MCP Media URL Transcriber runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Transcribe direct audio and video file links on your own speech to text API key
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Today is the operative word: we check MCP Media URL Transcriber every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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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 mcp-media-url-transcriber -e 'APIFY_TOKEN=<APIFY_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @mambalabsdev/mcp-media-url-transcriber{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-media-url-transcriber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-media-url-transcriber"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-media-url-transcriber]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mambalabsdev/mcp-media-url-transcriber"]
env = { APIFY_TOKEN = "<APIFY_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-media-url-transcriber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-media-url-transcriber"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-media-url-transcriber": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-media-url-transcriber"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<APIFY_TOKEN> (Apify API token from https://console.apify.com/account/integrations).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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