# tidal-mcp [Health: Active]

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**Repository:** https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp  
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## Description
MCP server for TIDAL - search tracks, manage playlists, and get personalized recommendations

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Heuristic fallback — verify the package name and runner against the repository README before running it. Uses `npx` (confidence: low):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "tidal-mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","tidal-mcp"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# 🎵 TIDAL MCP (Community Maintained Fork)

> **📢 Active Maintenance Notice**: This is an actively maintained community fork of [yuhuacheng/tidal-mcp](https://github.com/yuhuacheng/tidal-mcp).
> The original repository appears unmaintained since May 2025. **Contributions, issues, and PRs are welcome here!**

[![Active Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-actively%20maintained-brightgreen)](https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp)
[![Docker Support](https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-supported-blue)](https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp#option-1-docker-recommended)
[![Python 3.10+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10+-blue)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
[![MCP Compatible](https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP-compatible-purple)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)

![Demo: Music Recommendations in Action](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp/HEAD/assets/tidal_mcp_demo.gif)

Most music platforms offer recommendations — Daily Discovery, Top Artists, New Arrivals, etc. — but even with the state-of-the-art system, they often feel too "aggregated". I wanted something more custom and context-aware.

With TIDAL MCP, you can ask for things like:

> _"Based on my last 10 favorites, find similar tracks — but only ones from recent years."_
>
> _"Find me tracks like those in this playlist, but slower and more acoustic."_

The LLM filters and curates results using your input, finds similar tracks via TIDAL's API, and builds new playlists directly in your account.

## 🆕 What's New in This Fork

This community fork includes significant improvements over the original:

- ✅ **Docker Support**: Full Docker and docker-compose setup for easy deployment
- ✅ **Search Functionality**: Search for tracks, albums, artists, and playlists across TIDAL
- ✅ **Pagination**: Fetch all tracks from large playlists (no more 50-track limit!)
- ✅ **Complete Playlist Editing**: Add, remove, reorder tracks, and update metadata
- ✅ **Refactored Codebase**: ~60% smaller files with better organization and maintainability
- ✅ **DRY Pagination Helper**: Reusable pagination utilities across all endpoints

**See the full changelog and contribute at: https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp**

## Features

- 🌟 **Music Recommendations**: Get personalized track recommendations based on your listening history **plus your custom criteria**
- 🎵 **Full Playlist Management**: Create, view, edit, and delete playlists with complete control
- 🔍 **Advanced Search**: Search across tracks, albums, artists, and playlists
- 📄 **Smart Pagination**: Automatically fetch all tracks from playlists of any size
- 🎛️ **Playlist Editing**: Add, remove, reorder tracks, and update metadata
- 🐳 **Docker Ready**: Easy deployment with Docker and docker-compose support
- 🔐 **OAuth Authentication**: Secure browser-based TIDAL login flow

## Quick Start

### Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+ OR Docker
- [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) (Python package manager) - only needed for non-Docker installation
- TIDAL subscription

### Installation

#### Option 1: Docker (Recommended)

1. Clone this repository:
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp.git
   cd tidal-mcp
   ```

2. Build and run with Docker Compose:
   ```bash
   docker-compose up -d
   ```

   Or with Docker directly:
   ```bash
   docker build -t tidal-mcp .
   docker run -d -p 5050:5050 --name tidal-mcp tidal-mcp
   ```

   The server will be available at `http://localhost:5050`.

3. To customize the port, edit the `TIDAL_MCP_PORT` environment variable in `docker-compose.yml` or pass it to docker run:
   ```bash
   docker run -d -p 5100:5100 -e TIDAL_MCP_PORT=5100 --name tidal-mcp tidal-mcp
   ```

#### Option 2: Local Python Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp.git
   cd tidal-mcp
   ```

2. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies using uv:

   ```bash
   uv venv
   source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
   ```

3. Install the package with all dependencies from the pyproject.toml file:

   ```bash
   uv pip install --editable .
   ```

   This will install all dependencies defined in the pyproject.toml file and set up the project in development mode.

## MCP Client Configuration

### Claude Desktop Configuration

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop, you need to update the MCP configuration file.

#### Option 1: Docker Configuration (if using Docker)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "TIDAL Integration": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--network",
        "host",
        "-v",
        "/tmp:/tmp",
        "tidal-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIDAL_MCP_PORT": "5050"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

**Setup:**

1. Build the Docker image:
   ```bash
   docker build -t tidal-mcp .
   ```

2. Authenticate with TIDAL (run this once):
   ```bash
   docker-compose -f docker-compose.auth.yml run --rm tidal-auth
   ```

   You'll see the OAuth URL in the output:
   ```
   ============================================================
   TIDAL LOGIN REQUIRED
   Please open this URL in your browser:

   https://link.tidal.com/XXXXX

   Expires in 300 seconds
   ============================================================
   ```

   Open the URL in your browser, log in to TIDAL, and the session will be saved to `/tmp/tidal-session-oauth.json`.

