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MCP (Claude, Cursor, agents) transcription integration

For people who would rather ask an assistant than build a scenario. The job: let an agent transcribe, search and summarise without you wiring anything.

The one thing that breaks this

An agent works best when it can poll a job itself rather than block on it, which is why the server exposes submit and status as separate tools.

Modulewhipscribe-mcp server
ShapeMcp
Recipes0

Wiring it up

1 · Trigger

Any of these start the run:

2 · Submit from whipscribe-mcp server

# submit — returns immediately, does not block
curl -X POST https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/transcribe/url \
  -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: mcp-$FILE_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/recording.mp4",
       "word_timestamps":true}'

→ 202 {"job_id":"a1b2…","status":"queued"}

# then poll — a self-serve (Pro) key collects by polling
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"
→ {"status":"processing"} … {"status":"done"}
Retry safety. The MCP server holds your key locally; it is not sent to the model.

3 · Collect

Ask the agent; it submits and polls on its own.

# one job, every format — never re-submit per format
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB/result?format=txt" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB/result?format=srt" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB/result?format=vtt" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"

What your key can actually do

TierReq/minMinutes/dayLongest fileResultsHow you get it
Pro60Unlimited10 hoursPollWhat POST /v1/keys mints, once your account has API access
Enterprise120Unlimited10 hoursSigned webhooksTalk to us
Collecting results. Self-serve keys are Pro tier, and Pro collects results by polling — webhook_url on a Pro key returns 403 TIER_FORBIDDEN. Signed callbacks are an Enterprise feature.

What it costs to run

Rate$0.0048 / min
Per audio hour$0.29
10 hours of audio$2.88
CreditsNever expire

$24 per 5,000 minutes — about $0.29 an audio hour — and credits never expire.

Why run it here

No subscription to size wrongCompeting transcription tools sell $25–$65 monthly plans with a minute cap that resets whether you used it or not. Credits here are bought once and do not expire, so a quiet month costs nothing and a backlog run does not need an upgrade.
Your audio is not sent to a third-party modelTranscription runs on our own servers in our own private cloud. Nothing is forwarded to OpenAI or any other vendor's API, which is usually the blocking question when the recordings are customer calls or unreleased material.
One job, every formattxt, json, srt, vtt and docx all come from the same job id. Re-submitting a file per format is the most common way teams pay several times for one transcription.
Built to be retriedIdempotency-Key means an automation platform's automatic retry returns the original job instead of billing a second one. Every no-code platform retries; most transcription APIs charge you for it.

Recipes that use MCP (Claude, Cursor, agents)

Recipes for this platform are being written.

Use cases with MCP (Claude, Cursor, agents)

Paste every Drive link at once. One recording per linkOne link per line, one transcript eachDrive share linksHand your assistant the Drive links. Get transcripts it can work withAgents transcribe Drive links by MCPDrive with AI agents
Try the quality free, then wire it up

In the web app the first 20 minutes are free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest — that is how to check accuracy on your own audio before writing any code. The API has no recurring free tier: without a key you can run 3 sample transcriptions a day, each returning a preview, and keys come with the 5,000-minute pack ($24) or Workspace ($19/month). $24 per 5,000 minutes — about $0.29 an audio hour — and credits never expire.

Transcribe a file free →Create an API keyAPI referenceIntegrationsAutomations

Prefer a web app?

If you would rather upload a file or paste a link: see how to transcribe audio to text online and transcription services from $6.