Transcription MCP Server

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Transcription is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 39 tools. Last commit 10 Nov 2026.

Transcribe audio and video and work with your transcript library from any AI app. 119 languages.

Uptime history 77 days of history · worst day 0%

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Tools

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111 ms

Response time

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Stars

last commit 10 Nov 2026

What changed 62

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 26 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

30 Aug 10 tools changed the parameters they ask for check_balance, get_account, get_billing_portal_url and 7 more

30 Aug 2 tools appeared get_doc, search_docs

28 Aug 23 tools appeared cancel_scheduled_bot, chat_with_transcript, create_account and 20 more

28 Aug 23 tools disappeared cancel_scheduled_bot, chat_with_transcript, create_account and 20 more

28 Aug a tool changed version3 times that day

26 Aug a tool changed version

and 2 more, back to 26 August 2026

What the code does

We read the source, 8 h ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call transcribe_upload.file_path → src/tools/transcribe-upload.ts:201

    fileBuffer = await fs.readFile(filePath);

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command src/auth/oauth.ts:200

    const child = spawn(cmd.file, cmd.args, { detached: true, stdio: "ignore" });

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add transcription --transport http https://platform.scriptivox.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://platform.scriptivox.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.transcription]
url = "https://platform.scriptivox.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcription": {
      "url": "https://platform.scriptivox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "transcription": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://platform.scriptivox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 39

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

transcribe

transcribe_cancel

Cancel an in-flight Scriptivox transcription and release any reserved balance. Idempotent. Returns 409 CONFLICT on already-terminal jobs. Requires a configured API key.

transcribe_delete

Soft-delete a Scriptivox transcription record. Idempotent. Returns 409 CONFLICT if the job is still in-flight — cancel first via transcribe_cancel. Requires a configured API key.

transcribe_status

Check the status of a Scriptivox transcription job. Use this for long-running transcriptions, after a timeout, or to verify completion. Requires a configured API key.

transcribe_upload

Transcribe a LOCAL file by uploading it to Scriptivox. NOT AVAILABLE over the hosted MCP endpoint: this server has no access to your filesystem. Use transcribe_url with a public URL, run @scriptivox/mcp-server locally over stdio, or drive the 3-step REST upload flow yourself. Max file size 5 GB. Requires a configured API key.

transcribe_url

Transcribe audio or video from a public URL using Scriptivox AI. Supports 119 languages, speaker diarization, and word-level timestamps. RECOMMENDED: always pass the `language` parameter explicitly when you know the audio language — auto-detect has a small failure rate on short clips, code-switched audio, or files starting with music. Requires a configured API key.

account

create_account

Create a Scriptivox account from an email address and password. Needs no credential. The account is NOT usable when this returns: a confirmation email is sent and the account can do nothing until its link is followed, which only the person can do. The reply is identical whether or not the address was already registered.

get_account

Read the account of the signed-in person: current plan, entitlements and quota. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token, not an API key.

api

create_api_key

Mint a new Scriptivox API key (sk_live_...) for the signed-in person. This is the bridge from a web account to the transcription API. The secret is returned ONCE and cannot be retrieved again. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

get_api_docs

Get Scriptivox API documentation. Sections: quickstart, transcribe, result, list, cancel, delete, upload, balance, webhooks, errors. No API key required.

automation

get_automation_run

Check the progress of an automation run started by run_automation: overall status, plus each step with its status, model, duration and error. Poll this the way you would poll transcribe_status. Read-only. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

run_automation

Run one of the signed-in person's existing automations over one completed transcription. SPENDS THE ACCOUNT'S LLM CREDITS as its steps execute. Returns a run_id immediately — automations are long-running and do not finish inside this call, so poll get_automation_run until the status is succeeded or failed. Re-running the same automation over the same transcript is suppressed rather than duplicated. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

billing

get_billing_history

Read the signed-in person's billing history: plan invoices, add-on charges, lifetime purchases and API deposits, newest first, with links to each Stripe invoice. Read-only — it charges nothing and changes nothing. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

get_billing_portal_url

Return a link to the Stripe billing portal for the signed-in person, where they can change their card, download invoices, or cancel a subscription. Does NOT charge anything and does NOT change anything: it returns a link the person must open themselves. Single-use and short-lived. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

transcription

transcription_status

[DEPRECATED — use transcribe_status instead] Alias kept for backward compatibility with @scriptivox/[email protected]. Will be removed in 2.0.0. Identical behavior to transcribe_status.

transcription_url

[DEPRECATED — use transcribe_url instead] Alias kept for backward compatibility with @scriptivox/[email protected]. Will be removed in 2.0.0. Identical behavior to transcribe_url.

