[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":692},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-guide-connect-claude-mcp":3,"help-guide-titles":627},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":603,"description":604,"extension":605,"meta":606,"navigation":607,"order":608,"path":609,"related":610,"seo":614,"stem":615,"updated":616,"videos":617,"__hash__":626},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fconnect-claude-mcp.md","How to connect AudioScribe to Claude",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":592},"minimark",[9,18,30,50,55,156,160,163,224,227,237,241,253,256,283,286,297,304,307,329,333,340,351,354,358,372,375,411,422,425,431,435,441,444,464,474,491,504,508,516,527,534,552,561,575,579,585],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"AudioScribe speaks ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"MCP"," (Model Context Protocol), the open standard AI assistants use to connect to outside tools. Connect once and Claude can read your transcripts directly — no copying, pasting, or exporting.",[10,19,20,21,25,26,29],{},"Ask things like ",[22,23,24],"em",{},"\"what did we agree in yesterday's client call?\""," or ",[22,27,28],{},"\"find every conversation tagged Sales from last week\""," and Claude answers from your actual transcripts.",[10,31,32,35,36,39,40,43,44,49],{},[14,33,34],{},"Which assistants this works with."," You can set this up yourself with ",[14,37,38],{},"Claude Code"," and ",[14,41,42],{},"Claude on the web or desktop"," — those are the instructions below. MCP is an open standard, but that does not mean every assistant can connect: each one has to be enabled on our side first. If you want to use a different assistant, email ",[45,46,48],"a",{"href":47},"mailto:support@audioscribe.io","support@audioscribe.io"," and tell us which — that is what decides the order we add them in.",[51,52,54],"h2",{"id":53},"connect-claude-code","Connect Claude Code",[56,57,58,87,111,117,150],"ol",{},[59,60,61,64,65,76,79,82,83,86],"li",{},[14,62,63],{},"Run the connect command"," in your terminal:",[66,67,72],"pre",{"className":68,"code":70,"language":71},[69],"language-text","claude mcp add --transport http --scope user audioscribe https:\u002F\u002Fmcp.audioscribe.io\u002Fmcp\n","text",[73,74,70],"code",{"__ignoreMap":75},"",[77,78],"br",{},[73,80,81],{},"--scope user"," makes the connection available in every project. Without it Claude Code uses ",[22,84,85],{},"local"," scope, which adds the connection to the current project only, so it won't appear when you work somewhere else.",[59,88,89,92,93,96,97,100,101,104,105,107,108,110],{},[14,90,91],{},"Open Claude Code"," (run ",[73,94,95],{},"claude","), then start the connection from inside that session by typing ",[73,98,99],{},"\u002Fmcp"," and selecting ",[14,102,103],{},"audioscribe",". ",[73,106,99],{}," is a Claude Code command — it only works once you're inside an active ",[73,109,95],{}," session, not at your regular terminal prompt.",[59,112,113,116],{},[14,114,115],{},"Sign in."," Your browser opens the normal AudioScribe login.",[59,118,119,122,123,39,126,129,130,132,133,136,137,140,141,143,146,147,149],{},[14,120,121],{},"Check what you're granting."," AudioScribe grants exactly two permissions, both read-only: ",[73,124,125],{},"transcripts:read",[73,127,128],{},"workspaces:read",". Those are the only ones we issue.",[77,131],{},"You may also see ",[73,134,135],{},"offline_access",". It is not an AudioScribe permission and reaches none of your data — it lets Claude renew its own access token instead of making you sign in again each time one expires. Whether it appears depends on the Claude version, so ",[14,138,139],{},"two entries or three are both normal",".",[77,142],{},[14,144,145],{},"Anything else is not."," Whatever it is called, and whether or not it sounds harmless, stop and email ",[45,148,48],{"href":47}," rather than deciding for yourself whether it is safe.",[59,151,152,155],{},[14,153,154],{},"Done."," Claude Code confirms the connection.",[51,157,159],{"id":158},"connect-claude-on-the-web-or-desktop","Connect Claude on the web or desktop",[10,161,162],{},"Adding the connector is two stages: add it once to your account, then switch it on in the conversations where you want it.",[56,164,165,201,207],{},[59,166,167,170,171,174,175,178,179,182,183,186,187,190,191,140,194,196,197,200],{},[14,168,169],{},"Add the connector."," In Claude, go to ",[14,172,173],{},"Customize → Connectors",", click ",[14,176,177],{},"Add",", choose ",[14,180,181],{},"Add custom connector",", and fill in ",[14,184,185],{},"Name"," (anything you'll