Mcp Applemusic

Name: Mcp Applemusic
Author: kennethreitz

by kennethreitz

An experimental MCP server for controlling Apple Music.

87 8 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Stale

Last commit 259d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

8 tools · ~331 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iTunesControlServer": {
      "args": [
        "-p",
        "3.13",
        "-n",
        "mcp-applemusic"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Mcp Applemusic does

A FastMCP server implementation for controlling Apple Music (formerly iTunes) on macOS through AppleScript commands.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp Applemusic safe to use?: Mcp Applemusic has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Mcp Applemusic?: Mcp Applemusic supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Mcp Applemusic do?: Mcp Applemusic provides 8 tools: itunes_play, itunes_pause, itunes_next, itunes_previous, itunes_search and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Mcp Applemusic?: Mcp Applemusic is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Mcp Applemusic actively maintained?: Mcp Applemusic is less actively maintained — last commit was 259 days ago. It has 87 GitHub stars.

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Available Commands

The following commands are available through the MCP server:

itunes_play() # Start playback itunes_pause() # Pause playback itunes_next() # Skip to next track itunes_previous() # Go to previous track itunes_search(query) # Search library for tracks itunes_play_song(song) # Play specific song itunes_create_playlist(name, songs) # Create new playlist itunes_library() # Get library statistics

# Search for a song results = itunes_search("Hey Jude") # Create a new playlist itunes_create_playlist("Beatles Favorites", ["Yesterday", "Hey Jude", "Let It Be"]) # Play a specific song itunes_play_song("Hey Jude")

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp Applemusic safe to use?

Mcp Applemusic has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Mcp Applemusic?

Mcp Applemusic supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Mcp Applemusic do?

Mcp Applemusic provides 8 tools: itunes_play, itunes_pause, itunes_next, itunes_previous, itunes_search and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Mcp Applemusic?

Mcp Applemusic is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Mcp Applemusic actively maintained?

Mcp Applemusic is less actively maintained — last commit was 259 days ago. It has 87 GitHub stars.

MCP-AppleMusic

A FastMCP server implementation for controlling Apple Music (formerly iTunes) on macOS through AppleScript commands.

Requirements

Python 3.13+
macOS with Apple Music app installed
MCP library ≥1.2.1

Installation

First, ensure you have uv installed:

$ brew install uv

Then, with Claude Desktop, add the following to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iTunesControlServer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["-p", "3.13", "-n", "mcp-applemusic"]
    }
  }
}

Available Commands

The following commands are available through the MCP server:

itunes_play()         # Start playback
itunes_pause()        # Pause playback
itunes_next()         # Skip to next track
itunes_previous()     # Go to previous track
itunes_search(query)  # Search library for tracks
itunes_play_song(song)  # Play specific song
itunes_create_playlist(name, songs)  # Create new playlist
itunes_library()      # Get library statistics

Usage

Start the server:

python server.py

Example interactions:

# Search for a song
results = itunes_search("Hey Jude")

# Create a new playlist
itunes_create_playlist("Beatles Favorites", ["Yesterday", "Hey Jude", "Let It Be"])

# Play a specific song
itunes_play_song("Hey Jude")

Development

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mcp-applemusic.git
cd mcp-applemusic

Install development dependencies:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Contributing

Fork the repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Notes

This tool only works on macOS systems due to its AppleScript dependency
Requires Apple Music (formerly iTunes) to be installed