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SPOTIFY TOOLS

46 tools from the Spotify MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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// ALL 46 SPOTIFY TOOLS
READ 37 tools
Read albums.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single album. Read albums.tracks.list Get Spotify catalog information about an album’s tracks. Optional parameters can be used to limit the numbe... Read artists.albums.list Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums. Read artists.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single artist identified by their unique Spotify ID. Read audiobooks.chapters.list Get Spotify catalog information about an audiobook's chapters. Audiobooks are only available within the US,... Read audiobooks.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single audiobook. Audiobooks are only available within the US, UK, Ca... Read chapters.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single audiobook chapter. Chapters are only available within the US, ... Read episodes.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single episode identified by its unique Spotify ID. Read me.albums.list Get a list of the albums saved in the current Spotify user's 'Your Music' library. Read me.audiobooks.list Get a list of the audiobooks saved in the current Spotify user's 'Your Music' library. Read me.episodes.list Get a list of the episodes saved in the current Spotify user's library. Read me.following.list Get the current user's followed artists. Read me.library.contains.list Check if one or more items are already saved in the current user's library. Accepts Spotify URIs for tracks... Read me.list Get detailed profile information about the current user (including the current user's username). Read me.player.currently_playing.list Get the object currently being played on the user's Spotify account. Read me.player.devices.list Get information about a user’s available Spotify Connect devices. Some device models are not supported and ... Read me.player.list Get information about the user’s current playback state, including track or episode, progress, and active d... Read me.player.next.create Skips to next track in the user’s queue. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The order ... Read me.player.pause.update Pause playback on the user's account. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The order of ... Read me.player.previous.create Skips to previous track in the user’s queue. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The or... Read me.player.queue.list Get the list of objects that make up the user's queue. Read me.player.recently_played.list Get tracks from the current user's recently played tracks. _**Note**: Currently doesn't support podcast epi... Read me.player.seek.update Seeks to the given position in the user’s currently playing track. This API only works for users who have S... Read me.player.shuffle.update Toggle shuffle on or off for user’s playback. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The o... Read me.player.update Transfer playback to a new device and optionally begin playback. This API only works for users who have Spo... Read me.playlists.list Get a list of the playlists owned or followed by the current Spotify user. Read me.shows.list Get a list of shows saved in the current Spotify user's library. Optional parameters can be used to limit t... Read me.top.get Get the current user's top artists or tracks based on calculated affinity. Read me.tracks.list Get a list of the songs saved in the current Spotify user's 'Your Music' library. Read playlists.get Get a playlist owned by a Spotify user. Read playlists.items.list Get full details of the items of a playlist owned by a Spotify user. **Note**: This endpoint is only acces... Read playlists.items.update Either reorder or replace items in a playlist depending on the request's parameters. To reorder items, incl... Read playlists.update Change a playlist's name and public/private state. (The user must, of course, own the playlist.) Read search.list Get Spotify catalog information about albums, artists, playlists, tracks, shows, episodes or audiobooks tha... Read shows.episodes.list Get Spotify catalog information about an show’s episodes. Optional parameters can be used to limit the numb... Read shows.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single show identified by its unique Spotify ID. Read tracks.get Get Spotify catalog information for a single track identified by its unique Spotify ID.
WRITE 6 tools
Write me.library.update Add one or more items to the current user's library. Accepts Spotify URIs for tracks, albums, episodes, sho... Write me.player.queue.create Add an item to be played next in the user's current playback queue. This API only works for users who have ... Write me.player.repeat.update Set the repeat mode for the user's playback. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The or... Write me.player.volume.update Set the volume for the user’s current playback device. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premi... Write me.playlists.create Create a playlist for the current Spotify user. (The playlist will be empty until you [add tracks](/documen... Write playlists.items.create Add one or more items to a user's playlist.
DESTRUCTIVE 2 tools
Destructive me.library.delete Remove one or more items from the current user's library. Accepts Spotify URIs for tracks, albums, episodes... Destructive playlists.items.delete Remove one or more items from a user's playlist.
EXECUTE 1 tools
Execute me.player.play.update Start a new context or resume current playback on the user's active device. This API only works for users w...

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How many tools does the Spotify MCP server have? +

The Spotify MCP server exposes 46 tools across 4 categories: Read, Write, Destructive, Execute.

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Spotify tools are categorised as Read (37), Write (6), Destructive (2), Execute (1). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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