Spotify MCP Server

AUX — Spotify for your AI. Vibe DJ, roast cards, battles, party rooms, auto-DJ. Full Spotify MCP.

Local serverstdio

What is the Spotify MCP server?

If you already use Spotify, the spotify mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. AUX — Spotify for your AI. Vibe DJ, roast cards, battles, party rooms, auto-DJ. Full Spotify MCP.

What the server does

Available tools

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

  • Flow — Unlocks

Installation

spotify-aux on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, AUX_PARTY_RELAY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Where it fits

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. Spotify's toolset — Flow — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by brianmwirigi; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

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.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
FlowUnlocks

How to install the Spotify MCP server

4. Cursor MCP config:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aux": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "spotify-aux"],
      "env": {
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "your_id",
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
AUX_PARTY_RELAYConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Spotify to Flow.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Spotify to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Flow) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Spotify directly.