Claude Desktop — edit config file

\n\n| OS | Path |\n|----|------|\n| macOS | `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` |\n| Windows | `%APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude_desktop_config.json` |\n| Linux | `~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` |\n\n```json\n{\n \"mcpServers\": {\n \"music-studio\": {\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"mcp-music-studio\", \"--stdio\"]\n }\n }\n}\n```\n

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VS Code / Trae / PearAI

\n\nAdd to `.vscode/mcp.json` — note: uses `\"servers\"` not `\"mcpServers\"`:\n\n```json\n{\n \"servers\": {\n \"music-studio\": {\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"mcp-music-studio\", \"--stdio\"]\n }\n }\n}\n```\n

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Cursor

\n\nAdd to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`:\n\n```json\n{\n \"mcpServers\": {\n \"music-studio\": {\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"mcp-music-studio\", \"--stdio\"]\n }\n }\n}\n```\n

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Windsurf

\n\nAdd to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`:\n\n```json\n{\n \"mcpServers\": {\n \"music-studio\": {\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"mcp-music-studio\", \"--stdio\"]\n }\n }\n}\n```\n

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Windows

\n\nOn Windows, `npx` is a `.cmd` file and requires a shell wrapper:\n\n```json\n{\n \"mcpServers\": {\n \"music-studio\": {\n \"command\": \"cmd\",\n \"args\": [\"/c\", \"npx\", \"-y\", \"mcp-music-studio\", \"--stdio\"]\n }\n }\n}\n```\n

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Render modes (for non-ext-apps clients)

\n\nClients that support ext-apps render the interactive UI inline automatically (`auto` mode). For clients that don't (Cherry Studio, CLI environments), use `--render-mode`:\n\n| Mode | Behavior |\n|------|----------|\n| `auto` (default) | Inline UI for Claude Desktop, VS Code |\n| `browser` | Saves HTML and opens in system browser |\n| `html` | Returns HTML as embedded resource |\n\n```json\n{\n \"mcpServers\": {\n \"music-studio\": {\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"mcp-music-studio\", \"--stdio\", \"--render-mode\", \"browser\"]\n }\n }\n}\n```\n

\n\n---\n\n## Tools\n\n| Tool | Description |\n|------|-------------|\n| `play-sheet-music` | ABC notation → visual sheet music + multi-instrument audio |\n| `play-live-pattern` | Strudel code → live-coded patterns with synthesis + effects |\n| `get-music-guide` | ABC reference (7 topics: instruments, drums, syntax, genres...) |\n| `get-strudel-guide` | Strudel reference (7 topics: sounds, effects, patterns, genres...) |\n| `search-music-docs` | Semantic search over strudel.cc and ABCJS docs |\n\n## Prompts\n\nSlash-command / menu entry points, in clients that surface MCP prompts:\n\n| Prompt | What it does |\n|--------|--------------|\n| `compose-beat` | Generate + play a Strudel pattern in a genre (args: `genre`, `mood?`) |\n| `harmonize-melody` | Add chords/accompaniment to an ABC melody and play it (args: `melody`, `style?`) |\n| `arrange-tune` | Turn a melody/idea into a multi-voice arrangement (args: `tune`, `instrumentation?`) |\n\n## Development\n\n```bash\nbun install\nbun run dev # watch + serve (hot reload)\nbun run build # production build\nbun run test # run tests\n```\n\n## Attribution\n\nForked from the [Sheet Music Server](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps/tree/main/examples/sheet-music-server) example from [MCP ext-apps](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps) by Anthropic, licensed under MIT.\n\n## License\n\nMIT\n","changelogMarkdown","videoKey","requiredSecretsJson","publishedAt","priceCents","trialDays",0,"iconType","image","upstream",{"_105":106,"_107":108,"_109":110,"_111":112,"_113":114,"_115":116},"requiredSecrets",[],"tags",[100,101,102,103,104],"assets",[],"stats",{"_98":85,"_99":85},"ratingAvg","reviewCount","abcjs","ext-apps","mcpapps","music","strudel","topics",[100,101,121,122,102,103,104],"license","MIT","language","TypeScript","registryName","io.github.linxule/mcp-music-studio","homepage","https://mcp-music-studio.linxule.workers.dev","packages",[117],{"_118":119,"_120":21,"_75":76},"registryType","npm","identifier","mcp","mcp-server","ENV",{"_125":126,"_127":128,"_129":130},"ENVIRONMENT","production","TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY","0x4AAAAAAB8-rEI2gNDf_QhU","SENTRY_DSN","https://45fd1229f78089d5c3ee78be128030e1@o4510583261757440.ingest.de.sentry.io/4510584253448272"]

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