MixCraft started with static API keys—generate one from the web portal, paste it into your Claude Code config. The mx_ prefixed keys had no expiration, lived in shell history and dotfiles, and revoking one meant generating a new key and updating every client. Service tokens from third-party APIs expired
MixCraft connects Claude to Apple Music. The infrastructure post explains why the server is hosted remotely — Apple Music requires server-side JWT signing with a private key, so a local MCP server wasn't an option. This post covers the other side: the Apple Music integration itself, the adapter pattern
Several months ago, I was looking for some new music and decided to give Claude a crack at finding me some new music. i'm trying to make an album based playlist. It should consist of 3 (mostly) complete albums. Right now I have Hum - Downward is Heavenward