ahujasid/ableton-mcp
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AbletonMCP connects Ableton Live to Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing Claude to directly interact with and control Ableton Live.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
get_session_info
Get detailed information about the current Ableton session
get_track_info
Get detailed information about a specific track in Ableton.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track to get information about
create_midi_track
Create a new MIDI track in the Ableton session.
Parameters:
- index: The index to insert the track at (-1 = end of list)
set_track_name
Set the name of a track.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track to rename
- name: The new name for the track
create_clip
Create a new MIDI clip in the specified track and clip slot. First check if there are less than 7 clips, if not, ask the user to delete a clip first.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track to create the clip in
- clip_index: The index of the clip slot to create the clip in
- length: The length of the clip in beats (default: 4.0)
add_notes_to_clip
Add MIDI notes to a clip.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track containing the clip
- clip_index: The index of the clip slot containing the clip
- notes: List of note dictionaries, each with pitch, start_time, duration, velocity, and mute
set_clip_name
Set the name of a clip.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track containing the clip
- clip_index: The index of the clip slot containing the clip
- name: The new name for the clip
set_tempo
Set the tempo of the Ableton session.
Parameters:
- tempo: The new tempo in BPM
load_instrument_or_effect
Load an instrument or effect onto a track using its URI.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track to load the instrument on
- uri: The URI of the instrument or effect to load (e.g., 'query:Synths#Instrument%20Rack:Bass:FileId_5116')
fire_clip
Start playing a clip.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track containing the clip
- clip_index: The index of the clip slot containing the clip
stop_clip
Stop playing a clip.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track containing the clip
- clip_index: The index of the clip slot containing the clip
start_playback
Start playing the Ableton session.
stop_playback
Stop playing the Ableton session.
get_browser_tree
Get a hierarchical tree of browser categories from Ableton.
Parameters:
- category_type: Type of categories to get ('all', 'instruments', 'sounds', 'drums', 'audio_effects', 'midi_effects')
get_browser_items_at_path
Get browser items at a specific path in Ableton's browser.
Parameters:
- path: Path in the format "category/folder/subfolder" where category is one of the available browser categories in Ableton
load_drum_kit
Load a drum rack and then load a specific drum kit into it.
Parameters:
- track_index: The index of the track to load on
- rack_uri: The URI of the drum rack to load (e.g., 'Drums/Drum Rack')
- kit_path: Path to the drum kit inside the browser (e.g., 'drums/acoustic/kit1')
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
No prompts
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
