Importly MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 37 installs a week from npm. Last commit 20 Jul 2026.
Download, transcribe, and get metadata for any video/audio URL. Managed yt-dlp + speech-to-text.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add importly-mcp -e 'IMPORTLY_API_KEY=<IMPORTLY_API_KEY>' -- npx -y importly-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"importly-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"importly-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IMPORTLY_API_KEY": "<IMPORTLY_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.importly-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "importly-mcp"]
env = { IMPORTLY_API_KEY = "<IMPORTLY_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"importly-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"importly-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IMPORTLY_API_KEY": "<IMPORTLY_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"importly-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"importly-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IMPORTLY_API_KEY": "<IMPORTLY_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<IMPORTLY_API_KEY> (Importly API key — free key with $3 credits at https://importly.io/?utm_source=mcp&utm_medium=integration&utm_campaign=official-registry).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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