Genius

Genius MCP Connector for Claude

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Access the world's largest collection of song lyrics and musical knowledge. Search songs, artists, and annotations directly from your AI agent.

14 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Genius account to any AI agent to explore the world's largest database of song lyrics and crowdsourced musical knowledge.

What you can do

  • Search & Discovery — Use search to find songs and artists or lookup_web_page to find Genius data for any URL.
  • Lyrics & Annotations — Retrieve deep insights into song meanings with get_annotation and get_referents.
  • Artist Insights — Fetch comprehensive artist profiles and their discography using get_artist and get_artist_songs.
  • Community Interaction — Upvote, downvote, or create your own annotations using upvote_annotation, downvote_annotation, and create_annotation.
  • Account Management — Access your own profile details with get_account.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Genius Client Access Token
  3. Start exploring musical context from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Music Enthusiasts — dive deep into the hidden meanings of your favorite tracks without leaving your chat interface.
  • Content Creators — quickly verify lyrics and artist facts for videos, blogs, or social media.
  • Developers — integrate musical metadata and annotations into your workflow seamlessly.
lyricsmusic-dataannotationscontent-discoverymedia-metadata

14 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

create_annotation

Requires create_annotation scope. Create a new annotation on a public web page

delete_annotation

Requires manage_annotation scope. Delete an annotation

downvote_annotation

Requires vote scope. Downvote an annotation

get_account

Requires me scope. Get current user account information

get_annotation

Get data for a specific annotation

get_artist_songs

Get songs by a specific artist

get_artist

Get data for a specific artist

get_referents

Get referents (sections of content with annotations)

get_song

Get data for a specific song

lookup_web_page

Lookup a web page on Genius

search

Search all song content hosted on Genius

unvote_annotation

Requires vote scope. Remove vote from an annotation

update_annotation

Requires manage_annotation scope. Update an annotation

upvote_annotation

Requires vote scope. Upvote an annotation

See how to talk to your AI agent using Genius.

Search for the song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and give me its ID.

I found 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen. The Song ID is 63214. Would you like me to fetch the full details or annotations for this track?

Get all songs by the artist with ID 16775.

Fetching songs for Artist ID 16775 (Kendrick Lamar)... I've found tracks like 'HUMBLE.', 'DNA.', and 'Alright'. Would you like to see the full list or details for a specific song?

What does the annotation with ID 1034 say?

Annotation 1034 explains the historical context of the opening verse, noting that the artist is referencing a specific event from 1969. It has 45 upvotes.

Yes! Use the `search` tool with the lyrics you remember. The agent will return the most relevant song matches from the Genius database.

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