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REAPER MCP

REAPER MCP is an MCP server that lets an AI assistant work in your open REAPER project: mixing, MIDI, routing and rendering. It has 73 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx twelvetake-reaper-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

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  • MIT
  • Actively maintained
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Install REAPER MCP

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reaper-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "twelvetake-reaper-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio reaper-mcp -- uvx twelvetake-reaper-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reaper-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "twelvetake-reaper-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "reaper-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "twelvetake-reaper-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About REAPER MCP

Listed in the MCP Registry as mcp-name: com.twelvetake/reaper-mcp. A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to control REAPER DAW for mixing, mastering, MIDI composition, and full music production workflows.

  • ai
  • claude
  • daw
  • mastering
  • mcp
  • midi
  • mixing
  • model-context-protocol
  • music-production
  • reaper

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What is REAPER MCP?

REAPER MCP is an MCP server that lets an AI assistant work in your open REAPER project: mixing, MIDI, routing and rendering. It has 73 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx twelvetake-reaper-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. The source code is at github.com/TwelveTake-Studios/reaper-mcp.

How do I install the REAPER MCP MCP server?

Add the command uvx twelvetake-reaper-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is REAPER MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is REAPER MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 29, 2026. The latest release is v1.8.0, published Sep 29, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.