Spoken

Name: Spoken
Author: spokenmd

by spokenmdversion 0.4.3i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.github.spokenmd/spoken

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names — via the Spoken API.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Other
You need to fill in: SPOKEN_API_KEY, Authorization

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: SPOKEN_API_KEY, Authorization

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Or run it on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spoken": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "spoken-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPOKEN_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http spoken https://spoken.md/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add spoken --env SPOKEN_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y spoken-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spoken": {
      "url": "https://spoken.md/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spoken": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "spoken-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPOKEN_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "spoken": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://spoken.md/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "spoken": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "spoken-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPOKEN_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

SPOKEN_API_KEY secret env
API key from spoken.md (starts with pt_). Defaults to pt_demo (search works fully; transcripts limited to the demo episode).
Authorization secret HTTP header
Bearer followed by an API key from spoken.md (Bearer pt_...). Optional: without it only the free tools work, and a client that supports OAuth is asked to sign in.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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Sign-in with OAuth
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32706 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 56% of the other 32706 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32706 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Spoken safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: SPOKEN_API_KEY, Authorization

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.4.3) reached the registry 32 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

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Spoken — podcast transcript API and MCP server, clean Markdown with real speaker names

Spoken is a transcript API that turns any published podcast into clean Markdown with real speaker names — not "Speaker 1." One API call returns named, timestamped text, ready for LLMs, RAG pipelines, summarizers, and search. This repo also ships spoken-mcp, an MCP server that gives Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and Cline the same transcripts as tools — see Use as an MCP server.

It's a transcript *retrieval* API, not a speech-to-text service: it works on already-published podcasts, so you skip uploading audio, running diarization, and mapping anonymous speaker labels by hand. For published shows that's typically 5–10× cheaper than running the audio through a transcription service.

🎙️ Real speaker names, resolved automatically
📄 Clean Markdown with timestamps, tuned for LLM context windows and RAG chunking
🔎 Search by text query or paste a Spotify/YouTube URL
💳 Pay-per-use credits — no subscription, failed calls never charged, repeat fetches free
🤖 Agent-native — ships with an Agent Skill, agents.md, llms.txt, and an OpenAPI spec

Get a key at [spoken.md](https://spoken.md) — or try it free with the demo key pt_demo (search works fully; transcripts limited to the demo episode).

Quickstart

# 1. Find an episode (by text, or paste a Spotify/YouTube URL)

curl -s 'https://spoken.md/search?q=huberman+sleep' \ -H 'x-api-key: pt_demo'

2. Fetch the transcript as Markdown

curl -s 'https://spoken.md/transcripts/1000651996090' \ -H 'x-api-key: pt_demo'

The transcript comes back as Markdown with named speakers and timestamps:

**John Smith** (0:00)

Welcome to the show. Today we're talking about...

Jane Doe (0:15) Thanks for having me.

Endpoints

Method & path	What it does	Credits
`GET /search?q={query or URL}`	Find episodes; returns `id`, `title`, `podcast`, `podcastId`, `date`	0
`GET /podcasts/{podcastId}/episodes`	List a show's full back catalog; returns every episode's `id`, `title`, `date`	0
`GET /transcripts/{id}`	Return the Markdown transcript	1 on first fetch, 0 on repeat
`GET /balance`	Current credit balance + usage history	0
`GET /following`	The shows this key keeps up with (inferred from fetches, or declared with `PUT` / dropped with `DELETE /following/{podcastId}`)	0
`GET /new`	New episodes on those shows that have not been fetched yet, each with a transcript URL; `?format=atom` for a feed	0
`POST /buy`	New-key checkout (Stripe)	—
`POST /top-up?key={key}`	Returning-customer top-up (Stripe)	—

Auth is the x-api-key header. Responses include X-Credits-Remaining and X-Credits-Charged. See agents.md for the full error table and response shapes.

Examples

examples/podcast_summarizer.py — fetch a transcript and summarize it
examples/rag_pipeline.py — chunk a transcript for a vector store / RAG
examples/quickstart.sh — search → transcript in two curl calls
examples/archive-show.sh — archive a show's entire back catalogue, one file per episode

Use from Python

The spoken-md package wraps the API with no dependencies outside the standard library, and installs a spoken-md command.

pip install spoken-md

from spoken_md import Spoken

spoken = Spoken() # SPOKEN_API_KEY, or the demo key episode = spoken.search("huberman sleep")[0] print(spoken.transcript(episode.id)) # Markdown with real speaker names

archive(podcast_id, skip=...) walks a whole show and is resumable; errors are typed by status (PaymentRequired carries the top-up URL, NotFound means no transcript). See python/README.md.

Use as an MCP server

Spoken is a Model Context Protocol server two ways: hosted at https://spoken.md/mcp, and as `spoken-mcp`, the package in this repo, for clients that run a server locally (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, …). Both provide the same eight tools:

Tool	Description
`search_podcasts`	Find episodes by text or a pasted Spotify/YouTube URL
`list_episodes`	List a show's entire back-catalog from a `podcast_id`
`get_transcript`	Fetch an episode's transcript as Markdown with real speaker names
`get_balance`	Check remaining credits
`list_following`	The shows this key is kept current on, inferred from fetches or declared
`follow_podcast`	Declare a follow for a show (or clear a mute)
`unfollow_podcast`	Mute a show so it leaves the list and fetches do not re-add it
`list_new_episodes`	New episodes on followed shows that have not been fetched yet, with transcript links

Keeping a knowledge base current is list_new_episodes on a schedule and get_transcript on what it lists: each fetch raises that show's floor.

Hosted

Nothing to install. Point a client that connects to a URL at https://spoken.md/mcp (Streamable HTTP):

claude mcp add --transport http spoken https://spoken.md/mcp

The client asks you to sign in the first time a tool needs your key. To skip that, send the key as a header yourself: Authorization: Bearer pt_your_key.

A client that can only sign in with OAuth, such as ChatGPT in developer mode, is sent to a page where you paste your key once. Steps for each app: spoken.md/mcp-server. With no key at all, searching, listing a show and the demo episode work.

Local

Add it to your MCP client config (e.g. Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json):

"mcpServers": { "spoken": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "spoken-mcp"], "env": { "SPOKEN_API_KEY": "pt_your_key" } } } }

SPOKEN_API_KEY defaults to pt_demo (search works fully; transcripts limited to the demo episode). Get a real key at spoken.md.

Run from source instead:

npm install && npm run build

SPOKEN_API_KEY=pt_your_key node dist/index.js

Use with AI agents

Spoken is designed to be called by agents. Point your agent at the Agent Skill (also served at https://spoken.md/.well-known/skills/spoken-md/SKILL.md), or hand it agents.md. The OpenAPI spec makes it easy to wrap as a tool for any function-calling or MCP-compatible client (Claude, GPT, Cursor).

Pricing

Pay-per-use credits, no subscription. New keys: 100 for $15, 500 for $50, 2,000 for $160. Machine-readable at spoken.md/pricing.md.

Spoken

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Kanal Varna — drains, leaks & plumbing (Varna, BG)

README from the maker

Spoken — podcast transcript API and MCP server, clean Markdown with real speaker names

Quickstart

2. Fetch the transcript as Markdown

Endpoints

Examples

Use from Python

Use as an MCP server

Hosted

Local

Use with AI agents

Pricing

Links