freesound-mcp

Freesound-MCP is designed to simplify the integration of copyright-free sound resources into AI tools. It follows the Model Context Protocol standard and communicates with host applications via stdin/stdout. The server provides two main capabilities:

- 🔍Search Sounds: Search for sounds by keywords with optional filters for maximum duration and license type
- ⬇️Download Sounds: Download audio files by sound ID from Freesound
- 🎵Metadata Support: Retrieve detailed information about sounds, including duration, license, and preview links

- Lightweight MCP server built with Node.js
- Standard input/output communication mechanism compliant with MCP protocol
- Secure API key management through environment variables
- No database required - simple, stateless design

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/freesound-mcp.git cd freesound-mcp

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Set your API key as an environment variable:

export FREESOUND_API_KEY=your_freesound_api_key_here

To configure this MCP server in Claude Desktop:
- Open Claude Desktop preferences
- Navigate to "Beta Features" → "Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tools"
- Click "Configure" to manage MCP servers
- Add a new server configuration with these details:

- Name: "Freesound MCP"
- Command:node
- Arguments:/path/to/freesound-mcp/dist/index.js(after runningnpm run build)
- Environment Variables: EnsureFREESOUND_API_KEYis available to the process

After restarting Claude, you'll be able to use the Freesound tools in your conversations.

Once configured in Claude, you can use natural language commands such as:

- "Find me a rainforest ambient sound under 30 seconds"
- "Download sound #123456 as high quality"

1. Freesound Search (freesound_search)

Search for sounds on Freesound by providing keywords and optional filters.

- query(required): Search keywords
- maxDuration(optional): Maximum duration of sounds in seconds
- license(optional): License type of sounds to search for

- Array of sound objects containing:

- id: Sound ID
- name: Sound name
- duration: Sound duration in seconds
- license: Sound license
- preview: Sound preview URL

2. Freesound Download (freesound_download)

Download a sound from Freesound by sound ID.

- soundId(required): ID of the sound to download
- quality(optional): Audio quality ('hq' for high quality or 'lq' for low quality), defaults to 'lq'
- downloadDir(optional): Custom download directory, defaults to ~/.freesound-mcp/downloads

- filePath: Path where the file was downloaded

- Keep yourFREESOUND_API_KEYsecret and never expose it in client-side code
- Input parameters are validated to prevent malicious IDs from being passed to the API
- The server follows MCP security best practices for communication

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

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