# Saidwire Speech-to-Text (pypi · saidwire-mcp)

Transcribe local audio files and public audio URLs to text, SRT/VTT or word timestamps.

- Trust score: 63/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- pypi · `saidwire-mcp`: 63/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/saidwire-saidwire-mcp/saidwire-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/saidwire-saidwire-mcp/saidwire-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `saidwire-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 1 of 31 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 3 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 451 tokens (~225/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Saidwire Speech-to-Text MCP server?

Saidwire Speech-to-Text runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx saidwire-mcp. 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 saidwire-saidwire-mcp -- uvx saidwire-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "saidwire-saidwire-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "saidwire-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "saidwire-saidwire-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "saidwire-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add saidwire-saidwire-mcp -- uvx saidwire-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add saidwire-saidwire-mcp --command uvx --arg saidwire-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  saidwire-saidwire-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["saidwire-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "saidwire-saidwire-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "saidwire-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add saidwire-saidwire-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a saidwire-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "saidwire-saidwire-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "saidwire-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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 63, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-11-04 (score 63, +10)

- [security regression] Source repository: pass → fail
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 53, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 52, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-11-01 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `transcribe_file` (~181 tokens)

Transcribe a local audio file (WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Opus, WebM, M4A/MP4, AAC) to text.

Args:
    path: Absolute path to the audio file on this computer (up to 100 MB / 60 minutes).
    format: "text" (plain transcript), "json" (transcript, utterances and word timestamps),
        "srt" or "vtt" (subtitles with timestamps).
    include_words: Add per-word start/end times (for "text" and "json").
    output_path: Optional absolute path to also save the result to, e.g. /path/talk.srt.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string)
- `include_words` (boolean)
- `output_path`
- `path` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `transcribe_url` (~171 tokens)

Download a public audio file from an http(s) URL and transcribe it to text.

The file is downloaded by this server (default limit 100 MB, set SAIDWIRE_MAX_DOWNLOAD_MB
to change it) and sent to Saidwire. Use a direct link to the audio, not a web page.

Args:
    url: Direct http(s) link to an audio file.
    format: "text", "json" (with word timestamps), "srt" or "vtt".
    include_words: Add per-word start/end times (for "text" and "json").
    output_path: Optional absolute path to also save the result to.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string)
- `include_words` (boolean)
- `output_path`
- `url` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 63
- 2026-11-04: 63
- 2026-11-03: 53
- 2026-11-02: 52
- 2026-11-01: 67

## Common questions

### What is the Saidwire Speech-to-Text MCP server?

Saidwire Speech-to-Text is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Saidwire/saidwire-mcp. Transcribe local audio files and public audio URLs to text, SRT/VTT or word timestamps. This page covers its PyPI package (saidwire-mcp).

### Is the Saidwire Speech-to-Text MCP server safe to use?

Saidwire Speech-to-Text scores 63 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. 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 Saidwire Speech-to-Text MCP server expose?

Saidwire Speech-to-Text exposes 2 tools: transcribe_file, transcribe_url. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 352 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Saidwire Speech-to-Text MCP server still maintained?

Saidwire Speech-to-Text is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 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 Saidwire Speech-to-Text MCP server under?

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

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/saidwire-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/saidwire-mcp
- Website: https://saidwire.com/dev
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/saidwire-saidwire-mcp/saidwire-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/saidwire-saidwire-mcp/saidwire-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/saidwire-saidwire-mcp/saidwire-mcp