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Scribefy

NPM · SCRIBEFY-MCP · SCANNED SEP 20

Search YouTube, get video metadata, and extract timestamped transcripts for AI workflows.

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npm · scribefy-mcp 94
0 this week 94 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security98
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency97
  • Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
  • Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
  • Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 109 days ago).Pass
  • Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability78
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 660 tokens (~165/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management93
  • Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the Scribefy MCP server?

Scribefy runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y scribefy-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · scribefy-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp -- npx -y scribefy-mcp
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scribefy-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scribefy-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp -- npx -y scribefy-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "scribefy-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg scribefy-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "scribefy-mcp"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "scribefy-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y scribefy-mcp
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scribefy-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 20 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 18 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 15 Sept 26 −3
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
    • Stability: pass → 0.77 functional
  • 14 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 13 Sept 26 0
    • Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
  • 12 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 10 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 9 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/scribefy-mcp@0.3.5

Provenance Verified

A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.

Result Verified
Ecosystem npm
Reason Verified
Discovered via Registry attestation endpoint
Source repo MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp
Certificate issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Certificate SAN https://github.com/MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp/.github/workflows/publish-mcp.yml@refs/tags/v0.3.5
Rekor log index 1703473127
Predicate type https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1
Subject digest sha512:4ba64f0425ab53fd4b68bfa69f489a9363a0851a498c9ca9f3b62ba92440051076d5b255c8b3eb3348b9eb62ee95abcc423247b7333aeb2a1911fc797

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 96 packages
Packages resolved 96
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 4 exposed · ~523 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
extract_transcript ~204

Pulls the transcript of a YouTube video and returns it as Markdown with timestamps. Use this whenever the user provides a YouTube URL and wants to summarise, quote, search, or otherwise process the video's spoken content. Costs credits on first fetch (1 credit ≤15min, 2 credits 15–45min, 4 credits 45min–2h, 8 credits 2h+). Cached extractions are free — videos other Scribefy users have already extracted are cached for 30 days. Returns the title, channel, duration, language, and the transcript itself split into segments with clickable timestamps.

NameTypeReqDescription
langstring–BCP-47 language code for the captions (e.g. 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'zh-Hans'). Defaults to 'en' if omitted.
urlstringyesFull YouTube URL — youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or shorts. Required.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_related_videos ~106

Return the videos YouTube recommends after a given video — the 'Up next' / 'Related' feed. Returns up to `limit` results (default 10, max 25). Free — no credits charged. Use this to expand research from a single starting video, or to find adjacent content.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger–Max related videos to return (1–25, default 10).
urlstringyesFull YouTube URL of the seed video.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_video_metadata ~95

Look up title, channel, duration, view count, upload date, and available caption tracks for a video. Does NOT pull the transcript — use extract_transcript for that. Free — no credits charged. Useful to inspect a video before deciding whether to extract, or to discover which caption languages are available.

NameTypeReqDescription
urlstringyesFull YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or shorts).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_videos ~118

Search YouTube for videos matching a query string. Returns up to `limit` results (default 10, max 25) with title, channel, duration, view count, and URL. Free — no credits charged. Use this when the user asks 'find me videos about X' before chaining into extract_transcript on a specific result.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger–Max results to return (1–25, default 10).
querystringyesFree-text search query. Same syntax YouTube's own search bar accepts.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Scribefy MCP server?

Scribefy is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp. Search YouTube, get video metadata, and extract timestamped transcripts for AI workflows. This page covers its npm package (scribefy-mcp).

Is the Scribefy MCP server safe to use?

Scribefy scores 94 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Scribefy MCP server expose?

Scribefy exposes 4 tools: extract_transcript, search_videos, get_video_metadata, get_related_videos. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 523 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Scribefy MCP server still maintained?

Scribefy is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the Scribefy MCP server under?

Scribefy declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.