LABSCO SUMMARY

The collection, the wantlist and the shop counter answer in one place.

Search reaches the fields that identify a physical copy — barcode, catalogue number, credit, track — so pinning down which pressing you are holding is a call rather than a scroll through versions. Collection, wantlist and marketplace tools all key off the same username, which makes "do I already own this, and what is it going for" answerable without switching context.

What it is

A client for the Discogs API: 53 tools spanning the catalogue (releases, masters, artists, labels), a user's collection and wantlist, and the marketplace — listings, orders and order messages.

What you get

Catalogue search by barcode, catalogue number, credit, track, contributor, format, style, country and year, as well as free text
A release and its master, plus every version of that master filtered by country, label, format and release year
An artist's releases and a label's releases, paged and sorted
A collection organised in folders: releases added, moved between folders, rated, and removed by instance
User-defined collection notes fields read per user and written per release
The minimum, median and maximum value of a collection
A wantlist with notes and a rating on each entry
Marketplace listings created, updated and deleted with condition, sleeve condition, price, location and whether offers are allowed
Orders listed and edited, with an order's message log read and appended to
Marketplace statistics for a release, and an inventory export requested as CSV then listed and downloaded

Requirements

A Discogs account and a personal access token in DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, plus npx on your PATH.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — npx -y discogs-mcp-server, then supply credentials

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Identifying the pressing you are holding

Search on the barcode or catalogue number printed on the sleeve, open the release it matches, and list the other versions of that master when you need to tell two pressings apart by country or format.

searchget_releaseget_master_release_versions

02

Filing a new arrival onto the right shelf

Add the release to the collection folder that stands for that shelf, rate it, and write your own notes fields — where you bought it, what you paid — against that copy.

add_release_to_user_collection_folderrate_release_in_user_collectionedit_user_collection_custom_field_value

03

Checking whether you already own it before buying

Look the release up directly in the collection rather than scrolling it, and check the wantlist in the same breath so a duplicate purchase and a forgotten want are both settled before you pay.

find_release_in_user_collectionget_user_wantlist

04

Pricing something you are about to sell

Read the marketplace statistics for the release in the currency you sell in, then create the listing with condition, sleeve condition, price and whether you will take offers.

get_marketplace_release_statscreate_marketplace_listing

05

Answering a buyer and closing the order

Pull the orders that are still open, read the message log on the one being asked about, reply into that log, and move the order's status and shipping when it is settled.

get_marketplace_ordersget_marketplace_order_messagescreate_marketplace_order_messageedit_marketplace_order

06

Getting your inventory out as a spreadsheet

Request the CSV export, check the list of recent exports for the one that finished, and download it — useful when the accounting for a stall or a shop happens outside Discogs.

inventory_exportget_inventory_exportsdownload_inventory_export

53 tools

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`add_release_to_user_collection_folder`

Add a release to a folder in a user's collection. The folder_id must be non-zero.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

53 tools when we connected. Many tools write: they create, edit and delete collection folders, wantlist items, ratings, marketplace listings and orders. Uploading an inventory is not supported.

Requires

npx on PATH
Node.js
DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN in your environment

CONTEXT COST

Moderate Standing cost

Rated by the size of the 53 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

npx -y discogs-mcp-server

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop — npx

CLAUDE DESKTOP — NPX · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discogs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "discogs-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop — local build

CLAUDE DESKTOP — LOCAL BUILD · TERMINAL

git clone https://github.com/cswkim/discogs-mcp-server.git
cd discogs-mcp-server
pnpm install

CLAUDE DESKTOP — LOCAL BUILD · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discogs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "tsx",
        "<YOUR_PATH_TO_PROJECT_FOLDER>/src/index.ts"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

<YOUR_PATH_TO_PROJECT_FOLDER> is the absolute path of your clone, and <YOUR_TOKEN> is your Discogs personal access token (Discogs Settings > Developers).

Claude Desktop — Docker

CLAUDE DESKTOP — DOCKER · TERMINAL

git clone https://github.com/cswkim/discogs-mcp-server.git
cd discogs-mcp-server

Create a .env file in the clone based on .env.example, and set DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN in it

CLAUDE DESKTOP — DOCKER · TERMINAL

docker build -t discogs-mcp-server:latest .

