Speechmatics MCP Server

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Speechmatics is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 7 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

Transcribe audio and video with Speechmatics speech-to-text from Claude and any MCP client.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 19%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

176 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Speechmatics every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add speechmatics --transport http https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "url": "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.speechmatics]
url = "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "url": "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "url": "https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

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

speechmatics

speechmatics_delete_job

⚠️ Permanently deletes a job and its transcript. Set force=true to delete even while it is still running. Batch API: DELETE /jobs/{job_id}.

speechmatics_get_job

Get a single job's details and status (running | done | rejected | deleted | expired). Poll this until status is "done", then fetch the transcript. Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}.

speechmatics_get_job_log

Get a job's plain-text processing log — useful for debugging a rejected job. Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}/log.

speechmatics_get_transcript

Get a completed job's transcript. format=txt (default, human-readable) | srt (subtitles) | json-v2 (structured words, timings, speakers, translations, summary). Only works once the job status is "done". Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}/transcript.

speechmatics_get_usage

Get usage statistics (transcription minutes) for the account over a date range. Batch API: GET /usage.

speechmatics_list_jobs

List transcription jobs (most recent first), with status/data_name/duration. Batch API: GET /jobs.

speechmatics_transcribe_url

Submit a publicly reachable audio/video URL for speech-to-text transcription (optionally with diarization, translation, and summarization). ASYNC: returns a job id immediately — poll speechmatics_get_job until status is "done", then call speechmatics_get_transcript. Batch API: POST /jobs.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	188 ms	13 min ago

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Speechmatics — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Speechmatics do?

It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: speechmatics_delete_job, speechmatics_get_job, speechmatics_get_job_log, speechmatics_get_transcript, speechmatics_get_usage, speechmatics_list_jobs and 1 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 →

Is Speechmatics working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 176 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Speechmatics?

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

Does Speechmatics need an API key?

No. Speechmatics completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Speechmatics?

It answers our handshake in 176 ms on average, which is faster than 71% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Speechmatics open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.