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AINSOF MCP Help

The AINSOF MCP brings a licensed music catalog into Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and other LLM agents. With the connection set up in the app of your choice, you can search for music, hear it and place it directly in your chats and agent workflows — no need to switch between apps.

This guide covers how to connect AINSOF to supported AI apps, and answers common questions about versions, stems, licensing and rights.


Setting up AINSOF MCP

You can connect AINSOF to any app that supports MCP. Below are setup instructions for connecting to specific apps:

Read more on the blog: AINSOF in Claude: what MCP is and how to connect it.

Connect to Claude
  1. Open Customize → Connectors in Claude desktop or on claude.ai.
  2. Click Add → Add custom connector.
    Claude Connectors — Add custom connector
    The Add menu, top right of the Connectors panel
  3. Name it AINSOF and paste the address:
    https://mcp.ainsof.io
    Naming the connector and pasting the address
    No OAuth and no key — leave Advanced settings empty
  4. Click Add.
  5. In any chat, open + → Connectors and switch AINSOF on.

Available on Free, Pro and Max. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it once for the whole workspace.

Connect to ChatGPT
  1. Open Add AINSOF to ChatGPT.
  2. Add AINSOF from that page.
  3. Ask for music in any chat.
Connect to Claude Code
  1. Open a terminal — anywhere, the connector is global.
  2. Run one command:
    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user ainsof https://mcp.ainsof.io
  3. Start a session. All the tools are there.

--scope user makes it available in every project. Without it the connector is registered only for the folder you ran the command in.

Verify with claude mcp list — you should see ainsof … ✔ Connected.

The same command works in the VS Code and JetBrains extensions.

Connect to Grok
  1. Open Skills and Connectors in the grok.com sidebar.
  2. Switch to the Connectors tab, then click New Connector at the top right.
  3. Grok asks for a custom name and an MCP server URL. Name it AINSOF and paste the address:
    https://mcp.ainsof.io
  4. Click Add Connector. Grok checks authentication and the connector is live.

There is no key and no sign-in. The same tools appear as in every other client, because they all reach the same address.

Connect to Gemini
  1. Click Connected Apps in the gemini.google.com sidebar.
    Gemini sidebar — Connected Apps under Customize
    Connected Apps, under Customize in the Spark sidebar
  2. Scroll to Custom apps for Spark.
    Custom apps for Spark — Add a custom app link to get started
    Add a custom app link to get started
  3. Paste the address, then Next:
    https://mcp.ainsof.io
    Set up a custom connected app — the address pasted in
    Leave Advanced Settings closed — there is no key and no sign-in
  4. Google explains what a custom app can do. Tick I understand and accept the security and privacy risks of connecting this custom app, then Connect.
    Connect this MCP server — accept the risks, then Connect
    Tick the box, then Connect
  5. Save your custom app lists what AINSOF can do. Click Connect to finish.
    Save your custom app — AINSOF Music with its available actions
    Every tool, listed before you commit
  6. In a chat, call it by name — @AINSOF Music — and ask for music.

There is no key and no sign-in — leave Advanced Settings closed. Spark plans the job, calls the tools it needs and comes back with tracks, albums, composers, tempo and the cutdowns that exist.

Custom apps for Spark need a personal Google Account rather than a Workspace one, with Keep Activity on. Google currently limits the feature to the US, in English, for users 18 and over.

Connect to Cursor

Setup

  1. Press Cmd+Shift+J (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows) to open Cursor Settings.
  2. In the left sidebar, choose Tools & MCPs.
  3. Click New MCP Server — the row reads Add a Custom MCP Server. If you have no servers yet the empty state shows a single Add Custom MCP button instead. Either one opens ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
  4. The file holds one mcpServers object. Add AINSOF inside it — a complete file with only AINSOF looks exactly like this:
    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "AINSOF": {
          "url": "https://mcp.ainsof.io"
        }
      }
    }

    If you already have other servers, add the "AINSOF" block beside them and keep the commas valid.

  5. Save the file. AINSOF appears in the list with a green dot, 16 tools and 1 resource. No sign-in, no key, no OAuth.
  6. Make sure the toggle beside AINSOF is on, then ask for music in any chat.

Troubleshooting

  • If AINSOF is not connecting, press Cmd+Shift+U (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+U (Windows) to open MCP Logs and read the error.
  • To reload it, open Tools & MCPs and click the refresh icon next to AINSOF.
Connect to any other MCP client

AINSOF is a standard remote MCP server over streamable HTTP, so anything that speaks MCP can reach it — Replit, Windsurf, Zed, Goose, or your own agent.

Most clients take a JSON block of the same shape. A complete config file with only AINSOF in it looks like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "AINSOF": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ainsof.io"
    }
  }
}

If the client already lists other servers, add the "AINSOF" block beside them rather than replacing the file.

No authentication, no key, no OAuth. If a client asks for a token, leave it blank.


AINSOF MCP FAQ

Who is this for?

Content creators — anyone cutting for YouTube, social or a client channel who needs music that is cleared and stays cleared.

Video editors — the people who need the 30-second cut, the underscore and the no-drums mix, not a track they have to fight in the timeline.

Music supervisors — send a reference, get back tracks that genuinely sound like it, with writers, splits and rights already filed.

Production companies and media teams — agencies, post houses and in-house studios delivering the same spot at six different lengths.

AI aggregators and multi-model platforms — products that route across several models and need a licensed music layer they can call rather than build. That is what the API is for.

