# AnyScribe in ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants

> AnyScribe works inside ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and any other app that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Connect it once with the Apple ID you use in AnyScribe, and the assistant can search your transcripts, read transcripts, summaries and highlights, list your folders, and send a link to your iPhone to transcribe. It reads the copy of your library that AnyScribe keeps in your account while Cloud Sync is on.

- Canonical page: https://www.anyscribe.app/mcp
- App: [AnyScribe on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758009667)
- Last updated: 2026-11-13

## Server

```
https://mcp.anyscribe.app
```

- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Authentication: OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration; sign in with the Apple ID you use in AnyScribe
- Registry entry: https://www.anyscribe.app/mcp/server.json

## Tools

| Tool | Input | Returns |
|---|---|---|
| `search_library` | query, limit (up to 20) | Transcriptions and highlights that contain every word of the query, newest first, with ids, titles, dates and a snippet |
| `list_transcriptions` | folder_id, since (ISO date), limit (up to 50), cursor | Titles, dates, duration, platform, source link and folders, newest first, with next_cursor for more |
| `get_transcription` | id, part (transcript, summary, description or translation), language, cursor | The text, whole when it fits one page; long transcripts come in pages of about 10,000 tokens with next_cursor, plus title, date, folders, share link and a link that opens it in the app |
| `list_highlights` | transcription_id, limit (up to 50) | Highlighted passages with the transcription they come from and their position |
| `list_folders` | none | Folders with the number of transcriptions in each |
| `transcribe_link` | url (http or https) | A job id. AnyScribe sends the link to your iPhone or iPad, which transcribes it with your transcription time, up to 20 links a day |
| `get_transcription_status` | job_id | queued, transcribing (with progress), completed (with the transcription id to read) or failed (with the reason) |

## Requirements

- AnyScribe on iPhone or iPad, signed in with Apple, with Cloud Sync on. That device uploads your completed transcriptions, folders and highlights to your AnyScribe account.
- An assistant app that supports remote MCP servers with OAuth sign-in.
- To transcribe links from an assistant, open AI assistants in the app once (tap your balance) and allow notifications. Links start when the notification arrives, or the next time you open AnyScribe.
- Assistants can't change or delete anything in your library. transcribe_link only adds a new transcription, the same as sharing a link to AnyScribe yourself.

## Set up

### ChatGPT

1. Open Settings → Apps (Apps & Connectors) → Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode.
2. Go back to Apps, choose Create, name it AnyScribe, paste the server URL and pick OAuth.
3. Sign in with your Apple ID on the AnyScribe page that opens and choose Allow.
4. In a chat, turn on AnyScribe from the + menu.

### Claude (web, desktop and mobile)

1. Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
2. Name it AnyScribe, paste the server URL and choose Add, then Connect.
3. Sign in with your Apple ID on the AnyScribe page and choose Allow.
4. In a chat, turn AnyScribe on from the tools menu.

### Claude Code

1. Run this in a terminal, then type /mcp in Claude Code and sign in.

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http anyscribe https://mcp.anyscribe.app
```

### Cursor

1. Open the install link, or add the server URL under Settings → MCP, then sign in when Cursor asks.

[Add to Cursor](cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=anyscribe&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21jcC5hbnlzY3JpYmUuYXBwIn0%3D)

### VS Code

1. Run this in a terminal, confirm in VS Code, then start the server from the MCP view and sign in.

```sh
code --add-mcp '{"name":"anyscribe","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.anyscribe.app"}'
```

### Codex, Gemini CLI, Le Chat, Perplexity and other clients

1. Add a remote MCP server with this configuration. Transport: Streamable HTTP. Authentication: OAuth 2.1, discovered from the server.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anyscribe": {
      "url": "https://mcp.anyscribe.app"
    }
  }
}
```

## Example prompts

- What did I transcribe this week? Give me the three most useful takeaways.
- Search my AnyScribe library for "spaced repetition" and summarize what each talk says about it.
- Read my latest podcast transcript and turn it into a one-page brief.
- List my highlights from the lecture about memory and group them by theme.
- Transcribe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ in AnyScribe and summarize it when it's done.

## Privacy and your data

- Assistants only see your library after you sign in and choose Allow, and only the account you signed in with.
- The library copy in your AnyScribe account is encrypted inside each database row; the AnyScribe server decrypts what a tool asks for and sends it to the assistant. What the assistant does with it is covered by that assistant's own privacy policy.
- Links an assistant sends are stored in your account with the assistant's name and their status, so the assistant can follow them and you can see them under AI assistants.
- Disconnect an assistant in the assistant's settings, or in AnyScribe under AI assistants. To delete the copy, switch off Cloud Sync and choose Remove from Cloud, or delete your account.
- Privacy policy: https://www.anyscribe.app/privacy#ai-assistants

## Troubleshooting

**"Your library isn't on AnyScribe yet"** Open AnyScribe on your iPhone or iPad, make sure you're signed in and Cloud Sync is on, and leave it open for a minute so it can upload. Then ask again.

**The assistant sees an empty or different library** You probably signed in with a different Apple ID than the one in the app. Disconnect AnyScribe in the assistant, connect again and sign in with the Apple ID shown in AnyScribe under your balance.

**"No iPhone or iPad is set up to receive links"** Open AnyScribe on your iPhone, sign in with the same Apple ID you used on the AnyScribe sign-in page, then tap your balance and open AI assistants once.

**"This AnyScribe account is out of transcription time"** Add time in the AnyScribe app on your iPhone, then ask the assistant again. Reading your library doesn't use any time.

**A link stays queued** Your iPhone may be off, offline or have notifications off for AnyScribe. Open AnyScribe and it starts. If AnyScribe asks to allow AI processing, choose Allow.

**"AnyScribe is temporarily unavailable"** The connection is paused for maintenance. Try again a little later.

**Sign-in keeps asking again** Remove AnyScribe from the assistant and add it again with the server URL above.

## Support

Email support@anyscribe.app or visit https://www.anyscribe.app/support.