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Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 6 min ago. It exposes 7 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

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

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 20%
91 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
7
Tools
read from the server
158 ms
Response time
average over 24h
1
Stars
last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 41

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 30 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version
31 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day
30 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day
29 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day
28 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day
27 Oct a tool changed version
25 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day
24 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day
23 Oct a tool changed version
22 Oct a tool changed version
and 31 more, back to 30 September 2026

Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add speechmatics --transport http https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
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
{
  "servers": {
    "speechmatics": {
      "type": "http",
      "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

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://speechmatics.usefulapi.io/mcp streamable-http answering 70 ms 6 min ago

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Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi 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 MCP by usefulapi 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 158 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi?
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 Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi need an API key?
No. Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi 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 MCP by usefulapi?
It answers our handshake in 158 ms on average, which is faster than 81% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at speechmatics.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.