CLAUDE DESKTOP — DOCKER · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discogs": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--env-file",
        "<YOUR_PATH_TO_PROJECT_FOLDER>/.env",
        "discogs-mcp-server:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

<YOUR_PATH_TO_PROJECT_FOLDER>/.env is the absolute path of that .env file.

LibreChat

In librechat.yaml, add this under the mcpServers section:

LIBRECHAT · YAML

discogs:
  type: stdio
  command: npx
  args: ["-y", "discogs-mcp-server"]
  env:
    DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: <YOUR_DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>

<YOUR_DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN> is your Discogs personal access token (Discogs Settings > Developers).

LM Studio

LM STUDIO · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discogs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "discogs-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_DISCOGS_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Discogs MCP Server

The collection, the wantlist and the shop counter answer in one place.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Identifying the pressing you are holding

Filing a new arrival onto the right shelf

Checking whether you already own it before buying

Pricing something you are about to sell

Answering a buyer and closing the order

Getting your inventory out as a spreadsheet

53 tools

add_release_to_user_collection_folder

add_to_wantlist

create_marketplace_listing

create_marketplace_order_message

create_user_collection_folder

delete_item_in_wantlist

delete_marketplace_listing

delete_release_from_user_collection_folder

delete_release_rating

delete_user_collection_folder

download_inventory_export

edit_item_in_wantlist

edit_marketplace_order

edit_release_rating

edit_user_collection_custom_field_value

edit_user_collection_folder

edit_user_profile

fetch_image

find_release_in_user_collection

get_artist

get_artist_releases

get_inventory_export

get_inventory_exports

get_label

get_label_releases

get_list

get_marketplace_listing

get_marketplace_order

get_marketplace_order_messages

get_marketplace_orders

get_marketplace_release_stats

get_master_release

get_master_release_versions

get_release

get_release_community_rating

get_release_rating_by_user

get_user_collection_custom_fields

get_user_collection_folder

get_user_collection_folders

get_user_collection_items

get_user_collection_value

get_user_contributions

get_user_identity

get_user_inventory

get_user_lists

get_user_profile

get_user_submissions

get_user_wantlist

inventory_export

move_release_in_user_collection

rate_release_in_user_collection

search

update_marketplace_listing

What to know first

Tools you get

Requires

Moderate Standing cost

Connect your client

Server setup

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop — npx

Claude Desktop — local build

Claude Desktop — Docker

LibreChat

LM Studio

Same category

Movies MCP Server

`add_release_to_user_collection_folder`

`add_to_wantlist`

`create_marketplace_listing`

`create_marketplace_order_message`

`create_user_collection_folder`

`delete_item_in_wantlist`

`delete_marketplace_listing`

`delete_release_from_user_collection_folder`

`delete_release_rating`

`delete_user_collection_folder`

`download_inventory_export`

`edit_item_in_wantlist`

`edit_marketplace_order`

`edit_release_rating`

`edit_user_collection_custom_field_value`

`edit_user_collection_folder`

`edit_user_profile`

`fetch_image`

`find_release_in_user_collection`

`get_artist`

`get_artist_releases`

`get_inventory_export`

`get_inventory_exports`

`get_label`

`get_label_releases`

`get_list`

`get_marketplace_listing`

`get_marketplace_order`

`get_marketplace_order_messages`

`get_marketplace_orders`

`get_marketplace_release_stats`

`get_master_release`

`get_master_release_versions`

`get_release`

`get_release_community_rating`

`get_release_rating_by_user`

`get_user_collection_custom_fields`

`get_user_collection_folder`

`get_user_collection_folders`

`get_user_collection_items`

`get_user_collection_value`

`get_user_contributions`

`get_user_identity`

`get_user_inventory`

`get_user_lists`

`get_user_profile`

`get_user_submissions`

`get_user_wantlist`

`inventory_export`

`move_release_in_user_collection`

`rate_release_in_user_collection`

`search`

`update_marketplace_listing`