# Spoken (npm · spoken-mcp)

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

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +24
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `spoken-mcp`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/spokenmd-spoken/spoken-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/spokenmd-spoken/spoken-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `spoken-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- 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**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - 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**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 326 tokens (~81/item across 4 items; 4 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 spokenmd-spoken -- npx -y spoken-mcp
```

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spokenmd-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 70, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-08-02 (score 66, +45)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [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 regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [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] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, −7)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 28, −18)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_podcasts` (~101 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, 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.

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.

### `list_episodes` (~119 tokens)

List a show's episodes

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.

Input parameters:

- `podcast_id` (string, required): Show id (the podcast_id field from a search_podcasts result).

### `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/spokenmd-spoken/spoken-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 70
- 2026-08-02: 66
- 2026-08-01: 21
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 28
- 2026-07-28: 46
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

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