Ableton MCP

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Control Ableton Live from your assistant: create tracks, MIDI clips and arrangements, and load instruments and effects.

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Connects an AI assistant to Ableton Live through a socket-based Remote Script. You can create and edit MIDI and audio tracks, write MIDI clips with notes, load instruments and effects from Ableton's library, build full arrangements in Arrangement View, and control playback and clip launching.

It runs locally over stdio with uvx ableton-mcp and needs no sign-in or API key. Ableton Live 10 or newer must be running with the AbletonMCP Remote Script installed and selected as a Control Surface. Anonymous telemetry is included and can be disabled.

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Create and modify MIDI and audio tracks
Create and edit MIDI clips with notes
Load instruments, effects and sounds from Ableton's library
Build song sections in Arrangement View
Start and stop playback and fire clips
Control transport across Session and Arrangement View

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Create a new MIDI track with a bass instrument and add a four-bar bassline.
Build an arrangement with intro, buildup, drop, breakdown and outro.
Load a reverb on the drum track and start playback.
Add a MIDI clip with a C minor chord progression to the selected track.

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Claude Code

Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

claude mcp add --transport stdio ableton -- uvx ableton-mcp

Start Claude Code and type /mcp. ableton should show as connected.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ableton": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ableton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.

Needs uv (Python) on your computer. The file lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS and %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows.

Cursor

Add to Cursor a11y.new_tab

Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ableton": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ableton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

VS Code

Install in VS Code a11y.new_tab

Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"ableton","type":"stdio","command":"uvx","args":["ableton-mcp"]}'

Or commit it to the repo in .vscode/mcp.json:

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ableton": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ableton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

Devin Desktop

Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ableton": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ableton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf.

Codex

codex mcp add ableton -- uvx ableton-mcp

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml

[mcp_servers.ableton]
command = "uvx"
args = ["ableton-mcp"]

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add ableton uvx ableton-mcp

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

Any client

Most clients that start local servers accept this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ableton": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ableton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings, with the same command, args and env fields.

Needs uv (Python) on your computer.

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Can I paste mcp.tc/i/ableton into my MCP client?

No. Ableton MCP runs on your own computer, started by your client, so it has no web address to connect to. The quick link is the page to share; the install command is uvx ableton-mcp.

Does Ableton MCP need an API key?

No. It doesn't declare any keys or environment variables. It runs with your user account's permissions, so check what its tools can reach.

Is Ableton MCP a remote or a local server?

Local. Your client starts it as a process on your computer with uvx ableton-mcp, which needs uv (Python).

What can Ableton MCP do?

You can create and modify MIDI and audio tracks, create and edit MIDI clips with notes and load instruments, effects and sounds from Ableton's library.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that starts local servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. claude.ai and ChatGPT only connect to remote servers.

Who wrote this page?

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Any client

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