MusicBrainz · Agentic Access

MusicBrainz Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

MusicBrainz exposes 36 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 6 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 30 read and 6 write.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

MusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen DataCatalogIdentifiersISRCISWCMBIDDiscIDArtistsReleasesRecordingsWorksLabelsCover ArtOpen SourceNon Profit
Operations: 36 Acting: 6 Human-in-the-loop: 0 Method: generated

By consequence

read 30 write 6

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Agentic Access

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/musicbrainz-web-service-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 36
  by_action_class:
    connected: 30
    acting: 6
  by_consequence:
    read: 30
    write: 6
  human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /artist/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupArtist
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /artist
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchArtists
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /release/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupRelease
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /release
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchReleases
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /release
  method: post
  operationId: submitBarcodes
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    scope:
    - submit_barcode
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /release-group/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupReleaseGroup
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /release-group
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchReleaseGroups
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /recording/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupRecording
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /recording
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchRecordings
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /recording
  method: post
  operationId: submitISRCs
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    scope:
    - submit_isrc
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /work/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupWork
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /work
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchWorks
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /label/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupLabel
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /label
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchLabels
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /place/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupPlace
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /place
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchPlaces
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /area/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupArea
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /area
  method: get
  operationId: searchAreas
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /event/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupEvent
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /event
  method: get
  operationId: browseOrSearchEvents
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /instrument/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupInstrument
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /instrument
  method: get
  operationId: searchInstruments
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /series/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupSeries
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /series
  method: get
  operationId: searchSeries
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /url/{mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupUrl
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /url
  method: get
  operationId: lookupUrlsByResource
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /genre/all
  method: get
  operationId: listAllGenres
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /isrc/{isrc}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupRecordingsByISRC
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /iswc/{iswc}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupWorksByISWC
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /discid/{discid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupReleasesByDiscID
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /collection
  method: get
  operationId: listUserCollections
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /collection/{collection_mbid}
  method: get
  operationId: lookupCollection
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /collection/{collection_mbid}/{entity_type}
  method: put
  operationId: addEntitiesToCollection
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    scope:
    - collection
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /collection/{collection_mbid}/{entity_type}
  method: delete
  operationId: removeEntitiesFromCollection
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    scope:
    - collection
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /tag
  method: post
  operationId: submitTags
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    scope:
    - tag
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /rating
  method: post
  operationId: submitRatings
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    scope:
    - rating
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required