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claude-code-music vs Songbrain

claude-code-music is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by shdowofdeath. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Songbrain is an MCP server published by songbrain-ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplaceclaude-code-musicSongbrain
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community Listed
Version: 1.0.0
Forks (GitHub): 0
Stars (GitHub): 0
Not marked · First seen
Not listed
Official MCP Registry Not listed Listed
Version: 1.0.4
Forks (GitHub): 0
Stars (GitHub): 0
Not marked · First seen

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

claude-code-music vs Songbrain
Factclaude-code-musicSongbrain
Marketplaces that list it11
Stars (GitHub)00
Forks (GitHub)00
Last release (differs)Not published2026-10-20
Where it runs (differs)Installs as a plugin bundleRemote server (api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp)
Transport (differs)Not statedStreamable HTTP
Tools it declaresNot publishedNot published
Environment variables it asks forNot publishedNot published
Parts of the bundle (differs)3Not a bundle
LicenceNot statedNot stated
Repository (differs)github.com/shdowofdeath/claude-code-musicgithub.com/songbrain-ai/songbrain
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)05
First seen2026-10-112026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)no remote endpoint we checkResponded 40 h ago

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.

What each says it does

claude-code-music

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community:

Intelligent coding DJ for Claude Code. Adjusts Spotify music based on your coding mood, activity, and preferences. Includes /music commands (focus, hype, chill, debug, refactor, flow), automatic mood detection from prompts, audio TTS announcements for time and task completions, session-start auto-play, and a status line showing the current song.

Songbrain

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Best moments + video-gen prompts per scene, beats, tempo, key. Spotify Audio Features alternative.

How to run each

claude-code-music As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-code-music@claude-community

Songbrain As a remote MCP server

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http songbrain https://api.songbrain.ai/v1/mcp --header "X-API-Key: <YOUR_X_API_KEY>"

Requires: X-API-Key header

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only Songbrain has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: claude-code-music · What it can do: Songbrain · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.

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