# `io.usefulapi/speechmatics` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/speechmatics
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/speechmatics
- Version: 1.16.4 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-22T11:18:55.496Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Speechmatics MCP by usefulapi
Transcribe audio and video with Speechmatics speech-to-text from Claude and any MCP client.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:19:49.481Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 1 change things and 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_transcribe_url` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (1)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `speechmatics_delete_job`

- The name "speechmatics_delete_job" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "Permanently deletes".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
⚠[U+FE0F] Permanently deletes a job and its transcript. Set force=true to delete even while it is still running. Batch API: DELETE /jobs/{job_id}.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `speechmatics_transcribe_url`

- The description's first verb is "submit": a word for a change.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submit a publicly reachable audio/video URL for speech-to-text transcription (optionally with diarization, translation, and summarization). ASYNC: returns a job id immediately — poll speechmatics_get_job until status is "done", then call speechmatics_get_transcript. Batch API: POST /jobs.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `speechmatics_get_job`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single job's details and status (running | done | rejected | deleted | expired). Poll this until status is "done", then fetch the transcript. Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}.
```

### `speechmatics_get_job_log`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a job's plain-text processing log — useful for debugging a rejected job. Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}/log.
```

### `speechmatics_get_transcript`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a completed job's transcript. format=txt (default, human-readable) | srt (subtitles) | json-v2 (structured words, timings, speakers, translations, summary). Only works once the job status is "done". Batch API: GET /jobs/{job_id}/transcript.
```

### `speechmatics_get_usage`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get usage statistics (transcription minutes) for the account over a date range. Batch API: GET /usage.
```

### `speechmatics_list_jobs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List transcription jobs (most recent first), with status/data_name/duration. Batch API: GET /jobs.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_list_jobs",
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_get_job",
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_get_transcript",
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_get_job_log",
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_get_usage"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_transcribe_url"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_delete_job"
    ]
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__speechmatics__speechmatics_transcribe_url`: outbound