{"id":"akr4-applemusic-mcp-server","name":"applemusic-mcp-server","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/akr4/applemusic-mcp-server","category":"communication","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","apple-music","rust","api-integration","deep-links","media-search"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server (in Rust) that integrates with the Apple Music API to let clients search for songs and generate deep links for songs or playlists, using Apple Developer/Apple Music API credentials provided via CLI.","use_cases":["AI assistants that can search Apple Music catalog by song/artist/album","Generating playback deep links for songs or playlists from an assistant","Building voice/chat experiences that reference Apple Music content"],"not_for":["Performing sensitive account operations (payments, account management)","Use without Apple Music API access/credentials","High-assurance deployments that require documented uptime/SLA or strong operational guarantees"],"best_when":null,"avoid_when":null,"alternatives":["Direct integration with Apple Music API from your application","Community Apple Music API wrappers (where available) integrated with your own UI/UX","Building a small internal MCP server wrapper around Apple Music REST endpoints"],"af_score":39.0,"security_score":52.5,"reliability_score":20.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:52:51.425575+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["Apple Developer JWT/private key (.p8) using team-id and key-id"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"Authentication appears to use Apple Music API key credentials provided on the command line (team ID, key ID, and private key path). Specific scopes/permissions are not documented in the provided README."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":null},"requirements":{"requires_signup":true,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":39.0,"security_score":52.5,"reliability_score":20.0,"mcp_server_quality":65.0,"documentation_accuracy":55.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":40.0,"rate_limit_clarity":5.0,"tls_enforcement":80.0,"auth_strength":70.0,"scope_granularity":30.0,"dependency_hygiene":40.0,"secret_handling":35.0,"security_notes":"Security assessment is limited by lack of implementation details. Provided auth mechanism uses an Apple Music key/private key (.p8), which is stronger than username/password, but the README shows credentials passed via CLI and does not describe secret handling/log redaction. No information is provided about TLS enforcement, token lifetime/refresh, scope granularity, dependency scanning, or security headers/error logging.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":30.0,"breaking_changes_history":20.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["README documents a nightly Rust requirement (uses rmcp), which may impact agent build/reproducibility.","MCP interface details (tool schemas, parameter constraints, and error formats) are not provided in the README excerpt; agent expectations may need verification via the MCP server’s actual tool definitions.","Authentication is supplied via CLI; agents may need secure handling of the .p8 file path and related parameters and should not expose them in logs."]}}