Whisper CLI MCP Server

An MCP server that provides shell command execution and OpenAI Whisper transcription capabilities.

Features

• whisper_transcribe: Transcribe audio files using OpenAI Whisper

• shell_command: Execute shell commands safely with basic security validation

Related MCP server: Audio Transcriber MCP Server

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Make the server executable:

chmod +x server.py

Usage

Running the Server

python server.py

Tools Available

whisper_transcribe

Transcribe audio files using whisper-cli.

Parameters:

• audio_file (required): Path to the audio file

• model (optional): Whisper model (base, small, medium, large, large-v2, large-v3)

• language (optional): Language code for transcription

• output_format (optional): Output format (txt, vtt, srt, json)

shell_command

Execute shell commands with basic security validation.

Parameters:

• command (required): Shell command to execute

• working_directory (optional): Working directory for the command

Security

The shell_command tool includes basic security validation to prevent execution of potentially dangerous commands. Commands containing the following patterns are blocked:

• rm -rf

• sudo

• chmod 777

• dd if=

• > /dev/

Configuration

To use this server with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whisper-cli-mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/whisper-cli-mcp/server.py"]
    }
  }
}