fix: replace deprecated recommendations/related-artists with search-based discovery

Spotify deprecated /recommendations and /artists/{id}/related-artists.
All three discovery tools now use genre-based search:
- suggest: extracts genres from top artists, searches with mood keywords
- discover_artist: finds artists sharing same genres
- fresh_finds: genre search with known-artist filtering for freshness

musictail_mcp.py

@@ -114,30 +114,62 @@ class FreshFindsInput(BaseModel):
 async def suggest_music(params: SuggestInput) -> str:
     """
     Suggest music based on your recent listening history and optional mood filter.
-    Automatically seeds from your top tracks — no manual input needed.
+    Uses genre-based search seeded from your top artists' genres.
     """
     sp = get_spotify_client()
-    # Get top tracks as seeds (mix of recent and medium-term)
-    top_short = sp.current_user_top_tracks(limit=5, time_range="short_term")
-    top_medium = sp.current_user_top_tracks(limit=5, time_range="medium_term")
     
-    seed_ids = []
+    # Get top artists to extract genres
-    for t in (top_short["items"][:3] + top_medium["items"][:2]):
+    top_artists = sp.current_user_top_artists(limit=10, time_range="short_term")
-        if t["id"] not in seed_ids:
-            seed_ids.append(t["id"])
-    seed_ids = seed_ids[:5]  # Spotify max 5 seeds
     
-    # Build recommendation kwargs
+    # Collect genres from top artists
-    kwargs = {"seed_tracks": seed_ids, "limit": params.count}
+    genres = []
-    if params.mood and params.mood.value in MOOD_FEATURES:
+    for a in top_artists["items"]:
-        kwargs.update(MOOD_FEATURES[params.mood.value])
+        genres.extend(a.get("genres", []))
     
-    results = sp.recommendations(**kwargs)
+    # Deduplicate and pick top genres
+    genre_count = {}
+    for g in genres:
+        genre_count[g] = genre_count.get(g, 0) + 1
+    sorted_genres = sorted(genre_count.items(), key=lambda x: -x[1])
+    top_genres = [g for g, _ in sorted_genres[:3]]
+    
+    if not top_genres:
+        return "Could not determine your genres. Listen to more music first!"
+    
+    # Add mood keywords to search
+    mood_keywords = {
+        "chill": "chill ambient",
+        "energetic": "energetic upbeat",
+        "melancholy": "melancholy sad",
+        "focused": "instrumental focus",
+        "dreamy": "dreamy ethereal",
+        "dark": "dark atmospheric",
+        "uplifting": "uplifting bright",
+        "intense": "intense powerful",
+    }
+    
+    # Build search query from genres + mood
+    query_parts = top_genres[:2]
+    if params.mood and params.mood.value in mood_keywords:
+        query_parts.append(mood_keywords[params.mood.value])
+    query = " ".join(query_parts)
+    
+    # Search for tracks
+    results = sp.search(q=query, type="track", limit=params.count)
+    
+    # Filter out tracks by artists already in top list
+    top_artist_ids = {a["id"] for a in top_artists["items"]}
+    tracks = [t for t in results["tracks"]["items"] 
+              if not any(a["id"] in top_artist_ids for a in t["artists"])]
+    
+    # If too few new tracks, include some known artists
+    if len(tracks) < params.count // 2:
+        tracks = results["tracks"]["items"][:params.count]
     
     lines = [f"🎵 **MusicTail Suggestions**" + (f" — mood: {params.mood.value}" if params.mood else "")]
-    lines.append(f"Seeded from your top tracks\n")
+    lines.append(f"Based on your genres: {', '.join(top_genres)}\n")
     
-    for i, track in enumerate(results["tracks"], 1):
+    for i, track in enumerate(tracks[:params.count], 1):
         artists = ", ".join(a["name"] for a in track["artists"])
         album = track["album"]["name"]
         tid = track["id"]
@@ -157,7 +189,7 @@ async def suggest_music(params: SuggestInput) -> str:
 async def discover_artist(params: DiscoverInput) -> str:
     """
     Find artists similar to one you like, with their top tracks.
-    Great for expanding from known favorites into new territory.
+    Uses genre-based search to find artists in the same musical space.
     """
     sp = get_spotify_client()
     
@@ -167,15 +199,28 @@ async def discover_artist(params: DiscoverInput) -> str:
         return f"Could not find artist: {params.artist_name}"
     
     artist = search["artists"]["items"][0]
-    artist_id = artist["id"]
+    artist_genres = artist.get("genres", [])
-    genres = ", ".join(artist.get("genres", [])[:5]) or "no genres listed"
+    genres_str = ", ".join(artist_genres[:5]) or "no genres listed"
     
