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OpenTranscribe MCP for VS Code

io.github.fbossiere/open-transcribe-mcp

Provider-independent speech-to-text with normalized transcripts over MCP.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install OpenTranscribe MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-host",
      "description": "OT_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-port",
      "description": "OT_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-security--bearer-token",
      "description": "OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-microsoft--endpoint",
      "description": "OT_MICROSOFT__ENDPOINT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-microsoft--api-key",
      "description": "OT_MICROSOFT__API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-elevenlabs--api-key",
      "description": "OT_ELEVENLABS__API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ot-groq--api-key",
      "description": "OT_GROQ__API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "open-transcribe-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "open-transcribe-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OT_HOST": "${input:ot-host}",
        "OT_PORT": "${input:ot-port}",
        "OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN": "${input:ot-security--bearer-token}",
        "OT_MICROSOFT__ENDPOINT": "${input:ot-microsoft--endpoint}",
        "OT_MICROSOFT__API_KEY": "${input:ot-microsoft--api-key}",
        "OT_ELEVENLABS__API_KEY": "${input:ot-elevenlabs--api-key}",
        "OT_GROQ__API_KEY": "${input:ot-groq--api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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