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max4.live MCP server

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or any Model Context Protocol client to max4.live and search 8,900+ Max for Live devices for Ableton Live in plain language — the same fuzzy search and filters that power the website, exposed as tools your AI assistant can call.

Endpoint

https://mcp.max4.live/mcp

Streamable HTTP transport. An SSE endpoint is also available at https://mcp.max4.live/sse. No authentication, no API key — it's public and read-only.

Add it to your assistant

ChatGPT — Settings → Connectors → add a custom connector with the URL https://mcp.max4.live/mcp.

Claude Code — one command:

claude mcp add --transport http max4live https://mcp.max4.live/mcp

Claude Desktop / other clients — add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "max4live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.max4.live/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

search_devices — fuzzy full-text search (name, author, description) plus filters: type, license, sort (relevance / downloads / newest / oldest / name), added_after, min_downloads, limit. Returns each device's page URL and where to get it.

get_device — full details for one device by id.

list_filters — the valid type, license and sort values.

Ask things like

"Find me a free granular MIDI effect for Ableton."
"Most popular free MIDI devices added in the last 2 weeks."
"Show commercial reverbs sorted by downloads."
"What's the most downloaded instrument by Amazing Noises?"

Your assistant maps the question to the right filters and calls search_devices — no need to learn the parameters.

Also listed on

Official MCP Registry — live.max4/max4live
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