MCP Server — decibri/mcp-listen

Give your AI agents the ability to listen. Microphone capture and speech-to-text tools for MCP-compatible agents.

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What is the MCP Server?

Give your AI agents the ability to listen. Microphone capture and speech-to-text tools for MCP-compatible agents.

What it needs from you

Supported platforms: - Windows x64 - macOS Apple silicon (arm64) - Linux x64 and arm64 (glibc) Intel Mac (darwin-x64) is not supported: Apple has discontinued the platform and no decibri binary is published for it. For list_audio_devices and capture_audio: - Node.js 18+ - A microphone For voice_query (optional): - Ollama running locally - Whisper GGML model

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Maintainer setup documentation.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
list_audio_devicesList available microphone input devices
capture_audioRecord audio from the microphone and save as WAV
voice_queryCapture, transcribe (whisper.cpp), and query a local LLM (Ollama)

How to install the MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "listen-618c31": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-listen"],
      "env": {
        "WHISPER_MODEL_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

Supported platforms: - Windows x64 - macOS Apple silicon (arm64) - Linux x64 and arm64 (glibc) Intel Mac (darwin-x64) is not supported: Apple has discontinued the platform and no decibri binary is published for it. For list_audio_devices and capture_audio: - Node.js 18+ - A microphone For voice_query (optional): - Ollama running locally - Whisper GGML model

VariableDescriptionRequired
WHISPER_MODEL_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • “Use MCP to list audio devices.”
  • “Use MCP to capture audio.”
  • “Use MCP to voice query.”

Frequently asked questions

The source code is linked from the repository URL on this page.