# Discogs MCP Server (MCP server)

> Discogs MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP Server for the Discogs API, enabling music catalog operations, search functionality, and more. It has 130 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y discogs-mcp-server.

MCP Server for the Discogs API, enabling music catalog operations, search functionality, and more. If you just want to get started immediately using this MCP Server with the Claude desktop app and don't care about development or running the server yourself, then make sure you have Node.js installed and your Discogs personal access token ready and skip straight to the Claude configuration section. Use the NPX method from that section.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/cswkim/discogs-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 130 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: discogs-mcp-server |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v0.5.7 (May 26, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discogs-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "discogs-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio discogs-mcp-server -- npx -y discogs-mcp-server
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discogs-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "discogs-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "discogs_personal_access_token",
      "description": "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "discogs-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "discogs-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:discogs_personal_access_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` (secret): Shown in the README's example configuration.

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