Happy Scribe MCP: transcripts and meeting notes in your AI app

How to add Happy Scribe to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect Happy Scribe free and sign in with your Happy Scribe account.
2. 2Searching, quoting and exporting don't change anything. Switch off the tools that delete transcriptions, subtitle jobs or webhooks, and the one that confirms orders, if a person should make those calls.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app what was decided about the budget in last week's meeting notes, with timestamps, then open Activity to see the search.

Transcript work in Claude or ChatGPT

• Search your transcripts and meeting notes and quote the passage with its timestamp.
• Start a transcription from a media URL, or create subtitles for a video.
• Export a transcript or subtitles in the format you need.
• Order a translation of a finished transcript into one or more languages.

Control over recordings and orders

• Switch off delete tools so transcripts and subtitle jobs stay put.
• Use a policy to warn before your AI app confirms an order.
• Policies can hide personal data from meeting notes in each call, and Activity records every call.

What you get with Happy Scribe and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use Happy ScribeClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Happy Scribe through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Happy Scribe tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Happy Scribe tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in Happy Scribe. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Create SubtitleTool to generate subtitles for a video file by creating a transcription with the is_subtitle flag. Use after confirming the media URL is publicly accessible and valid.
• Create TranscriptionTool to initiate a new transcription job using a publicly accessible or signed URL. Use when you have uploaded a media file and want to start transcription immediately.
• Create Translation TaskTool to create a translation task for a transcription (deprecated). Use after transcription is complete to request translation.
• Delete TranscriptionTool to delete a transcription job. Use when you have a transcription ID and want to remove it, optionally permanently. Use after confirming the transcription ID.
• Delete WebhookTool to delete a specific webhook. Use when you need to remove a webhook after confirming its identifier.
• Export SubtitleTool to export subtitle in the requested format. Use after transcription is completed.
• Get Account DetailsTool to retrieve details about your account, including subscription status and usage statistics. Use after authenticating your API key to monitor plan and usage.
• Get Supported LanguagesTool to retrieve supported language codes and names. Use when you need the list of valid languages for transcription or subtitle services.
• Get API Rate LimitTool to retrieve current API rate limits. Since Happy Scribe does not expose a dedicated rate limit endpoint, we attempt to read standard rate-limit headers from lightweight GET endpoints (/transcript
• Confirm OrderTool to confirm a pending order. Use after creating an order with confirm=false when you're ready to submit it for processing.
• Create Translation OrderTool to create a translation order from an existing transcription. Use when you have a completed transcription and want translations into one or more languages. By default, the order remains incomplet
• Delete Subtitle JobTool to delete a specific subtitle job. Use when you need to remove a transcription job by its ID after confirming the identifier.
• Export TranscriptionTool to export transcription results in various formats. Use after transcription completes to create an export job.
• Get API VersionTool to retrieve current API version and check for updates. If Happy Scribe does not expose a dedicated /version endpoint, this tool attempts to infer the version from HTTP response headers or from th
• Get Error CodesTool to fetch a list of API error codes and their descriptions. Use when you need to understand potential error responses.
• Get SubtitleTool to retrieve the details and status of a specific subtitle job using its unique identifier. Use when you need to check subtitle job status after submission.
• Get Supported FormatsTool to retrieve supported file formats. Use when you need to know available input and output formats before creating a transcription or subtitle. If a dedicated '/formats' endpoint is unavailable, th
• Get Transcription DetailsTool to retrieve details and status of a specific transcription job. Use after creating or listing transcription jobs to inspect a particular job's metadata.
• Get WebhooksTool to retrieve a list of webhooks configured for your account. Use when you need to view your webhook subscriptions after setup.
• List SubtitlesTool to list subtitle jobs for an organization. Use when you need to retrieve subtitle-specific transcription records with optional filters.