# Spoken (npm · spoken-mcp)

Podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names — via the Spoken API.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +24
- Registry status: deprecated
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

> **Deprecated**: this server is marked deprecated in the MCP registry.

## Components

- npm · `spoken-mcp`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/roberttomko-spoken/spoken-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/roberttomko-spoken/spoken-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `spoken-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.1`
- 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**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL redirects; it must resolve directly.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 40 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 187 tokens (~62/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 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 roberttomko-spoken -- npx -y spoken-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add roberttomko-spoken -- npx -y spoken-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "roberttomko-spoken": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "spoken-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add roberttomko-spoken --command npx --arg -y --arg spoken-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  roberttomko-spoken:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "spoken-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roberttomko-spoken": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "spoken-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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 64, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-08-02 (score 60, +60)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 0, −21)

- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, −19)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 40, +22)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-28 (score 18, −22)

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

### 2026-07-27 (score 40)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_podcasts` (~81 tokens)

Search podcasts

Search published podcast episodes by text query, or paste an episode URL (Spotify, YouTube, etc.). Returns matching episodes with their id, title, podcast, and date. Use the id with get_transcript. Does not consume credits.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Free text (e.g. 'huberman sleep') or a pasted episode URL.

### `get_transcript` (~74 tokens)

Get transcript

Fetch a podcast episode's transcript as clean Markdown with real speaker names and timestamps. Pass an episode id from search_podcasts. Costs 1 credit on the first fetch of an episode; repeat fetches are free and errors are never charged.

Input parameters:

- `episode_id` (string, required): Episode id returned by search_podcasts.

### `get_balance` (~32 tokens)

Get credit balance

Check the current Spoken credit balance, account email, and recent usage for the configured API key. Does not consume credits.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 64
- 2026-08-02: 60
- 2026-08-01: 0
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 40
- 2026-07-28: 18
- 2026-07-27: 40

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/spoken-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/spoken-mcp
- Website: https://spoken.md/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/roberttomko-spoken/spoken-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/roberttomko-spoken/spoken-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/roberttomko-spoken/spoken-mcp