Spoken
NPM · SPOKEN-MCP · SCANNED SEP 22
Podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names — via the Spoken API.
Available components
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 & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 40 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability84
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 326 tokens (~81/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
- Stability observed for 27 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 4 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
How do I install the Spoken MCP server?
Spoken runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y spoken-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 · spoken-mcp
claude mcp add spokenmd-spoken -- npx -y spoken-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"spokenmd-spoken": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spoken-mcp"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"spokenmd-spoken": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spoken-mcp"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add spokenmd-spoken -- npx -y spoken-mcp
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"spokenmd-spoken": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"spoken-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add spokenmd-spoken --command npx --arg -y --arg spoken-mcp
mcp_servers:
spokenmd-spoken:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "spoken-mcp"] {
"McpServers": {
"spokenmd-spoken": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "npx",
"Arguments": [
"-y",
"spoken-mcp"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add spokenmd-spoken -t stdio -c npx -a -y spoken-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"spokenmd-spoken": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"spoken-mcp"
]
}
}
} 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.
- 21 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.
- 20 Sept 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 19 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
- 18 Sept 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 17 Sept 26 0
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- 16 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.
- 14 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.
- 12 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
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 22 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/spoken-mcp@0.2.2
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
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 →
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 →
get_balance Get credit balance ~32
Check the current Spoken credit balance, account email, and recent usage for the configured API key. Does not consume credits.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_transcript Get transcript ~74
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.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| episode_id | string | yes | Episode id returned by search_podcasts. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_episodes List a show's episodes ~119
List a podcast's entire back-catalog (every episode, newest first). Pass a podcast_id from a search_podcasts result. Returns each episode's id, title, and date — fetch any with get_transcript. Use this to transcribe a whole show. Does not consume credits itself; transcribing the returned episodes costs 1 credit each (repeat fetches are free), so make sure the key has enough credits before looping.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| podcast_id | string | yes | Show id (the podcast_id field from a search_podcasts result). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_podcasts Search podcasts ~101
Search published podcast episodes by text query, or paste an episode URL (Spotify, YouTube, etc.). Returns matching episodes with their id, title, podcast, podcast_id, and date. Use the id with get_transcript, or the podcast_id with list_episodes to get the show's whole back-catalog. Does not consume credits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | Free text (e.g. 'huberman sleep') or a pasted episode URL. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the Spoken MCP server?
Spoken is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.spokenmd/spoken. Podcast transcripts as clean Markdown with real speaker names, via the Spoken API. This page covers its npm package (spoken-mcp).
Is the Spoken MCP server safe to use?
Spoken scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 22 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Spoken MCP server expose?
Spoken exposes 4 tools: search_podcasts, get_transcript, list_episodes, get_balance. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 326 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Spoken MCP server still maintained?
Spoken is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 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 Spoken MCP server under?
Spoken declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.