ListenBrainz

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ListenBrainz (MetaBrainz) — access open music listening data: sitewide top artists, user scrobble history, now-playing, and per-user top artists. Keyless.

4 tools

0ms auth

free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

top_artists

ListenBrainz sitewide top artists (open music listening data, MetaBrainz/MusicBrainz-linked). Most-listened artists across all users for a time range. Keyless.

No parameters required.

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Response

user_listens

A ListenBrainz user's recent listens (track scrobbles), newest first. Open music listening data, MusicBrainz-linked. Keyless for public profiles.

No parameters required.

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Response

now_playing

What a ListenBrainz user is listening to right now (the currently-playing track, if any). Open music listening data. Keyless for public profiles.

No parameters required.

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Response

user_top_artists

A ListenBrainz user's top (most-listened) artists for a time range. Open music listening data, MusicBrainz-linked. Keyless for public profiles. Stats may be unavailable if not yet computed.

No parameters required.

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Response

Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listenbrainz/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listenbrainz/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"top_artists","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("top_artists", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("listenbrainz (metabrainz) — access open music listening data: sitewide top artists, user scrobble history, now-playing, and per-user top artists");

Related packs

Other Pipeworx packs in the same categories (Music, Entertainment):

MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-listenbrainz": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listenbrainz/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}