-    # Get related artists
+    if not artist_genres:
-    related = sp.artist_related_artists(artist_id)
+        return f"**{artist['name']}** has no genres listed on Spotify — can't find similar artists without genre data."
-    similar = related["artists"][:params.count]
+    
+    # Search for artists in the same genres
+    seen_ids = {artist["id"]}
+    similar = []
+    
+    for genre in artist_genres[:3]:
+        if len(similar) >= params.count:
+            break
+        genre_search = sp.search(q=f"genre:\"{genre}\"", type="artist", limit=20)
+        for a in genre_search["artists"]["items"]:
+            if a["id"] not in seen_ids and len(similar) < params.count:
+                seen_ids.add(a["id"])
+                similar.append(a)
     
     lines = [f"🔍 **Artists similar to {artist['name']}**"]
-    lines.append(f"Genres: {genres}\n")    
+    lines.append(f"Genres: {genres_str}\n")
+    
     for i, sim in enumerate(similar, 1):
         sim_genres = ", ".join(sim.get("genres", [])[:3]) or "—"
         popularity = sim.get("popularity", 0)
@@ -192,6 +237,9 @@ async def discover_artist(params: DiscoverInput) -> str:
             lines.append(f"   Play ID: `{top_tracks[0]['id']}`")
         lines.append("")
     
+    if not similar:
+        lines.append("No similar artists found in these genres.")
+    
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
 
@@ -259,31 +307,48 @@ async def fresh_finds(params: FreshFindsInput) -> str:
     """
     sp = get_spotify_client()
     
-    if params.adventurous:
+    # Get genres from top artists
-        # Use long-term + different seed strategy
+    time_range = "long_term" if params.adventurous else "short_term"
-        top = sp.current_user_top_artists(limit=10, time_range="long_term")
+    top_artists = sp.current_user_top_artists(limit=15, time_range=time_range)
-        # Pick less-obvious artists (positions 5-10 instead of 1-5)
+    
-        seed_artists = [a["id"] for a in top["items"][4:9]][:5]
+    # Collect and rank genres
-        kwargs = {
+    genre_count = {}
-            "seed_artists": seed_artists,
+    for a in top_artists["items"]:
-            "limit": params.count,
+        for g in a.get("genres", []):
-            "min_popularity": 5,
+            genre_count[g] = genre_count.get(g, 0) + 1
-            "max_popularity": 50,  # Push toward obscure
+    sorted_genres = sorted(genre_count.items(), key=lambda x: -x[1])
-        }
+    
+    # Adventurous = less common genres; Normal = top genres
+    if params.adventurous and len(sorted_genres) > 3:
+        pick_genres = [g for g, _ in sorted_genres[3:6]]  # Less dominant genres
+        query_extra = "new"
     else:
-        # Use recent tracks as seeds
+        pick_genres = [g for g, _ in sorted_genres[:3]]
-        top = sp.current_user_top_tracks(limit=10, time_range="short_term")
+        query_extra = ""
-        seed_tracks = [t["id"] for t in top["items"][:5]]
+    
-        kwargs = {
+    if not pick_genres:
-            "seed_tracks": seed_tracks, 
+        return "Could not determine your genres. Listen to more music first!"
-            "limit": params.count,
+    
-        }    
+    # Search for tracks in those genres
-    results = sp.recommendations(**kwargs)
+    query = " ".join(pick_genres[:2])
+    if query_extra:
+        query += f" {query_extra}"
+    
+    results = sp.search(q=query, type="track", limit=min(params.count * 2, 50))
+    
+    # Filter out tracks by known top artists for freshness
+    top_artist_ids = {a["id"] for a in top_artists["items"]}
+    fresh = [t for t in results["tracks"]["items"]
+             if not any(a["id"] in top_artist_ids for a in t["artists"])]
+    
+    # Fall back to all results if too few fresh ones
+    tracks = fresh[:params.count] if len(fresh) >= params.count // 2 else results["tracks"]["items"][:params.count]
     
     mode = "🗺️ Adventurous" if params.adventurous else "🏠 Comfort Zone"
-    lines = [f"🎵 **MusicTail Fresh Finds** — {mode}\n"]
+    lines = [f"🎵 **MusicTail Fresh Finds** — {mode}"]
+    lines.append(f"Searching: {', '.join(pick_genres)}\n")
     
-    for i, track in enumerate(results["tracks"], 1):
+    for i, track in enumerate(tracks[:params.count], 1):
         artists = ", ".join(a["name"] for a in track["artists"])
         album = track["album"]["name"]
         pop = track.get("popularity", 0)