# myinstants-mcp MCP Server

Give your AI agent a soundboard. Millions of meme sounds from myinstants.com.

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## Connect

Published as `myinstants-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

Published as `myinstants-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

5 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own maintainers are excluded.

### Most discussed

### Question about auth approach

Hi @austenstone, the sound button MCP server is fun. For shared usage, adding user identity could help with usage tracking. I've built a simple auth layer for MCP. Want to try it?

[Read the thread](https://github.com/austenstone/myinstants-mcp/issues/10) · 2026-06-02 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### perf: switch cache I/O from sync to async

## Problem

Cache reads/writes use `readFileSync`/`writeFileSync`, which block the event loop. In a stdio MCP server, this means the server can't process the next message until file I/O completes.

Currently not an issue (cache is small), but as the lookup table grows with hundreds of sounds, the blocking I/O adds latency to every `play_sound` and `search_sounds` call.

## Fix

Replace:
- `readFileSync` → `fs.promises.readFile`
- `writeFileSync` → `fs.promises.writeFile`
- Make `loadCache()` and

[Read the thread](https://github.com/austenstone/myinstants-mcp/issues/7) · 2026-02-18 · open · 1 comment

### feat: configurable audio output device

## Problem

Currently, sounds play through the system default audio output. There's no way to route audio to a specific device (e.g. a particular speaker, headphones, Bluetooth device, Cast speaker, etc.).

The server already has configurable env vars (`MYINSTANTS_VOLUME`, `MYINSTANTS_CACHE`, etc.) — audio device should follow the same pattern.

## Proposed Design

### Environment Variable

```
MYINSTANTS_DEVICE="Denon AVR-S760H"
```

### Player Support

Each player has device selection flags:

[Read the thread](https://github.com/austenstone/myinstants-mcp/issues/4) · 2026-02-18 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: stop_sound tool to kill currently playing audio

## Problem

Once a sound starts playing, there's no way to stop it. Long sounds (17s rick roll, etc.) play to completion. The agent should be able to interrupt playback.

## Proposed Design

### New Tool: `stop_sound`

```
stop_sound()  → kills current playback + clears queue
```

### Implementation

The server already tracks spawned player processes via `spawn()`. We'd need to:

1. Store the child process PID when `spawnPlayer()` is called
2. `stop_sound` sends `SIGTERM` / `kill()` to the activ

[Read the thread](https://github.com/austenstone/myinstants-mcp/issues/3) · 2026-02-18 · open · 0 comments

### feat: local caching + favorites via MCP resources

## Problem

Every `play_sound` or `search_sounds` call hits myinstants.com. When agents replay the same sounds frequently (vine boom, bruh, sad trombone), that's redundant API calls and added latency.

MCP Resources are supported by VS Code Copilot, Claude Desktop, and other clients — we should use them for local state.

## Proposed Design

### Cache Layer
- Cache search results + played sounds to `~/.cache/myinstants/cache.json`
- Store: slug, name, URL, last played timestamp, play count
- `pla

[Read the thread](https://github.com/austenstone/myinstants-mcp/issues/1) · 2026-02-18 · open · 0 comments

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