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Connecting an AI assistant

Stagemates has a built-in MCP server (Model Context Protocol — the standard way AI assistants connect to apps). Connect an assistant like Claude and it can manage your Stagemates library for you, in plain conversation.

What a connected assistant can do​

Everything runs under your account, with the same permissions and plan limits as the app:

  • Library — search your songs (by title, artist, key, even lyrics), create songs, update metadata.
  • Charts — read and create chord charts, edit them, set the default chart, and preview transpositions ("what would this look like in E?").
  • Audio — upload recordings, run audio analyses, and check results.
  • Sections — rename sections, move boundaries, split, and merge — the same safe operations as the app's edit mode.
  • Setlists — create setlists, add and reorder songs, and set per-setlist overrides: pin a specific chart or a transposed key for one entry without touching the song's defaults. ("For Saturday's gig, do Wagon Wheel from the acoustic chart, down two semitones.")
  • Bands — list your bands and create new ones.

Things to try:

"Build a 90-minute two-set list from our most-tagged country songs, and put the ballads in the middle of set two."

"Upload this voice memo to a new song called Harvest Moon and figure out the key and sections."

Connecting​

Add the Stagemates MCP endpoint to your assistant and approve the connection through the Stagemates sign-in and consent screen — step-by-step instructions in Connecting to the MCP server. The assistant only ever sees your data, and you can disconnect at any time by removing the server from your client.

Limits still apply​

The assistant is subject to your plan exactly as you are — song/setlist/band caps and monthly AI allowances. If it hits a limit, it will tell you which one and what plan removes it.