clef

Read-only music guides, chord transposition, piano chord spelling and guitar-tab pitch mapping.

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Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
100%
Schema completeness
80%
Naming quality
85%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

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Context Cost

~525Tokens (tool definitions)
~757 BTypical response size
Minimal attention impact (0.41% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clef": {
      "url": "https://clefdrills.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://clefdrills.com/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (4)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢find_music_guides(query)

Find Clef instructional guides by words in the title and description. Guides are not file converters.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢transpose_chords(chords, semitones, preferFlats)

Transpose chord symbols, including slash bass notes. Does not process audio, lyrics, or notation files.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "chords": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 10000
    },
    "semitones": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": -24,
      "maximum": 24
    },
    "preferFlats": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "chords",
    "semitones"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢spell_piano_chord(symbol, octave)

Spell a supported chord as piano pitches with octave and MIDI values. This does not create a rhythmic arrangement.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "symbol": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "octave": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 6,
      "default": 4
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "symbol"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢tab_to_piano_notes(tab, capo)

Convert six-string ASCII guitar tab to sounding piano pitches. Tab spacing does not specify note duration. No GP files or audio uploads.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "tab": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 20000
    },
    "capo": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 12,
      "default": 0
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "tab"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

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