Tidal Cycles MCP Server

Name: Tidal Cycles MCP Server
Author: Benedict

tidal-mcp-server · by Benedict

An MCP Server for Tidal Cycles - http://tidalcycles.org/

17 9 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 2d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

9 tools · ~499 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Tidal Cycles MCP Server is an MCP server that an MCP Server for Tidal Cycles - http://tidalcycles.org/. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio and sse, requires no API key, and scores 88/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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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 · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tidal": {
      "env": {
        "GHCI_PATH": "/path/to/ghci",
        "TIDAL_USE_GHCI": "true"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tidal-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Tidal Cycles MCP Server does

An MCP server that lets Claude (or any MCP client) play TidalCycles patterns. You describe what you want, Claude writes the Tidal code, and the server evaluates it on d1–d9.

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88/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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~499 tokens total

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tidal Cycles MCP Server safe to use?: Tidal Cycles MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Tidal Cycles MCP Server?: Tidal Cycles MCP Server 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 Tidal Cycles MCP Server do?: Tidal Cycles MCP Server provides 9 tools: Requirements, Install, Tools, Layers, Autopilot and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Tidal Cycles MCP Server?: Tidal Cycles MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Tidal Cycles MCP Server actively maintained?: Tidal Cycles MCP Server is actively maintained - last commit was 2 days ago. It has 17 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "tidal": { "env": { "GHCI_PATH": "/path/to/ghci", "TIDAL_USE_GHCI": "true" }, "args": [ "-y", "tidal-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tidal Cycles MCP Server safe to use?

Tidal Cycles MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Tidal Cycles MCP Server?

Tidal Cycles MCP Server 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 Tidal Cycles MCP Server do?

Tidal Cycles MCP Server provides 9 tools: Requirements, Install, Tools, Layers, Autopilot and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Tidal Cycles MCP Server?

Tidal Cycles MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is Tidal Cycles MCP Server actively maintained?

Tidal Cycles MCP Server is actively maintained - last commit was 2 days ago. It has 17 GitHub stars.