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Ableton for AI for VS Code

io.github.peterkolbe/ableton-for-ai

Bridge between Ableton Live and AI. Inspect, analyze audio, and control mixing via MCP.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Ableton for AI in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "stems-source-dir",
      "description": "STEMS_SOURCE_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "preferred-audio-format",
      "description": "PREFERRED_AUDIO_FORMAT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "ableton-for-ai": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ableton-for-ai"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEMS_SOURCE_DIR": "${input:stems-source-dir}",
        "PREFERRED_AUDIO_FORMAT": "${input:preferred-audio-format}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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