# convert.express

> Transcribe audio and video to text, SRT or VTT. Summaries, action items, translation.

- name: express.convert/transcribe
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 81/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/express.convert%2Ftranscribe
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/express.convert%2Ftranscribe/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcribe": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://convert.express/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-3d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 81/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 86 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 13 of 13 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: transcribe_url (readOnlyHint, idempotentHint); create_upload (readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); create_share_link (readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,896 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 2 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 13, about 2,896 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 05d3e98a0a356b06430f077bcfe6ef2e
- tools last changed: 2026-10-20T08:18:05.807Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/express.convert/transcribe.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/express.convert/transcribe)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-20 `create_upload` changed (description)
  - before: For a file on your machine: returns an upload_url. PUT the file to it, then call start_transcription. If you cannot send HTTP requests, show the returned upload_page_url to your user instead: they upload the file in a browser and it starts by itself.
  - after: For a file on your machine: returns an upload_url. PUT the file to it, then call start_transcription. If your user attached or named a file, try the PUT first. Only if the PUT fails (no HTTP access, or it is blocked), show the returned upload_page_url to your user instead: they upload the file in a browser and it starts by itself.
- 2026-10-19 `create_upload` changed (description)
  - before: For a file on your machine: returns an upload_url. PUT the file to it, then call start_transcription.
  - after: For a file on your machine: returns an upload_url. PUT the file to it, then call start_transcription. If you cannot send HTTP requests, show the returned upload_page_url to your user instead: they upload the file in a browser and it starts by itself.
- 2026-10-18 `pay_job` added
  - Pay for the full transcript of a job whose get_job status is "payment_required", with a card your user shared through a Stripe Shared Payment Token (MPP). Call without payment: you get a payment challenge with the exact price in EUR. Your MPP client pays it and calls again. Without an MPP wallet, show payment_url from get_job to your user instead.
- 2026-10-18 `send_feedback` changed (annotations)
- 2026-10-18 `translate` changed (annotations)
- 2026-10-18 `request_summary` changed (annotations)
- 2026-10-18 `delete_job` changed (annotations)
- 2026-10-18 `create_share_link` changed (annotations)
- 2026-10-18 `list_jobs` changed (annotations)
- 2026-10-18 `get_job` changed (annotations)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/express.convert%2Ftranscribe/changes

## Remotes

- https://convert.express/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (13)

- `create_share_link`: A public web page with the results of a completed job, for your user to open or send to others. Anyone with the link can see it until the job expires.
- `create_upload`: For a file on your machine: returns an upload_url. PUT the file to it, then call start_transcription. If your user attached or named a file, try the PUT first. Only if the PUT fails (no HTTP access, or it is blocked), show the returned upload_page_url to your user instead: they upload the file in a browser and it starts by itself.
- `delete_job`: Delete the uploaded file, the transcript and all other results of a job right away, instead of 24 hours after the last activity. Cannot be undone.
- `estimate_cost`: Price for transcribing a recording of a given length, and how many free minutes are left today — for your IP, or for your user's account once your robot_key is linked.
- `get_job`: Status of a job. When status is "completed", returns the transcript text in the chosen format plus download links. When status is "payment_required", returns a preview and a payment_url to show your user. Also returns summary, action_items and translations when requested.
- `get_service_info`: What convert.express does, how to use these tools, free minutes, prices, models, languages and limits.
- `list_jobs`: Your jobs that still exist (jobs are deleted 24 hours after the last activity), newest first, with their status.
- `pay_job`: Pay for the full transcript of a job whose get_job status is "payment_required", with a card your user shared through a Stripe Shared Payment Token (MPP). Call without payment: you get a payment challenge with the exact price in EUR. Your MPP client pays it and calls again. Without an MPP wallet, show payment_url from get_job to your user instead.
- `request_summary`: Ask for an AI summary or action items of a completed job. Returns at once; the result appears in get_job ("summary" / "action_items").
- `send_feedback`: Tell the convert.express team about a bug, a missing feature, or a question — from you or your user. A human reads every message; there is no automatic reply. Include reply_email only if your user wants an answer.
- `start_transcription`: Call after the PUT to upload_url has finished. Checks the file arrived and queues it.
- `transcribe_url`: Start transcribing a media file from a public link (direct file link or YouTube). Returns job_id and robot_key; then poll get_job.
- `translate`: Translate the transcript, subtitles (timecodes kept), summary or action items of a completed job into another language. Returns at once; the result appears in get_job under "translations".