Tune Companion

Use Tune Companion in Claude

Connect Tune Companion to Claude to search 20,000 session tunes, build tunebooks and sets, and keep track of what you can play.

Connect

In Claude, open Settings → Connectors, find Tune Companion in the directory and select Connect. It works in Claude on the web, the desktop and mobile apps, and Claude Code.

You can search the catalog straight away. The first time Claude needs your library, it asks you to sign in to Tune Companion, or to make a free account. You then choose whether Claude can only read your tunebooks, or change them too.

To add it by hand instead, choose Add custom connector and use this address:

https://tunecompanion.com/api/mcp

In Claude Code, run:

claude mcp add --transport http tunecompanion https://tunecompanion.com/api/mcp

Things to ask

  • “What are the most popular jigs in G?”
  • “Make me a tunebook of 15 well-known reels for a beginners' session, grouped into sets of three.”
  • “Show me the ABC for The Kesh in G major.”
  • “Which tunes in my Repertoire am I still learning?”
  • “Put The Kesh and Banish Misfortune on Want to learn.”
  • “Add The Silver Spear and The Merry Blacksmith to my Tuesday session book as a set.”
  • “Make my session tunebook public and give me the link.”

What Claude can read

  • Search The Session catalog. Find tunes by name, type, key, mode or time signature, most popular first. No account needed.
  • Get a tune's settings. Every version of a tune, with its key and, if you ask, the ABC notation. No account needed.
  • Get my library. Your folders, tunebooks, sets, tunebooks shared with you, and how many tunes are in your Repertoire.
  • List my Repertoire. Every tune you've given a Stage, from Want to learn to Can lead, filtered by Stage, name, type or key.
  • Get a tunebook. A tunebook's tunes and sets in playing order.
  • Get a tunebook's sharing. Who a tunebook is shared with, and whether its link is public.

What Claude can change

Only if you allow it when you sign in. Claude asks you before it deletes anything.

  • Set a tune's Stage. Put tunes on Want to learn, or move them on to Learning, Can play along or Can lead.
  • Remove a tune from your Repertoire. Clears its Stage and best speed. Claude asks you first.
  • Build a tunebook. Make a whole tunebook in one go, with its tunes grouped into sets.
  • Create, rename, move or delete tunebooks and folders. Organise your library.
  • Add, remove and reorder tunes. Change what's in a tunebook and the order you play it in.
  • Group tunes into sets. Create, edit, ungroup or delete sets.
  • Star tunes as often played. Mark the tunes your session plays most.
  • Share a tunebook. Invite someone by email, or turn on a public link. Claude asks you before it sends an invitation.

Disconnect

In Claude, open Settings → Connectors and disconnect Tune Companion. Your tunebooks stay in your account. To delete the account too, see the privacy policy.

Help

Email hello@tunecompanion.com. The tune catalog comes from The Session.