A side-by-side look at the Spotify Bulk Actions MCP and Music Studio MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Spotify Bulk Actions MCP for art & culture work as a local process; choose Music Studio for art & culture as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET.check_auth_status, get_followed_artists, get_saved_tracks.play-sheet-music, play-live-pattern, get-session.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Art & Culture | Art & Culture |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 61/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | SPOTIFY_CLIENT_IDSPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2 | 74 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 33 | 10 |
| Full listing | View Spotify Bulk Actions MCP | View Music Studio |
check_auth_statusVerify Spotify auth is workingget_followed_artistsGet all artists you followget_saved_tracksGet all your liked songsget_library_artistsArtists from saved songs, ranked by countget_albums_by_song_countAlbums with N+ saved songsexport_library_summaryComplete library exportget_top_artistsYour top artists (short/medium/long term)get_top_tracksYour top tracks (short/medium/long term)get_recently_playedRecently played tracksfollow_artistsFollow artists in bulkunfollow_artistsUnfollow artists in bulksave_tracksLike/save tracks in bulkplay-sheet-musicDraw and play a score written in ABC notationplay-live-patternOpen a live-coding player for Strudel code, optionally as a live sessionget-sessionRead what happened in a live session, or wait until the person listening presses Passupdate-sessionSwap new code into a live session's player on the next bar or phraseget-music-guideReference for ABC notation: syntax, instruments, styles, genresget-strudel-guideReference for Strudel: sounds, effects, visuals, stage, gallery piecessearch-music-docsSearch the Strudel and abcjs documentationanalyze-harmonyName chords, find the key, build progressionsconvert-abc-to-strudelTurn a scored melody into a Strudel patterncreate-share-linkStore a piece for 30 days and return a link anyone can openPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"khglynn-spotify-bulk-actions-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"spotify-bulk-actions-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID_HERE",
"SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"music-studio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-music-studio"
]
}
}
}