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Talkback MCP Server

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Talkback runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 45 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Mar 2026.

Chat with your Ableton session in real-time.

Installs per day peak 26 · avg 7 · -65% w/w
a month agotoday
45
Installs / week
npm · talkback-mcp
25
Stars
2 open issues
24 Mar 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command src/ws-bridge.ts:50
      const pids = execSync(`lsof -ti:${port}`, { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add talkback -- npx -y talkback-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "talkback": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "talkback-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.talkback]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "talkback-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "talkback": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "talkback-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "talkback": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "talkback-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: WS_PORT (WebSocket port for the Max for Live bridge connection). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Talkback — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Talkback?
Talkback runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package talkback-mcp was installed 45 times last week.
How do I connect Talkback?
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 runs locally, so the command pulls talkback-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Talkback?
The npm package talkback-mcp was installed 45 times in the last week. Week over week that is -65%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Talkback open source?
We cannot say either way: written in TypeScript, 25 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.