# `io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio
- Version: 0.13.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.linxule (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/linxule/mcp-music-studio
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:38:14.817Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Music Studio
ABC sheet music + Strudel live coding: songs, videos and live jam sessions in ext-apps widgets.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:24:36.692Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 5 change things and 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Findings

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":false,"openWorldHint":false}; The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":false,"openWorldHint":false}; The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "convert-abc-to-strudel" says "convert": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (5)

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

### `convert-abc-to-strudel`

- The name "convert-abc-to-strudel" says "convert": 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
Turn an ABC melody into Strudel mini-notation so a scored piece can be remixed live. Returns runnable code — setcps() from the Q: tempo, one [...] bar group per bar inside note("<...>"), with a chord("<...>").voicing() layer stacked alongside it when the ABC has chord symbols (one stack(), because Strudel plays only the last expression) — then pass it to play-live-pattern. Durations become @ weights, rests become ~, triplets nest, the key signature is folded into the note names, and %%MIDI program picks the sound. Lists what was lost (grace notes, dynamics, repeats, lyrics, other voices, inline tempo changes, a short final bar, ABC's own gchord/drum accompaniment). Pick a single voice with `voice`; re-run per voice and stack() them for a full arrangement.
```

### `create-share-link`

- The name "create-share-link" says "create": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a hosted music share link only when the user asks to share or store a piece online. Uploads the supplied score or pattern to MCP Music Studio for 30 days; anyone with the link can view and play it without signing in. Creating the same share again refreshes its expiry. Playback does not require this tool, and a play result's '▶ Play in browser' link already opens the piece for anyone when it fit in the link; this tool gives a short stored link. Provide kind 'score' with score, or kind 'play' with pattern. Never include private information or secrets.
```

### `play-live-pattern`

- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
- 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
Live-code music in Strudel (TidalCycles mini-notation in JavaScript) and play it in a player the user can edit. Layer drums, bass and melody with stack(): 71 drum-machine banks, 128 GM instruments, synths and a full effects chain. Add .pianoroll() for a live piano roll (or .punchcard()/.scope()/.spectrum(), one per pattern), pass `visuals` for a ready-made animation and `theme` for the editor colours. Each call creates a NEW player. Optional, when you want more (get-strudel-guide topic in brackets): shader backgrounds that follow the music — start with `await initHydra()`, lock to the beat with H(pattern), react to the sound with () => a.fft[0] ('hydra'); canvases, scenes and spoken lines for music videos and films ('stage', 'film'); taps, faders, pads and controls you draw, played by the user; tilt and mic, which follow the phone on the browser player (a chat's frame usually blocks them) ('interactive'); complete pieces ('gallery'). To jam back and forth, or to change a piece while it plays, pass session: true, then use update-session and get-session.

The Strudel REPL renders inline with an editable code editor, visualizations, and playback controls.
```

### `play-sheet-music`

- The description's first verb is "write": 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
Write a score in ABC notation and play it as sheet music: a melody, a harmonized piece, a multi-voice arrangement or a well-known tune, on any of the 128 General MIDI instruments. Put chord symbols above the notes and add a style (rock, jazz, bossa, waltz, folk...) for drums, bass and chords. The user can edit the score in the player, change its style and instrument, and download WAV or MIDI. The result confirms the parse; it returns no audio. Start with get-music-guide topic 'genres'; 'abc-syntax' and 'instruments' for the rest.

The music player renders inline with interactive playback controls.
```

### `update-session`

- The name "update-session" says "update": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Only for a live session. Swaps new code into the session's player while the music keeps playing. Send the WHOLE pattern, as for play-live-pattern. It lands on the next bar (quantize 1, the default), the next multiple of n bars, or at once (0): set quantize to your phrase length (8-bar phrase → 8). If the player answers within a few seconds, the result says whether it ran the code, or its error. To change a piece's remember() state, ship a merge, not a new start value (get-strudel-guide topic 'interactive').
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `analyze-harmony`

- The name "analyze-harmony" says "analyze": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Music theory helper: name a chord from notes, guess the key, get a progression, or list what fits a key. Returns both the ABC chord-symbol spelling (for play-sheet-music) and the Strudel form (for play-live-pattern). Tasks: detect-chord (notes -> chord name + what to play next), detect-key (notes or chords -> best key + diatonic chords), suggest-progression (key [+ romanNumerals] -> chord symbols), scale-for-chord (chords -> the scale to improvise over each), key-chords (key -> every diatonic triad, seventh, and chord scale). Use it before writing chord symbols for a style preset, or to check a harmonization.
```

### `get-music-guide`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reference for ABC sheet music. Topics: genres (complete templates: jazz, blues, folk, rock, bossa, a 3/4 minuet, a lullaby), styles (what each accompaniment preset does), instruments (GM list + combos), drums (patterns + percussion notes), abc-syntax (notation reference), arrangements (multi-voice patterns), midi-directives (%%MIDI reference).
```

### `get-session`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Only for a live session (play-live-pattern session: true). Reads whether the player is up and what it played, its errors and silences, and what the human did since your last read: taps, changes to remember() state, code they ran, a Pass to you, or End. Read it before assuming a piece played. With wait: 'pass' it listens until the human presses Pass, so a whole back-and-forth set fits in one turn: update-session, get-session(wait: 'pass'), answer, listen again.
```

### `get-strudel-guide`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reference and recipes for Strudel live coding. Music: genres (complete templates: techno, house, dnb, ambient, jazz, lofi, synthwave), mini-notation, sounds (synths, 71 drum banks, 128 GM instruments, vcsl samples), effects, patterns, tips (tempo, common mistakes), advanced (samples, wavetables, signals, chord voicings). Visuals: visuals (draw methods, presets, themes), hydra (shader backgrounds, H(pattern), the audio-reactive a.fft). Optional modules — the code is real browser JavaScript: stage (your own canvases, onFrame/onEvent/onTap, say), film (scenes on bars, text, narration), interactive (taps into notes, faders/pads/xy, tilt/mic, remember() for controls you draw, live sessions), craft (what makes a piece land), debugging (what the player reports back), gallery (complete pieces; fetch one with `piece`).
```

### `search-music-docs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search detailed documentation for Strudel live coding or ABC/ABCJS notation. Returns relevant code examples and explanations from the official docs. Use this when the curated guides (get-strudel-guide, get-music-guide) don't cover what you need — for specific functions, advanced techniques, or when you're unsure about syntax. Powered by semantic search over strudel.cc and ABCJS docs.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `music-studio`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__music-studio__get-session",
      "mcp__music-studio__get-music-guide",
      "mcp__music-studio__get-strudel-guide",
      "mcp__music-studio__search-music-docs",
      "mcp__music-studio__analyze-harmony"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__music-studio__create-share-link",
      "mcp__music-studio__play-sheet-music",
      "mcp__music-studio__play-live-pattern",
      "mcp__music-studio__update-session",
      "mcp__music-studio__convert-abc-to-strudel"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```