recognize, e.g. \"AudioScribe\") and ",[14,188,189],{},"MCP server URL",": ",[73,192,193],{},"https:\u002F\u002Fmcp.audioscribe.io\u002Fmcp",[77,195],{},"On a Team or Enterprise account this lives under ",[14,198,199],{},"Organization settings → Connectors",", and only an owner can add it.",[59,202,203,206],{},[14,204,205],{},"Sign in and approve",", checking the permissions the same way as above.",[59,208,209,212,213,216,217,220,221,223],{},[14,210,211],{},"Turn it on in a conversation."," Claude keeps connectors off by default in each new chat. Click the ",[14,214,215],{},"+"," button at the lower left of the chat, choose ",[14,218,219],{},"Connectors",", and toggle ",[14,222,103],{}," on.",[10,225,226],{},"That third step is the one people miss — a connector that's added but not enabled looks connected and does nothing.",[10,228,229,230,236],{},"The web video above shows Claude on the web; the desktop app uses the same Connectors feature and should look similar, though it wasn't captured separately here. Menu names shift between Claude versions; Anthropic's ",[45,231,235],{"href":232,"rel":233},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.claude.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp",[234],"nofollow","custom-connector guide"," has their current wording.",[51,238,240],{"id":239},"what-claude-can-reach","What Claude can reach",[10,242,243,244,247,248,39,250,252],{},"Once connected, Claude can read ",[14,245,246],{},"transcript text, existing summaries, tags, and conversation details for every workspace your AudioScribe account can access",". That is what ",[73,249,125],{},[73,251,128],{}," cover.",[10,254,255],{},"Specifically, it can:",[257,258,259,265,271,277],"ul",{},[59,260,261,264],{},[14,262,263],{},"List your workspaces",", with how many completed conversations are in each",[59,266,267,270],{},[14,268,269],{},"Find conversations"," by date, by tag, or by searching what was said",[59,272,273,276],{},[14,274,275],{},"Read a full transcript"," — with speaker labels and timestamps where the recording was transcribed with them, and as plain text otherwise",[59,278,279,282],{},[14,280,281],{},"Pull an existing summary"," without loading the whole conversation",[10,284,285],{},"Alongside the text, Claude receives the details attached to each conversation. Opening one in full also gives it the duration and how many speakers were detected.",[10,287,288,289,292,293,296],{},"Its ",[14,290,291],{},"tags, language and workspace"," now arrive with every conversation Claude lists or finds, not only when it opens one, so a follow-up like ",[22,294,295],{},"\"of those, which were tagged Sales?\""," is answered from what Claude already has.",[10,298,299,300,303],{},"Your original ",[14,301,302],{},"audio and video files are never shared",". The connection carries transcripts and their details, not media.",[10,305,306],{},"Some examples that work well:",[257,308,309,314,319,324],{},[59,310,311],{},[22,312,313],{},"\"What are my most recent conversations?\"",[59,315,316],{},[22,317,318],{},"\"Pull everything from yesterday tagged Sales.\"",[59,320,321],{},[22,322,323],{},"\"Search my transcripts for the pricing discussion.\"",[59,325,326],{},[22,327,328],{},"\"Summarize the discovery call from Tuesday.\"",[51,330,332],{"id":331},"what-claude-cannot-do","What Claude cannot do",[10,334,335,336,339],{},"The connection is ",[14,337,338],{},"read-only",", by design. Claude cannot:",[257,341,342,345,348],{},[59,343,344],{},"Upload, edit, rename, or delete anything",[59,346,347],{},"Change your account, workspaces, tags, or billing",[59,349,350],{},"Reach conversations in workspaces your account can't already open",[10,352,353],{},"Nothing Claude does through this connection can alter your account.",[51,355,357],{"id":356},"dates-and-tags","Dates and tags",[10,359,360,361,364,365,364,368,371],{},"You can ask in plain language — ",[22,362,363],{},"\"yesterday\"",", ",[22,366,367],{},"\"last two weeks\"",[22,369,370],{},"\"since Monday\""," — and Claude turns that into a date range before searching.",[10,373,374],{},"For tags, two things are always true regardless of how you phrase the request:",[257,376,377,398],{},[59,378,379,382,383,386,387,390,391,394,395,140],{},[14,380,381],{},"Matching ignores case and accents."," Asking for ",[22,384,385],{},"sales"," finds a tag named ",[14,388,389],{},"Sales","; ",[22,392,393],{},"resume"," finds ",[14,396,397],{},"Résumé",[59,399,400,403,404,407,408,140],{},[14,401,402],{},"Multiple tags narrow, they don't widen."," ",[22,405,406],{},"\"tagged Sales and Follow-up\""," returns only conversations carrying ",[14,409,410],{},"both",[10,412,413,414,417,418,421],{},"Ask ",[22,415,416],{},"\"what tags do I have?