Query songs, artists, lyrics annotations, album artwork annotations, song relationships, credits, and editorial knowledge through a clean set of
Genius MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Query songs, artists, lyrics annotations, album artwork annotations, song relationships, credits, and editorial knowledge through a clean set of tools and prompts — powered by both the official Genius API and the lyricsgenius Python.
Once Genius MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
search_song — Search Genius for songs matching a query. Returns song IDs, titles, artists, and annotation countsget_song_details — Fetch full metadata and editorial description for a song by its Genius IDget_song_annotations — Fetch all annotations for a song, optionally filtered by trust level (artist_verified, accepted, unreviewed)get_annotation_detail — Fetch the full text and metadata of a single annotation by its IDget_song_questions_and_answers — Fetch user-submitted questions and answers for a song, with pagination. Only questions that have an accepted answer are returnedget_song_relationships — Fetch the musical relationships for a song — what it samples, interpolates, covers, remixes, or translates, and which later songs sampled or coveredget_song_credits — Fetch writing and production credits for a song: writers, producers, featured artists, and custom performance roles (e.g. mixing engineer, recordingsearch_artist — Search Genius for an artist by name. Returns artist IDs and basic profile infoget_artist_details — Fetch full profile and editorial bio for an artist by their Genius IDget_artist_songs — List songs by an artist, sortable by popularity or release_date, with paginationget_artist_albums — Retrieve the full discography of an artist as a paginated list of albums with album IDssearch_album — Search Genius for albums matching a query. Returns album IDs, names, artist names, and release datesYou will need 2 environment variables: GENIUS_ACCESS_TOKEN, STREAMABLE_HTTP. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Genius MCP's toolset — search_song, get_song_details, get_song_annotations and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by federicogarciav; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Genius MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_song | Search Genius for songs matching a query. Returns song IDs, titles, artists, and annotation counts. |
| get_song_details | Fetch full metadata and editorial description for a song by its Genius ID. |
| get_song_annotations | Fetch all annotations for a song, optionally filtered by trust level (artist_verified, accepted, unreviewed). |
| get_annotation_detail | Fetch the full text and metadata of a single annotation by its ID. |
| get_song_questions_and_answers | Fetch user-submitted questions and answers for a song, with pagination. Only questions that have an accepted answer are returned. |
| get_song_relationships | Fetch the musical relationships for a song — what it samples, interpolates, covers, remixes, or translates, and which later songs sampled or covered it. Only relationship types with at least one linked song are returned. |
| get_song_credits | Fetch writing and production credits for a song: writers, producers, featured artists, and custom performance roles (e.g. mixing engineer, recording studio, label). |
| search_artist | Search Genius for an artist by name. Returns artist IDs and basic profile info. |
| get_artist_details | Fetch full profile and editorial bio for an artist by their Genius ID. |
| get_artist_songs | List songs by an artist, sortable by popularity or release_date, with pagination. |
| get_artist_albums | Retrieve the full discography of an artist as a paginated list of albums with album IDs. |
| search_album | Search Genius for albums matching a query. Returns album IDs, names, artist names, and release dates. |
| get_album_details | Fetch metadata, full ordered tracklist, and cover art list for an album by its Genius album ID. Each track includes its song ID for chaining into other tools. The first cover art is always the main album cover; annotated |
| get_cover_art_annotations | Fetch the full annotation written on a specific album cover art image — body text, trust level, authors, and vote count. Requires cover_art_id and album_id (both available from get_album_details). Only call for cover art |
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GENIUS_ACCESS_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| STREAMABLE_HTTP | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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