Transcription for AI agents, by Pepys.
pepys-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the ankurmans/pepys-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Transcription for AI agents, by Pepys”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is pepys-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares PEPYS_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
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Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| transcribe | Start a transcription from a url (file / YouTube / podcast / Drive) or a file_ref. Options: diarize (entitlement required), summary, chapters, translate_to… |
| get_transcription | Fetch a job by job_id; set wait_ms:25000 to long-poll short clips to completion in one call. |
| upload_file | Upload local media (a path or bytes_base64) → a file_ref for transcribe. |
| list_transcriptions | Recent jobs (id, status, title, minutes). |
| list_podcast_episodes | Episodes of an RSS/Apple/Spotify feed, with episode_guids. |
| transcribe_podcast_feed | Batch a whole feed (or latest N). Account entitlement required. |
| export_transcript | Export SRT / VTT / TXT / MD / JSON. Word-level timing requires an account entitlement. (DOCX/PDF: use the web app.) |
| search_transcript | Find a phrase in a long transcript → only the matching timestamped segments (no full-transcript context load). |
| ask_transcription | Answer a question about a transcript with server-verified, citation-backed claims only. |
| get_credit_balance | Remaining transcription balance and entitlement state. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"pepys": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pepys-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PEPYS_API_KEY": "YOUR_PEPYS_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PEPYS_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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