\""," to see the full list, which is the surest way to get the name right. Claude also sees the tags on each conversation it finds, so it can answer ",[22,419,420],{},"\"what was this one tagged?\""," without a second lookup.",[10,423,424],{},"A conversation carrying an unusual number of tags is shown with the first 50, and Claude is told when there are more.",[10,426,427,428,140],{},"You can also point a request at a single workspace — ",[22,429,430],{},"\"search Consulting for onboarding\"",[51,432,434],{"id":433},"disconnecting","Disconnecting",[10,436,437,440],{},[14,438,439],{},"Go to Settings → Connected apps in AudioScribe and click Disconnect."," This removes the authorization at its source, which is the only place it can be removed reliably.",[10,442,443],{},"Disconnecting takes effect right away but is not instantaneous, and it revokes the authorization rather than preventing a new one:",[257,445,446,452,458],{},[59,447,448,451],{},[14,449,450],{},"That Claude client can no longer obtain new access tokens."," This takes effect immediately and is what actually ends the connection.",[59,453,454,457],{},[14,455,456],{},"An access token already issued keeps working until it expires."," These are signed tokens that cannot be withdrawn once issued, so Claude may still read your transcripts for up to an hour after you disconnect.",[59,459,460,463],{},[14,461,462],{},"Anything Claude already retrieved is outside our reach."," Disconnecting cannot undo what was read before it. How long that data persists on Claude's side is up to Claude.",[10,465,466,469,470,473],{},[14,467,468],{},"Every app you connect gets its own entry, and each is authorized separately."," Claude Code and Claude on the web or desktop count as two. ",[14,471,472],{},"To cut an assistant off entirely, disconnect every entry belonging to it"," — and note that any access tokens already issued still run until they expire.",[10,475,476,477,480,481,484,485,490],{},"Removing or signing out of the connection inside Claude is a separate action, handled by Claude rather than by us, and what it revokes depends on the client and version. If a device is lost or stolen, ",[14,478,479],{},"disconnect from AudioScribe Settings",": revoking the authorization there does not depend on the client behaving a particular way. Two caveats apply, and both matter in that situation. The token window above still holds, so treat the cutoff as taking up to an hour rather than being immediate. And disconnecting does not stop the connection being set up again: anyone who can still sign in to your AudioScribe account on that device can reconnect it. Securing the account is the part that lasts, and how you do that depends on how you sign in. If you use an email and password, reset it with ",[14,482,483],{},"Forgot password"," on the ",[45,486,489],{"href":487,"rel":488},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.audioscribe.io",[234],"sign-in screen",". If you sign in with Google or Apple, that account is the one to secure — with Google or Apple directly, including signing its other devices out.",[10,492,493,494,497,498,503],{},"Do both of these as well: disconnect every entry in ",[14,495,496],{},"Connected apps"," you do not recognise, and ",[14,499,500,501],{},"email ",[45,502,48],{"href":47}," saying a device was lost. Some access can outlive a password change, and that last step is how we check the sign-in history with you and close out whatever is left.",[51,505,507],{"id":506},"troubleshooting","Troubleshooting",[10,509,510,513,514,140],{},[14,511,512],{},"The consent screen lists a permission you don't recognise."," Stop, and email ",[45,515,48],{"href":47},[10,517,518,519,39,521,523,524,526],{},"AudioScribe issues exactly two permissions, both read-only: ",[73,520,125],{},[73,522,128],{},". Claude may also request ",[73,525,135],{}," to refresh its own token, which reaches no data — so two entries or three are both normal.",[10,528,529,530,533],{},"Anything beyond those is worth stopping for, including something that only ",[22,531,532],{},"reads",". You should not have to judge whether an unfamiliar permission is safe.",[10,535,536,539,540,542,543,545,546,548,549,551],{},[14,537,538],{},"You signed in but Claude doesn't see your transcripts."," On the web or desktop, check the connector is switched on for that conversation: ",[14,541,215],{}," at the lower left → ",[14,544,219],{}," → toggle ",[14,547,103],{}," on. It's off by default in each new chat. In Claude Code, ",[73,550,99],{}," shows whether the connection is live.",[10,553,554,557,558,560],{},[14,555,556],{},"The