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FreqBlog Music Metadata MCP Server

com.freqblog/music-metadata
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FreqBlog Music Metadata is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 12 tools.

Audio features + harmonic set-building for tracks by name/ISRC. Spotify audio-features replacement.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add music-metadata --transport http https://mcp.freqblog.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "music-metadata": {
      "url": "https://mcp.freqblog.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.music-metadata]
url = "https://mcp.freqblog.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "music-metadata": {
      "url": "https://mcp.freqblog.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "music-metadata": {
      "url": "https://mcp.freqblog.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 12

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

audio
get_audio_features
Get audio features for ONE track — BPM, musical key (name + Camelot + Open Key), energy, danceability, valence, acousticness, instrumentalness, liveness, speechiness, loudness, mood, mood_vector, genre, time signature, duration and more. This is the drop-in replacement for Spotify's deprecated /audio-features endpoint. Provide EXACTLY ONE identifier: - `track` (optionally with `artist`) — e.g. track="Blinding Lights", artist="The Weeknd". - `isrc` — e.g. "USUM71900001". - `mbid` — a MusicBrainz recording UUID. - `spotify_id` — a Spotify track ID, URI, or URL (resolves only the <1% of the catalog already mapped to a Spotify ID; prefer `track`/`isrc` for full coverage). Returns a JSON object of features. Some feature fields may be null for tracks resolved via the fallback catalogs (only audio-derived values are present for fully analysed tracks). If a track name is not yet in the catalog, the API holds the request during the on-demand ingest and usually returns the fully analysed track inline in this same call; only if the ingest runs long does it fall back to a queued response you can re-poll shortly (~15s). If the track turns out not to be on any streaming source we can analyse, you get a definitive not-found instead — that verdict is terminal for ~7 days, so don't retry it. If you only have a fuzzy or partial name, call search_catalog first to find the exact track.
get_audio_features_batch
Get audio features for MANY tracks in one call (up to 50 processed) — ideal for analysing a whole playlist at once. Identify each item by name (`track`/`artist`), by `isrc` (matched exactly first — best for CJK / K-pop / niche tracks whose fuzzy name-match misses), or both (ISRC first, name as the fallback). One bad entry never fails the batch. Items beyond the 50-per-call cap come back with `found: false` and `backfill_status: "over_limit"`; an item missing BOTH `track` and `isrc` comes back `"invalid_no_query"`. Neither is processed or charged — the response's `skipped` field counts them, so split a long list into calls of <=50 and resubmit any skipped rows. Returns counts (`found` / `not_found` / `skipped`) plus a per-track `results` array, where each entry's `result` is the same feature object as get_audio_features (or null when not found), and `isrc` is echoed back. An item is billed only when it returns features or queues an on-demand ingest; an ISRC/name with no match anywhere is free. For a single track, use get_audio_features.
tracks
find_tracks_by_bpm
Find catalog tracks near a target tempo. Returns tracks whose BPM is within +/-`tolerance` of `bpm`, ordered by closeness then popularity — useful for DJ set planning, workout playlists, or tempo-matching. Each returned track carries full audio features. To also constrain by musical key, combine with find_tracks_by_key.
find_tracks_by_key
Find catalog tracks in a given musical key — for harmonic mixing and key-locked playlists. `key` accepts Camelot ("8A"), Open Key ("1m"), or a key name ("A-Minor", "F#-Major"). Returns tracks ordered by popularity, each with full audio features. To discover which keys mix well with a given key first, use find_compatible_keys.
build
build_setlist
Order a crate of 2-100 catalog tracks into a beat-matched DJ set that follows an energy arc, keeping each consecutive transition harmonically and tempo-smooth. `arc` is one of peak_time (default — builds to a peak then eases), warmup, cooldown, or flat. Returns the `arc`, `count`, an overall `flow_score` (0-100), the `tracks` in play order, the per-step `transitions` ({from_index, to_index, score, reason}), and `omitted` (ids not found in the catalog). Feed tracks[].itunes_track_id into a Rekordbox/Serato export to drop the set straight into your DJ software. track_ids are catalog itunes_track_ids. Costs 5 quota units.
catalog
search_catalog
Full-text search the catalog by any mix of track / artist / album tokens. Use this to resolve a fuzzy, partial, or misspelled name into concrete tracks BEFORE calling get_audio_features. Returns lightweight stubs (itunes_track_id, track_name, artist_name, album, etc.) ranked by relevance — NOT audio features. Take the best match's track_name + artist_name and pass them to get_audio_features, or reuse its itunes_track_id as a `track_id` seed for discovery tools. ⚠ Each hit carries a `seedable` boolean. Only a hit with `seedable: true` can be used as a seed for get_recommendations / suggest_next_track / build_setlist / score_transition — those work off the similarity index, which holds only tracks we have analysed, and about a quarter of the catalogue is not analysed yet. **Prefer the highest-ranked hit with `seedable: true`.** Seeding with a `seedable: false` id returns a 404; if that track is the one you want, call get_audio_features on it first to queue analysis, then retry.
compatible
find_compatible_keys
Given a Camelot key (e.g. "8A", "12B"), return the harmonically compatible keys for DJ mixing — the same key, the relative major/minor, and the adjacent +/-1 keys on the Camelot wheel. With `extended=true` also returns the +7/-7 energy-boost / energy-drop keys. Pure music theory — no catalog lookup and no quota cost. Pair with find_tracks_by_key to then pull actual tracks in each compatible key.
recommendations
get_recommendations
