Tunetank MCP Server

**The Tunetank music & sound‑effects catalog as an MCP server** — so any AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, …) can find the right royalty‑free track or SFX for a video, ad, podcast or stream.

Ask things like *“find an energetic rock track around 60 seconds for a YouTube intro”* or *“a whoosh SFX under 2 seconds”* and the assistant searches Tunetank's real catalog and hands back a preview link plus the track page on tunetank.com.

• 🎵 Search music by mood, genre, theme, artist, name and target length (± tolerance)
• 🔊 Search sound effects (SFX) by category and length
• 📚 Browse genres, moods, themes and curated playlists
• ▶️ Every result includes an audio preview URL and the canonical track page (`https://tunetank.com/track/-/`)
• 🆓 Completely free — no API key, no auth, no rate‑limit sign‑up. Read‑only.

Server

Setup

Point any MCP‑capable client at the endpoint above. Examples for common clients:

Claude Desktop / Claude.ai (Connectors)

Add a Custom Connector with the URL:

https://mcp.tunetank.com

Or, via the config file (`claude_desktop_config.json`) using the `mcp-remote` bridge:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tunetank": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.tunetank.com"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

`~/.cursor/mcp.json`:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tunetank": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tunetank.com"
    }
  }
}

VS Code / other clients

Any client that supports remote (HTTP) MCP servers — just use the URL `https://mcp.tunetank.com`. For clients that only speak stdio, bridge with `npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.tunetank.com`.

Tools

Argument notes

• `query` *(search_music)* — free text; matches the track name or the artist name.
• `genre` / `mood` / `theme` — accept either a name/alias (e.g. `"rock"`, `"happy"`) or a numeric id (from the `list_*` tools).
• `duration` — target length in seconds.
• `tolerance` — allowed ± seconds around `duration` (default `5`). Example: `duration: 60, tolerance: 10` → tracks between 50s and 70s.
• `category` *(search_sfx)* — SFX category name or id.
• `limit` — max results (default `20`, max `50`; playlists default `50`, max `200`).

All string filters are partial, case‑insensitive matches. Only published tracks/SFX are returned.

Examples

“Energetic rock, ~60s, for an intro”

{
  "name": "search_music",
  "arguments": { "genre": "rock", "mood": "energetic", "duration": 60, "tolerance": 10, "limit": 5 }
}

“A short whoosh sound effect under 2 seconds”

{
  "name": "search_sfx",
  "arguments": { "query": "whoosh", "duration": 1.5, "tolerance": 1.5 }
}

Sample track result

{
  "id": 2270,
  "name": "Adventures",
  "artist": "A Himitsu",
  "duration": 138,
  "bpm": 120,
  "url": "https://tunetank.com/track/2270-adventures/",
  "preview": "https://…/preview.mp3",
  "genres": ["Pop"],
  "moods": ["Happy", "Inspiring"],
  "themes": ["Vlog"]
}

Try it (raw JSON‑RPC)

The transport is spec‑strict, so include both `Content-Type` and `Accept` headers:

# List available tools
curl -s https://mcp.tunetank.com \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

# Search music
curl -s https://mcp.tunetank.com \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_music","arguments":{"mood":"happy","duration":60,"tolerance":10,"limit":3}}}'

Licensing

All music is free to use for personal and non‑commercial purposes.

For anything else (commercial projects, ads, monetized content, client work, etc.), head to tunetank.com and review the licensing terms there.

About

Music and sound effects come from Tunetank — royalty‑free audio for creators. This MCP server is a discovery channel: it returns previews and track pages so you can listen and grab the track on tunetank.com. Downloading and licensing happen on the site.

Questions or issues? Reach out at support@tunetank.com.