Cochlea MCP Server
A headless audio engine for agents. Write a score as data, render it offline to deterministic PCM, then listen through numbers - loudness, onsets, pitch, key, spectrograms - and assert what you heard. Compose → render → probe → verify, with no human ear (and no audio device) in the loop.
People who need browser automation tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-08-14 · ★ 14 · #171 OF 196 MAINTAINED BROWSER AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
Apache-2.0 · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Cochlea
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/richer-richard/cochlea/releases/download/cochlea-mcp-v0.7.0/cochlea-mcp.mcpb .mcpb bundle 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 Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
repo age created 2026-07-03 - young repo, little track record yet
license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.richer-richard is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Cochlea can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
cochlea-mcp-v0.7.0 · 2026-08-11
MCPB bundle for the cochlea-mcp MCP server (linux/macOS/Windows, native binaries, no runtime required). See CHANGELOG.md for what's in this release.
cochlea-mcp-v0.6.0 · 2026-08-07
MCPB bundle for the cochlea-mcp MCP server (linux/macOS/Windows, native binaries, no runtime required). See CHANGELOG.md for what's in this release.
cochlea-mcp-v0.5.0 · 2026-08-06
MCPB bundle for the cochlea-mcp MCP server (linux/macOS/Windows, native binaries, no runtime required). See CHANGELOG.md for what's in this release.
04 · Who maintains Cochlea
Cochlea is maintained by richer-richard. We track 2 MCP servers from richer-richard - 2 actively maintained, 26 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Jun 2026. Full record: all servers from richer-richard.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/richer-richard/cochlea
- category
- browser automation - ranked #171 of 196 actively-maintained browser automation servers as of 2026-08-25.
- release cadence
- 7 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-11)
- registry
- io.github.richer-richard/cochlea-mcp (active, first published 2026-07-11 · 5 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/richer-richard/cochlea/releases/download/cochlea-mcp-v0.7.0/cochlea-mcp.mcpb
06 · Cochlea FAQ
What is Cochlea?
A headless audio engine for agents. Write a score as data, render it offline to deterministic PCM, then listen through numbers - loudness, onsets, pitch, key, spectrograms - and assert what you heard. Compose → render → probe → verify, with no human ear (and no audio device) in the loop.
Is Cochlea still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-14 and it shipped 7 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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