundvocab.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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