What is spotify?
spotify is a Claude Code mod by jewdev. Spotify inside Claude Code: player pane with album art and a visualizer, synced lyrics, a Claude DJ that learns your taste, a chime when Claude finishes or needs you, a focus timer, your. It is listed under While you wait and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | jewdev |
| Repository | jewdev/claude-spotify-mod |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | High risk (48/100) |
| Rank | #3,551 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #104 in While you wait |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-03 |
| Hooks | 9 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every prompt, every tool call, mcp__spotify__control calls, mcp__spotify__devices calls, mcp__spotify__now_playing calls, mcp__spotify__play calls, mcp__spotify__queue calls, mcp__spotify__search calls |
| Draws on | CommandOutput, AbovePrompt, Pane |
Is spotify safe to install?
spotify scores 48/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: sends data over the network; starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables; watches every prompt or event. It passed 3 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.audio.play | plays audio |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.model.fork | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.session.append | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.delete | keeps its own state |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.register | drives Claude |
$.ui.blit | draws interface |
$.ui.copy | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install spotify?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/jewdev/claude-spotify-mod claude plugin validate ./claude-spotify-mod/spotify
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add jewdev/claude-spotify-mod && claude plugin install spotify@claude-spotify-mod
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs spotify for you:
Install the "spotify" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/jewdev/claude-spotify-mod/tree/main/spotify. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.