connection works in one project but not another."," Claude Code scopes connections to a project by default. Re-add it with ",[73,559,81],{},", as above.",[10,562,563,566,567,571,572,574],{},[14,564,565],{},"Login fails or loops."," Confirm you can sign in at ",[45,568,570],{"href":487,"rel":569},[234],"app.audioscribe.io"," first. If that works and the connection still fails, email ",[45,573,48],{"href":47}," and mention you were connecting via MCP.",[51,576,578],{"id":577},"what-it-costs","What it costs",[10,580,581,584],{},[14,582,583],{},"Nothing extra from us."," MCP uses your existing AudioScribe account on any plan, including free, and there's nothing to install beyond the connect command above.",[10,586,587,588,591],{},"Claude sets its own terms for custom connectors, and those can differ by Claude plan — free Claude accounts are limited in how many connectors they can add, and on team or enterprise accounts only an owner can add them. If Claude won't let you add one, that's Anthropic's side rather than ours; their ",[45,589,235],{"href":232,"rel":590},[234]," has the current rules.",{"title":75,"searchDepth":593,"depth":593,"links":594},2,[595,596,597,598,599,600,601,602],{"id":53,"depth":593,"text":54},{"id":158,"depth":593,"text":159},{"id":239,"depth":593,"text":240},{"id":331,"depth":593,"text":332},{"id":356,"depth":593,"text":357},{"id":433,"depth":593,"text":434},{"id":506,"depth":593,"text":507},{"id":577,"depth":593,"text":578},"AI features","Reach your transcripts from Claude Code or Claude on the web and desktop — ask questions, search, and pull summaries without leaving your assistant.","md",{},true,10,"\u002Fhelp\u002Fconnect-claude-mcp",[611,612,613],"ai-chat","search-transcripts","tags",{"title":5,"description":604},"help\u002Fconnect-claude-mcp","2026-09-26",[618,622],{"src":619,"poster":620,"caption":621},"\u002Fdemos\u002Fconnect-claude-terminal.mp4","\u002Fdemos\u002Fconnect-claude-terminal-poster.webp","Illustrative terminal simulation — the command and confirmation text are from a real Claude Code run",{"src":623,"poster":624,"caption":625},"\u002Fdemos\u002Fconnect-claude-web.mp4","\u002Fdemos\u002Fconnect-claude-web-poster.webp","Opening and filling out the custom connector form in Claude on the web","JtQilW10ORfh1x-rlo8y2Ua70tsl3QBwn2lCPcnQiF4",[628,631,634,635,638,641,644,647,650,653,656,659,662,665,668,671,674,677,680,683,686,689],{"title":629,"path":630},"How to ask AI questions about a conversation","\u002Fhelp\u002Fai-chat",{"title":632,"path":633},"How to comment on a transcript","\u002Fhelp\u002Fcomment-on-a-transcript",{"title":5,"path":609},{"title":636,"path":637},"How to convert audio & video files (free, in your browser)","\u002Fhelp\u002Fconvert-audio-and-video-files",{"title":639,"path":640},"How to delete a transcript","\u002Fhelp\u002Fdelete-a-transcript",{"title":642,"path":643},"How to delete your account","\u002Fhelp\u002Fdelete-account",{"title":645,"path":646},"How to manage your email notifications","\u002Fhelp\u002Femail-notifications",{"title":648,"path":649},"How to export or copy a transcript (DOCX, PDF, TXT, SRT, VTT)","\u002Fhelp\u002Fexport-transcripts",{"title":651,"path":652},"How to favorite a conversation","\u002Fhelp\u002Ffavorite-a-conversation",{"title":654,"path":655},"How to highlight text in a transcript","\u002Fhelp\u002Fhighlight-transcript-text",{"title":657,"path":658},"Keyboard shortcuts for playback","\u002Fhelp\u002Fkeyboard-shortcuts",{"title":660,"path":661},"How to manage or cancel your subscription","\u002Fhelp\u002Fmanage-subscription",{"title":663,"path":664},"How to reassign a few words to the right speaker","\u002Fhelp\u002Freassign-a-speaker",{"title":666,"path":667},"How to rename speakers in a transcript","\u002Fhelp\u002Frename-speakers",{"title":669,"path":670},"How to search across all your transcripts","\u002Fhelp\u002Fsearch-transcripts",{"title":672,"path":673},"How to share a transcript with a link","\u002Fhelp\u002Fshare-transcripts",{"title":675,"path":676},"How to use the speaker Timeline","\u002Fhelp\u002Fspeaker-timeline",{"title":678,"path":679},"How to tag, organize, and filter conversations","\u002Fhelp\u002Ftags",{"title":681,"path":682},"How to transcribe a file for free (no sign-up)","\u002Fhelp\u002Ftranscribe-a-file-free",{"title":684,"path":685},"Why is my transcript shorter than my recording?","\u002Fhelp\u002Ftranscript-shorter-than-recording",{"title":687,"path":688},"How to choose the transcription language","\u002Fhelp\u002Ftranscription-language",{"title":690,"path":691},"How to upload and transcribe audio or video","\u002Fhelp\u002Fupload-audio-video",1790454738564]