AbletonMCP connects Ableton Live to Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing Claude to directly interact with and control Ableton
AbletonMCP connects Ableton Live to Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing Claude to directly interact with and control Ableton Live. This integration enables prompt-assisted music production, end-to-end track. Exposed over MCP by the ableton mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Prerequisites — If you're on Mac, please install uv as: brew install uvYou will need one environment variable: ABLETON_MCP_DISABLE_TELEMETRY. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Ableton MCP's toolset — Prerequisites — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ahujasid; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | If you're on Mac, please install uv as: brew install uv |
{
"mcpServers": {
"ableton": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"ABLETON_MCP_DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ABLETON_MCP_DISABLE_TELEMETRY | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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