Transcripted MCP Server

Private meeting notes that never leave your Mac. No bot joins your call. Transcripted is a free, open-source Mac app for meeting notes and dictation.

People who work with coreml, diarization and local ai and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Swift.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-30 · ★ 72 · #112 OF 193 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · Swift · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Transcripted

Claude Desktop

Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/r3dbars/transcripted/releases/download/v1.1.68/transcripted-mcp.mcpb .mcpb bundle

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.r3dbars is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Transcripted can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.1.68 · 2026-09-30

A quick fix for 1.1.67. · Fixes · With Writing's autocomplete on, dictating into a Transcripted window (like Settings) could freeze the app. It no longer does. · See 1.1.67 for everything new: better speaker naming…

v1.1.67 · 2026-09-29

Much better at knowing who said what, a new Notch island, and Writing. · New · Better speaker naming. Meetings use a new speaker model that splits voices more accurately and recognizes people you've named before. Your…

v1.1.66 · 2026-09-25

Dictation starts faster, and the menu bar menu is simpler. · New · Dictation starts faster. The click plays as soon as you press the key. · Right Option now starts dictation when you press it, not when you let go. · A…

04 · Who maintains Transcripted

Transcripted is maintained by r3dbars. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Oct 2025.

05 · Facts

repository
github.com/r3dbars/transcripted
website
https://transcripted.app/
category
media - ranked #112 of 193 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence
9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-30)
registry
io.github.r3dbars/transcripted (active, first published 2026-09-29 · 2 versions)
packages
mcpb:https://github.com/r3dbars/transcripted/releases/download/v1.1.68/transcripted-mcp.mcpb

06 · Transcripted FAQ

What is Transcripted?

Private meeting notes that never leave your Mac. No bot joins your call. Transcripted is a free, open-source Mac app for meeting notes and dictation.

Is Transcripted still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-30 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

07 · Alternatives to Transcripted

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