Plaud MCP Integration

Plaud MCP Tools — Quick Start

You have access to 11 MCP tools, 4 prompts, and 12 skill resources for managing Plaud AI recordings, transcripts, and memory. Each tool returns structured JSON with next_steps guidance.

Prerequisites

MCP server configured in .mcp.json — authenticated via GitHub OAuth (automatic)
ELEVENLABS_API_KEY env var — only needed for ElevenLabs transcription

Tool Quick Reference

Tool	Purpose	Skill
`find_recordings`	Browse and filter recordings	recording-search
`get_recording`	Full recording metadata	recording-search
`get_audio_url`	Presigned download URL (5min expiry)	recording-search
`transcribe`	ElevenLabs transcript (cached or live)	transcription
`get_content`	AI summary or meeting notes	transcription
`trigger_processing`	Plaud server-side AI processing	transcription
`get_account_info`	Account profile and membership	–
`get_processing_status`	AI processing queue status	–
`list_languages`	Supported language codes	transcription
`memory_search`	Semantic search across transcripts	memory-search
`memory_ingest`	Bulk index recordings into memory	bulk-operations

Prompts

MCP clients can discover and invoke these workflow templates:

Prompt	Purpose	Parameters
`daily_briefing`	Status overview — recent recordings, queue, memory	None
`analyze_transcript`	Deep analysis of a recording	`file_ref`
`search_memory`	Guided dual-path search	`query`, `time_range` (default “7d”)
`bulk_summary`	Summarize multiple recordings	`count` (default 5)

File ID Resolution

All tools accepting file_ref support three formats:

Format	Example
Full ID	`4f757af256ecba4fab502739c122dc78`
Short prefix	`4f75`
Row number	`3` (from last `find_recordings`)

Row numbers persist across tool calls within a session — call find_recordings once, then use row numbers in subsequent transcribe, get_content, etc. calls.

Cost Safety

Tools that consume external credits prompt for confirmation via MCP elicitation:

transcribe — asks before calling ElevenLabs API (cached transcripts are free)
memory_ingest(source="all") — asks before bulk operations that may trigger transcriptions

Older MCP clients that don’t support elicitation skip the prompt and proceed directly.

Skills as Resources

The MCP server exposes plugin skills as MCP resources — any client can discover and read them without installing the plugin:

skill://recording-search/SKILL.md
skill://memory-search/SKILL.md
skill://transcription/SKILL.md
skill://bulk-operations/SKILL.md
skill://using-plaud-mcp/SKILL.md
skill://using-plaud-cli/SKILL.md

Setup

The MCP server is configured in the plugin’s .mcp.json. Authentication uses GitHub OAuth — Claude handles the flow automatically on first connect. See the plugin README for details.