Features
- AI-native Qobuz access — exposes Qobuz to any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code) as tools.
- Search & lookup — search albums, artists, and tracks; fetch full details for any track, album, artist, or playlist by ID.
- Browse your library — list your favourited tracks, albums, and artists, and all your playlists.
- Now playing — read the current track from the Qobuz desktop app (macOS only — the server must run on the same Mac).
- Flexible auth — Keychain locally, or
QOBUZ_TOKEN/QOBUZ_APP_IDenv vars for headless and remote MCP hosts. - Guarded writes — create playlists, add tracks, and update descriptions, gated behind an explicit
confirmflag.
Install
npm install -g @kud/mcp-qobuzUsage
Add the server to your .mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-qobuz": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@kud/mcp-qobuz"] }
}
}Auth — local macOS (Keychain)
Credentials are read automatically from the macOS Keychain using the same "qobuz"/"default" entry written by qobuz-cli. Log in once with qobuz login and this server picks them up — no extra configuration needed.
Auth — headless / remote (env vars)
For CI, remote MCP hosts, or any non-Mac environment, pass credentials via the env block in .mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-qobuz": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@kud/mcp-qobuz"],
"env": {
"QOBUZ_TOKEN": "your-token",
"QOBUZ_APP_ID": "your-app-id"
}
}
}
}Env vars take precedence over the Keychain when both are present.
Note: the
now-playingtool is macOS-only — it reads the player state file written by the Qobuz desktop app. It will return an error on any other platform.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
search | Search Qobuz for albums, artists, and/or tracks |
get-track | Fetch full track details by ID |
get-album | Fetch full album details by ID |
get-artist | Fetch artist biography and discography by ID |
get-playlist | Fetch a playlist and its tracks by ID |
list-playlists | List your Qobuz playlists |
list-favourites | List your favourited tracks, albums, or artists |
now-playing | Show what the Qobuz desktop app is playing (macOS only) |
create-playlist | Create a new playlist — requires confirm: true |
add-to-playlist | Add tracks to a playlist — requires confirm: true |
update-playlist-description | Update a playlist's description — requires confirm: true |
Development
git clone https://github.com/kud/mcp-qobuz.git
cd mcp-qobuz
npm install
npm run dev| Command | Description |
|---|---|
npm run dev | Run the server with tsx (no build step) |
npm run build | Compile TypeScript to dist/ |
npm test | Run the Vitest test suite |
npm run inspect:dev | Open the MCP Inspector against the dev server |