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mcp-apple-music

local MCP server

mcp-apple-music is a local MCP server: Apple Music MCP server — search catalog, manage playlists, and access your library via Claude. Install it from pypi as mcp-apple-music-server.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add mcp-apple-music -e APPLE_TEAM_ID=... -e APPLE_KEY_ID=... -e APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY=... -e APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN=... -e APPLE_STOREFRONT=... -- uvx mcp-apple-music-server

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-apple-music": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-apple-music-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_TEAM_ID": "...",
        "APPLE_KEY_ID": "...",
        "APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY": "...",
        "APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN": "...",
        "APPLE_STOREFRONT": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: APPLE_TEAM_ID, APPLE_KEY_ID, APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY, APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN, APPLE_STOREFRONT

Summary

Apple Music MCP server — search catalog, manage playlists, and access your library via Claude.

mcp-apple-music vs similar servers

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mcp-apple-music43LocalYespypi
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Firecrawl MCP Server7,526LocalYesnpm

Questions

It reads 5 environment variables: APPLE_TEAM_ID, APPLE_KEY_ID, APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY, APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN, APPLE_STOREFRONT. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

mcp-apple-music is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package mcp-apple-music-server.

Run: claude mcp add mcp-apple-music -e APPLE_TEAM_ID=... -e APPLE_KEY_ID=... -e APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY=... -e APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN=... -e APPLE_STOREFRONT=... -- uvx mcp-apple-music-server

Run: codex mcp add mcp-apple-music --env APPLE_TEAM_ID=... --env APPLE_KEY_ID=... --env APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY=... --env APPLE_MUSIC_USER_TOKEN=... --env APPLE_STOREFRONT=... -- uvx mcp-apple-music-server

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