ClawGrab MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenClaw and other MCP clients get the transcript (the spoken words) of a public video link through the ClawGrab API at https://getclawgrab.com, plus a few text helpers (summary, social posts, blog draft, quotes, translation).

It is a thin client: every tool is one HTTPS POST to getclawgrab.com. No scraping code runs on your machine.

Tools

Tool	What it does	API call
get_transcript	Transcript of a public video/audio URL	POST /api/transcribe
summarize_text	Short bullet summary of transcript text	POST /api/summarize
generate_social_posts	X / LinkedIn / Instagram post drafts from transcript text	POST /api/social
generate_blog_post	Blog post draft from transcript text	POST /api/blog
extract_quotes	3-5 quotable lines from transcript text	POST /api/quotes
translate_transcript	Translate transcript text	POST /api/translate

What works (honestly)

Best: public YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, TED, Twitch, Kick, Streamable, PeerTube, BitChute, Bandcamp, Substack and direct audio/video file links. Often fails: Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn (they need a login). Never: private, members-only, age-gated or login-only videos. Not every public video works: if a platform blocks the server or there are no captions you get an error, not a guess.

Cost and limits

What	Cost
get_transcript	Free, no API key, no account. Fair-use limit; when it is hit you get HTTP 429 until later.
AI tools (summary, social posts, blog, quotes, translation)	Need a ClawGrab account: 5 AI outputs a month free, unlimited on Pro, $12/month (reasonable use).

Without a token the AI tools return a short "sign up free" message instead of a result.

Get your token (one time)

1. Create a free account at https://getclawgrab.com.
2. Exchange your email and password for your account token:

curl -s -X POST https://getclawgrab.com/api/auth/login -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"email\":\"you@example.com\",\"password\":\"<your password>\"}"

3. Copy the token value from the reply into CLAWGRAB_TOKEN (below). Treat it like a password.

Install

Claude Desktop, one click: download clawgrab.mcpb from the latest release and open it. Claude Desktop asks for the optional token.

Claude Desktop, by config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clawgrab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:getclawgrab/clawgrab-mcp-server"],
      "env": { "CLAWGRAB_TOKEN": "optional: your account token" }
    }
  }
}

OpenClaw node host (openclaw.json):

{
  nodeHost: {
    mcp: {
      servers: {
        clawgrab: { command: "npx", args: ["-y", "github:getclawgrab/clawgrab-mcp-server"], toolFilter: { include: ["get_transcript"] } },
      },
    },
  },
}

(OpenClaw users can also skip MCP entirely and use the one-file ClawGrab skill: https://getclawgrab.com/guides/openclaw.html)

Configuration (all optional)

Variable	Default	Description
CLAWGRAB_TOKEN	none	Your ClawGrab account token; unlocks the AI tools
CLAWGRAB_API_URL	https://getclawgrab.com	API base URL
CLAWGRAB_TIMEOUT	60000	Request timeout in ms

Privacy

Only the URL or text you pass to a tool is sent, to getclawgrab.com. The server sees your IP like any website; its rate-limit counter stores a hash of it, requested links appear in server logs (deleted within 7 days), and a transcript is cached for up to 24 hours. AI features and speech-to-text use Groq as a processor. Policy: https://getclawgrab.com/privacy

About

ClawGrab - hello@getclawgrab.com - https://getclawgrab.com

MIT licence.