How to Use the Bandcamp MCP in Mastra AI

Q: How can I build a Mastra AI workflow that finds new rock music on Bandcamp?

It's a two-step process. First, your agent calls gettags to confirm the genre tag is 'rock'. Then, it calls getnewreleases with that tag and processes the list of albums Mastra returns.

Q: How do I get a list of all possible genres for my MCP Server agent?

Have your agent call the gettags tool. It returns a clean array of all valid genre strings you can use as parameters for the music discovery tools.

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Automate Music Discovery Workflows

Mastra AI is built for multi-step jobs. You can create a workflow that finds new music and acts on it. For example, your agent can run `get_new_releases` for a specific genre, then loop through each result and use `get_page_data` to check the price. If an album is 'name your price', your workflow can automatically send a notification to a Slack channel or add it to a database. Mastra handles passing the data between steps and executing the logic.

Create Resilient Data Scrapers

Scraping websites is brittle. Pages go down, requests time out. Mastra AI's workflow engine solves this by handling retries for you. When your agent uses the `get_page_data` tool, Mastra can automatically re-run the command with exponential backoff if it fails. This means you can build data collection scripts that don't fall over. Set up a workflow to pull data from a list of 1,000 album pages, and trust that Mastra will handle any temporary network issues without crashing your process.

Build Conditional Music Bots

Real automation requires conditional logic. With Mastra AI, you can build agents that react differently based on tool outputs. For instance, a bot can `search` for an artist. If the search returns a result, the agent proceeds to call `get_page_data` on the artist's URL. If the search returns nothing, the agent can branch to a different step—maybe it logs the failure or tries searching again with a different spelling. This makes your bots smarter and more useful than simple scripts.

Setup guide

Set up Bandcamp MCP in Mastra AI

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+ and a TypeScript project
@mastra/mcp + @mastra/core packages
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install dependencies
Run npm install @mastra/mcp @mastra/core plus your preferred model provider (e.g. @ai-sdk/openai).
2

Configure the MCPClient
Create an MCPClient with your Vinkius endpoint as a URL object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Discover and inject tools
Call mcpClient.listTools() and spread the result into your agent's tools object. All Bandcamp tools become native Mastra tools.
4

Run with any model
Swap openai("gpt-4o") for any AI SDK-compatible provider. Call agent.generate() and the agent routes tool calls through MCP automatically.

agent.ts

import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";

const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
  id: "bandcamp-mcp-client",
  servers: {
    "bandcamp-mcp": {
      url: new URL(
        "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
      ),
    },
  },
});

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "Bandcamp Agent",
  model: openai("gpt-4o"),
  instructions: "You have access to Bandcamp tools.",
  tools: {
    ...(await mcpClient.listTools()),
  },
});

const result = await agent.generate(
  "List recent Bandcamp transactions"
);
console.log(result.text);

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Common questions about Bandcamp MCP in Mastra AI

It's a two-step process. First, your agent calls `get_tags` to confirm the genre tag is 'rock'. Then, it calls `get_new_releases` with that tag and processes the list of albums Mastra returns.

Yes. Mastra AI has automatic retries with exponential backoff built into its workflow engine. This is ideal for making your `get_page_data` calls more robust against temporary network flakes.

Yes, that's exactly what Mastra AI is designed for. Your workflow's first step would call `get_best_selling`. The next step would loop through those results, calling `get_page_data` for each album to get more detail.

Have your agent call the `get_tags` tool. It returns a clean array of all valid genre strings you can use as parameters for the music discovery tools.

This server only fetches public data from Bandcamp — artist names, album info, and URLs. Your Vinkius MCP endpoint is protected by a unique token. For extra control, you can configure your Mastra AI agent to require human approval before it executes any tool.

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