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.

People who work with abcjs, mcpapps and strudel and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-28 · ★ 73 · #11 OF 193 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Music Studio

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linxule-mcp-music-studio": {
      "url": "https://music-studio.linxule.com/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

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://music-studio.linxule.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-30

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 music-studio.linxule.com

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

license AGPL-3.0 - 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.

Latest releases

v0.6.0 · 2026-09-26

Music Studio now uses Existing mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev connections and shared links continue to work. · Explicit sharing and privacy · Playback no longer uploads long compositions automatically. Use the…

v0.5.14 · 2026-09-25

The local server's pattern check rejected every Strudel pattern written with $: blocks - Strudel's everyday way to run several patterns - as "failed to evaluate: ….p is not a function", while the widget played it fine.…

v0.5.13 · 2026-09-25

The sheet widget's Room button was a blank blue box while on (0.5.10–0.5.12): its label was drawn in the same blue as its pressed background. It now reads like the Edit toggle, white on blue, and a test holds the…

04 · Who maintains Music Studio

Music Studio is maintained by linxule. We track 6 MCP servers from linxule - 6 actively maintained, 119 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://music-studio.linxule.com/
category: media - ranked #11 of 193 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-26)
registry: io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio (active, first published 2026-03-18 · 25 versions)
packages: npm:mcp-music-studio

06 · Music Studio FAQ

What is Music Studio?

Is Music Studio still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-28 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

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 2026-09-30; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Music Studio

Alternatives to Music Studio

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