Llm Jukebox MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables LLMs to search, download, and play YouTube music.

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What is the Llm Jukebox MCP server?

Llm jukebox mcp server lets Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients work with Llm Jukebox directly. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables LLMs to search, download, and play YouTube music.

What Llm Jukebox does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables LLMs to search, download, and play YouTube music.

Key capabilities

  • YouTube Music Search — Find music videos by artist, song title, album, or any search query
  • Audio Download — Download and convert YouTube videos to high-quality MP3 files
  • Audio Playback — Model can start and stop songs
  • Async Operations — Non-blocking downloads and searches with progress tracking
  • Logging — Debug-level logging to file and stderr

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 2 tools directly:

  • Logging — Debug-level logging to file and stderr
  • Installation — If you have no other entries, the full JSON should look something like this:

Installing the llm jukebox mcp server

Setup follows the standard MCP pattern: clone or install the server, then register it in your client's configuration file and restart the client. The configuration snippets on this page cover Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor.

Configuration

The server reads one environment variable: DOWNLOAD_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Llm Jukebox sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Logging, Installation — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • Maintained by jabberjabberjabber, written in Go.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the llm jukebox mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
LoggingDebug-level logging to file and stderr
InstallationIf you have no other entries, the full JSON should look something like this:

How to install the Llm Jukebox MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "llm-jukebox": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
		"run",
		"--with",
		"fastmcp",
		"--with",
		"yt-dlp",
		"--with",
		"tinydb",
		"--with",
		"pygame",
		"fastmcp",
		"run",
        "c:/users/user/llm-jukebox/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOWNLOAD_PATH": "c:/users/user/downloads"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
DOWNLOAD_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Llm Jukebox to Logging.
  • Use Llm Jukebox to Installation.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Llm Jukebox to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (Logging, Installation) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Llm Jukebox directly.