# MusicBrainz artist lookup

One artist from the open music encyclopedia MusicBrainz by MBID: type, country and area, life span, ISNI and IPI codes, disambiguation, plus by default its. Needs mbid.

One artist from the open music encyclopedia MusicBrainz by MBID: type, country and area, life span, ISNI and IPI codes, disambiguation, plus by default its links (official site, social profiles, streaming pages, Wikidata, Discogs). Use it to find an artist's official channels. Get MBIDs from the URL or ISRC lookup tools or from Wikidata. 404 for an unknown MBID.

- Tool ID: `musicbrainz/artist-lookup`
- Provider: [MusicBrainz](/providers/musicbrainz.md)
- Capability: [Apple Music, SoundCloud & podcasts](/tools/music/other.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "mbid": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$",
      "description": "MusicBrainz artist MBID (UUID), e.g. '056e4f3e-d505-4dad-8ec1-d04f521cbb56'"
    },
    "inc": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "url-rels",
        "aliases",
        "url-rels+aliases",
        "artist-rels",
        "label-rels"
      ],
      "default": "url-rels",
      "description": "Related data to include: links ('url-rels'), alternate names ('aliases'), group members ('artist-rels') or labels ('label-rels'), e.g. 'url-rels'"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "mbid"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "musicbrainz/artist-lookup",
  "input": {
    "mbid": "056e4f3e-d505-4dad-8ec1-d04f521cbb56"
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: CC0 1.0 (MusicBrainz core data).

Attribution: Data from MusicBrainz (musicbrainz.org), core data CC0.

[Provider documentation](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API#Lookups)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/musicbrainz/artist-lookup) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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