3. Update your Claude Desktop config (see above) and restart Claude Desktop.

**Configuration details:**
- `--network host` - Allows the container to use the host's network directly
- `-v /tmp:/tmp` - Mounts the host's /tmp directory so the TIDAL session persists across container restarts

To use a custom port:
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "TIDAL Integration": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--network",
        "host",
        "-v",
        "/tmp:/tmp",
        "-e",
        "TIDAL_MCP_PORT=5100",
        "tidal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

#### Option 2: Local Python Configuration (if not using Docker)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "TIDAL Integration": {
      "command": "/path/to/your/uv",
      "env": {
        "TIDAL_MCP_PORT": "5100"
      },
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "requests",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "--with",
        "flask",
        "--with",
        "tidalapi",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/path/to/your/project/tidal-mcp/mcp_server/server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Example scrrenshot of the MCP configuration in Claude Desktop:
![Claude MCP Configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp/HEAD/assets/claude_desktop_config.png)

### Cursor Configuration

For Cursor users, add this configuration to your MCP settings file (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "TIDAL Integration": {
      "command": "/path/to/your/project/tidal-mcp/.venv/bin/python",
      "env": {
        "TIDAL_MCP_PORT": "5100"
      },
      "args": ["/path/to/your/project/tidal-mcp/start_mcp.py"]
    }
  }
}
```

**Important**: Replace `/path/to/your/project/tidal-mcp` with the actual path to your project directory.

#### Steps to Install MCP Configuration in Cursor

1. Create or edit the MCP configuration file at `~/.cursor/mcp.json`
2. Add the TIDAL Integration configuration above
3. Update the paths to match your actual project location
4. Save the file
5. Restart Cursor to load the new MCP server

### Steps to Install MCP Configuration in Claude Desktop

1. Open Claude Desktop
2. Go to Settings > Developer
3. Click on "Edit Config"
4. Paste the modified JSON configuration
5. Save the configuration
6. Restart Claude Desktop

## Suggested Prompt Starters

Once configured, you can interact with your TIDAL account through a LLM by asking questions like:

- _“Recommend songs like those in this playlist, but slower and more acoustic.”_
- _“Create a playlist based on my top tracks, but focused on chill, late-night vibes.”_
- _“Find songs like these in playlist XYZ but in languages other than English.”_

_💡 You can also ask the model to:_

- Use more tracks as seeds to broaden the inspiration.
- Return more recommendations if you want a longer playlist.
- Or delete a playlist if you’re not into it — no pressure!

## Available Tools

The TIDAL MCP integration provides the following tools:

### Authentication & Core Features

- `tidal_login`: Authenticate with TIDAL through browser login flow
- `get_favorite_tracks`: Retrieve your favorite tracks from TIDAL
- `recommend_tracks`: Get personalized music recommendations

### Playlist Management

- `create_tidal_playlist`: Create a new playlist in your TIDAL account
- `get_user_playlists`: List all your playlists on TIDAL
- `get_playlist_tracks`: Retrieve all tracks from a specific playlist (with automatic pagination)
- `delete_tidal_playlist`: Delete a playlist from your TIDAL account
- `add_tracks_to_playlist`: Add tracks to an existing playlist
- `remove_tracks_from_playlist`: Remove tracks by ID or position index
- `update_playlist_metadata`: Update playlist title and/or description
- `reorder_playlist_tracks`: Move tracks to different positions within a playlist

### Search & Discovery

- `search_tidal`: Comprehensive search across all TIDAL content types
- `search_tracks`: Search specifically for tracks/songs
- `search_albums`: Search specifically for albums
- `search_artists`: Search specifically for artists
- `search_playlists`: Search specifically for playlists

## License

[MIT License](https://github.com/ibeal/tidal-mcp/blob/HEAD/LICENSE)

## Contributing

This is an actively maintained community fork. Contributions are welcome!

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

## Acknowledgements

**Original Project:**
- [yuhuacheng/tidal-mcp](https://github.com/yuhuacheng/tidal-mcp) - Original TIDAL MCP implementation

**Contributors:**
- [ra100](https://github.com/ra100) - Search functionality features

**Libraries & Frameworks:**
- [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk)
- [TIDAL Python API](https://github.com/tamland/python-tidal)