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musicbrainz mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/musicbrainz-mcp

MusicBrainz MCP — search/browse music metadata, cover art, and submit tags/ratings/collections

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install musicbrainz mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "musicbrainz-user-agent",
      "description": "MUSICBRAINZ_USER_AGENT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "musicbrainz-oauth-client-id",
      "description": "MUSICBRAINZ_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "musicbrainz-oauth-client-secret",
      "description": "MUSICBRAINZ_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "musicbrainz-oauth-refresh-token",
      "description": "MUSICBRAINZ_OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "musicbrainz-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "musicbrainz-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MUSICBRAINZ_USER_AGENT": "${input:musicbrainz-user-agent}",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "${input:musicbrainz-oauth-client-id}",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:musicbrainz-oauth-client-secret}",
        "MUSICBRAINZ_OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN": "${input:musicbrainz-oauth-refresh-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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