Tidal MCP

Most music platforms offer recommendations - Daily Discovery, Top Artists, New Arrivals, etc. - but even with the state-of-the-art system, they often feel too "aggregated". I wanted something more custom and context-aware. Its 16 documented tools cover tracks, playlist, tidal, playlists.

People who need these tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-07 · ★ 6 · #729 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Tidal MCP

before you install - you'll need

TIDAL_MCP_PORT

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Docker

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ibeal/tidal-mcp:latest

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ibeal-tidal-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ibeal/tidal-mcp:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

repository a fork of another project - check the upstream repo before trusting releases

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.ibeal is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Tidal MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can retrieve your favorite tracks from TIDAL, get personalized music recommendations, create a new playlist in your TIDAL account, and list all your playlists on TIDAL.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Tidal MCP lets an agent do.

Playlist

5 tools - e.g. Retrieve all tracks from a specific playlist (with automatic pagination); Add tracks to an existing playlist; Remove tracks by ID or position index

get_playlist_tracks · add_tracks_to_playlist · remove_tracks_from_playlist · update_playlist_metadata · reorder_playlist_tracks

Tidal

4 tools - e.g. Authenticate with TIDAL through browser login flow; Create a new playlist in your TIDAL account; Delete a playlist from your TIDAL account

tidal_login · create_tidal_playlist · delete_tidal_playlist · search_tidal

read & search

4 tools - e.g. List all your playlists on TIDAL; Search specifically for albums; Search specifically for artists

get_user_playlists · search_albums · search_artists · search_playlists

Tracks

3 tools - e.g. Retrieve your favorite tracks from TIDAL; Get personalized music recommendations; Search specifically for tracks/songs

get_favorite_tracks · recommend_tracks · search_tracks

Latest releases

v0.7.0 · 2026-08-07

Large-playlist pagination · get_playlist_tracks now supports offset, so MCP clients can retrieve large playlists in manageable chunks instead of exceeding tool-result limits. · text · get_playlist_tracks(playlist_id…

v0.4.0 · 2026-06-09

TIDAL algorithmic mixes - new GET /api/mixes and GET /api/mixes/<id>/tracks endpoints surfacing My Daily Discovery, My Mix N, etc. (#20) · Richer track metadata - format_track_data now returns artists, track_number…

v0.3.1 · 2026-06-09

Fixes · Handle tidalapi 0.8.11 API changes: SearchResults is now returned as a dict, and UserPlaylist.move_by_index was adjusted accordingly. (#16) · Changes · Build multi-arch Docker images (linux/amd64 +…

04 · Who maintains Tidal MCP

tidal-mcp is maintained by ibeal. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp
category: other - ranked #729 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-07)
registry: io.github.ibeal/tidal-mcp (active, first published 2026-02-10 · 4 versions)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/ibeal/tidal-mcp:latest

06 · Tidal MCP FAQ

Is Tidal MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-07 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Tidal MCP do?

How do I install Tidal MCP?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/ibeal/tidal-mcp:latest`. The README documents one environment variable (TIDAL_MCP_PORT) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Tidal MCP

Alternatives to Tidal MCP

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