Which versions come with a track?

Most tracks carry 15, 30, 40 and 60-second cuts, edited to land on the music rather than faded out, so you rarely need to trim by hand.

Beyond the cutdowns there are alternates built for cutting to picture: underscore and music bed for dialogue and voiceover, and minus-mixes that pull one element out — no drums, no percussion, no drums & percussion, no melody, no vocals, no guitars, no lead guitars, no choir, no brass, no bass, no piano, no strings, no woodwinds, no sax, no organ and no orchestra.

Some tracks also come as isolated groups — vocals, melodies, guitars only, drums & percussion, drums & bass, strings & brass, or drones & atmospheres.

Which of these a given track holds depends on how it was arranged; a piece with no choir in it has no no-choir mix. Ask the agent for a track and it lists exactly what that one carries, each with its own listen link.

Read more on the blog: How we built an AI agent that cuts music like an editor.

Can I get the stems?

Yes, for most of the catalog — and where a track has them you get all of them, typically five or six layers and up to sixteen.

Layers include drums, percussion, bass, strings, brass, woodwinds, guitars, piano, keys, synths, choir, vocals, melody, atmospheres and sound design.

Mute what fights the dialogue, raise what carries the scene, drop the drums for the first act and bring them back on the cut. Stems are included with a license, not sold separately.

Is the music AI-generated?

No. Every track was composed, played and produced by a real composer.

Every track is owned outright and cleared for commercial use. The agent is how you find the music — it is not how the music was made.

What can the agent reach?

Every tool records an operational request log and are annotated as changing private first-party state. Some also create private analysis jobs, scored media, delivery archives, upload destinations, listening links, or feedback sent after explicit consent.

It cannot inspect your files, conversations, projects or other connectors, and it never changes publicly visible internet state. It receives only what you explicitly send — a brief, video, video length, public or authorized reference, or track ID.

Do I need an account or an API key?

No. Paste the address and search. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to install. Working with a video asks for a quick sign-in on ainsof.io (Google or email), right in the chat. Downloading a file needs a signed-in account with an active plan or a single-track license for that track.

A key matters when you build AINSOF into your own product. Create one in your account at ainsof.io/account/api-keys (sign in with Google or email): every tool and 1,000 requests a day. A key is not a license.

What is a preview?

Every preview is the complete track — start to finish, clean, in MP3 192k. Not a thirty-second teaser.

All available versions and stems are free to audition. Take the 30-second cut, the underscore, the no-drums mix and four separate stems, lay them all against picture, and find out which one actually sits in your project before you pay anything. Downloading the files needs a signed-in account with an active plan or a single-track license for that track.

Auditioning is not a trial. It is how the catalog is meant to be used. A license is what lets the music be published.

Can I send a YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music or Deezer link?

Yes. Paste a link and the agent resolves the recording through public or authorized metadata, then compares a permitted preview clip by sound — tempo, instrumentation, texture and energy — and returns the tracks that sound closest to it.

It compares permitted preview audio rather than matching only on tags. SoundCloud is unsupported because it exposes no permitted preview clip, and TikTok metadata identifies the post caption rather than the recording; provide the artist and title instead.

Do you offer an API?

Yes. The MCP server is one way in; a direct API is the other, for teams building AINSOF into their own product.

It is the same catalog and the same capabilities — semantic search, reference matching, the fit-to-length logic, all available versions and stems — reachable from your own stack instead of from a chat window.

If you are building a video tool, an editing platform or an agent that needs licensed music, write to info@ainsof.io and we will scope it with you.

How does licensing work?

The license comes with your plan. Individual covers your own channels: websites, social media, podcasts and monetized YouTube. Business adds client work for clients of any size, brands and promos, and paid online ads. Business Pro adds streaming platforms and live events, for up to 5 people on one plan. Every plan includes all AI tools and MCP, with no monthly credits, and new music every week.

What you publish while your plan is active stays licensed for good, worldwide. TV and broadcast, trailers and cinema, apps and games are on Enterprise, on terms agreed in writing.

No plan? License one track. A single-track license covers one production with that track, paid once: $35 for one video or podcast episode on your own channels, or $179 for one video for a brand or client, including paid online ads.

See every plan on the pricing page, or tell us what you are making at info@ainsof.io.

Can I buy a single track?

Yes. A single-track license is paid once and covers one production with the track you chose, with all available versions and stems. Online / Social, $35: one video or one podcast episode on your own channels, on any online platform, monetized creator content included; not for client work or paid ads. Business / Advertising, $179: one video for a brand or a client, including brand-funded content, client work and paid online ads (paid social included), online media only. Each purchase covers one production, and what you publish under it stays licensed for good. Choose the track in the music, press Download and pick Buy this track. See every license on the pricing page.

Which should I choose, a plan or a single track?

For one production with one track, a single-track license is the simplest: pay once and you are done. If you make videos regularly or want to try several tracks in your edit, a plan covers unlimited downloads of every track and sound effect while it is active, from $9 a month. TV and broadcast, trailers and cinema, and apps and games are on Enterprise either way. See every license on the pricing page.

What about copyright and PROs?

Every work is registered and administered through the performing rights organizations, with writers, publishers and splits filed correctly.

That is the point of a catalog that was actually written by people and is actually owned: the paperwork exists, the rights are traceable, and nothing you license rests on an assumption.

Read more on the blog: Ask your AI assistant for the cue sheet, not just the music.

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