Tidal search
A headless Python CLI for interacting with the Tidal music streaming API, designed for LLM agent automation. Supports OAuth authentication, artist/album/track search, playlist management (create, rename, delete, add/remove tracks), and library favorites. Outputs human-readable text or structured JSON via a --json flag.
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Search for artists, albums, or tracks on Tidal. Use when the user wants to find music, look up an artist, search for a song or album.
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Tidal Search
Search for artists, albums, or tracks on Tidal and display results as a formatted table.
Commands
search artist
- Usage:
tidal-cli --json search --type artist --query "<query>" - Output:
[{id, name}]
search album
- Usage:
tidal-cli --json search --type album --query "<query>" - Output:
[{id, name, artist, year}]
search track
- Usage:
tidal-cli --json search --type track --query "<query>" - Output:
[{id, name, artist}]
Instructions
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Parse
$ARGUMENTS:- First word: search type (
artist,album, ortrack) - Remaining words: the search query
- If no arguments or missing search type, show usage:
/tidal-search <artist|album|track> <query> - If no query provided after the type, ask the user to provide a search term
- First word: search type (
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Run the appropriate command based on search type:
- artist:
tidal-cli --json search --type artist --query "<query>" - album:
tidal-cli --json search --type album --query "<query>" - track:
tidal-cli --json search --type track --query "<query>"
- artist:
-
Parse the JSON array output and format as a markdown table:
- artist: columns
IDandName - album: columns
ID,Name,Artist, andYear - track: columns
ID,Name, andArtist
- artist: columns
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If the result array is empty, display: "No results found for
<type>: <query>."
Error Handling
- If exit code is non-zero, read stderr:
"Error: Not authenticated"→ "You need to authenticate first. Run/tidal-authto log in.""Error: Unable to connect to Tidal"→ "Network error: unable to reach Tidal. Check your internet connection."- Any other error → display the raw error message with label "Error:"