Songbrain MCP Server

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Songbrain is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.

Best moments + video-gen prompts per scene, beats, tempo, key. Spotify Audio Features alternative.

Uptime history 35 days of history · worst day 97%

35 days agonow

98.9%

Uptime 24h

91 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

236 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 20 Oct 2026

What changed 3

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 20 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

20 Oct a tool appeared add_video_direction

20 Oct a tool description was rewritten analyze_song

20 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for analyze_song

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

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 cookbook/_common.py:149

    subprocess.run(list(cmd), check=True)

Builds a file path from a variable cookbook/song_to_clips_fal.py:120, cookbook/song_to_clips_replicate.py:125

    clip_paths = [os.path.join(args.clips_dir, f"scene_{s['index']:02d}.mp4") for s in scenes]

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.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add songbrain --transport http https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.songbrain]
url = "https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "songbrain": {
      "url": "https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "songbrain": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

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

example

get_example_analysis

Full analysis of an example song: Song DNA, beat grid and sections, best moments, lyrics, scores, story and shot plan. No API key needed. Summary view by default (no per-word timings or beat arrays); set view='full' for everything.

get_example_shot_plan

The beat-synced shot plan of an example song: every scene with start and end seconds, its act (setup, turn or payoff), the image/video prompt, framing, motion and the lyric sung under it, plus the story, world and palette. No key needed.

list_example_songs

List real Songbrain analyses of Songbrain's own songs (no API key needed). Use one to show what the API returns before analysing a user's song.

account

get_account

Free songs left this month, credit balance and price per song for the connected key.

analyze

analyze_song

Start the analysis of a song at a public audio URL (MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, AAC, OGG or AIFF; 30 s to 10 min). Needs an API key on the MCP connection. Returns a song_id; poll get_song until status is 'done' (typically 60–90 seconds, up to ~2 minutes when busy). Uses one free song, or 25 credits (mode 'full') / 10 credits (mode 'dna').

pricing

get_pricing

Songbrain API prices (free songs per month, price per song) and limits.

song

get_song

Status of a song started with analyze_song, then its full analysis once done. Summary view by default; view='full' adds word timings and beat arrays.

video

add_video_direction

For a finished song analysed with mode 'dna': builds its story and beat-synced shot plan (scenes with seconds and image/video prompts) from the existing analysis. 15 credits, refunded if it fails. Then poll get_song (about 30 seconds).

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp	streamable-http	answering	212 ms	5 min ago

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Songbrain — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Songbrain do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: add_video_direction, analyze_song, get_account, get_example_analysis, get_example_shot_plan, get_pricing and 2 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 →

Is Songbrain working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 92 checks got a reply (98.9%), average response time 236 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Songbrain?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Songbrain need an API key?

No. Songbrain completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Songbrain?

It answers our handshake in 236 ms on average, which is faster than 57% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Songbrain open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at api.songbrain.ai, which runs on its operator's own terms.