A side-by-side look at the Justtranscribe MCP and RiverScript MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Justtranscribe MCP for speech-to-text work as a local process; choose RiverScript for speech-to-text. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_KEY, JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_URL.transcribe_url, get_transcript, list_transcripts.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | R RiverScript | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Speech-to-Text | Speech-to-Text |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_KEYJUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_URL | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Justtranscribe MCP | View RiverScript |
transcribe_urlstart transcribing a public video/audio link (YouTube,get_transcriptpoll by id; returns the full text once completelist_transcriptsthe account's transcripts, newest first.export_transcriptTXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown or CSV as text.delete_transcriptpermanently remove a transcript and its media.get_accountidentify the key's account and limits.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"justtranscribe-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"justtranscribe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_KEY": "YOUR_JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_KEY_HERE",
"JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_URL": "YOUR_JUSTTRANSCRIBE_API_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for RiverScript yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.