Music Studio MCP Server

Two-mode creative music studio for AI: scored composition (ABC notation with sheet music) and live performance (Strudel live coding with TidalCycles). Interactive UI renders inline in Claude Desktop, claude.ai, and other MCP clients. Its 5 documented tools cover music, play, guide.

People connecting media tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-07-06 · ★ 69 · #59 OF 155 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Music Studio

Claude Code

claude mcp add linxule-mcp-music-studio --transport http https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linxule-mcp-music-studio": {
      "url": "https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

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

https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-08-25

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 local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package mcp-music-studio - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

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

03 · What Music Studio can do

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

What you can build

An agent gets 5 documented tools spanning music, play, guide, including play-sheet-music, play-live-pattern, get-music-guide, get-strudel-guide.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Music Studio lets an agent do.

Play

2 tools - e.g. ABC notation → visual sheet music + multi-instrument audio; Strudel code → live-coded patterns with synthesis + effects

play-sheet-music · play-live-pattern

Music

2 tools - e.g. ABC reference (7 topics: instruments, drums, syntax, genres...); Semantic search over strudel.cc and ABCJS docs

get-music-guide · search-music-docs

read & search

1 tool - e.g. Strudel reference (7 topics: sounds, effects, patterns, genres...)

get-strudel-guide

Latest releases

v0.4.2 · 2026-06-19

Patch release fixing the Strudel visualization overlay shipped in v0.4.1. · visuals now render behind the code · v0.4.1's viz overlay was occluded - turning visuals on showed a dark stage but the pianoroll/scope never…

v0.4.1 · 2026-06-19

Strudel live visualizations · Add .pianoroll() / .punchcard() / .scope() / .spectrum() / .spiral() / .pitchwheel() to any pattern - the animation now renders inline behind the code editor (native strudel.cc overlay)…

v0.4.0 · 2026-06-19

v0.4.0 - audit refactor, shared tool defs, MCP prompts, honest play fallback · New Contributors · @linxule made their first contribution in

04 · Who maintains Music Studio

Music Studio is maintained by linxule. We track 6 MCP servers from linxule - 6 actively maintained, 111 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Apr 2025. Full record: all servers from linxule.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/linxule/mcp-music-studio
website: https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev/
category: media - ranked #59 of 155 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 3 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-06-19)
registry: io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio (active, first published 2026-03-18 · 9 versions)
packages: npm:mcp-music-studio

06 · Music Studio FAQ

Is Music Studio still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-07-06 and it shipped 3 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Music Studio do?

An agent gets 5 documented tools spanning music, play, guide, including play-sheet-music, play-live-pattern, get-music-guide, get-strudel-guide.

How do I install Music Studio?

Run `npx -y mcp-music-studio`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Music Studio require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-08-25; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Music Studio

Alternatives to Music Studio

Maintained media servers if Music Studio isn't the fit.

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