Pepys MCP Server

Pepys is a listed connector in Claude's own Connectors Directory, not only an MCP server you configure by hand. The listing carries an automated Anthropic review, a fixed connector URL, and a published tool list, browsable from inside Claude itself.

Add it in Claude

Open Settings → Connectors → Browse connectors, search "Pepys," and add it – no URL to copy. Sign-in is OAuth against your own Pepys account, and usage bills to that account's credits, the same as connecting any other way. This also covers Claude in Chrome, which shares Claude's connector list with no extra setup.

1. Hosted connector – no API key

Point a remote MCP connector at https://pepys.co/api/mcp directly, instead of going through the directory. The agent signs in to Pepys once (OAuth); transcription bills to your credits. This is the only route for ChatGPT, which has no connector directory yet: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector (Claude has the same option too, for a direct URL instead of browsing).

2. Local server – your own key

Run the published pepys-mcp server with your API key – best for local dev agents. Add to your client's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pepys": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pepys-mcp"],
      "env": { "PEPYS_API_KEY": "pk_live_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

Grab a key under Settings → API keys. The full REST API lives on the developer docs.

Both connection methods expose the same tools:

• transcribe – Transcribe a file, a direct link, or a pasted YouTube / podcast URL.
• upload_file – Hand the agent a local file to transcribe via a presigned upload.
• get_transcription – Read back the transcript, segments, summary, and speaker labels.
• list_transcriptions – List recent jobs so the agent can resume or re-export earlier work.
• list_podcast_episodes – List a feed's episodes to pick exactly which one to transcribe.
• export_transcript – Return correctly-timed SRT, VTT, or plain text.
• transcribe_podcast_feed – Fan a whole RSS or Apple Podcasts feed out into one transcript per episode.
• search_transcript – Find the moment a phrase was said inside a long transcript.
• ask_transcription – Ask a question about a transcript and get only citation-backed answers.
• get_credit_balance – Check remaining minutes before a large job.

99+ languages with automatic detection, translation with timestamps preserved, and files from short clips to hours-long recordings – the same engine behind pepys.co.

Once connected, try any of these directly in the agent's chat:

• Transcribe https://youtube.com/watch?v=... with speaker labels and give me a summary.
• Transcribe the latest 3 episodes of this podcast feed and tell me how much of my Pepys balance that used: https://feeds.example.com/show.rss
• In my last transcription, find every place the speakers mention "pricing" and quote the exact timestamps.
• Export my most recent transcript as an SRT file.

Pay-once, usage-based: 1 credit = 1 minute, and credits never expire. The 60 free minutes from signup apply through the MCP too. See pricing – from $0.85/hr at volume, no subscription.

Beyond Claude's own directory (above), Pepys is published in the other registries agents and tooling browse: Smithery, mcp.so, and the MCP Registry.