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MCP server

search_catalog

Find releases and tracks by title, artist, label, ISRC or UPC, optionally by status.

Tool search_catalog · Read-only · Every account with MCP access · Role permission: releases.view

Find releases and tracks by title, artist, label, ISRC or UPC, optionally by status. Returns release ids for release_status and streams_and_revenue, and the tracks that matched. Leave query empty to list the most recently updated releases.

Arguments

Argument Type Required Description
query string No Title, artist, label, ISRC (e.g. USRC17607839) or UPC. Empty lists recent releases.
status draft | in_review | changes_requested | approved | live | archived | taken_down | rejected No Only releases in this status. in_review = submitted, waiting for review; live = approved and live in at least one store; rejected = changes_requested (old name).
limit integer (1–50) No Results per page (max 50). Default 20.
offset integer (0–5000) No Skip this many results (from next_offset). Default 0.

Example call

Assistants make this call for you; this is what goes to https://app.hillsmusic.com/mcp over JSON-RPC.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "search_catalog",
    "arguments": {
      "limit": 20,
      "offset": 0
    }
  }
}

Result

A one-line summary as text, then the same data as JSON in structuredContent, with these fields:

Field Type Description
total number
offset number
next_offset number or null
releases array of object

A refusal (no permission, not found, bad input) comes back as a tool error (isError: true) whose text says why.

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