# `io.llmexpert/transcription` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.llmexpert/transcription
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.llmexpert/transcription
- Version: 0.2.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.llmexpert (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:52:28.580Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
LLMExpert: cited Q&A over YouTube videos
Ask cited questions across sets of YouTube videos, and get their transcripts. API key or x402 USDC.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:16:56.650Z over streamable-http.

**13 tools: 6 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 6 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `query_channel` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "query_channel" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "query_channel" says "query": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (6)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `add_source`

- The name "add_source" says "add": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Add a source to a channel and begin background ingestion. Maps to POST /v1/channels/{channelId}/sources. Only `type: video` is processed today; `document` and `website` are reserved and return a 501 error until released. Requires the key's `write` scope.
```

### `add_sources`

- The name "add_sources" says "add": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Charged like `transcribe`. Expand the given YouTube URLs, charge for the new work and start an ingest job in an existing collection. Maps to POST /v1/collections/{collectionId}/sources. $0.01/min standard, $0.03/min whisper by default, 1-minute minimum per video. Videos already in the collection are free. Pass a `quote_id` from `quote` to be charged exactly that price. Poll `get_status` every 10–30 s until `status` is completed, partial or failed; `completed` means every accepted video is transcribed and indexed, so the collection is queryable. API key required (the key's `write` scope). Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

### `create_collection`

- The name "create_collection" says "create": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Create an empty collection to add sources to later with `add_sources`. Maps to POST /v1/collections. Returns the collection and its `collection_token` (`ct_…`, shown once: store it; absent on an idempotent replay). API key required (the key's `write` scope). Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

### `query_channel`

- The name "query_channel" says "query": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run a retrieval-augmented query against a channel's indexed knowledge base and return a generated answer with citations. Maps to POST /v1/query. Requires the key's `query` scope and access to the channel. Charged: $0.02 flat per call by default. Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

### `quote`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Expand YouTube URLs exactly as an ingest would and return the price, the per-video lines and the per-source rejections. Maps to POST /v1/quote. $0.01/min standard, $0.03/min whisper by default, 1-minute minimum per video. The `quote_id` is valid for 15 minutes; pass it to `transcribe` or `add_sources` to be charged exactly this price. Pass `collection_id` to price against an existing collection (videos already in it are free). At least one of url, urls, channel_url, channel_urls. Requires the key's `read` scope. Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

### `transcribe`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Charged. Create a collection and start an ingest job for the given YouTube URLs in one call. Maps to POST /v1/transcribe. $0.01/min standard, $0.03/min whisper by default, 1-minute minimum per video. Pass a `quote_id` from `quote` to be charged exactly that price. Returns `job_id`, `collection_id` and `collection_token` (`ct_…`, shown once: store it; it reads this collection without an API key). Poll `get_status` every 10–30 s until `status` is completed, partial or failed; `completed` means every accepted video is transcribed and indexed, so the collection is queryable. With an API key it needs the key's `write` scope. Without an API key this tool is payable in USDC via x402: the first call returns a payment-required result (`isError` with the payment requirements in `structuredContent`); an x402-aware MCP client signs and retries the same call with `_meta['x402/payment']`, and the receipt returns in the result's `_meta['x402/payment-response']`. Never pay again after a 409 (already presented) or 502 (settlement unknown) result. Keyless `transcribe` takes one channel-like source and at most 3 videos. Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_source`

- The name "get_source" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single source and its processing status (type-specific provenance included). Maps to GET /v1/sources/{sourceId}. Requires the key's `read` scope.
```

### `get_status`

- The name "get_status" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Get an ingest job started by `transcribe` or `add_sources`. Maps to GET /v1/jobs/{jobId}. Poll every 10–30 s until `status` is completed, partial or failed (terminal). `completed` means every accepted video is transcribed and indexed, so the collection is queryable; `partial` means some videos failed and were credited back (`credited_usd`); `videos.completed` / `videos.failed` count progress. Works with an API key or the collection's `ct_` token as the bearer. Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

### `get_transcript`

- The name "get_transcript" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Get the transcript of a video that is completed in one of your collections. Maps to GET /v1/videos/{youtubeId}/transcript. `collection_id` is required with an API key; with the collection's `ct_` token as the bearer it defaults to the token's collection. `format` is json (segments with timestamps, default) or text (one `[H:MM:SS] text` line per segment). 404 when the video is not completed in that collection, or the transcript predates the transcript cache. Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

### `get_usage`

- The name "get_usage" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get usage, quota, and spend for the calling key (queries, tokens, cost, budget remaining). Maps to GET /v1/usage. Requires the key's `read` scope.
```

### `list_channels`

- The name "list_channels" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the channels the calling key is scoped to. Maps to GET /v1/channels. Cursor-paginated. Requires the key's `read` scope.
```

### `list_sources`

- The name "list_sources" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the sources (video/document/website) in a channel, optionally filtered by type or status. Maps to GET /v1/channels/{channelId}/sources. Cursor-paginated. Requires the key's `read` scope.
```

### `query_collection`

- The name "query_collection" says "query": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Charged: $0.02 flat per call by default, no token multiplier. Ask a question of a collection and get a generated answer with citations. Maps to POST /v1/collections/{collectionId}/query. Query a collection once `get_status` says completed. With an API key it needs the key's `query` scope. Without an API key this tool is payable in USDC via x402: the first call returns a payment-required result (`isError` with the payment requirements in `structuredContent`); an x402-aware MCP client signs and retries the same call with `_meta['x402/payment']`, and the receipt returns in the result's `_meta['x402/payment-response']`. Never pay again after a 409 (already presented) or 502 (settlement unknown) result. Keyless, only the address that paid for the collection may query it. Prices are the service defaults; `quote` returns the exact price.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `transcription`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__transcription__list_channels",
      "mcp__transcription__list_sources",
      "mcp__transcription__get_source",
      "mcp__transcription__get_usage",
      "mcp__transcription__get_status",
      "mcp__transcription__get_transcript",
      "mcp__transcription__query_collection"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__transcription__query_channel",
      "mcp__transcription__add_source",
      "mcp__transcription__quote",
      "mcp__transcription__transcribe",
      "mcp__transcription__create_collection",
      "mcp__transcription__add_sources"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```