Sound Effects MCP Server

MCP server that plays various sound effects for different situations

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What is the Sound Effects MCP MCP server?

Connect Sound Effects MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server that plays various sound effects for different situations. The sound effects mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

Claude Desktopの設定ファイル(~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json)に以下を追加:

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • complete — 完了音(メロディ)
  • newtype — ニュータイプ音(キュピーン)
  • error — エラー音(警告音)
  • macOS — 音声ファイル(MP3)をafplayコマンドで再生

Installation

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at sound-effects-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Where it fits

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. Sound Effects MCP's toolset — complete, newtype, error and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by sawa-zen; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Sound Effects MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
complete完了音(メロディ)
newtypeニュータイプ音(キュピーン)
errorエラー音(警告音)
macOS音声ファイル(MP3)をafplayコマンドで再生

How to install the Sound Effects MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sound-effects": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "sound-effects-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Sound Effects MCP to complete.
  • Use Sound Effects MCP to newtype.
  • Use Sound Effects MCP to error.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Sound Effects MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (complete, newtype, error, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Sound Effects MCP directly.