Music Monday Spotify Open-Source Sync Bot

I created small Ruby utility that syncs tracks from Music Monday's comments to a Spotify playlist.

Music Monday (Playlist Sync Launch!)

Mikey Dorje for Music Forem Team ・ Dec 15 '25

#musicmonday #playlist #newmusic #discuss

Thanks to @tullis12 for the idea!

It’s live, open, and after a few tweaks seems to be boringly reliable. I started with the Spotify API, because it's a super easy setup but I have plans to expand it.

What It Does

• Parses the MusicMonday series on music.forem.com for Spotify and YouTube links/embeds.
• Maps YouTube → Spotify with simple heuristics; skips duplicates.
• Runs on GitHub Actions (no servers, no DB).

Live Links

• Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5pBJOB2JWQy4UdMEPELBDY
• Repo: github.com/mikeydorje/musicmonday

How It Runs

• Schedule (UTC): Tue 00:00, Thu 12:00, Sun 23:00
• Manual trigger: Actions → Run workflow (supports dry_run=true)
• Required secrets: SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, SPOTIFY_REFRESH_TOKEN, PLAYLIST_ID

Open to Contributors

• YouTube playlist mirroring (keep a matching YT playlist in sync)
• Bandcamp & SoundCloud detection/matching
• Vibe‑based routing with Gemini (auto‑route to multiple playlists; later, fold in Spotify audio features)
• Better matching (confidence/artist checks), fewer false positives
• Cover art automation (explore Forem cover‑art tooling → playlist image)
• Observability (clear logs/metrics), small DX improvements

If you want to hack on this, jump into the repo and open an issue/PR.

Have a listen!

It'd be cool to see this grow into an international community driven playlist from this platform. Seed the playlist with a comment

Comments

[Art light]

This is a clean, pragmatic automation—using GitHub Actions instead of standing up infra is exactly the right call for this scope, and the “boringly reliable” framing is a good sign. Expanding matching confidence and observability first would pay dividends before adding new sources, especially as community volume grows.

[Mikey Dorje]

Thanks! Yes, matching confidence and observability first makes sense.

[Art light]

😎

[Shahrouz Nikseresht]

This Spotify sync bot is such a cool idea! 🎧

It makes Music Monday feel even more like a community playlist, where everyone’s picks automatically collected and shared.

I’ve saved the playlist on Spotify already.

Thanks for building and open-sourcing this.

[Mikey Dorje]

Glad you like it! Yes, a shared community playlist is the idea!

[Ehsan Pourhadi]

Nice! i like it! i may add Soundcloud integration!

[Mikey Dorje]

Cool! Soundcloud integration would be awesome!