# convert.express (remote · convert.express)

Transcribe audio and video to text, SRT or VTT. Summaries, action items, translation.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `convert.express`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/express-convert-transcribe/convert.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/express-convert-transcribe/convert)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://convert.express/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (delete_job).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1770 tokens (~147/item across 12 items; 12 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 13 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the convert.express MCP server?

convert.express is a hosted endpoint at https://convert.express/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http express-convert-transcribe 'https://convert.express/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "express-convert-transcribe": {
      "url": "https://convert.express/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "express-convert-transcribe": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://convert.express/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.express-convert-transcribe]
url = "https://convert.express/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "express-convert-transcribe": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://convert.express/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add express-convert-transcribe --url 'https://convert.express/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  express-convert-transcribe:
    url: "https://convert.express/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "express-convert-transcribe": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://convert.express/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add express-convert-transcribe -t streamable-http -u 'https://convert.express/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "express-convert-transcribe": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://convert.express/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-18 (score 64, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-17 (score 63)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (12)

### `get_service_info` (~32 tokens)

Service info

What convert.express does, how to use these tools, free minutes, prices, models, languages and limits.

### `estimate_cost` (~94 tokens)

Estimate cost

Price for transcribing a recording of a given length, and how many free minutes are left today — for your IP, or for your user's account once your robot_key is linked.

Input parameters:

- `duration_minutes` (number, required): Length of the recording in minutes.
- `robot_key` (string): Pass the robot_key from your earlier jobs so all your jobs stay together. Omit on your very first call — a new one is returned.

### `transcribe_url` (~207 tokens)

Transcribe from a link

Start transcribing a media file from a public link (direct file link or YouTube). Returns job_id and robot_key; then poll get_job.

Input parameters:

- `action_items` (boolean): Also extract action items when the transcript is ready.
- `language` (string): ISO 639-1 code such as "en". Omit to auto-detect.
- `model` (string): Default "mai-transcribe". See get_service_info.
- `robot_key` (string): Pass the robot_key from your earlier jobs so all your jobs stay together. Omit on your very first call — a new one is returned.
- `speaker_labels` (boolean): Label who speaks when.
- `summary` (boolean): Also write an AI summary when the transcript is ready.
- `translate_to_english` (boolean): Translate the speech to English while transcribing. Only with model "whisper".
- `url` (string, required): https:// link to the audio/video file or a YouTube video.

### `create_upload` (~241 tokens)

Create an upload

For a file on your machine: returns an upload_url. PUT the file to it, then call start_transcription.

Input parameters:

- `action_items` (boolean): Also extract action items when the transcript is ready.
- `content_type` (string, required): MIME type, e.g. "audio/mpeg" or "video/mp4".
- `filename` (string, required): File name including extension, e.g. "meeting.mp3".
- `language` (string): ISO 639-1 code such as "en". Omit to auto-detect.
- `model` (string): Default "mai-transcribe". See get_service_info.
- `robot_key` (string): Pass the robot_key from your earlier jobs so all your jobs stay together. Omit on your very first call — a new one is returned.
- `size_bytes` (integer, required): Exact file size in bytes (max 2 GB).
- `speaker_labels` (boolean): Label who speaks when.
- `summary` (boolean): Also write an AI summary when the transcript is ready.
- `translate_to_english` (boolean): Translate the speech to English while transcribing. Only with model "whisper".

### `start_transcription` (~70 tokens)

Start transcription

Call after the PUT to upload_url has finished. Checks the file arrived and queues it.

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): job_id returned by transcribe_url or create_upload.
- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.

### `get_job` (~127 tokens)

Get job status and transcript

Status of a job. When status is "completed", returns the transcript text in the chosen format plus download links. When status is "payment_required", returns a preview and a payment_url to show your user. Also returns summary, action_items and translations when requested.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): Default "txt". "timed" = timestamps + speakers (needs speaker_labels).
- `job_id` (string, required): job_id returned by transcribe_url or create_upload.
- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.

### `list_jobs` (~57 tokens)

List your jobs

Your jobs that still exist (jobs are deleted 24 hours after the last activity), newest first, with their status.

Input parameters:

- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.

### `create_share_link` (~86 tokens)

Create a share link

A public web page with the results of a completed job, for your user to open or send to others. Anyone with the link can see it until the job expires.

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): job_id returned by transcribe_url or create_upload.
- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.

### `delete_job` (~82 tokens)

Delete a job now

Delete the uploaded file, the transcript and all other results of a job right away, instead of 24 hours after the last activity. Cannot be undone.

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): job_id returned by transcribe_url or create_upload.
- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.

### `request_summary` (~96 tokens)

Summary or action items

Ask for an AI summary or action items of a completed job. Returns at once; the result appears in get_job ("summary" / "action_items").

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): job_id returned by transcribe_url or create_upload.
- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.
- `type` (string, required): "summary" or "action_items".

### `translate` (~134 tokens)

Translate a result

Translate the transcript, subtitles (timecodes kept), summary or action items of a completed job into another language. Returns at once; the result appears in get_job under "translations".

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required): job_id returned by transcribe_url or create_upload.
- `robot_key` (string, required): The robot_key you received with your first job. Required to read or start your jobs.
- `source` (string): What to translate. Default "txt". summary / action_items must exist first.
- `target_language` (string, required): Language name in English, e.g. "German", "Brazilian Portuguese", "Japanese".

### `send_feedback` (~145 tokens)

Send feedback

Tell the convert.express team about a bug, a missing feature, or a question — from you or your user. A human reads every message; there is no automatic reply. Include reply_email only if your user wants an answer.

Input parameters:

- `message` (string, required): The message in plain text. Up to 2000 characters are kept.
- `reply_email` (string): Email address for a human reply, only with your user's consent.
- `robot_key` (string): Pass the robot_key from your earlier jobs so all your jobs stay together. Omit on your very first call — a new one is returned.
- `type` (string, required): What kind of message this is.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/express-convert-transcribe/convert#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 64
- 2026-10-17: 63

## Common questions

### What is the convert.express MCP server?

convert.express is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as express.convert/transcribe. Transcribe audio and video to text, SRT or VTT. Summaries, action items, translation. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://convert.express/mcp).

### Is the convert.express MCP server safe to use?

convert.express scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the convert.express MCP server expose?

convert.express exposes 12 tools: get_service_info, estimate_cost, transcribe_url, create_upload, start_transcription, and 7 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,371 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the convert.express MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to convert.express without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the convert.express MCP server still maintained?

convert.express is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://convert.express/mcp
- Website: https://convert.express/agents
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/express-convert-transcribe/convert.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/express-convert-transcribe/convert.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/express-convert-transcribe/convert