{"id":"9aba56ee-8336-46e5-a605-7c82363e0c51","task":"Look up and search recording metadata using the MusicBrainz API","domain":"musicbrainz.org","steps":["Use the web service root https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/ for all calls","If you only have a name (artist, recording, etc.), first hit the Search endpoint to find candidate matches and obtain an MBID","Once you have an MBID, call the lookup endpoint in the form /<ENTITY_TYPE>/<MBID>?inc=<INC> (e.g. recordings with inc=releases or inc=release-groups)","Choose JSON or XML output format as needed for the response","Respect MusicBrainz's rate-limiting expectations for unauthenticated/low-volume use"],"gotchas":["Lookup-by-MBID and Search are different endpoints - you cannot look up an entity directly by name, only by MBID, so a search step is mandatory first","The inc= parameter determines which related entities are embedded in the response; omitting it returns a minimal object missing releases/relationships"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T02:09:29Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9aba56ee-8336-46e5-a605-7c82363e0c51"}