# Scribefy (npm · scribefy-mcp)

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

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +34
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `scribefy-mcp`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp/scribefy-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp/scribefy-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `scribefy-mcp`
- Version: `0.3.5`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 61 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - 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.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp -- npx -y scribefy-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
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
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg scribefy-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "scribefy-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scribefy-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 79, +59)

- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Provenance: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] The attested source repository moved: MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 20, −4)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 24, −21)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 45)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `extract_transcript` (~204 tokens)

Extract a YouTube transcript

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.

Input parameters:

- `lang` (string): BCP-47 language code for the captions (e.g. 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'zh-Hans'). Defaults to 'en' if omitted.
- `url` (string, required): Full YouTube URL — youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or shorts. Required.

### `search_videos` (~118 tokens)

Search YouTube videos by free-text query

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.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results to return (1–25, default 10).
- `query` (string, required): Free-text search query. Same syntax YouTube's own search bar accepts.

### `get_video_metadata` (~95 tokens)

Get metadata for a YouTube video (no transcript)

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.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Full YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or shorts).

### `get_related_videos` (~106 tokens)

Get YouTube's "Up next" feed for a video

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.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max related videos to return (1–25, default 10).
- `url` (string, required): Full YouTube URL of the seed video.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp/scribefy-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 79
- 2026-08-02: 79
- 2026-08-01: 20
- 2026-07-31: 20
- 2026-07-30: 24
- 2026-07-28: 45
- 2026-07-27: 45

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/scribefy-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/scribefy-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/MKirovBG/scribefy-mcp
- Website: https://scribefy.app/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp/scribefy-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp/scribefy-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mkirovbg-scribefy-mcp/scribefy-mcp