Sonovault MCP server

sonovault-mcp

MCP server for the SonoVault music metadata API. Gives Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client search across 93M+ tracks, artists, labels, and releases, with full metadata per result: genre, label, release dates, artist credits, ISRC and ISWC codes, and cross-platform IDs (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Beatport, Discogs, MusicBrainz, YouTube).

Ask your assistant things like:

• "What releases did mau5trap put out this year?"
• "Find Daft Punk's Veridis Quo and give me its genre, label, and ISRC"
• "Show me the tracklist of Discovery with ISRCs"
• "What's the Spotify and Beatport ID for ISRC GBDUW0000053?"
• "Resolve this play log to ISRCs and labels" (paste up to 100 lines)
• "List every recording of ISWC T-071.020.439-9"

Setup

You need a SonoVault API key. The free tier is 1,000 requests/month, no credit card: get a key.

Claude Desktop

Add to claudedesktopconfig.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sonovault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "sonovault-mcp"],
      "env": { "SONOVAULT_API_KEY": "svk_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add sonovault -e SONOVAULT_API_KEY=svk_live_... -- npx -y sonovault-mcp

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in your project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sonovault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "sonovault-mcp"],
      "env": { "SONOVAULT_API_KEY": "svk_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "sonovault": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "sonovault-mcp"],
      "env": { "SONOVAULT_API_KEY": "svk_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add the same mcpServers block as Claude Desktop to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Other MCP clients

Any client that speaks MCP over stdio works. Command: npx -y sonovault-mcp with the SONOVAULTAPIKEY environment variable set.

Tools

All tools are read-only. Most work on the free tier; browse_tracks needs a paid plan.

Example workflows

Enrich a radio play log for royalty reporting

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.