ableton-mind: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

ableton-mind CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from Pantani/ableton-mind. It costs 2,195 tokens per session, scanned A, a copy of ableton-mind AGENTS.md, MIT.

Repository instructions for ableton-mind, an MCP server intended to let language models control Ableton Live through its object model, the structured set of tracks, devices, clips, and settings exposed by Live.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when planning or building Ableton Live tools, especially around device knowledge, MIDI, recipes, and the project's unresolved technology and compatibility choices.
Why use it?
They identify the current project state, the planning document as the scope source, and open decisions that must be settled before implementation begins.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is Pantani/ableton-mind's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on ableton-mind itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything ableton-mind configures →

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ableton-mind CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

98% identical to ableton-mind AGENTS.md — 8 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

CLAUDE.md · 109 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 109 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Repository state

This repo has moved past the original planning-only state. Treat PLAN.md as the scope source of truth, and _workspace/PROGRESS.md as the current implementation state.

Before scaffolding anything, confirm with the user that the open decisions in PLAN.md §13 are resolved (TS vs Python, min Live version, Mac-first vs cross-platform, name, license, etc.). Several were pending input as of the last session.

What ableton-mind is

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes the full Ableton Live Object Model (LOM) to LLMs, modeled on the tdmcp (TouchDesigner) project. The differentiators vs existing work (ahujasid/ableton-mcp at ~10% LOM, ideoforms/AbletonOSC which isn't MCP) are spelled out in PLAN.md §1:

  1. ~100% LOM coverage (~180 tools planned across 21 domains — see §4).
  2. Embedded knowledge base — JSON schemas for 50+ native Live 12 devices, scales, grooves, packs, MIDI standards (§5). Goal: LLM never guesses parameter names/ranges.
  3. Recipes — declarative JSON for drum kits, basslines, racks, arrangements by genre (§6). Server expands recipes into tool sequences.
  4. create → verify → preview loop — after each batch, re-read state and diff against intent; optional render/screenshot for the LLM to "see" the result (§7).
  5. Reactive listeners — LOM property changes pushed as MCP notifications (§4.21).

Planned architecture (three layers)

See PLAN.md §3 for the full spec.

Claude/Cursor ──MCP──▶ ableton-mind server (TS/Node) ──TCP JSON-RPC──▶ Remote Script (Python, inside Live)
  • MCP server (src/): TypeScript + Node 20+, @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, Zod validation. Holds tools, recipes, knowledge base. Routes calls to the bridge.
  • Bridge (live/AbletonMind/): Python Remote Script loaded by Live (Python 3.11 on Live 12, 3.7 on Live 10/11). Hosts a local TCP server (default :9876) speaking JSON-RPC 2.0. Dispatches to LiveAPI; pushes listener events as JSON-RPC notifications.
  • Knowledge/recipes (src/knowledge/, recipes/): static JSON shipped with the package.

Read the full file on GitHub · 109 lines

Changes

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  1. 2mo ago First seen · 109 lines · 2,195 tokens per session scan A b14287822adf

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ableton-mind CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Pantani/ableton-mind (10 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,195 tokens to every session, about $0.0088 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 98% identical to ableton-mind AGENTS.md, differing in 8 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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