Spotify MCP: create_playlist tool creates playlists that never appear in user's library
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 30, 2026 by mybarakot Closed Jul 2, 2026
Bug Description
The create_playlist tool appears to succeed — it returns a valid playlist URI and tracks are fetchable via fetch_tracks — but the created playlists never appear in the user's Spotify library (desktop app, mobile, or web player).
Steps to Reproduce
- Connect Spotify integration in Claude desktop app
- Ask Claude to create a playlist
create_playlistreturns a valid playlist URI withGENERATIVEsubtitle metadata- Check Spotify library (desktop, mobile, web player) — playlist is not there
- Search for the playlist by name in Spotify — not found
- Call
fetch_trackswith the returned URI — tracks are returned successfully
Expected Behavior
The created playlist should appear in the authenticated user's Spotify library.
Actual Behavior
The playlist exists on Spotify's backend (tracks are fetchable) but is invisible in the user's library across all Spotify clients.
Environment
- Platform: macOS
- Claude Desktop App
- Spotify MCP (claude.ai Spotify)
Additional Context
add_to_libraryworks correctly — tracks saved via this tool appear in Liked Songs as expectedget_currently_playingworks correctly- Only
create_playlistis broken - Multiple playlists were created across multiple sessions, none appeared in the user's library
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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