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June 17, 2026

How to Break Down Revenue by Rights Type Using Claude AI and Mogul MCP

How to Break Down Revenue by Rights Type Using Claude AI and Mogul MCP

Your music can earn royalties from multiple distinct rights, mechanical, performance, sync licensing, and neighboring rights. Eachflows through different channels and requires different strategies tomaximize. Mogul MCP lets you ask Claude or ChatGPT for a completebreakdown so you can see exactly how your catalog earns across all thesestreams.

What Is Mogul MCP?

Mogul MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that connects your Mogulaccount to AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT. Once connected, youcan manage your entire music business, royalties, releases,publishing, just by having a conversation.

How to Connect Mogul MCP to Claude

Go to claude.ai and open Settings thenIntegrations (or use Claude Desktop, Settings, MCP Servers)
Click Add MCP Server
Enter the Mogul MCP server URL from your Mogul dashboard atusemogul.com (Settings, Integrations, MCP)
Authenticate with your Mogul credentials
Start a new conversation and Mogul tools will be available

How to Connect Mogul MCP to ChatGPT

Go to chatgpt.com and open Settings thenConnectors (ChatGPT Plus or Team required)
Click Add Custom MCP
Enter the Mogul MCP server URL: api.usemogul.com/mcp
Authorize the connection with your Mogul login
Open a new chat and type your request naturally

Sample Prompts to Try

Break down my royalty revenue by rights type, mechanical,performance, sync, and neighboring rights.
How much of my income comes from mechanical royalties vs. performance royalties?
Have I earned any sync licensing revenue in the last year?
Show me the breakdown of my publishing royalties by royalty type.
Which type of royalty is my biggest income source, and which ismy smallest?

Why This Matters for Independent Artists

Understanding revenue by rights type is one of the most sophisticatedpieces of financial analysis an independent artist can do, and it'sone that most never get to because it requires aggregating data frommultiple sources. Mechanical royalties come from on-demand streaming anddownloads. Performance royalties flow through PROs when your music isbroadcast or performed publicly. Sync royalties come from TV, film, andadvertising placements. Neighboring rights come from non-interactiveradio and public performance of the master recording.

Each of these streams requires a different collection strategy. If yourperformance royalties are much lower than expected relative to yourstreaming numbers, it might mean your PRO registrations are incomplete.If you're earning zero sync revenue despite a commercially accessiblecatalog, it might be worth actively pursuing sync placements. Mogul MCPgives you the breakdown that surfaces these gaps.

Most independent artists only actively collect one or two of theseroyalty types, leaving significant income uncollected. Understanding thefull picture through Mogul MCP and Claude or ChatGPT is the first steptoward making sure you're capturing every dollar your music earnsacross every rights type.

Conclusion

Every royalty type your music earns represents money that should be inyour pocket. With Mogul MCP connected to Claude or ChatGPT,understanding your full revenue breakdown by rights type is oneconversation away. Sign up at usemogul.com and connect Mogul MCP to makesure you're collecting everything you're owed.

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