Recommended tracks for one or more seed tracks — the drop-in for Spotify's removed GET /v1/recommendations. Blends up to 5 catalog seed tracks into a single point in audio-feature space and returns the nearest catalogue tracks, RE-RANKED by genre affinity (so a feature-close cross-genre track doesn't outrank same-genre picks). Returns `seeds` (each {id, found}), `count`, and `tracks` (each {track, score, genre_relation}; each track carries its `genre`). `genre_relation` is "same", "compatible" (different but mixable family), "cross" (unrelated), or "unknown" (either side has no mapped genre), measured against the PRIMARY seed — the first of your seed_tracks we could actually use, so reordering seed_tracks changes it and a skipped seed never becomes the reference. With a SINGLE seed the field is the ranking's own verdict, so it explains the order (same as suggest_next_track). With SEVERAL seeds the ranking considers ALL of them while the label stays relative to your primary seed, so a "cross" label on a multi-seed call does NOT mean the track was pushed down — it may share a family with another of your seeds. `score` is the raw audio-feature cosine similarity in [0,1]; genre affinity influences the ORDER, not the score, so the list is NOT strictly score-descending. Use cross_genre=strict to return same-genre-family tracks ONLY (off-genre dropped server-side), or allow to disable the genre ranking. seed_tracks are catalog itunes_track_ids from search_catalog or the itunes_track_id field of a get_audio_features result. NO id? Pass `track` (+ optional `artist`) instead and we resolve the name to the best catalog match and seed on it — the resolved track is echoed back as `seed_query`; seed_tracks wins if both are given. Costs 2 quota units.
related
get_related_artists
Artists related to a seed artist — the drop-in for Spotify's removed GET /v1/artists/{id}/related-artists. No artist graph exists, so we derive one: build the seed artist's track-vector centroid, take its nearest catalogue tracks, aggregate by artist (each scored on its top-3 track similarities so a prolific artist can't dominate) plus a same-genre lift and a cross-genre penalty. Returns `artist`, `count`, and `related` (each {artist_name, score, match_count, sample_track_id}). Pass a sample_track_id straight to get_audio_features or suggest_next_track. Costs 2 quota units.
score
score_transition
Score how well one catalog track mixes into another (0-100) — the pairwise DJ transition score no raw key/BPM API gives you. Combines Camelot-wheel key compatibility, octave-aware BPM proximity (half/double-time counts as a match), and energy smoothness. Returns the overall `score`, per-component scores (`harmonic`/`tempo`/`energy`), a `detail` block (key_relation, both Camelot keys, both BPMs, bpm_delta, bpm_octave_matched, both energies, energy_delta), and a one-line human `reason` (e.g. "8A->9A adjacent (+1), 126->128 BPM (+2), energy +0.04 — clean uplifting mix"). Both ids are catalog itunes_track_ids — get them from search_catalog or the itunes_track_id field of a get_audio_features result. Costs 1 quota unit.
suggest
suggest_next_track
Given a seed track, return the top-N catalog tracks to play NEXT, ranked by transition score. Each suggestion carries the same `score`, per-component scores and human `reason` as score_transition (e.g. "11B->11B same key, 118->117 BPM (-0.29), energy +0.12"), plus its `genre` and `genre_relation` to the seed. GENRE-AWARE by default (cross_genre=auto): off-genre picks that only coincidentally share the seed's key/BPM sink to the bottom — use cross_genre=strict for same-genre-family only, or allow for the old harmonic-only ranking. It is the seed's sonic neighbours re-ranked for a clean mix. Returns `seed`, `count`, and a `suggestions` array of {track, score, components, reason}. seed_track_id is a catalog itunes_track_id from search_catalog or a get_audio_features result. Pair with build_setlist to order a whole crate. Costs 3 quota units.
tag
tag_track
Get a compact, HONESTLY-LABELLED tag list for a track — energy / danceability / valence / acousticness / instrumentalness, plus a mood tag and a broad genre tag. It is a tag-shaped projection of the same open-data analysis get_audio_features returns (no audio upload, no extra compute), so it costs the same 1 quota unit, charged only on a served result. The differentiator vs opaque taggers (e.g. Cyanite) is that EVERY tag carries its own `confidence` and `provenance`: - confidence: measured (our Essentia analysis) | derived (MIREX mood from valence+energy) | model-estimated (AcousticBrainz mood SVM probability — research-grade, raw prob in `value`) | catalog-genre (broad catalogue tag, not fine-grained). - provenance: essentia | valence+energy | acousticbrainz | catalog. `value` is the [0,1] score for numeric tags and null for label-only tags (mood category, genre). Provide EXACTLY ONE identifier: `track` (optionally with `artist`), `isrc`, `mbid`, `spotify_id`, or `track_id` (catalog itunes_track_id). The broad, reliable coverage is the MEASURED tags from our Essentia analysis over the analysed catalogue (plus on-demand by name); MBID/ISRC additionally reach 7.5M+ AcousticBrainz recordings WHEN you supply that identifier. Returns { track, count, tags:[{tag, category, value, confidence, provenance}], disclaimer }. For the full numeric feature set use get_audio_features; for nearest tracks use a discovery tool.

Endpoints

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https://mcp.freqblog.com/mcp streamable-http answering 164 ms 12 min ago

FreqBlog Music Metadata — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can FreqBlog Music Metadata do?
It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: build_setlist, find_compatible_keys, find_tracks_by_bpm, find_tracks_by_key, get_audio_features, get_audio_features_batch and 6 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is FreqBlog Music Metadata mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around tracks and audio. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is FreqBlog Music Metadata working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 123 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect FreqBlog Music Metadata?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does FreqBlog Music Metadata need an API key?
No. FreqBlog Music Metadata completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 12 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is FreqBlog Music Metadata?
It answers our handshake in 123 ms on average, which is faster than 79% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.