Open Router Audio Transcription MCP

Open Router Audio Transcription MCP

An MCP server that transcribes audio files using OpenRouter's audio-capable language models.

Features

• Verbatim transcription — exact word-for-word output including filler words, false starts, and repetitions
• Cleaned transcription — lightly edited for readability: removes fillers, adds punctuation, sentence boundaries, and paragraph breaks; omits content not intended for transcription
• Custom prompt transcription — direct the transcription with your own prompt for specialized use cases

Supported Models

| Model | Provider | |-------|----------| | google/gemini-3-flash-preview (default standard) | Google | | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview (default budget) | Google | | xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni | Xiaomi | | openai/gpt-audio | OpenAI | | openai/gpt-audio-mini (budget) | OpenAI | | mistralai/voxtral-small-24b-2507 | Mistral | | openai/gpt-4o-audio-preview | OpenAI |

Supported Audio Formats

mp3, wav, ogg, flac, m4a, aac, webm, wma, opus

Setup

1. Get an OpenRouter API key

Sign up at openrouter.ai and create an API key at openrouter.ai/keys.

2. Add to Claude Code

Run the following command to add the MCP server to Claude Code:

claude mcp add audio-transcription -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your-api-key-here -- npx -y or-audio-transcription-mcp

Or add it manually to your Claude Code MCP settings (~/.claude/settings.json or project .mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audio-transcription": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "or-audio-transcription-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternative: Install from source

git clone https://github.com/danielrosehill/OR-Audio-Transcription-MCP.git
cd OR-Audio-Transcription-MCP
npm install
npm run build

Then configure with a direct path:

claude mcp add audio-transcription -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your-api-key-here -- node /path/to/OR-Audio-Transcription-MCP/dist/index.js

Tools

transcribe_audio

Transcribe an audio file.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | file_path | string | Yes | Absolute path to the audio file | | mode | "verbatim" \| "cleaned" \| "custom" | Yes | Transcription mode | | custom_prompt | string | When mode=custom | Custom prompt to direct the transcription | | model | string | No | OpenRouter model ID (defaults to google/gemini-3-flash-preview) | | budget | boolean | No | Use budget model (google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview). Ignored if model is set |

list_transcription_models

Lists all available audio transcription models.

License

MIT