Musicwire

Pay-per-call MusicXML validation, MuseScore rendering, automated QC, and signed provenance.

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What it can do

  • Musicwire Compose Guide: Get Musicwire's free MusicXML authoring guide and quality bar.
  • Musicwire Validate: Pay for deterministic MusicXML validation and detailed diagnostics.
  • Musicwire Render: Pay to submit an asynchronous MusicXML render. MP3 is for listening and MIDI is for editing. Poll musicwire_get_job for artifacts and QC.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Pay-per-call MusicXML validation, MuseScore rendering, automated QC, and signed provenance. Musicwire does not compose music.

How to connect

How to connect Musicwire to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://musicwire--thatdudealso.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Musicwire to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://musicwire--thatdudealso.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Musicwire to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://musicwire--thatdudealso.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (5)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

musicwire_compose_guideGet Musicwire's free MusicXML authoring guide and quality bar.
musicwire_validatePay for deterministic MusicXML validation and detailed diagnostics.
musicwire_renderPay to submit an asynchronous MusicXML render. MP3 is for listening and MIDI is for editing. Poll musicwire_get_job for artifacts and QC.
musicwire_get_jobGet a render job status, receipt, QC result, and signed artifact URLs. Optionally poll until it completes.
musicwire_verify_provenanceFree check of an artifact SHA-256 against Musicwire's signed render receipts. A matching file was rendered by Musicwire; any edit changes the hash.