✓ Free to start — no credit card

Transcribe any video, ask questions, quiz yourself,
unimaginable learning speed

Paste your YouTube link, podcast URL, or upload an audio file from chat. Ask Claude — summary, Q&A, insights, quizzes in seconds. Save to your Whipscribe knowledge vault. Join the league of AI experts learning and building the AI future.

What it looks like in chat
Transcribe these 5 videos and give me the key ideas:
youtube.com/watch?v=abc123
youtube.com/watch?v=def456
youtube.com/watch?v=ghi789 …
↑ Claude calls Whipscribe automatically. You never leave the chat.
⚡
60-second setup
One connector, one chat, every podcast.
🎁
Free tier included
No credit card. Upgrade for more minutes.
🔒
Yours, always
Saved to your Whipscribe vault you own.
Install

6 steps to set up

Connect once in Claude.ai. Every future chat can transcribe and quiz any video, podcast, or audio file.

1

Open Claude → Settings → Connectors and click + Add custom connector at the bottom of the list.

Open Claude Settings →
Click + Add custom connector at the bottom of Claude's connector list
2

Paste these two values into the Name and URL fields:

Name Whipscribe
URL https://whipscribe.com/mcp
3

Hit Add. Claude registers all 37 Whipscribe tools — transcripts, summaries, clips, library — instantly.

Click the Add button to register the connector
4

Whipscribe shows up in your connector list. Click Configure to tune which tools Claude can use.

Whipscribe row appears with a Configure button
5

Open the permissions dropdown next to Other tools.

Open the Custom permissions dropdown
6

Pick Always allow once. Claude never asks again — every chat just works.

Always allow selected — Claude will not prompt again
Use it

4 examples of how to launch a quizzing query from a video

Paste a URL or speak it. Claude pulls the full transcript and quizzes you on what matters — no copy-paste, no context switch.

7

Open a new Claude chat. The toolset is already there — no slash commands, no setup.

Open a fresh Claude chat — Whipscribe tools are available
8

Paste any YouTube, podcast, or audio URL + your question, then hit ↑.

Paste a URL with a question and send
9

Sample Question: Karpathy describes Software 3.0 as a new programming paradigm. What is the primary 'lever' a developer uses in this paradigm? Answers: attempt and review your scores.

Sample question from the Karpathy quiz inside Claude chat
10

Your custom interactive quiz right in Claude chat — every question tagged by topic and your progress score. You learn things deeply and evaluate your knowledge.

MCQ Question 2 of 8 from an Andrej Karpathy interview, tagged by topic

Free tier included. No API key needed to get started. Upgrade at whipscribe.com/pricing for more minutes.

What people use it for

Any audio → text, in Claude

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YouTube playlist
Turn a whole playlist into a searchable knowledge base.
"Transcribe all 8 videos in this playlist and summarize the main themes."
🎙️
Podcast notes
Get timestamped show notes and pull exact quotes.
"Transcribe this episode and give me the 5 most actionable takeaways."
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Lecture notes
Turn recorded lectures into study guides instantly.
"Transcribe this lecture and create flashcards from the key concepts."
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Meeting recordings
Upload a recording, get action items and decisions.
"Transcribe this meeting and list who is responsible for what."
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Research interviews
Analyze patterns across multiple interview recordings.
"Transcribe all 10 interviews and identify recurring pain points."
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Second brain
Build a knowledge base from your favourite creators.
"Transcribe every video in this channel and index them by topic."
Also works in

Every MCP-compatible AI tool

Claude Desktop Claude.ai Claude Code Cursor Windsurf Any MCP client

Install via terminal (Python 3.10+ required):

uvx whipscribe-mcp

Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whipscribe": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["whipscribe-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add "WHIPSCRIBE_API_KEY": "your-key" inside an "env" block to unlock paid quota. Get your key at whipscribe.com/keys.

Full docs: github.com/neugence/whipscribe-mcp

Prefer the desktop app?

Claude Desktop — one-click install

Claude Desktop (app)
Download the extension
Double-click to install. No config files to edit.
↓ Download Extension (.mcpb)
  1. 1Click Download above
  2. 2Double-click the file
  3. 3Claude opens → click Install