# `io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/musicbrainz-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:28:33.676Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Search MusicBrainz artists, releases, works, labels; resolve ISRC/ISWC/barcode; fetch cover art.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:16:16.416Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 1 change things and 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `musicbrainz_get_label` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "musicbrainz_get_label" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "musicbrainz_get_label" says "get": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `musicbrainz_get_label`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_label" says "get": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "label": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Label by MBID: type (Original Production, Reissue, Imprint, …), country, life span, label code (the LC number), area, aliases, tags, and external links (url-rels — Wikidata, Discogs, official site). A label's releases are a potentially huge linked set (a major label can have tens of thousands), so they are NOT embedded here — enumerate them with musicbrainz_browse_entities (target_type=release, link.label).
```

## Only reads (9)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `musicbrainz_browse_entities`

- The name "musicbrainz_browse_entities" says "browse": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Paginate entities linked to one parent MBID: release-groups by artist; releases by artist, label, release-group, or recording; recordings by artist, work, or release; works by artist; artists/labels by area. Artist release-groups and release-group editions embed one upstream page in get_* lookups; use this tool for the complete entity set. Recording browse returns identities, not performance attributes/dates or ordered release tracks: use musicbrainz_get_recording for work relationships and musicbrainz_get_release for tracks. Provide exactly one valid parent link. offset pages to any depth; totalCount is the upstream entity total. Release rows carry status, other entity subtypes use type.
```

### `musicbrainz_get_artist`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_artist" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Artist profile by MBID: type, country, life span, gender, area, aliases, tags/genres, release-groups, band-membership / collaboration relationships, and external links. Release-groups embed one upstream page (25); relationships are not capped. For the complete release-group list, call musicbrainz_browse_entities with target_type=release-group and link.artist.
```

### `musicbrainz_get_cover_art`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_cover_art" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Cover Art Archive images for a release or release-group MBID: front/back flags, image types, full-resolution URLs, and 250/500/1200px thumbnail URLs. Returns an empty image set (NOT an error) when the entity has no art — absence of art is information. An MBID that matches no release or release-group of the given entity_type fails with entity_not_found instead of an empty set. Art is served at the release level; a release-group MBID resolves to a representative release's art automatically. URLs are linked, never rehosted — image copyright stays with the rights holders (only MusicBrainz core metadata is CC0).
```

### `musicbrainz_get_recording`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_recording" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Recording (a specific performance, distinct from the abstract work) by MBID: length, artist credits, ISRCs, release appearances, work relationships, and performer/production credits with attributes and dates. Relationships are not capped. Browse release appearances with musicbrainz_browse_entities (target_type=release, link.recording). Browse recording by work enumerates recording entities; this tool supplies their work relationship details.
```

### `musicbrainz_get_release`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_release" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One edition's full detail by MBID: the tracklist (media → tracks → recordings with lengths and recording MBIDs), label + catalog number, barcode, country, release date, format, packaging, text representation (language/script), and a cover-art availability stub. Track lengths are rendered m:ss (stored as milliseconds upstream). For the actual cover image URLs, call musicbrainz_get_cover_art with this release MBID.
```

### `musicbrainz_get_release_group`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_release_group" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Release-group ("the album" above specific pressings) by MBID: primary type (Album/Single/EP) and secondary types (Live/Compilation), first-release date, artist credit, the list of releases (editions), tags/genres, and cover-art availability from the Cover Art Archive (image count and front/back flags for the release-group's representative release — the art musicbrainz_get_cover_art returns; use that tool for the image URLs). The embedded releases list is capped at one page (25); for the complete set of editions, call musicbrainz_browse_entities with target_type=release and link.release-group. For a specific edition's tracklist, take a release MBID from the releases list and call musicbrainz_get_release.
```

### `musicbrainz_get_work`

- The name "musicbrainz_get_work" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Work (a composition, distinct from a recording) by MBID: type, languages, ISWCs, writers/composers/lyricists, aliases, tags, and external links. This server returns the first 25 recording relationships with their exact total and actual truncation disclosure, preserving all other relationships. Browse recording entities with musicbrainz_browse_entities (target_type=recording, link.work), then use musicbrainz_get_recording for work relationship attributes and dates; browse alone does not return those details.
```

### `musicbrainz_lookup_identifier`

- The name "musicbrainz_lookup_identifier" says "lookup": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Resolve a standard identifier to MusicBrainz entities without a name search — the deterministic path when you already hold an ID. id_type=isrc → recordings (a recording-level code, often shared by several recordings); id_type=iswc → works (a composition-level code); id_type=barcode → releases (UPC/EAN digits; spaces and hyphens are ignored). ISRC and ISWC hit dedicated exact endpoints; barcode is a Lucene search filter so results are ranked (exact match scores 100). The output kind field tells you which entity type came back.
```

### `musicbrainz_search_entities`

- The name "musicbrainz_search_entities" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search across a MusicBrainz entity type (artist, release-group, release, recording, work, label) using a Lucene query string. Returns ranked matches with MBID, name/title, disambiguation, subtype where applicable, release status, and a 0–100 relevance score (100 = exact). Release rows use status; other entity subtypes use type. Starting point when resolving a name to an MBID — chain the returned MBID into the matching musicbrainz_get_* tool. Results are in MusicBrainz score-descending order. Supports field-scoped Lucene syntax (e.g. `artist:radiohead AND country:GB`).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `musicbrainz`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_search_entities",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_artist",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_release_group",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_release",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_recording",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_work",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_lookup_identifier",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_browse_entities",
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_cover_art"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__musicbrainz__musicbrainz_get_label"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```