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UniScribe + Claude

Chat with Your Transcripts in Claude

Connect Claude Code and Claude Desktop to your UniScribe library through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Ask questions in plain language and get answers grounded in your own recordings — every claim cited back to the exact moment in the transcript.

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  • Strictly read-only
  • Works with your existing API key
  • No transcription minutes used

What Claude can do with your transcripts

Five read-only tools let Claude browse, read, and search everything you've transcribed with UniScribe — one file or a whole project at a time.

Search your entire library

Full-text search across a single transcription or an entire project. Ask about a topic and Claude finds every place it came up, no matter which recording it was in.

Answers with citations

Every result carries the filename, speaker, timestamp, and the original excerpt, plus a deep link that jumps straight to that position in the UniScribe transcript view.

Summarize hours in seconds

Turn long meetings, interviews, and lectures into summaries, action items, or follow-up emails — without pasting transcripts into the chat by hand.

Safe to connect

All five current MCP tools are read-only — Claude can't edit, delete, or create anything in your account, and queries don't consume transcription minutes.

Set up the Claude integration

You'll need a UniScribe API key (available on any subscription or LTD plan) and about two minutes.

Claude Code

One command

Claude Code connects to the UniScribe MCP server directly over streamable HTTP — no extra dependencies.

  1. 1

    Create an API key in Dashboard → Settings → API Keys. An existing key works too.

  2. 2

    Run this command in your terminal, replacing YOUR_API_KEY with the key you just created:

    Terminal
    claude mcp add uniscribe --transport http https://mcp.uniscribe.co/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  3. 3

    Start a Claude Code session and ask something like “list my recent UniScribe transcriptions” to confirm the connection.

Claude Desktop

Requires Node.js

Claude Desktop connects through the mcp-remote bridge, which needs Node.js installed on your machine.

  1. 1

    Create an API key in Dashboard → Settings → API Keys.

  2. 2

    Open your Claude Desktop configuration file (Settings → Developer → Edit Config) and add the UniScribe server, replacing YOUR_API_KEY:

    claude_desktop_config.json
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "uniscribe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.uniscribe.co/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
  3. 3

    Restart Claude Desktop. The UniScribe tools appear in the tools menu, and you can start asking about your transcripts.

If you already have other MCP servers configured, add the “uniscribe” entry inside your existing “mcpServers” object instead of replacing the file.

Using claude.ai in the browser?

Custom connectors on claude.ai (web and mobile) require OAuth, which the UniScribe MCP server doesn't support yet. OAuth support is in development — for now, the integration works with Claude Code and Claude Desktop.

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.”
“What did the customer say about onboarding in yesterday's call? Quote them with timestamps.”
“Draft a follow-up email based on my latest sales call transcript.”

Privacy and security

The integration is built to give Claude the minimum access needed to answer your questions — and nothing more.

Read-only access

The current tools expose only read operations — nothing Claude does 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 Claude.

Revocable keys

Access is tied to an API key you control. Delete the key in Settings 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

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Put your transcripts to work in Claude

Create an API key, run one command, and start asking Claude about every meeting, interview, and lecture you've ever transcribed.

Create your API key