automations

list_automations

List the automations on the signed-in person's account — saved chains of steps they built in the web app to run over a finished transcript. Read-only, and there is deliberately no tool here that creates or edits one. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

balance

check_balance

Check your Scriptivox API credit balance, available hours, and pricing. Requires a configured API key.

cancel

cancel_scheduled_bot

Cancel a meeting bot that has not joined yet, so it never joins. Use transcription_id for a scheduled bot that already exists, or dispatch_id for one still queued because every bot was busy — a queued dispatch has no transcription and is reachable only by its dispatch_id. list_scheduled_meetings returns both, labelled. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

chat

chat_with_transcript

Ask a question about an existing transcript and get an answer from the model, with the transcript as context. SPENDS THE ACCOUNT'S LLM CREDITS — every message is billed against them. If you already hold the transcript text, answering directly is cheaper and usually just as good; this is for when you do not. Pass back the returned conversation_id to continue a thread. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

doc

get_doc

Fetch a full Scriptivox documentation page as markdown, by its slug (for example "quickstart", "authentication", "api-reference"). Call search_docs first if you do not know the slug. No API key required.

docs

search_docs

Search the Scriptivox documentation and agent guides. Returns matching documents with their URLs and summaries, best match first. Use this before guessing a URL. No API key required.

export

export_transcript

Export a completed Scriptivox transcript as SRT subtitles, WebVTT subtitles, or plain text. Supports segmentation knobs (max_words, max_chars, max_duration, sentence_aware, include_speakers, strip_chars). Requires the transcription to be in `completed` status. Requires a configured API key.

folders

list_folders

List the folders on the signed-in person's account, with the workspace each belongs to. Use this to find the folder_id move_to_folder needs. Read-only, and there is deliberately no tool here that creates a folder. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

move

move_to_folder

File up to 50 existing transcriptions into a folder, or pass folder_id: null to move them out of any folder. The folder must already exist and belong to the signed-in person — call list_folders for the ids. Passing more than 50 ids is refused, not truncated. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

pricing

get_pricing

Get Scriptivox pricing information including subscription plans (Free, Pro, Team) and API pay-as-you-go rates. Includes signup URLs. No API key required.

product

get_product_info

Get information about Scriptivox capabilities: transcription, audio tools, video tools, subtitle tools, meeting bot, or API. No API key required.

purchase

purchase_plan

Start checkout for a Scriptivox web subscription and return a Stripe Checkout URL. Does NOT charge anything: the person must open the link and enter their card. A web plan covers transcription done by a person in the browser and grants no API credit. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

revoke

revoke_api_key

Permanently revoke an API key belonging to the signed-in person. Cannot be undone. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

scheduled

list_scheduled_meetings

List the signed-in person's meeting bots that are scheduled or currently running, plus any dispatches still queued waiting for a free bot. This is where the transcription_id, job_id and dispatch_id that stop_meeting_bot and cancel_scheduled_bot need come from. Read-only. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

start

start_meeting_bot

Send a bot to join ONE Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or Webex call and record it, producing a speaker-attributed transcript after the call ends. This is the only tool here that creates new transcription work, so it takes a single meeting_url — never a list — and is rate limited to 5 bots per hour per account. It consumes the account's meeting minutes. The transcript is not available when this returns; track it with list_scheduled_meetings. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

stop

stop_meeting_bot

Tell a meeting bot that is currently in a call to leave. Whatever it recorded up to that point is still processed into a transcript — this ends the recording, it does not discard it. Identify the bot by transcription_id or job_id from list_scheduled_meetings. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

supported

get_supported_languages

List all languages supported by Scriptivox for audio/video transcription. Returns language names and ISO codes. No API key required.

tag

tag_transcriptions

Add tags to up to 10 existing transcriptions at once — the tool for "label these interviews as Q3". Tags are created on first use, so they need not exist beforehand. Letters, digits and spaces only, at most 30 characters each; a transcription holds at most 5 tags and further ones are skipped rather than replacing existing tags. Passing more than 10 ids is refused, not truncated. Requires an OAuth 2.1 user access token.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://platform.scriptivox.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	111 ms	4 min ago

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Transcription — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Transcription do?

It exposes 39 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: cancel_scheduled_bot, chat_with_transcript, check_balance, create_account, create_api_key, export_transcript and 33 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is Transcription mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around transcribe, transcription and api. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is Transcription working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 111 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

The registry lists Transcription as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect Transcription?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Transcription need an API key?

No. Transcription completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 39 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

Is Transcription open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 9 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at platform.scriptivox.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.