Medley on a Mac can connect to an AI client that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Codex. You can then ask it things like “Which of my playlists have the most doubles?”, “Sort my Inbox into playlists” or “Make me a playlist for a long drive from songs I already have”, and it works with your music through Medley.
Nothing is shared until you connect a client. AI Access is on Mac only.
Connect a client
- Open Settings ▸ AI Access and choose Connect AI Client….
- Pick Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT & Codex, or Other Client, and choose Connect.
- Follow the setup for your client:
- Claude Desktop: quit Claude first (⌘Q), then choose Add to Claude Desktop. Medley asks once for Claude’s settings folder, adds itself beside your other servers and keeps a backup. Reopen Claude and ask it to use Medley.
- Claude Code, ChatGPT & Codex: choose Copy Setup and run it in Terminal. ChatGPT and Codex share one setup.
- Other Client: copy the setup into your client’s MCP servers.
The setup holds that connection’s secret, so keep it in that client only. Connecting the same client again replaces its old connection.
What a client can do
Settings ▸ AI Access ▸ What Connected Clients Can Do applies to every connected client, and a change takes effect at once:
| Permission | What it covers | Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Search songs, playlists, Review and History | Reading your songs, playlists, the Inbox, Review, History, what’s playing, and a summary of your library; suggesting and drafting new playlists | Always on |
| Add, remove and reorder songs, favourite, make playlists | Adding, inserting, moving, replacing and removing songs in your own playlists; renaming them; making playlists; Favourite and Suggest Less | On or off |
| Play, pause and skip | Starting, pausing and skipping in Music | On or off |
A client can ask for the same playlist ideas as the Ideas page, and draft a playlist from a mood, an artist or a song; making it needs the second switch. See New playlists from your library.
A client can also find Apple Music songs to stand in for ones Apple Music has withdrawn, and see what you’ve played lately on any device.
A client can’t delete a playlist. Deleting stays in the app, where you do it yourself after a merge or fold. Like Medley itself, a client can change only your own playlists, never ones saved from Apple Music, smart playlists or My Shazam Tracks.
The client may still ask you before each action, depending on how it is set up.
Undoing a client’s changes
Medley saves each playlist to History before a client changes it, under the client’s name, so Put Back undoes it. Settings ▸ AI Access ▸ Recent lists the last few changes, each with Show in History. See History and Put Back.
Moving or inserting songs makes Medley rebuild the playlist from the first changed position down, because Music can’t move songs. Those songs keep their date added to your library, but get a new date added to that playlist.
Disconnect
Choose Disconnect beside a client in Settings ▸ AI Access. It is cut off at once. Each client’s last use is shown beside its name.
What leaves your Mac
Medley gives the client what it asks to read: song, artist, album and playlist names, play counts and the like. The client may then send that to its own provider, under that provider’s privacy terms. Nothing goes to Wells Code.