Search your entire library
Full-text search across a single transcription or an entire project — every mention of a topic surfaced in one answer.
UniScribe + OpenAI
Use Your Transcripts with ChatGPT and Codex
Bring your UniScribe transcription library into OpenAI's tools through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Connect ChatGPT with a one-time OAuth sign-in — no API key — or point Codex CLI at the same server from your terminal.
- One-click OAuth connect
- Can't edit or delete anything
- Free reads, minutes only to transcribe
What the integration unlocks
Seven MCP tools let an AI assistant browse, read, and search everything you've transcribed with UniScribe — and submit new recordings for transcription.
Answers with citations
Results carry the filename, speaker, timestamp, and original excerpt, plus a deep link straight to that position in the transcript.
ChatGPT and terminal alike
Connect the ChatGPT apps with one sign-in, or point Codex CLI at the same server and ask about your meetings without leaving the command line.
Safe to connect
The assistant can read your library and submit new audio for transcription — it can't edit or delete anything in your account, and read queries don't consume minutes.
See it in action
Ask a question, get the answer with verbatim quotes and clickable timestamps that jump back to the exact moment in your transcript.
Set up the integration
ChatGPT and Codex CLI both connect with OAuth — one URL, one sign-in, no API key anywhere.
ChatGPT desktop app
Recommended · No API keyAdd UniScribe once in the latest ChatGPT desktop app; the connection then works in your conversations.
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Open Settings → Plugins, switch to the MCPs tab, and choose Add → “Add MCP server”.
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Name it UniScribe, set the type to Streamable HTTP, paste the server URL, and click Save:
Server URLhttps://mcp.uniscribe.co/mcp
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Complete the sign-in: you'll be taken to UniScribe to log in and approve access, then returned to ChatGPT.
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Ask something like “list my recent UniScribe transcriptions” to confirm it works.
On chatgpt.com the same server can be added as a custom connector from the connector settings (enable developer mode on individual plans if the option is hidden). You can disconnect at any time from UniScribe's Settings → Connected Apps.
Codex CLI
Two commands · OAuthCodex CLI connects with the same OAuth sign-in as ChatGPT — no API key to create or paste.
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Add the server in your terminal:
Terminalcodex mcp add uniscribe --url https://mcp.uniscribe.co/mcp - 2
Sign in — your browser opens the UniScribe consent screen, and the connection is live once you approve:
Terminalcodex mcp login uniscribe - 3
Ask something like “list my recent UniScribe transcriptions” to confirm the connection.
Prefer Claude?
The same MCP server connects to Claude Code with a single command and to Claude Desktop via a small config change — see the Claude integration guide below.
Example prompts to try
Once connected, talk to your transcript library the way you'd ask a colleague who was in every meeting.
“Summarize the key points from my recent interviews.”
“Search my Customer Research project for every mention of pricing objections.”
“Which action items came out of this week's team meetings?”
“Find where we discussed the Q3 roadmap and quote the exact wording with timestamps.”
Privacy and security
The integration gives an assistant the minimum access needed to answer your questions — and nothing more.
Read-only access
The current tools expose only read operations — nothing done through them can change, delete, or add data in your UniScribe account.
Queries aren't recorded
UniScribe doesn't store the content of the questions you ask through MCP. Your conversations stay between you and your assistant.
Revocable keys
Access is tied to an OAuth connection you control. Disconnect it in Settings → Connected Apps at any time and the integration is cut off immediately.
Learn more about how UniScribe handles your data on the Security & Privacy page and in our Privacy Policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Add UniScribe as a custom connector in ChatGPT, sign in with your UniScribe account, and approve access — no API key needed. On individual plans, custom connectors are added from ChatGPT's connector settings (enable developer mode if the option is hidden); on Business plans an admin can add it for the workspace.
Anyone with API access on UniScribe: an active subscription or a lifetime deal (LTD) plan. You sign in with your UniScribe account — no API key is involved.
The MCP server is included with API access at no extra cost. Reading and searching don't consume transcription minutes; a transcription submitted through MCP consumes minutes exactly like an upload in the app.
Open UniScribe's Dashboard → Settings → Connected Apps and disconnect the app — access is cut off immediately, for ChatGPT and Codex CLI alike.
More ways to connect
Claude Integration
Connect Claude Code with a single command, or Claude Desktop with a small config change.
Claude setup guideUniScribe MCP Server
Endpoint details, the full tool reference, and configuration for every supported MCP client.
MCP server guideREST API
Build your own workflows with the UniScribe API: upload files, fetch transcripts, and receive webhooks.
API documentationPut your transcripts to work in ChatGPT
Add the connector, sign in once, and ask ChatGPT or Codex about every meeting, interview, and lecture you've transcribed.