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Spotify × ChatGPT

Use the Spotify MCP server
in ChatGPT

Discover music and podcasts — recommendations by taste, mood, and activity, from your AI. This guide connects Spotify to ChatGPT (chatgpt.com) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

Connect Spotify free

Live-probed · Security-scanned · Note: Spotify currently restricts third-party sign-ins — API-key path recommended

Setup: Spotify in ChatGPT

ChatGPT adds MCP servers via custom connectors in developer mode. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Connect Spotify to your free gate gateway from the verified directory.
  2. Open ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors and enable Developer mode under Advanced.
  3. Click 'Create', name it 'gate', paste your gateway URL, and set authentication to OAuth.
  4. Approve the authorization — Spotify is now available in your ChatGPT conversations.

What to ask once it’s connected

“Build me a focus playlist for deep work.”
“Recommend new artists based on what I've been listening to.”
“Find an upbeat podcast for my morning commute.”
“What should I put on for a dinner party tonight?”

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same Spotify connection works in Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool Spotify exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything ChatGPT did with Spotify — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

Spotify passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

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Also available: Spotify in Claude · Spotify in Claude Code · Spotify in Cursor · Spotify in VS Code