SpotifyCAUTION
Lightweight MCP server for Spotify
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
Spotify MCP Server
A lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants like Cursor & Claude to control Spotify playback and manage playlists.
Contents
- Example Interactions
- Tools
- Read Operations
- Album Operations
- Play / Create Operations
- Playlist Operations
- Setup
- Prerequisites
- Installation
- Creating a Spotify Developer Application
- Spotify API Configuration
- Authentication Process
- Integrating with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VsCode (Cline)
Example Interactions
- "Play Elvis's first song"
- "Create a Taylor Swift / Slipknot fusion playlist"
- "Copy all the techno tracks from my workout playlist to my work playlist"
- "Turn the volume down a bit"
Tools
Read Operations
- searchSpotify
- Description: Search for tracks, albums, artists, or playlists on Spotify
- Parameters:
query(string): The search termtype(string): Type of item to search for (track, album, artist, playlist)limit(number, optional): Maximum number of results to return (1-10, default: 10)offset(number, optional): Index of the first result to return (default: 0)- Returns: List of matching items with their IDs, names, and additional details
- Example:
searchSpotify("bohemian rhapsody", "track", 10)
- getNowPlaying
- **Descri
41e64b1dc363OBSERVED · 2026-10-01Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add spotify-mcp-server -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"spotify-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (30)
21 read · 5 write · 4 destructive. Blast radius: 4 tools can delete or overwrite — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling this one.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
addToQueue | read | Adds a track, album, artist or playlist to the playback queue |
addTracksToPlaylist | write | Add tracks or podcast episodes to a Spotify playlist. |
adjustVolume | read | Adjust the playback volume up or down by a relative amount. Use positive values to increase, negative to decrease. Requires Spotify Premium. |
checkUsersSavedAlbums | read | Check if albums are saved in the user\ |
createPlaylist | write | Create a new playlist on Spotify |
getAlbumTracks | read | Get tracks from a specific album with pagination support |
getAlbums | read | Get detailed information about one or more albums by their Spotify IDs |
getAvailableDevices | read | Get information about the user |
getMyPlaylists | read | Get a list of the current user |
getNowPlaying | read | Get information about the currently playing track on Spotify, including device and volume info |
getPlaylist | read | Get details of a specific Spotify playlist including tracks count, description and owner |
getPlaylistTracks | read | Get a list of tracks in a Spotify playlist |
getQueue | read | Get a list of the currently playing track and the next items in your Spotify queue |
getRecentlyPlayed | read | Get a list of recently played tracks on Spotify |
getTopArtists | read | Get the current user |
getTopTracks | read | Get the current user |
getUsersSavedTracks | read | Get a list of tracks saved in the user\ |
pausePlayback | read | Pause Spotify playback on the active device |
playMusic | write | Start playing a Spotify track, album, artist, or playlist. |
removeTracksFromPlaylist | destructive | Remove one or more tracks from a Spotify playlist (max 100 tracks per request) |
removeUsersSavedTracks | destructive | Remove one or more tracks from the user\ |
reorderPlaylistItems | read | Reorder a range of tracks within a Spotify playlist by moving them to a new position |
resumePlayback | read | Resume Spotify playback on the active device |
saveOrRemoveAlbumForUser | destructive | Save or remove albums from the user\ |
searchSpotify | read | Search for tracks, albums, artists, playlists, podcast episodes, or shows on Spotify. |
setVolume | write | Set the playback volume to a specific percentage (0-100). Requires Spotify Premium. |
skipToNext | read | Skip to the next track in the current Spotify playback queue |
skipToPrevious | read | Skip to the previous track in the current Spotify playback queue |
unfollowPlaylist | destructive | Remove a playlist from the current user |
updatePlaylist | write | Update the details of a Spotify playlist (name, description, public/private, collaborative) |
Trust audit
CAUTIONgrade B · trust 86/100 Install with care. The audit found things worth knowing before you trust its output.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | WARN |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | WARN |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Network
- declared (5 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (9)
console.error('Example: http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback');removeTracksFromPlaylist, removeUsersSavedTracks, saveOrRemoveAlbumForUser, unfollowPlaylist
streamable-http
8. Click "Edit Settings" and add a Redirect URI (e.g., `http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback`)
"redirectUri": "http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback"
Clients then connect to `http://127.0.0.1:3000/mcp`. `MCP_HTTP_PORT` defaults to `3000` and `MCP_HTTP_HOST` to `127.0.0.1`. On a loopback address, requests whose `Host` or `Origin` header names anythi
redirectUri: 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback',
@modelcontextprotocol/node, @modelcontextprotocol/server, @spotify/web-api-ts-sdk, open, zod, @biomejs/biome, @modelcontextprotocol/client, @types/node
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass, no_license.
41e64b1dc363full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/marcelmarais__spotify-5.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | 41e64b1dc363 | CAUTION | B | 86 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Spotify MCP server?
Lightweight MCP server for Spotify
What tools does Spotify expose?
30 in total: 21 read-only, 5 that write, and 4 that can delete or overwrite (removeTracksFromPlaylist, removeUsersSavedTracks, saveOrRemoveAlbumForUser, unfollowPlaylist). Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Spotify safe to connect to an agent?
With care. The audit graded it B (86/100) and found 9 things worth knowing before you trust this server, listed below with the exact line each was found on. Separately from the audit: 4 of its tools can destroy data, so scope the token you give it to what you actually need.
What credentials does Spotify need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Spotify run?
It speaks streamable-http, so it runs as a service you connect to over the network. It is published on npm as spotify-mcp-server at 1.0.0.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (41e64b1dc363), read on 2026-10-01. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.