For developers

Build Songsheets into your app

Songsheets tells the story of one music scene per issue. You can put that into your app, site or assistant for free: what each scene was, the three records to start with and why, and a link to the full issue. No key needed.

MCP server

For Claude and other assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Add this as a remote server:

https://www.songsheets.co/api/mcp

Tools: search_issues, get_issue, where_to_start, get_record, list_issues, define_term and list_routes. Answers come with the link to the issue, and ask the assistant to cite it.

JSON API

GET /api/v1/issues
GET /api/v1/issues/uk-post-punk
GET /api/v1/search?q=manchester
GET /api/v1/glossary
GET /api/v1/routes

Add ?ref=yourapp to any request and every link we return carries it, so the readers you send are credited to you. Read-only, CORS open, cached for an hour, 60 requests a minute per address.

Embed an issue

<iframe src="https://www.songsheets.co/embed/uk-post-punk" width="100%" height="260" style="border:0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

A card in the issue's own colors: cover, the short version, the three records to start with, and a link to read it.

Terms

Free for any app, site or assistant, commercial or not.
Show “From Songsheets” with a visible link to the issue wherever you show our content.
Don't copy the catalogue wholesale, rebuild issues from it, or use it to train models.
Don't imply we endorse your product.

Building something bigger, or want more than the summaries? Get in touch.