Wavelength MCP

Claude Code

The plugin brings the server and the /wavelength skill, and installs the engine on first use, so step 1 is optional:

/plugin marketplace add austinginder/wavelength
/plugin install wavelength@wavelength

Or add the server alone, for every project:

claude mcp add --scope user wavelength -- /path/to/wavelength mcp

Claude Desktop

Download wavelength.mcpb and open it. It carries the engine for macOS, Windows and Linux and asks where to keep your songs, so there is nothing to edit. Or, in Settings, Developer, Edit Config, add it to claude_desktop_config.json and restart:

{"mcpServers": {
  "wavelength": {
    "command": "/path/to/wavelength",
    "args": ["mcp"]
  }
}}

Cursor

Add it to ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one:

{"mcpServers": {
  "wavelength": {
    "command": "/path/to/wavelength",
    "args": ["mcp"]
  }
}}

VS Code

One command adds it to your profile for agent mode:

code --add-mcp '{"name": "wavelength", "command": "/path/to/wavelength", "args": ["mcp"]}'

Codex

Add it to ~/.codex/config.toml. A full render can outlast the time Codex gives a tool by default, so this allows ten minutes:

[mcp_servers.wavelength]
command = "/path/to/wavelength"
args = ["mcp"]
tool_timeout_sec = 600

Any other client

Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Zed and the rest run it the same way: a local stdio server whose command is the binary and whose argument is mcp. Most take this shape:

{"mcpServers": {
  "wavelength": {
    "command": "/path/to/wavelength",
    "args": ["mcp"]
  }
}}